HUMAN RIGHTS ARE FOR (all) HUMAN BEINGS !!
The "rub" comes, when European, (and maybe other) Religious Teachings, Doctrines, Programs, Theories, etc., have promoted the IDEA, that some persons on our planet are HUMAN, while others, are NOT! Or; some are MORE Human than Others; and, therefore, a Rank, of Superior/Inferior , or Exceptional, applies.
A Socio-Economic PROBLEM arises, when these get written into LAWs. (JIM CROW Laws, for instance).
A Grave Human TRAGEDY occurs, when persons, so designated as less-than Human, come to Accept or Believe it! Those Beliefs have been openly accepted., as Booker T. Washington did, in his "Atlanta Compromise", or "Five-Fingers" Speech of 1895. By doing so, speaking, he claimed, on behalf of Freed Slaves, Washington, singlehandedly, enabled whites to impose JIM CROW LAW! He also created a most-peculiar creature; so loved by our GOP in 2015; the BLACK Conservative! Other copies of this creature exist; in other hues.
The Self-emancipated Slave, Frederick Douglass, vehemently disagreed with this Belief; as did W.E.B. DuBois (he had his own "specious" version, however). Hundreds of Black Leaders, since 1895, have disagreed, but , but failed to give sufficient VOICE to the issue. This must be faced squarely in 2015! Compromises regarding the humanity of persons of color must end! All such compromises for the past century, have been under a banner of "Civil Rights" as a substitute for Human Rights.
In 2015, confusion continues to be sown, in many guises, producing doubt in the minds of many young people, of all colors. It also permits the rise of Demagogues like many of those candidates running for President in 2016. It certainly explains those Blacks who behave in ways that show greater disdain for their fellow Blacks than thatexpressed by Trump followers on T.V. Since the time of the Christopher Commission, Daryl Gates, Police Chief; D.A., Garcetti; in Los Angeles; under Mayor Bradley; we all should not be surprised that Black and Brown Cops can be persuaded to accept and comply with the mind-set of the "Force", and participate in the denial of Human Rights to Black and Brown citizens. This pattern of D.A./Prosecutor/Police Chiefs/Rogue Cops has been known to exist for at least a couple of decades. We should not be shocked with what is happening in Ferguson, or Baltimore. We saw it in the Diallo Case in the NYPD.
Stay Vigilant! If people of color really want the respect of others, they have to start with a resolve to demand respect as a Human Being. This must be done as an INDIVIDUAL! Compromises, whether proposed by Martin Luther King, or Booker T. Washington, or any one else; leads back to Chattel Slavery. This Half/Slave or Half/Free question still dogs this Nation! Why else would otherwise sane humans wait patiently for a white child assassin to reload his gun, as he killed them in cold blood? Why would any white child think he had the Right to do that?
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