Loading ...During my business career, which was all before the 1970’s,I encountered much more racism in the eastern USA, but hardly any in the west where I grew up, went to school, and had my first job experiences. During my youth in Southern California I did encounter some racism when it came to white and black communities beginning to merge. In white communities there was pride of ownership. People tried to keep their homes in good repair, their lawns mowed, hedges trimmed, etc. In black communities, and in communities that were becoming black, it was very noticeable that this was no longer the case. Very few lawns were mowed or cared for, garbage and debris began collecting in the streets, and the neighborhood in general began to deteriorate. Pride of ownership seemed to disappear. I guess if that is the definition of racism it did exist there too, but looking back, it was more a clash of different cultures and priorities. My parents drove an old Pontiac and kept up their home and property, but in the black communities a few miles away, 6 or 7 families went in together and bought and shared a flashy new Cadillac, each driving it one day a week, but there was no thought to mowing the lawn or painting their houses or picking up their trash. They just had different values and priorities.
Sorry but I don’t have time to pursue this but I think it is more a clash of backgrounds and cultures rather than racism. Some of the most brilliant people I have met have been black, and you know, they have the same problem that whites do when it comes to dealing with poorer lower class blacks. They have to live behind locked security gates and fences too because they are hated by the poor blacks for their success. I could site several that I met during my brief time as an executive of one of America’s largest corporations, at that time in Washington DC. I say brief time because I found myself waaaay over my head in that corporate environment, so rather than trying to compete in that position of total stress, I resigned, made a complete lifestyle change, and have lived the last 50+ years in pleasure and enjoyment.
But on the race issue, I think it comes down to more fundamental things, like it should be “a days pay for a days work”, not a welfare check in the mail to support your drug habit. I’ve missed a few meals in my youth but that made me try harder because in those days there wasn’t any free lunch. You want to eat, here’s a broom or a shovel. Take your pick and when the job is done, come for your meal. Don’t want to work? Hit the road!! My folks had a small restaurant and that was the rules I grew up under. So people need to stop using the race card as an excuse to fail, and one of Wanka’s lampposts seem appropriate for those who are trying to ruin America and the world with the virus scare and vaccine hoax. IMO! Sorry for the kinda disjointed response. Just too many interruptions!