State of Racism

Well with big efforts from Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama the issue of race is front and center again. Frankly, i am sure most would agree with: Enough. We are tired of it. The economist recently published what I thought was an excellent article in the issue of race relations in America. 

(http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11326407)

Economist is always the clear and independent voice among the noise that our media has become. However, through the noise some things are still obvious. The woeful state of black community in America has little to do with racism anymore. It's time to stop hiding behind that tired old flag and face the facts. When it has become the norm for young black mothers to have many fatherless kids, when it has become the norm for the community and family nit to reward the black child for doing well in school, but to ostracize them, racism has little to do with it.

A couple of night ago I was at my youngest son school jazz concert. Now, Jazz is a unique musical gift from America to the world. The origins of jazz and its major contributors are black. It comes with deep roots in black community. As I looked around the room at the band, only ONE kid was black. And this is in a school that is easily 30% black. And that tells you all you need to know. Where are the families supporting the kids to apply themselves to something that is culturally theirs? Where is the community that would reward and hold up as an example kids who learn how to play rather than listen to gutter hip hop trash? This is not about racism. This is becoming as plain as can be and drives the "civil rights" leaders crazy. But they exist only to exploit the state of racism, which is no longer a factor.