A Black Man’s Comments On “Racism”

I read an interesting article on http://www.lewrockwell.com this morning that I thought was worth passing along. It was written by Vasko Kohlmayer, who said: “Last year a black man by the name of Derrick Wilburn came forward at a school board meeting in Colorado and gave a three-minute personal testimony. It was one of the most sensible and powerful statements on the race situation in America to be found anywhere., This is, in part, what Mr. Wilburn had to say that day:

“I am the direct descendant of the North American slave trade. Both my parents are black, all four of my grandparents are black…On my mother’s side my ancestors were enslaved in Alabama. On my father’s side we were enslaved in Texas. I am not oppressed, and I’m not a victim. …I travel all across this country of ours, and I check into hotels, and I fly commercially, and I walk into retail establishments, and I order food in restaurants. I go wherever I want whenever I want. I am treated with kindness, dignity and respect, literally from coast to coast.”

Mr. Wilburn continues: “I have three children. They are not oppressed either although they are victims. I’ve taught my children they are victims of three things: their own ignorance, their own laziness, and their own poor decision making. that is all. My children…we are not victims of America. We are not victims of some unseen 190-year-old force that kind of floats around in the ether…” And here, Mr. Wilburn makes a cogent observation.

He says: “Putting critical race theory into our classrooms is taking our nation in the wrong direction. Racism in America would by and large be dead today if it were not for certain people and institutions keeping it on life support. And sadly, very sadly, one of those institutions is the American education system. I can think of nothing more damaging to a society than to tell a baby born today that she has grievances against another baby born today simply because of what their ancestors may have done two centuries ago.”

And he concludes: “There is simply np point in doing that to our children. And putting critical race theory into our classrooms in part does that. Putting critical race theory into our classrooms is not combatting racism but is fanning the flames of what little embers are left.”

Mr. Wilburn’s comments here make lots of sense. Do I think the education establishment in Colorado, or anywhere else will listen to his commonsense ideas? Sadly, I do not. Dividing the races from each other and getting them to hate each other because of past grievances they have no control over is what a big part of today’s “educational agenda” is all about. So, in the name of fighting racism, it is creating more of what it claims to be fighting. Devious, isn’t it? The “father of lies” noted in Scripture must love it!

And if forced racism lives in the government’s education system, what better reason to get your kids out of that system?

Mr. Wilburn has a website you might want to check out. It is rmblackconservative.com

I checked it out. While I might not totally agree with all of Mr. Wilburn’s views on all issues, he is right on the money when it comes to racism and critical race theory being taught in schools.