You aint Black! What does that mean exactly?

I am starting to come to a rather unusual conclusion about a problem that has existed long before I was born. 

I have lived my entire life listening to the black community of the USA complain about slavery which we as a nation ended with a civil war 100 years before most of us were even born, while not saying a thing about the slavery still being practiced in Africa. At the same time they complain about racism, the very racism that they themselves practice on a daily basis as a minority group. They constantly whine about how they are oppressed, yet have shown us they cannot live by the simple rules of society, and get violent when they are held accountable.

As a child, I started my public education in a public school, that was as mixed race as any. My 3rd grade teacher was of African heritage and Mrs. Jackson was one of the best teachers I had in my elementary years.  At the time, we had no idea what racism was. I didn't even know what the N word was until later that year when Nikki told me what it meant - and he was black kid. As I look back I see now, racism starts at home. 

My stepdad was a cop in the Detroit Riots of the 1960's and became a very prejudicial man. He hated black people.  I never understood why. But I am starting to understand how he could have ended up that way. We moved to the country between 3rd and 4th grades, and I found myself in a predominantly white community with a few Mexican minorities but no blacks.  Now I see that as Dad's version of white flight.  

However, still, I did not see any difference between myself and the other kids, no matter what their ancestral linage was. After all we went to the same schools, learned the same things.  Then I joined the military and was exposed to even more diversity which further ingrained that we are all in this together, Americans first, with diverse backgrounds. 

Ok.. so what happened? Rodney King incident in California. The brutal attack of the truck driver Reggie Denny by a black american for no reason other than racial hate. Riots resulted in many cities over this and America started burning.  Later Rodney asked people to just get along and stop the senseless destruction.  Apparently they did not get the memo. 

We have people judging all cops by the actions of a few, while at the same time telling us not to judge the protesters by the actions of a few (that burned down parts of the cities). Hypocrites! I got another idiot who says destruction of property (that is not theirs) is not an act of violence. That person is a dumbass; and there are a lot of them in the news lately. 

For the last 20 years the main stream media has focused on some bad cops who caused the deaths of fellow Americans (who were black).  A  political movement called Black Lives Matter or BLM was created. But I cannot take that group seriously as it does not address the biggest threat to black lives. That threat comes from within the black community itself. But MSM never talks about that simple and true fact. 

Now we got a Presidential candidate telling people who are of African heritage that "you ain't black".  So what does being black really mean?  Apparently being black is more than just skin color, its a mentality, a way of life, a social status. And it is behavior that most Americans are starting to find to be unacceptable; even some of their own minority members. 

I am coming to the conclusion that if you mention your skin color as part of a conversation, you are probably a racist. And I don't want anything to do with you or your organization, or your stupid ideas. 

We are Americans First. Black, White, Red, Brow, Yellow, Green, does not matter. The color of our skin should NEVER matter. Our status as one of the very lucky few to be living in this great country as AMERICAN CITIZENS should be first, foremost, and the ONLY important part of any conversation, both casual and/or political.  

And the term "you ain't black" should be seen as a compliment, not an insult.