“Systemic institutionalized racism” is predicated on the fatally flawed prejudicial belief that “white people” are somehow “superior to “non-white people. According to the Bible, even God is not a respecter of persons. So why are How many powerful “non-white” people do you know sitting in lofty positions of influence have the authority to treat “white people” as 3/5 of a person? Under color of law, why did one too many “white people” believe it was morally, politically, and socially acceptable to turn a blind eye to the fundamentally unfair treatment Blacks received the U.S. Constitution got amended to make slavery and bigotry a felony?

Until you know how it feels to walk down a street and watch a “racist” murder you with the hatred in their eyes, you will lack the intellectual acuity to understand the statement Kwiz made. Until you know how it feel to be treated the way I, as a Black man, is still being treated today, you will lack the courage to speak truth to power in the spirit of love. Admitit, I heard no love in your poor choice of words. I only heard sarcasm. Before I go, how many undercover racists do you personally know still operating under color of law? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. got murdered before enough of the right people faced their own fears and embraced Change.

Feel free to visit http://www.whenleastexpected.com to get some insight and a different perspective about something you clearly don’t understand. By the way, it’s not just a “Black Thang.” If you choose to do so, you can walk a mile in my shoes long enough to share the pain Kwiz felt and expressed merely to provoke thought in a loving way. As always, the choice to pick up the unduly burdensome cross Black men carried with dignity and class is yours alone to make. Maybe then, you’ll end the violence of you betrayal of silence and apologize to Kwiz for your sarcastic remark. If not then, only God knows when.

May the peace of God be with each of you today.

What I am acknowledging here, which is hard for non-minorities to recognize (and I hope you can read what I’m actually saying here), is that I am a Black woman who knows racism. I know that we have a history in this country to which many (not all) Whites have contributed. And that is what I’m referring to here. Black men are scapegoats in this country, and I see it everyday. So forgive me (no, don’t, because I don’t apologize for it) if I happen to want to see Black men doing what they are called to do, instead of being put down just because of the color of their skin. I recognize this still goes on in 2007 in the United States, and it hurts me. It hurts me because I know Black men who experience this racism regularly for no other reason than their skin is brown. It hurts. And it is that which I am reacting to.