The 4th of July

It has taken me 72 years to realize this but we should not be expecting anyone to celebrate today other than American Whites...  or Caucasians...  or WASPS...  as the United States of America's independence from Great Britain was, for all intents and purposes, just for the WHITE MAN, a name given to us by those Native Americans whose land this was before we STOLE it from them and made it our own.

And, what did the Native American get in return?  A little land on a reservation and the ability to own Casinos...

And, while we were celebrating our VICTORY over the British, the BLACK MAN was a slave of the WHITE MAN and considered his property...

And, for our FOUNDING FATHERS, they were FREE and able to create a NEW NATION carved out from the image of their own IDEALS and BELIEFS, expecting whoever else was living in THEIR LAND to abide by what they had written down on paper and either presented to the British or to themselves and the people they now represented.

HISTORY records all of this.

The 4th of July isn't for African Americans is it?

HISTORY has preserved all of this.

HISTORY has become the TRUTH of the WHITE MAN...

So...  today, I sit on my screened in back porch and as the cats sleep on the cat structures we purchased several years ago, I drink decaf coffee with sugar free French Vanilla Cappuccino Mix and ponder how frigging lucky I am to have been born a WHITE MAN in America, letting my sarcasm settle on the bottom of the cup with all the coffee grinds that escaped through the filter.

Yes...  the WHITE MAN FREED the BLACK MAN in time

Yes...  the WHITE MAN passed laws to allow the BLACK MAN to become an American Citizen

Yes...  the WHITE MAN passed another law to give the BLACK MAN the right to vote

Yes...  the WHITE MAN told the BLACK MAN that the US CONSTITUTION and the BILL OF RIGHTS belonged to him as well now

Yes...  the WHITE MAN neither treated the BLACK MAN as FREE or as EQUAL

TODAY...  the WHITE MAN WILL NO DOUBT WILL:

• over eat
• over consume alcohol
• over indulge in the holiday
• possibly tell a few "off color" jokes
• probably commit a little "sexual harassment" blaming it on the alcohol
• and expect all the minorities to EXALT him

TOMORROW, we will all look back at the passing of just another WHITE MAN'S HOLIDAY...  but, for me, I will be thinking of all those who are not WHITE...  and, I will think about the evils of slavery and the repercussions of slavery that have still not subsided...  and, I will think of all the British Soldiers and Colonials who died so that a few WHITE MEN could be free of oppression from Great Britain while they continued to oppress the BLACK MAN.

NOW THAT AMERICA IS SUCH A GREAT ECONOMIC AND WEALTHY POWERHOUSE ON A GLOBAL SCALE...  THE WHITE MAN DOES NOT WANT TO LOOK BACK AND REMEMBER HOW THE HELL HE GOT HERE...