Democrats have abused the term 'racism' to the point it has lost its meaning

Todd Wood:

I know of no white person alive today in the United States who has ever legally owned a black slave, or any slave for that matter. Almost 700,000 mostly white men died 160 years ago to end slavery. Jim Crow ended generations ago. Yet black America, for the most part, is still locked in inner-city gang violence and economic hardship. Why?

Is it because America is racist? Is it because of some overhanging white supremacy? Is it because of the Illuminati?

No, unfortunately, it is because of black culture and the adoption of Democratic Party government dependency.

We have just had eight years of the first black president. Black athletes, and entertainers, routinely earn multi-million dollar incomes. I can easily name several black billionaires without even trying too hard. A large percentage of black America is very successful. But, it is not enough. Too many black youth are being left behind.

And it is no one but black America’s fault.

No one can solve this problem but black America. No one can throw enough money at it. We’ve tried that. Black America needs to look in the mirror and stop blaming others, especially white people.

I am obviously white and conservative, and I served in the military, which, during my time, was as color blind as you could be. I can also honestly say I don’t give a damn what color your skin is, neither do any of my friends. I do care about your actions.

Blacks are around 15 percent of the population. Depending on what study you look at, they commit around 40 percent to 50 percent of violent crime in America. Of course, there is going to be a problem with police. And, of course, there are some bad policemen. However, those bad apples do not kill black people statistically anymore than they kill white people. Even Harvard said that recently. If you were a cop, and you had to work in a neighborhood infested with crime and murder, wouldn’t you act differently than in a neighborhood where there was little crime? The most effective thing black America could do to improve its relationship with police is to significantly reduce violent crime where they live. Yes, that means change the culture of where you live and your community.
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The fact is that most of the blacks who are killed are killed by other blacks.  Even though they are around 15 percent of the population more blacks are killed than whites and most of the whites killed are Hispanic.  The percentage killed by the cops is relatively small and the percentage of unarmed blacks killed is even smaller.

The suggestion that people who oppose the disrespect for the national anthem by a few black players are racists is absurd.  It is offensive and people are getting fed up with teh bogus charges of racism.  Democrats act like the FBI crime statistics are racist.  Among other things. those statistics show that cops are 18.5 times more likely by a black male than unarmed black males will be killed by cops.

The overuse of allegations of racism is like the boy crying wolf.  It is going to make people less responsive to genuine racism. 

One of the reasons Democrats are pushing this false narrative is they are desperate to keep the blacks in their current position of dependency on government.