What is Racism?

         What exactly is Racism? 

rac·ism

Dictionary result for racism

/ˈrāˌsizəm/

noun

noun: racism

1. prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.

   
   

   
   

   synonyms:

   racial discrimination, racialism, racial prejudice/bigotry, xenophobia, chauvinism, bigotry, bias, intolerance; More anti-Semitism; historicalapartheid

   • the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.                                                                                                                                

     
     

      That is the textbook definition. Notice that, It doesn't say all racists are white supremacists. That seems to be the Leftist Media definition. Notably that everyone wearing a MAGA Hat is a racist. That notion is a Lie straight from Satan.
      I was never a Racist not even as a kid. I had heard the word Nigger before I was 5, but I didn't know what it meant. I never, ever, thought it meant black, mostly because I had a black Friend. Chuck the Shoeshine man down at Harris's Barber Shop was a terrific friend of mine at five years of age. Chuck would smile, take my quarter, and spend just as much time on my shoes as he did any Banker or Business man. He told me stories, laughed, and treated me just like any other customer. We had a great, fun relationship.
      But I was confused. So what did Nigger mean? One day my Dad parked in front of the Paragould Post Office. We were one parking spot back from the marble steps on 2nd St. I could smell the Marble steps from the back seat of our old coupe. Just then a very young teen black girl went skipping up the steps. I asked my Mom, "Is that a Nigger?" The young girl stopped in her tracks. She had heard my query. She looked our way and I was sure she focused on me in the back seat. I was horrified. So was she. A look of anguish I will never forget came across her face. Tears, real tears, came. Her mouth dropped open and I was sure she was going to scream. She just whimpered and ran up the steps covering her face. She didn't know it but I was feeling just as low, just as bad as she was. I didn't use that word again for almost 20 years, not in a joke, not in any way whatsoever. Any chance of me ever having a racist thought was forever quashed that day in the early 50's.
       So why, if I don't think that way, am I accused of being Racist, just because I am white, or because I wear a red ball cap that says, "make America Great Again"? I am not saying white people are never racist, I just know I am not one of them. And the people, most anyway, that I see wearing MAGA caps are not either. I can't speak for all of them, but the ones I am familiar with are anything but racist. They wear the MAGA hat because they are Certified American Patriots. They are not prejudiced, they are non-discriminatory, and the only antagonistic feelings they have are for Communists, Socialists, Fascists and Looney Leftists.
      Now I may not be a Racist, but I am often a victim of Racism. Not because I am a real threat to anyone of any color, but all because I wear a MAGA hat and support Donald J. Trump, America's Duly Elected President, and frankly the most maligned man in America today. It really is not a white or black thing because I am noticing thousands of Black folks wearing MAGA hats too.
       No, the uninformed people are most often the Racists. A real Racist, President Lyndon Johnson said of the Voting Rights Act he signed, "I'll have those Niggers eating out of Democrats hands for decades". Not one Democrat had voted for the Voting Rights Act, every one of them had opposed it, Only Republicans voted for it; but Democrats took the credit and sure enough Blacks for the most part have supported the Democrat Party, the same party that started the KKK, ever since. They have bought into the Democrat Propaganda Machine ever since too. For every white supremacist, (of which there are far too many), there are dozens if not hundreds of black folks just as racially severe. Just like the white supremacist doesn't trust, and often hates blacks, there are blacks who don't trust and often hate whites. Not because they know what they believe to be true, but simply because they have been taught that is what they ought to believe. (true of all racists whether black or white).
      It is all to easy to be a Bigot. We all tend to believe we know better that those around us. We seldom really do. When we allow ourselves to feel more important than others we are guilty of pride. We can't Love others like ourselves as we are commanded in the Bible if we harbor pride in ourselves. That is not the sacrificial Love of a Christian heart. Black or White we have to Love our fellow man. Our hearts, our brains, and our souls are all the same color, no matter what hat we wear.