Whites Must Understand Being White

Let me explain my life a little...

1. I was born in Raleigh, NC (1947) but live my life just outside Alexandria, VA until 1962 when we moved to Cairo, Egypt.
2. From 1966 until 1990, I lived in the rural Piedmont of North Carolina
3. From 1990 until PRESENT, I lived in the TN Valley of East TN

💜Not once was I stopped by law enforcement for being white

💜Not once did I witness white cops stopping blacks because they were black

💜Not once was I cognizant of any racial discrimination taking place

💜In the late 1960's/early 1970's, I was ostracized for having shoulder length hair

💜Not once did I feel the need to use the "N" word except around my parents

💜Not once was I given a job instead of a black person

💜Not once did I see a black person forced to ride in the back of the bus

💜Not once did I see a black person being refused service

💜Not once did I see a black person being asked to use a difference entrance

💜Not once did I encounter any black or white drug dealers

💜Not once did I hear of any black person stealing from my friends and/or neighbors

💜I have only seen a Confederate Flag fly on the back of a pickup truck once

💜I do remember watching THE AMOS AND ANDY show as a child

💜I also watched REDD FOXX at an adult

💜I got my shoes shined once in NYC when I was in the 8th grade by a black man while another black my cut my hair

💜I have been served by black and white waiters

💜My vacation rooms have been cleaned by black and white maids

If these things happen where I have lived, then they must have happened when I was not around because I have witnessed NOTHING either in NC or here in EAST TN that I have seen on the television that has taken place in literally ALL THESE OTHER BIG CITIES:  Atlanta, Washington DC, NYC, Chicago, Seattle, Pittsburg, Baltimore...  etc.

AND NOW...

because of what other people have done, I am supposed to surrender my whiteness and my love of being a SOUTHERNER because it OFFENDS BLACK PEOPLE...   and, my very presence reminds them of SLAVERY...

NOW...

our Federal Government can force us to do a lot of things and if they do, then I will comply, but regardless of what they force us to do, MY THOUGHTS WILL NEVER CHANGE nor will a lot of the thoughts of my friends based upon hearing their conversations.

If this is SYSTEMIC RACISM down here in the SOUTH then this is what you are going to get because it will never change...   not will this kind of approach...  and, especially not after what I have NOT SEEN HAPPEN.