I have spent much of my professional life exhorting and challenging people to speak out against the malevolent belligerence and antagonism blacks direct at whites. I have been unyielding in delivering the message that racial assignations and race-based partisanship are destroying the ability to have a cohesive American societal fabric.
Yes, I’ve been called names and threatened. It seems that when it comes to embracing modernity and opportunity many blacks have elected instead to embrace bitterness and resentment. And because my message threatens the complacency of the ideological plantation they have been convinced to remain imprisoned upon the owners of their minds and emotions cast me as a sellout, Uncle Tom, house nigger, and worse.
But the weight of the burden I shoulder is not so much with those blacks and race mongers who profit from blaming whites for the ills that befall them; rather it is those who are afraid to speak out against the true racial issues that are being used to divide us.
Every day I receive literally dozens of letters from people either asking me what they should do and/or asking me who they can turn to for help in this battle. I receive letters telling me how much they wish black leaders would be able to reach blacks with the message that will free the minds of blacks who have succumbed to racial animus directed at whites and a belief that liberals are their friends.
Today a gentleman voiced just such laments to me. My response to him was that he should stop looking to someone else to do what he should be doing. With that thought in mind, I share (with some literary license taken) the immortal words that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke to those who gathered at the Dinkier Plaza Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, January 27, 1965. The occasion was a dinner in his honor after he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
That night Dr. King said:
“Yet there are in [America] millions of people of goodwill who voices are yet unheard, whose course is yet unclear, and whose courageous acts are yet unseen. These persons are often silent today because of fear — fear of social, political and economic reprisals. In the name of God, in the interest of human dignity, and for the cause of democracy these millions are called upon to gird up their courage, to speak out, to offer leadership that is needed.”
“If the people of goodwill [in America] fail to act now, history will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the vitriolic words and violent actions of the bad people, but the appalling silence and indifference of the good people. Our generation will have to repent not only for the words and acts of the children of darkness but also for the fears and apathy of the children of light.”
Dr. King’s message is even more important today than it was in 1965. Because today if people sit silent refusing to confront race mongering and the inculcating of racial animus directed at whites — we will not only be divided — we will also condemn a generation of people to an abyss of resentment that will stall their entrance into modernity.
It is not enough for people to wring their hands and look to others for help. It is necessary for the good people and the people of conscience, to rise up and join me and others fighting the battle for fabric of America.
We cannot look to someone else to do what we can do ourselves. One voice speaking out against injustice, when it is joined by other voices, becomes a cacophony. That cacophony is what is needed to combat the purveyors of racial discord that is being used to divide us.
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True Americans understand one thing: LIBERTY! And true Americans know what they must do in order to keep their liberties. Each person needs to sit down and make a list of the liberties they once had, the liberties they have lost, the liberties they wish they had back, and then do what is necessary to regain what we have all lost. Every time we allow the government to do something “for” us, it is loss of liberty to us. Liberty always costs and the price is blood.
The Ten Commandments are God’s way of life…start there. Respect for other people, their privacy and their property is the basic crash course in how to live the lifestyle of an American. Freedom demands personal responsibility and accountability. Becoming an American is not all that difficult. If we would actually DO things for our neighbors, help them in ways beneficial to them, then they will begin to listen to what we have to say. Look out for others’ welfare first, and do whatever it takes to ensure that we keep the responsible and generous attitudes we used in developing this great nation.
joann dolberg: your first sentence says it all…
Forgive me, Mychal. I forgot to say, ‘Thank You’ for all of the good that you do. Excellent rant and, as always, a brave one, I might add.
jane dallara: it’s not bravery it’s willingness…
Color does have import. It is important to an artist who is painting a portrait; to a doctor diagnosing a condition relative to race; to a researcher or pharmaceutical company, working on curative medicines; to a policeman who needs a complete visual account of a missing person, or someone who may be involved in a crime as a perpetrator or a witness. In other words, color is descriptive. To ignore color would be tantamount to ignoring sex, height, weight, shoe size, etc. It is important in some circumstances, and therefore cannot be ignored. However, it does not define an individual anymore than the size of his/her shoe could determine the character or worth of a person. We are all different, and we all have different abilities based on many things, including our genetics. We need to celebrate those differences and gather together as AMERICANS and use our collective abilities to achieve our goals: maintaining our liberty, our Constitution, and the strength of our nation.
jane dallara: you’ve confused your analogies…color to an artist is not the same as color to race mongers…and doctors do not need to recognize color to know that certain protcols are necessary pursuant to ethnicity…
Thank you, as always Mr Massie
julane jazzique: you are always welcome…
Hi Mychal – Great post. You have probably heard this saying from Ghandi before see below, but I like to remind myself…when they are spouting all the negative crap. I’ve gone against the flow and it’s not pretty. :) That’s all right though, if you feel you’re a victim you’re a victim, if you think, rather, that you are a person who made a bad choice and learned a lesson, you are empowered. They say that’s not compassionate…hmmmm.
“Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
leslie: great post…
Mychal, most Americans literally & figuratively forfeited their dignity & common sense when they decided to jump on the politically-incorrect bandwagon of liberalism and placed our collective welfare in the hands of Barack Hussein Obama!
