I am a bit worn out with the racial difficulties we are experiencing in this country. I do think black lives matter. It isn’t that but when you do something wrong and then run away from a cop or pull a knife out on a cop, I think they do have a right to take action. Prejudice is a very subtle evil but it has many facets.

I would like to point out the fact that there are some times when blacks can be prejudiced against whites also. My son who is going to college in Louisiana has almost been mugged twice already. I believe both times were at the hands of a black man. The one time he was merely shopping for groceries when a black man asked him for money. He honestly replied “I don’t have any. I am a poor college student.” The black man kept harassing him for money, stating that he had spent twelve years in prison. My son kept stating that he had none, which is the God’s honest truth. The man followed him out to his car and my son had to show him that he had a rod in his car which he would use to defend himself if necessary before the guy left him alone.

I raised my children to be well groomed and to take care of their bodies. They all look like they came from money but the reality is that we were often times very poor. I taught them to present themselves with class. I believe it is this reason why this black man assumed my son had money. I am glad that I also taught my children to use common sense and that my son did not use the knife he has on him to attack this poor black man. He used self control which I think could solve a lot of the racial problems in this country.

I have many black friends and coworkers and they don’t run around trying to hit people up for money and the reason why is because they are hard working, educated people who make their own money. So if you are black I support you in your cause to say that your lives matter but they matter no more than white lives do. Just because we are white does not in any way cause us to be responsible for your well being. You need to learn how to get an education and work hard like we do.

My son had to get good grades to get into college and he saw plenty of minorities getting into college without good grades because of affirmative action. The idea that the world owes you a free ride because of the color of your skin only does you a disservice because you don’t realize that it is hard work that gets you ahead.