Actor Terry Crews was criticized after he stated from an equality point of view that the establishment of the ideology of the superiority of the black race would not end well for society. And he is right: there have already been examples in history that ideas about racial superiority are never brought to good.
In a recent interview with The Talk, Terry Crews continued his thoughts expressed during an interview with Don Lemon. Then he criticized the movement “The lives of black people matter”, stating: “We must take into account the opinion of whites, Latinos, Asians. This must be done right now, because otherwise we will face something we are not ready for at all. ”
Actor Nick Cannon later made a series of statements against whites and Jews. Kruce’s words were astonishingly prophetic, but he was still criticized for his statements.
When I was young, I was never afraid of the KKK ...
It was people like you. The threats, the intimidation, discouraging free thought, and “the insult of acting white”.
My heart breaks because your behavior only reveals you don't know how powerful you are. https://t.co/vgJU9TCgmZ
The fact is that Terry Crews is right, and those who criticize him do not understand that he simply knows the story. When slavery was abolished in America and when the Black Civil Rights Movement arose, the decisions necessary to overcome the problems were made by white people.
However, by appealing to the Constitution, Frederick Douglas and Martin Luther King were able to give arguments that resonated and attracted allies to their side. In the modern world, if you want to solve a problem, it should not concern only one group. To solve it, everyone must unite. Otherwise, there will be even more conflicts.
Ideas voiced by people like Nick Cannon or his supporters (such as radio host Lenard McKelvey, also known by the pseudonym Charlamagne tha God, or Sean Diddy Combs) testify to the “we are against them” position. According to rapper Ice Cube (who, after the death of George Floyd, posted images of an anti-Semitic character on Twitter), those who agree with Terry Crews, such as basketball legend Karim Abdul-Jabbar, are on a par with Judah.
Such ideas about whites or Jews as “strangers” are commonplace for proponents of the superiority of a particular race.
Ultimately, it doesn’t really matter if it is about the superiority of the white, black, or some other race. This way of thinking always leads to suffering and violence.
The rise in anti-Semitic violence should not surprise anyone. Similar crimes are committed by both white and black. At the same time, whites are often among the supporters of the theory of the superiority of the white race. The most high-profile mass shootings over the past two years have been associated with attacks by white racists on synagogues.
And this should not surprise anyone either. It has long been known that proponents of the superiority of the white race support such actions. Take the ultra-right activist, nicknamed Vox Day, who praised Anders Breivik, or the many racists who rejoiced on the death of Heather Heyer, who died during the United Right march.
If blacks dive into this rabbit hole, they will ultimately be no better than the white racists they hate so much. And many innocent people will die and suffer violence.
We have already seen attacks of this kind, for example the aforementioned anti-Semitic attacks in New York or the mockery of a white disabled teenager in Chicago. In the second case, the attackers even broadcasted their actions on Facebook so that the whole world could see it. I repeat, if people begin to listen not to Terry Crews and Karim Abdul-Jabbar, but to Nick Cannon and Ice Cube, there will be more such incidents.
The ideology of superiority is based on envy and hatred. Both provoke violence. In the eyes of racists, a group of people becomes "strangers." For black racists, “outsiders” are whites and Jews. For white racists - Jews and all those whose skin color is different from white.
When someone falls into the category of “strangers,” the only conclusion that racists come to is that such people must be destroyed in order to preserve their own tribe. In this case, dark-skinned young people are taught that other ethnic groups are evil by definition, and therefore they must be attacked and eradicated. This leads to public beatings, abductions and torture, to riots and killings.
Racists always seek to destroy in order to build their own world on the ashes. But America is different.
We understand that there is something that unites us all in spite of race, beliefs and other differences. We are all humans. If you assign one group of people as a scapegoat, this will not solve our problems. The problems are solved by the joint efforts that we are all capable of.
You just need to abandon racist nonsense and start acting like people, not like monsters.
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