“Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war and until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation, until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes. And until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race, there is war. And until that day, the dream of lasting peace, world citizenship, rule of international morality, will remain but a fleeting illusion to be pursued, but never attained... now everywhere is war.”
~The Emperor Haile Selassie I
Something happened this evening that made me mad, though not surprised. It was in wondering WHY I was so mad, I realized all it is, is a perfect example of inherent, white racism.
My mother-in-law is Robert Byrd (former gov of WV and KKK grandwizard) white. We are talking, 99.99% white. Though not borne of upper, middle or middle lower class whites, rather, she comes from poor-poor whites. The, off the hog farm whites. She accepts me, because she says, "well, you look white. You'd never know you weren't," (lol - my picture is on omamaisbroko). Yet, she won't even talk to my birth, paternal grandfather on facebook because even though he is a mod-richie to richie, he's BROWN! Dio mio, and, in all actuality, I don't "look" white. I was given up by my equally poor white, and racist maternal grandmother, solely because I was half, "brown." AND I was adopted out to dark skinned Italians, quickly I should add (everyone else I know, albeit blond haired and blue eyes from Edna Gladney during that time, their parents waited YEARS for them!). Race is huge, and has played a huge role in America, and we cannot deny it. Not only is it unhealthy, but you cannot change what you will not acknowledge, please follow.
As I mentioned, my mother-in-law is on facebook. She was married to her husband for 55 years, beginning when she was 16 (just turned 16, can you imagine!), and is now widowed and ready to mingle! However, her type, which to me the men she always says, "are good looking," always, and I mean ALWAYS look to me like a white, thus, hiding in plain sight, pedo-looking type of men. And none of them ever respond back to her! My blood, paternal grandfather WANTS to talk to her, and she is so lonely she could die, but won't. The point.
Cut to last week or so, a man, who fit "her bill,", though unknown to her, or anyone else, facebook messaged and friend requested her. WE ALL TOLD HER IT WAS A SCAMMER, but she would hear nothing of it. Then, little things started to happen, for example, he began phishing for a laptop for his daughter, a tablet for himself (luckily, she doesn't have a credit card). He had on Grateful Dead shirts in his photos, and she'd say, "my son was into them, etc." and he would ignore it. Little things like that, she's not stupid, and she'd say, "I know he's a scammer BUT. "
WELL today he called her on the phone. She called me right away to let me know, "it's officially over, because he's definitely a black man from africa." So that was the final straw? LOL. It was all "cool," when you thought he was a creepy looking white man scamming you, but now that he's "a black," MIO DIO!
And I know it's not just whites who are racists. My brown side, admittedly would run off the darker, native fathers, because of their skin tone! Everyone hates someone. NONETHELESS, I thought this was a PERFECT example of inherent, white racism, and am hoping that maybe if someone reads it, get's what I am saying, they can look within themselves and see, how would they have handled it.
The world can change if we all look within our own souls with honesty.
ONE LOVE, and in Christ's name,
IO
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