You probably heard that last night a white male student on the campus of Texas Tech University shot a cop in the head, killing him (with the gun he was openly allowed to carry on a Texas college campus, but that is another blog.)
And you may have heard that this young white man was taken to jail, alive (obviously) after leading police and SWAT teams on a two hour manhunt.
I am astounded by these events, even though I know I shouldn’t be.
And I struggle with competing feelings of hopelessness and anger. Why? Because everyday in this country, black men (including teenagers) are shot and killed, unarmed and not guilty of murdering a cop—or anyone else for that matter. Every day.
Now white supremacists groups are openly marching/gathering, with less shame than the KKK because at least the KKK covered their faces. Meanwhile, news outlets referred to these neo-nazis as “white nationalists” AKA “alt-right activists” who believe the world is "anti-white." (And no, I am not comforted by their small numbers. Racists are like roaches, for every one you see, there are a hundred you don’t.)
America is not anti-white. Far from it.
Opposing injustice is not anti-white.
Opposing the celebration of slavery, opposing unchecked police brutality, and opposing discrimination by employers and government agencies is not anti-white... it is pro-humanity.
Opposing these things means you are promoting human dignity and equal treatment under the law. Opposing these things means you are anti-hate, not anti-white.
Before Trump, America was working towards that. And even though our elected officials in DC aren’t anymore, I still am.