I have a colleague with whom I hang out with quite a bit. Yes, he happens to be a black man with very dark skin, and when we go places together, almost every other black-skinned person is quick to greet him and exchange all manner of "brotherly" pleasantries with him, with only a glance over in my direction, and sometimes no greeting whatsoever. If I can get a word in edge-wise, I greet them as well, and, again, am usually met with a courtesy nod or "Hey", and not much else that comes close to the camaraderie they express toward someone else who happens to have dark skin.
This seems to be a silent acknowledgement that others besides themselves, who have dark skin, are somehow connected in an experience of victimhood. My friend is prospering far better than I am, which is not at all an issue to me or to him, but we still value each other's company very highly. We both consider the other like a brother.
I hate what the racism on all sides has done to so many in every hue of skin color. I personally would be offended if I were part of a grouping that mostly identified with victimhood and my own "people" inclusively looked at me and labeled me along with them as being yet another victim. Injustices in life hit us all. Getting ripped off at the gas pump, someone stealing our identities and causing all manner of credit problems we have to fight, getting a speeding ticket when we were not speeding at all, the list goes on and on endlessly.
But, this idea leftist, mass media goons seem to put forth that only white people are racist, that's pushing it all way too far. There's more than enough blame to go around. CNN pushing the idea that there's such a thing as white supremacy in America, and global warming, both falsehoods serve only to keep us all divided along every increasing lines of distinction rather than being unified against these forces that only divide so that conquering becomes much easier for the eletists who are trying to take more and more power for themselves to dominate us all, and every grouping is playing right into their schemes perfectly....
Jr