What Grinds my Gears

Alright, let me start off by saying I yanked the quote from a Family Guy episode. Anyway, so let me go on.

I despise racists. No, scratch that, abhor racists. I understand not everyone is going to get along, this is obvious from going to grade school, but there has to be at least a modicum of common sense. Let's use the belief that Blacks are worthless and haven't done anything. Let's go down a small list of things that were created by Blacks:

1. Blood Banks- Created by Charles Richard Drew
2. Potato Chips-George Crum
3. Gas Mask-Garrett Morgan
4. Wooden Clock-Benny Banneker

And that is not even scratching the surface. There were over 100 inventions created by Blacks, most of them so important that if we did not have them, life as we know it would be over. What sets them apart from the mass of blacks that are all around the world? Education? Yes. Opportunity? Possibly? Race? No.
Of course we will have some people that say "Well, they just had a large amount of white blood in them.". Oh really? So the large amount of white blood in a particular person denotes intelligence? What about the white student who does not do well in class? Then it must be that pesky negro blood, right? No. The kid is stupid just like any person from any other race is stupid or smart. Example: my mother. She's black(at least she keeps saying she is....) and is a doctor. No lie. That is her vocation. She went to one of the best medical schools in the south, has various awards for being a friggin genius, and now works in the country to help the very people who thinks she's nothing.
People attach value on the color of the skin to make themselves feel better. In other words, it's a value judgement, plain and simple. And since we cannot arrest those who make such interesting judgements, all we can do is combat the ignorance, or ignore it.

This is the little bit I am going to say on outside racism. My next post will be on inside racism.