Acceptable Racism?

I have never lived anywhere but the South.  That being said, I am well aware, as most are, of the charged racial history of the South and the problems that charged racial history has created.    I have these moments where I think it is important to stand up and speak against the blatant ignorance and racism here in the south, the blatant and ignorant racism that many deny...that many sweep under the rug, that many act as if doesn't happen...
but...go talk to anyone in New Orleans, go speak to some who are unfortunate enough to live in a small southern town and be of a different ethnicity than white and then try to pretend there is no racism...its impossible.


Lately, the town I am from has seen a rash of violent crime, mostly in the form of teenagers being shot and killed.... two in the morning on the way to school and three outside a sweet 16 birthday party.  We like to worry about our first world problems a lot.... getting good coffee, being able to buy the video game we want, complaining about hardships at work.... when these kids are just trying to live and get shot doing normal things we take for granted.


I love how the people around here, instead of facing a growing problem in Macon and Middle Georgia...just go black kids, ignorant, shooting each other and then leaving it at that....  it is like because these kids who were shot just so happened to be black... then its not a bad thing they were shot.  To be honest, a few responders at the Macon Telegraph even talked about how it was good to let them just shoot it out and let "social darwinism"take its course... it felt like a cold and stinging blast from 1960 and yet it was 2011 and even more disgusting than ever.


Poverty is a crippling thing, and statistically, many of the residents of Macon, Georgia live below the poverty line.  With the average household income being 27,000 dollars a year for a family according to the census.... imagine what the low income people are really making when you take out outliers like lawyers or high paid individuals.... I wonder what the average income is then....when the poverty line is 22k a year and the average income in a city is 27k.... and crime is rising in areas of low income... shouldnt that tell you that poverty has a correlation to crime?  No...according to the citizens of macon, its not about poverty but about color.... an inherent flaw in those who are not white to not be as good and that.... disgusts me.


People with no education and no hope, people who have been treated like less than human, worthless, useless, their entire lives.... what do you think they strive for?  What do you think they dream about?  We want to blame color, but we need to blame culture...selfishness, an unwillingness to reach out to others, and prejudice....and poverty.... 
I am disgusted with the people around here who like to still label a person of color as less of a person and if you think its not going on anymore.... you are blind.
We should all be ashamed.