My ancestors came to this country ten years after the end of the American Civil War.  I am of Swiss and English extraction.  Ergo, none of my ancestors were slaveowners.  I grew up in a suburb of Denver.  The “Jim Crow” laws were never in place in Colorado.  Our schools were always integrated.  I went to school with kids of all races and religions, with the exception probably, of Islam.  In high school,  I knew kids who were Hindus and Buddhists.

So, I take great offense at being asked to pay “Reparations” to African-Americans because their ancestors were brought to this country as slaves.  Robert L. Johnson, the billionaire founder of Black Entertainment Television, has proposed we pay 14 Trillion Dollars in reparations to that community.  To ask me to atone for offenses I or my ancestors didn’t commit simply because  I am a Caucasian-American just doesn’t make sense.  In fact, it could be considered racist. That’s not surprising however.  Common sense is all but dead in this country. At the very least it is gravely ill and on life support.  We are left with a “woke” community on the left who does feel guilty, and demands I share that guilt.  I won’t, and I would suggest you don’t either.

Just so we don’t let the facts be trampled by the left, I would ask that several “inconvenient truths” be added to the mix.  The slave trade was started because other Africans captured individuals from weaker tribal rivals and sold them to Arab traders, who in turn brought them to the western coast of Africa and sold them to European slave traders, who brought them first to the Caribbean islands and northern South America prior to bringing others to the United States, starting in 1619.

In fact, though few in the African-American community are willing to admit it, they should get down on their knees every night and thank God that their ancestors were brought here in chains from Africa.  If they had not suffered that awful fate, their descendants would have not grown up to live in the greatest country on the face of the planet.  Yes, they as a group have been through a lot.  However, since the Civil Rights legislation of the late 1960’s, they have been given extraordinary opportunities, should they choose to avail themselves of same, as Mr. Johnson did.  Some have, and are shining examples of what might have been for many, many others.  However, all too often they have squandered those opportunities, and have allowed themselves to become dependent on the promises of Democratic politicians, many black themselves.  These people view blacks only as a mechanism to gain and hold political power.  These jaded individuals don’t want African-Americans to succeed.  If they do, they won’t need the largess of the Democratic regime.  They will have made it on their own. 

So, as Caucasian-Americans slowly become a minority population in this country, the blacks will just have to find someone else to blame for problems they themselves have created. Unless however, they listen to people in their own community who realize who the real villains are, and act and vote accordingly.