Racism is a Disease
I usually don’t discuss much about politics and laws in this blog. My previous post in support of my very good friends at Nafasg did get to me. There are some things that burn me up here in America and I want to share my opinions with you.
I am a white guy from Mississippi and this post may shock some of you if you are familiar with the idea that Mississippi is considered a racist state. As many of you may know, I am against racism and consider it to be a disease of the human spirit.
It makes me sick to my stomach when I think about how the media and American people support and go crazy over certain news events. One that drove me crazy was the Jean Benet Ramsey case. Had this girl been black, Hispanic or Asian, it would never have had the attention it received.
I live in Long Beach, Mississippi, right on the Gulf of Mexico. It’s a beautiful area and I’ve been living here most of my life. Young black people get murdered here all the time. You never hear it in the national news though. Just because someone is white does not make their death any more horrible than any other.
I think the parents of Jean Benet Ramsey are some strange people. I think these beauty contests are very weird. Why on Earth would you dress a four year old girl in sexy clothes? I think people that go see these contests are deranged.
Just seeing a four year old girl dressed up like a showgirl from Las Vegas makes me sick. Is her death more important than the 7 year old black kid that was gunned down 5 miles from my house? Hell no! Why are some deaths sensationalized and some not? It should be illegal to sensationalize any death!
A Death Close To Home
There is a convenient store close to my house. My parents used to own this store. They ended their lease and it sat empty for almost 7 years. Finally, a Vietnamese family bought it and got it running strong.
I knew the family who ran the store. The father, a fifty something year old Vietnamese man, was the most friendly man in the entire town. You couldn’t leave without receiving a warm smile and a big “Thank you” from him. He was really nice and it made you want to shop there.
I did shop there regularly. His wife was a beautiful Vietnamese woman who always wore the loveliest perfume! Me and my buddies would go in the store and flirt with her as long as her husband wasn’t there (hey, we’re respectful).
The best part of the store was their daughter. She was a seventeen year old girl and was one of the most beautiful young women I have ever seen. Me and my friends always stopped in to say hi to her! She was a total sweetheart and we just adored her.
My heart almost stopped one morning when I read she was dead. Some guy waited outside the store one night for her to close up and leave. After closing, she walked out to her car to go home to her parents. She never made it.
This guy raped her and put a plastic bag over her face while he did it. She fought back and survived the rape. She went home and died later that night from head trauma. I had some major tears the following morning. It was so horrible.
Her parents were so distraught, they closed the store. They had lost their baby girl. Me and my friends were so upset we wanted her killer to die. It really hurt us. Imagine how her parents felt. I was sure this little beauty was going to be a movie star or model. Even though it upset the community, it was a tiny blip in the news.
This is something that must be changed in this country. When someone is murdered, why does the colour of their skin make such a big difference? If there is one thing that truly embarrasses me, it is this. I wish things were different.
I did not list the names of this family out of respect for them. The sad look on her father’s face made me cry for days. They were some of the nicest people I have ever met. I used to eat fried rice made for their daily lunches all the time. I really miss them. 
Her killer was caught and is awaiting his sentence. I am actually against the death penalty but when it’s someone you know, it seems like a good idea. May Linda rest in peace.
I wrote a post when I first started blogging about racism and the late great Vernon Johns. He was the true father of the civil rights movement. Please read that post. It was important to me and Vernon Johns was a great man. Learn something new and read, “Racism: The Enemy of Mankind“.
Vernon Johns is one of my idols.
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