Encouraging individuals to identify themselves racially and then promoting feelings of resentment and hostility by the Black* Group against the White* Group, is resulting in increasing division of Americans.

 

The emphasis should not be on “The Black* Oppressed” and “The White* Oppressors" or past grievances, but on our future together as a nation. Rather we should be focusing on the positive and factual relationship between 'Black'* and 'White'* Americans over the years.

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(My native-American father told me as a child to never "ride my horse looking backwards". He said, "If you do so, you will surely get lost".  He continued, "Turn around, look forward, take the reins, and guide the horse in the direction you want to go." That advice has served me well over the years.)

 

Consider the condition of the first Africans when they arrived in America and compare them to their decedents today. Compare the conditions in Africa today compared to the conditions enjoyed by most of the decedents of African slaves in America Today.

 

We should focus on the 'White"* people who opposed slavery and gave their lives to end slavery in our nation. We should consider the over 2 trillion dollars spent by this nation's citizens since 1960 to elevate the condition of 'Black'* Americans. We should look around and point to the achievements of 'Black'* citizens currently and over the years. And yes, we should emphasize the contribution that 'White'* Americans have made benefiting 'Black'* Americans. This approach will promote harmony and encourage reconciliation and social integration rather than animosity and division.

 

We all should encourage appreciation rather than resentment and blame. In other words, we should emphasis the Truth, rather than the falsification promoted by some politicians, the racially obsessed and racial agitators who profit from our division.

 

Ultimately, we should abandon racial identity and unite as individuals in a blended society as one people, without regard toward polarizing distinctions, and become simply American Citizens in harmony for mutual benefit.

 

This will require that people who identify as 'Black'* to make a major change in attitude. Those that do will likely find a vast majority of people they consider 'White'* to be ready to meet them on mutual and harmonious grounds.

 

It will take all Americans working together, using their best skills, to keep our nation competitive, prosperous and safe in the world of the future.

 

Divided we will surely share the agony of defeat.