Sunday, July 2, 2017

REPARATIONS FOR WHITE FOLKS

REPARATIONS FOR WHITE FOLKS Roughly five years ago, my brother, Stephen, called to inquire whether the key ingredient to black people getting reparations was to assure that white people got them too. My response was something like. "For what? They're already "reparated!" Now, however, today upon further reflection, Stephen might be right ! The white majority who rule the United States of America at the private and public level, and at the federal, state, local levels, appear to become favorably disposed to act, when whites are impacted, not when others are separately hurt. The white opioids crisis is the most recent example of this change. The old "tough-on-crime"  fixation has given way to alternative treatment remedies. The truth honestly is that a whole lot of "white" folks have also been duped by deceit . They are catching hell, financially, being taxed, commercially exploited, by the oligarchs and aristocracy right along with the black, brown, red , yellow, beige and everybody else! There may be political grist in this! Thanks brother Stephen for calling!