Two Republicans and Racism
By Kenneth R. Jenkins
Racism is a social issue that has been the topic of interest based on a comment that was found.
Two Republican lawmakers said that systemic or structure racism is no longer a problem in America.
Really?????
What were they smoking???
This came from a rebuke that somehow drew fire from former President Barack Obama that said the pair had joined “a long history of African Americans or other minority candidates within the Republican Party who will validate America and say, everything’s great, and we all can make it.”
The two Republicans in question is no other than Senator Tim Scott and former governor Nikki Haley who both are from South Carolina and what for it, Trump supporters.
Remember George Floyd, Troy Martin, Ahmaud Arbery , The Charleston Nine, Emmitt Till?
As long there are those incite racist crimes to continue, there will be racism stirring up the hearts of hateful men with hearts of stone, envy, violent, and evil, the subject will not go away quietly into the night.
Meanwhile, these two political “kissing buddies” of the Republican Party can think that everything’s all okie dokie with rainbows and unicorns if they want but they need to wake up and smell the coffee and come back to dream land.
As long racism becomes an active social problem in our country, it’s going to be looking right at us.
Racism continues even more in 2024 but as long as we have people lined up to being the problem and not the solution, it will always be a problem, a problem that will go on as long we are living here in America.
Mr. Obama’s observation has been right on the money. An observation worth looking at with a long lens but as you know those who faced racism have long memories while those who instituted have short memories of an age-old problem that continues to the next generation raises its ugly head in hatred.
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Kenneth R. Jenkins is a freelance writer, poet, author of three self-published books, minster, podcaster, devoted husband living in Savannah, GA.
