Is America a racist country? Oddly enough, two people of color with high positions in government, but on opposite political sides, agreed within 24 hours that America is not a racist country.
Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) gave the Republican response last week to President Biden’s speech to a joint session of Congress. Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, said “America is not a racist country.” The next morning on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America,’ Vice President Kamala Harris said, “No, I don't think America is a racist country.”
After hearing over-the-top racist incitements 24/7 for the past year, and then hearing these two leaders agreeing that “America is not a racist country,” many Americans paused and hoped all sides might stop throwing racist barbs past all those on the other sides for a bit.
Notably, immediately following Scott’s speech, critics across the LEFT spectrum of media and politics blasted Scott with scathing remarks, and “Uncle Tim” trended on Twitter for eleven hours before Twitter concluded “Uncle Tim” did not meet their community standards. The unhinged, vitriolic attacks against Senator Scott stood in stark contrast to the sheer lack of any criticism against VP Harris the next day for saying, “America is not a racist country.” Why?
Granted, Senator Scott and VP Harris have not become good buddies fighting racial issues in America together. They’re both still firmly planted in their own disparate views of how to tackle these issues. Nevertheless, they created a much needed pause.
Of the two, perhaps Senator Scott has had to climb the highest ladder. After his parents divorced, he, his mother and brother had to move in with his grandparents where they shared one bedroom. Scott said he “was disillusioned and angry, and [he] nearly failed out of school.” Then, he said, “But I was blessed.”
Scott continued, saying, “First, with a praying momma. Then with a mentor, a Chick-Fil-A operator named John Moniz. Finally, with a string of opportunities that are only possible here in America. This past year, I've watched COVID attack every rung of the ladder that helped me up.”
Senator Scott is no victim. He could have seen himself as a victim, just like millions of other children who have found themselves in similar circumstances. Then again, Scott is opposed to Critical Race Theory, an exceptionally divisive social philosophy that divides people into victims and oppressors.
Scott said he had experienced the same discrimination most Blacks suffer in America, but he also noted experiencing “a different kind of intolerance.” He continued, "I get called ‘Uncle Tom’ and the N-word — by 'progressives'! By liberals! Just last week, a national newspaper suggested my family's poverty was actually privilege because a relative owned land generations before my time. Believe me, I know our healing is not finished.”
Yes, America continues to have racial issues, but we are not a racist country. Scott concluded his response,"Black, Hispanic, white and Asian. Republican and Democrat. Brave police officers and Black neighborhoods. We are not adversaries. We are family! We are all in this together. And we get to live in the greatest country on Earth. The country where my grandfather, in his 94 years, saw his family go from cotton to Congress in one lifetime.”
Let’s all agree America is not a racist country.
Daniel L. Gardner is a syndicated columnist who lives in Starkville, MS. You may contact him at PJandMe2@gmail.com.
13 comments:
There is no better way to find fault in people than to dwell on their past. We all have done wrong at some point in our lives and we all live in the hope that no one but ourselves will remember. Redemption is humanity's only hope and that applies to our country as well. Of course the United States WAS a racist nation. Most nations more than 50 years old have been at some point, but no country is now more committed to insuring equal protection of the law to all it's citizens than this one. That's about the best human beings can do. Those who demand more simply want to divide the people of this country along the easiest crack they can find. If they divide us, they weaken us, so that we can be finally defeated. We must remember what they really want.
Asians get specific hate crime legislation. Immigration is a hot topic for all of the wrong reasons. Should I even get into extremism that is inflicted in layers by a buffer class network? Tim Scott is expected to defend grievances of his party, so no surprise.
Ole Chucks and Pearls just flip flopped back to being Asian Indian again. The columnist is a fool if he thinks that Kamala commented without raising red flags, and finally we have a CIC that has actually been documented making racist statements.
Does he mean that the constitution by itself isn’t racist? All one has to do is observe the population by asking a series of specific questions.
President Biden had the best response to that question. Google it.
Kamala was not attacked by the far left like the Senator because their agenda is about far more than than just racial attitudes. The issue of racism in America is just a tool, one of many, they will use to divide and conquer American society. They know that Kamala is one of their comrades and her statements are only calculated to quiet fears and maintain power. Her time is coming...
Old white guy here … how can anyone say that this is not a racist nation? It’s pervasive. In MS everyone assumes it is white on black racism but across the country it is basically majority on minority racism regardless of the skin color.
Greatest country in the world—the world.
8:23 - Just tell us what the old racist said.
Surely Gardner learned at MS State that an entire country, by definition, cannot be racist. People in a country can be racists. And the USA has plenty of them, including some of my friends.
7:26 you are spot on!
If the United States has another president "of color" the far left radicals will declare it to be the most racist nation in history. Obviously the more opportunities fulfilled the more desperate they become to divide and destroy a system which is actually fulfilling it's promise. It's ridiculous.
The United States government most definitely is racist. It is the official position of the government and will enforce that position with all resources within its power. Read the article 4 posts above this one, if you have doubt.
Well they've obviously never been to Alabama or Mississippi. Most everyone I know is racist. White, Black & Hispanic. I don't know anyone of any other race. Small minorities of each race treat other races equally. That's just the way it is, always has been and probably always will be. We would be better off to just admit and accept it in my opinion.
The USA, like most countries, is first and foremost about classism. The elites used race as a means to placate poor whites that they were losing control over. The elites gave the poor and working class someone easily identifiable to look down upon and fixate their frustrations. Unfortunately the poor and working class took the bait hook, line, and sinker. And what we have over the last 150 years is just ingrained in white Americans that subscribe to the racist ideology that was used by the elite to keep the lower classes at bay.
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