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Real Change Can be Painful
We are on the cusp of some pretty major change in the world — and it hurts.
The world pre-pandemic was flawed. COVID-19 has exposed just how far the inequality created by the wealthy and privileged has overtaken most of our society.
Then, just to emphasize that, another black man has been killed by unnecessary police brutality. Now, it’s clear that the protests have been usurped by white supremacists and anarchists to sew chaos and precipitate some sort of domestic war.
Why? Because their way is dying. The minorities are becoming the majority. While, as far as I know, most people haven’t a problem with that — a small few find it so distressing that resorting to creating a false narrative of “us” versus “them” is the only way that they can see to maintain the “status quo.”
However, that “status quo” is false and never was. The USA was NEVER an all-white nation, even in the days of slavery. This is, apart from the Native Americans, a nation of immigrants from every race, creed, religion, and color you can imagine.
The present unrest is distressing, but it is largely being driven by how peaceful protest is received. Colin Kaepernick took a knee to protest injustice and violence against blacks — and the NFL responded by creating a policy against that…
