Why do Hatred, Bigotry and Unequal Justice still have such a hold on our

Since I am an advocate for pushing people to exercise their authority and power over evil through my writings here and my internet radio shows, I am often asked a question of “Why does hatred, bigotry and unequal justice still have such a hold on our nation and continues to corrupt our youth?”  I guess I am supposed to know this answer since I appear or pretend to be so knowledgeable in what steps we need to take to curb this evil but as sometimes luck would have it; I am often unable to answer that question at the exact time it is asked.  Now this leaves those asking, wondering if I truly believe what I preach or just running off at the mouth.  Well let me tell you, I used to allow this thought to bother me and sometimes anger me to the point of violence, especially if anyone persisted in making it a point to constantly make me aware of feeling this way.  Only after making a conscious decision not allow that evil to control me did I finally discover an answer to that question.  So here I sat at zero dark thirty in the morning, humped over a computer and keyboard.  Not knowing if anyone is really going to even read these words or even get my meaning but I know that the very first time I do not address this and any question, put to me in my capacity as a busybody, I am not only doing them an injustice but I am doing an injustice to myself and most importantly God.    So the question was “Why does hatred, bigotry and unequal justice still have such a hold on our nation and continues to corrupt our youth” and here is your answer.

With any issue you address, before you can find that solution, you must first find the source.  Locating the source is key whenever you are about to tackle a problem because there is no true solution if you fail, refused or ignore its beginning.  Now many will try and persuade you to stop living in the past and start living in the future but even the child knows that you will never get to where you want to go, if you do not know where you started. Many of you have heard the story of my nephew and niece’s injustice by the hands of those whose motto is “on behalf of the child” but to illustrate my point, I will use their plight.

Hatred, bigotry and unequal justice still have a hold on our nation and corrupt our youth because real adults and especially Christians fail to stand up.  People in my community, the African-American Community, ignore our youth use of the word “nigger” in their daily conversations because we fear retaliations by our simple suggestion that this word should never be used by anyone at any time especially within our community.  By failing to make this suggestion, we condone the use of it and some of us have even gone as far as to try and justify its use.  If you check the origination of this word, it should be clear to all concerned that there is no justification for its use and the constant use of it only makes those who hear it lesser and disrespects the memory of those whose lives were changed, altered or ended behind it.

In all communities, hatred and bigotry grows not because it is strong but because adults ignore and often times encourage it.  Evil grows because we have developed rules of conduct that allows some to circumvent responsibility.  Take for example, the issue of those without resources being held hostage to a system that rewards only those fortunate enough to have their pleas presented by those seen as influential instead of those whose representatives are merely just pawns.  Had my nephew, mom and niece had the resources to hire representation instead of depending on public defenders, they would have never had to endure the stigma, pain and suffering that they live with still today.  The miscarriage of justice would have been derailed long before lives and reputations were ripped to pieces.

Even now, I continue to hear those with the authority to correct this situation say these safe and secure words as if they hold some type of magical power to heal.  They say “the rules are that there is nothing that I can do”.  Similar words were used when we made an attempt to stretch past the public defender and reach the prosecutor and judge in their cases.  The words were “this type of interaction was deemed inappropriate”.  In other words, you have a decent argument and you make good points but they are being ignored and dissuaded because the rules say so. 

In the beginning, there was a rule that blacks had to sit in the rear of the bus until Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott decided to step up.  There was a rule that women could not vote or own property until the Women’s Movement said no more.  There was a rule that blacks and whites could not play baseball together on the same field at the same time until Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson said enough.  There were and are going to always be rules which say one thing or another but rules were made by man and to paraphrase John F. Kennedy, “if man made them, then man can fix them”.  If any rule transgresses the rights of one human being, then that rule needs to be challenged but in our current society, adults choose to coward behind the rule instead of standing up to it.  We tend to go along to get along instead of perform the task handed down to us from the previous generation which is to challenge anything that subtracts from a decent life for all or any of us.  In the beginning few stood tall to make life better for all, now even fewer take up the call. 

“Why do hatred, bigotry and unequal justice still have such a hold on our nation and continue to corrupt our youth?” It does so because of all those given the authority to change or challenge the rules as they exist today. None wishes to.  It is easier to say “the rules are that there is nothing that I can do” because you think it saves you from acting and your hiding place is safe.  It’s easier to blame your lack of action on something else because you feel as though it clears you of making a stand.  But what you choose to ignore is, these choices will come back to you many more times, offering you the opportunity to get it right and each time you fail to exercise your power and authority over evil, evil will grow.  Fair warning, long after you have avoided doing the right thing, something will happen which will cast you directly into the path of this evil and soon it will be you looking for a challenger, a hero to step up.  All because when it was your time to do so, you failed and those who suffered because of your failure will now be revisited upon you because as a Christian you had the power to change it but you didn’t.  Evil will never be completely eliminated from this world but that is no reason to let it control anything especially you.