Liberals by & large are enjoying getting under the skin of conservatives with their newly ordained commander-in-chief who has put into fruition the nefarious actions of Lucifer’s one time earthly disciple, Saul Alinskey! I don’t know what’s worse. We the people watching him parade around as the “Emporer with no clothes” as we sit back helplessly while refraining from publicly pointing out his visible naked arrogance or stomaching the presence of his hideously grotesque wife, Michelle at play with her Hollywood cronies?
There is no intelligent explanation in which any of us can extrapolate on in order to concede the amateur leadership of this Chicago style thug! Years from now, many of us we’ll be looking back and wondering how we as a society could have allowed the worse form of ignorance to overcome our decision making process, by allowing race to direct our overall well being! As far as Obama & Michelle are concerned, they exemplify that old addage; “you can take the boy out of the jungle, but you cannot take the jungle out of the boy”! Money & fame does not entail class nor decorum. Obama & Michelle are just a couple of hoodrats from the south side of Chicago merely playing dress up with their adoring fans!
renee: you my friend have said a mouthful…
God is a Creator and satan is a destroyer. God is a uniter and satan is a divider. God lifts up and satan tears down. It is easy to see on whose side the destroyers, dividers and those who tear down are. “Nuf said.
gary thomsen: excellent observation…well said…
You are a God send to the human race. I've read many of your articles and find you miraculously covering so many issues so very well. Please don't stop. Your fans believe in you and love what you are doing. The content of a mans character has and always will be more important than skin color…..what if we were all blind. God Bless
carol woolf: the tragic truth is that many are blind…thk you for writing…look forward to reading more of your comments…
Amen and amen, Mychal. So many people today are whining and complaining but they don’t choose to change anything. They say they don’t care about politics, it doesn’t have anything to do with their lives. After I pick my jaw up from the floor, I try to tell them how it does affect their lives and that things have reached this point because we have been telling ourselves it has nothing to do with us. Mr. King said something else I have never forgotten. I may not have it worded exactly correct but he said the hottest places in Hell are saved for those who do nothing in times of great crises. He was a wise man and so are you, Mychal. Stay courageous.
doublesmith: I agree with the quote you referenced…and do not attribute more credit to me than is due…at the end of the day I put my pants on one leg at a time…
Thank you, Mychal, for this very good article. You never disappoint; only give food for thought.
I will digress a little but I’m in the mood.
Until we only look at character and not color, we will divide ourselves. No matter who we are, we look in the mirror and see our face all of the time. When an artist is told to draw their own portrait without looking in the mirror, they usually are spot on or close to it. They know that face. When asked to draw what kind of character the artist has, that isn’t quite as easy even though we know who we are and our character. I guess what I’m trying to say is that even though everyone knows what their faces look like, we don’t know the qualities/values/character of other people until there is some verbal/written interaction that reveals the character of each person. That is when one looks beyond color or eyes to find out what makes people tick. While in Paris at an art museum, I was approached by a Japanese lad. He was rushing toward me. When he reached me, he “shoved” me aside and uttered, “Dumb Americans!” This stunned me because I happen to know a few very nice Japanese people. But, he hooked my “child” so I yelled back to him an unkind Japanese remark. This could have caused a great deal of bitter words between us but I walked on and felt sorry for the lad and ashamed that I had reverted to childish remark. He didn’t know me personally – my character, only as what he thought about Americans as a whole. When I shouted back a nasty remark, I truly was the ugly, dumb American and divided our nationalities right there on the spot. Had the Japanese Lad stopped beside me and talked about the Mona Lisa, we would have had a delightful conversation – common ground. (Privately, I hope he knew that this dumb American had bothered to learn some Japanese language).
So, I come back to the remark about the characters of people instead of looking at color. It is important to look beyond color (and nationalities). When a black person can talk with me as me with them and we find a common ground, that is when both win.
marilyn: you have spoken well…that said when we are all americans we can put race behind us…
As I have said before, you are a man of wisdom, Mr. Massie – there are so few like you who will speak up – thank you for your words – I take heart every day after reading y
janie chatelle: my prayer is that I encourage others to stand up for truth and justice…
Unfortunately the predominate image portrayed to the public is one of the regimes divisive sycophants in the media, and Democrats, who continue his class warfare rhetoric. They also demonize and regulate as sell outs people of substance like, Michal Massie, Thomas Sowell, Dr, Carson, and many others, all the while they lift up the ghettto trash mobs as oppressed. Until those blacks, the decent, can break through, whites will never be able to change things. How are we still a racist nation when a black man, although a piece of Marxist trash, is President, Clarence Thomas, at the objection of Democrats and blacks is on the supreme court, Dr. Carson, from abject poverty, on his own, is a renowned neurosurgeon, and many others. Almost all of these renowned blacks did on their own without handouts.
