As an American citizen whose family came over to the colonies on a slave ship; I avow America is not and in my opinion never has been beautiful.
The United States of America, the red white and blue, the stars and stripes, and The Constitution is under attack and has been for a while. The special interest, money in politics, lowing of standards morally and educationally have eaten away the fabric of what we hoped America could be, not what it is. We have reentered a dark period fueled by racial hatred, economic unrest, and avarice.
Observations of American life today are so full of strife from those who blame their situations on people who struggle to keep a roof over their heads and food in the bellies of their babies.
No, your situation is not about “the other”. It is about you taking your privilege (whatever that may be) for granted. If I’d sat on my rump and refused to explore new technologies, focused on my discipline instead of using what I’d learned from “Computers for Dummies” and other how to books to accomplished my goals so that I could keep moving forward; I would not be typing this paper and calling attention to the puss oozing from the face of America…because I would be part of the problem.
Yes, the under/un-educated all contributed to the puss oozing from the face of America. She gets uglier each year. This mess: Americans hooked on drugs and calling it a disease instead of taking responsibility for a lousy choice is ludicrous (Americans consume more than half the illegal and legal drugs on the planet), drinking alcohol to excess and getting a slap on the wrist when the drunk driver kills a driver driving responsibly, sex (human trafficking) and sexual acts proliferated across all media, gambling, killing (families, children, women for sport), parents not parenting, kids bringing what goes on at home to school and disrupting over-crowded classrooms, and all other crimes and misdemeanors. So how can America be beautiful? This so called beauty is false and always has been. It’s just another lie Americans use to avoid dealing with reality.
America has become a place where certain people are enabled to behave badly: a plantation system called the criminal justice system, substance abuse/drug addiction/junkies now need help instead of prison sentences even when endangering children, profiling certain people while others (Timothy McVeigh, white supremacy groups, mafia (those made in American and imported from Europe and Asia), Wall Street crooks) get away with destroying lives and terrorizing.
I am sick and tired of the inconsistencies. For example: Illegal immigrants are all those in the country illegally…so what if Mexicans are part of this group. Deport the Russians, the Canadians, the French, the British, the Italians, the Polish, the Israelis, and the Cubans….STOP making an example of one segment of the population (I don’t see or hear of any white or black men doing the jobs Mexicans do for the pay Mexicans get)! And, I don’t hear any politicians calling for the deportation of illegal whites.
America will become beautiful when the majority embraces the contributions all races, creeds, and colors have made to every facet of American life. Those who don’t like what America is supposed to stand for should go back to the countries of their ancestors. After all, if this country belongs to any one group; it would be Native Americans!
bevsangle 