racism...equality

     I live in a Democratic state.  This state has a Republican governor.  This state was on the side of the Union back in the Civil War days.  This state has had a bad reputation of being racist.  The Boston Red Sox, a local sports team, have been vilified in the last half century as a team that will not accept minorities.  Things are changing for the Red Sox, I don't believe that racism is a problem in that organization any longer.  I am starting to realize that this situation could be a microcosm of the state of the U.S. and it's feelings, beliefs, and actions.  But there STILL is a downside.

     As hard as it is to understand how much history passed before America "became" a country, we have to realize that thousands of years of education have led us to our present state.  I do not believe that racism was an issue in the early days of civilization.  I believe that racism was a reaction to the situations presented by those people with access to public influence.  Eventually people were taught to believe that black people were slaves because they weren't worth being described as human beings.  In the short history of this country we are slowly realizing that we should stop holding back our black brothers.  But that is only seen by the white people.  The blacks still believe that they are at a  disadvantage. 

     I can see both sides of that spectrum.  The blacks ARE still at a disadvantage.  Until I moved from my dull life in the desert to the busy metropolis known as Boston, I didn't think so much about race.  Now that I've lived here, I constantly listen to people complaining about blacks, and it makes me sick.  I'm not sure which makes me sicker, though.  Listening to people openly trashing "Martin Luther King Day" or listening to people trying to pretend that they are not racist, while always portraying a negative attitude whenever black people are involved. 

     I cannot understand how people can not realize that the people they abhor are products of a system that they ignore.  I refuse to believe that I am any smarter than anyone else.  I refuse to believe that I am the only one that can realize how life works. 

     So let's pretend that we are learning, as a society, that peopleare starting to accept each other as humans, and not sub-human life forms.  I think that too many people are starting to accept blacks more, because they have turned their attention to the latest immigrants.  People are worried about various Hispanic groups invading America, and taking away the life that we lead.  I think it is obvious that we are all human beings.  We have so much to provide for each other. 

     I have heard a girl complain about "fucking Brazilians."  I cannot understand her complaint.  She's just your average girl that works for a bank.  She wouldn't even be able to describe a Brazilian without using the words "dirty" or "stupid."  She has been conditioned to hate anybody that isn't "American" but she fails to realize what America is all about. 

     I have never met a Brazilian that I didn't like.  I've met about 10 of them.  Some girls, and some guys.  None of them were dirty...none of them were stupid.  My point is that we all need to come together and share what we have.  Power in numbers.  Don't tell me that some humans have a right to dominate others.

     Equality is non-existent.  Let me rephrase that.  Equality is non-existent.  As long as some of us think that we can trick others into doing all the hard work for us, we will continue to see crime and war, and we will continue to see people trying to fight back through murder, rape, and other violent acts.  What else can I say?  Don't worry...there will be more.