Give Dems the Knee

by Joyce Cook: Everyone can agree that in the past black citizens suffered from discrimination as a result of racism. They were often mistreated. However, great strides have been made in the last 50 years. Blacks have the same opportunities as whites do and have been able to realize their dreams of being doctors, lawyers, engineers, etc.

Americans elected the first black president, not once, but twice. This would not have happened 50 years ago.

It is very frustrating, then, when people continue to believe that America is inherently racist. This is especially disheartening when the evidence points the other way.

The current kerfuffle began in Ferguson, Mo., as the leftists promoted the agenda that Michael Brown was an innocent person who was shot in the back while running away from police. Thus, the "Hands up, don't shoot" narrative was born. However, Eric Holder's Justice Department investigated and found after interviewing 40 witnesses that "Hands up, don't shoot" did not happen.

Eric Holder was America's first black Attorney General and served under President Barack Obama. His Justice Department concluded that the police officer acted out of self-defense and was justified in killing Brown.

In 2016 a study conducted by Harvard professor Roland G. Fryer Jr. found no evidence of racial bias in police shootings. The study showed that police were actually less likely to shoot at blacks than whites. Mr. Fryer, who is black, said that the finding of no racial discrimination in police shootings was "the most surprising result of my career."

Walter E. Williams, distinguished professor of economics at George Mason University, says the No. 1 problem among blacks is the effects stemming from a very weak family structure aka fatherless homes.

Williams, who is black, also said that the undeniable truth is that neither slavery nor Jim Crow nor the harshest racism has decimated the black family the way the welfare state has. The welfare state was the brainchild of the Democratic Party.

The Democrats' War on Poverty was actually a war on the black family. After implementation of the War on Poverty homes without a father in the black community skyrocketed leading to chaos (think Chicago where numerous blacks are killed by other blacks).

It is sad to see a group of fellow Americans suffer all because leftists want to use them for political ends. However, those same Americans have a duty and responsibility to educate themselves with facts, not myths fed to them.

The Democratic Party also created the KKK, but Democrats pretend to be civil rights champions. It is the Democratic Party that should be given the knee, not America.
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Joyce Cook lives in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She is a conservative activist and former editor of a local newspaper - the Trumann Democrat.

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