ben: we cannot wait for others to do what we ourselves should do…looking and waiting for a black person to something first is flawed reasoning…and the very fact that you referenced Tommie Sowell et al proves that people are hearing our message…and it is important to be sure of our inner feelings when we are talking of handouts…because welfare rolls are color specific…
Another well written article Mychal. MLK would be proud of you. And I agree whole heartedly with everything you said. I was very fortunate to have a Mother that taught me judge a person by the person and not the 10 pounds of skin that cover them. I have a rainbow of friends and I wouldn't have it any other way. I pray for those that have covered their heart with hate. That is not what our Lord God wants us to be like.
ray eaton: no it isn’t what He wants from us…
Excellent article, Mychal!! I would just like to add that people are going to keep using the “race” card as long as it works for them,. I am sorry to say that we are a victim society and people do not like to give up their “victim label”. Not just race, but financial status, marital status, where you grew up, your parents were mean to you, etc etc. Not to say that people don’t have hardships and/or differences, but clinging to and defining your self by your “victim story” and thereby allowing you to blame others/outside influences for any failure you may have… that’s a victim society. I’d love it if we had another Dr. Martin Luther King to inspire us all… But I’m sure in this day and age he would be denounced by the mainstream for not being “understanding” enough toward the “downtrodden”!
deb: we don’t need another Dr. King to inspire us…we have the truth of God that compels us to fight evil…waiting for someone to inspire is tantamount to telling God His word isn’t good enough…
Thank you Michal. I am a white woman and a Independent voter of West Virginia. I did not vote for Barack Obama not because he was black, but because I listened to what he was saying. I live in a state that has a lot of coal and when I heard that he intended to bankrupt the coal companies I knew then that this man was not a friend of America. Yet i was accused by a white Democrat that I was rasist. So many people in this country vote along party thinking that their candidate is surly a good person. If they would only open their ears and listen. I hoped and prayed that I was wrong about Barack Obama but as you can see I was right. We will not recognize this country by the time he is out of office unless the Lord removes him and I pray every day that he will. I know that we should pray for our leaders but sadly I confess that is the only prayer i can pray for him.
judith bailey: I warned people about him going back to 2004…and I care less than nothing about the color of your skin…
Thank you Mychal. It is important as well to remember that much of this racist rhetoric and demagoguery is used for political purposes. It was and is still used by the Obama Administration and their media lackeys, to silence those who oppose him and his policies.
owen k: that’s true…but that doesn’t change what we should be doing…
Good one; WELL SAID!
rolf welbenstein: thk you much…
I belive that the people of America have to learn to speak out. And that can only happen when we have respect for each other. Politically Correct is a way of speech control. Everyone knows it is a large club, the power of this must be called out to defuse it.
larry e. hewett: you’re right about political correctness…and yes people need to gut it up and speak out…
amen! Lord Help this man in his battle!
nick dibella: your help is greatly appreciated as well…
God bless Mychal and Beverly, beautifully said!
enrico d’angelo: not sure who Beverly is but thank you…
Mr. Massie,
As always, you write what we need to hear. Sadly, today, a white person speaking up is immediately called a ‘racist’. I seems we are at a point where it must be the blacks who save us (America). I pray many will come forward.
Suzanne, I thought that, too, but conservative blacks get more animosity than any white. If Mychal can endure what he does, I can endure being called racist, especially when I know in my heart it’s not true.
kit: now that’s the type of talk I love to hear…
suzanne brodebck: you will never be called the names that I’m called…waiting for someone else to do what we should is wrong minded…that said I’m black and I am speaking out…but I speak as an american not a color…that should be your frame of mind…we are americans not cowards…the colors of america are red, white, and blue and those colors don’t run…
Massie is right on the mark here–I surely do hope that folks open their minds and think about his points!
"It is not enough for people to wring their hands and look to others for help. It is necessary for the good people and the people of conscience, to rise up and join me and others fighting the battle for fabric of America."
sydney b. corbett: amen and amen…
I think what you are saying is we need a Tea Party equivalent for racial discord?
Would the belligerant and antagonistic blacks listen to a white person? I get sick to my stomach when I think about what you, Star Parker, Bill Cosby, Ben Carson, Ken Blackwell, Charles Payne, and Herman Cain (to name just a few) have suffered at the hands of other blacks. If they ridicule and denigrate you, who WILL they listen to? I am willing to raise my voice, and have, many times. I just don’t think I’m getting through.
sunnyvee: people not listening cannot be your excuse for not doing something…we speak out when opportunity presents its self…and stop being a color and start being americans…
Well, AMEN! Yes, we are all Americans! Too bad so many of the left lose sight of this!
sunnyvee: indeed…
sunnyvee: indeed…
Thank you for this article, Michal. As Dr. King said, it is the character of a man, not his color, that we should take into account. There are beautiful men (and women) of color. And the same re:whites, because of their character. And then, there are very bad people of both races, that have evil hearts and agendas – because their character(s) are so filled with hate, they don't see the beauty of the races working together to accomplish a better America. This is sad and shouldn't be! You make sense and I, for one, appreciate you speaking truth.
beverly alfonso: we must stop dividing america into colors…we are americans end of discussion…
Mr. Massie: Amen, Amen You have said it clear and simple… WE ARE AMERICANS! Now let’s move forward and bring about REAL change..
rubee: precisely my point…