I'll be back...with a vengance..but until then

I know I haven't blogged in a long time but with so much going on in my life, this is the last thing I have time for. Believe me, I could use some ME time..along with a spa day. I'm in the process of moving from Texas to Virginia, so I will begin to blog again after I am settled and my life slows down. Until then, I am posting this letter that I read because I happen to agree with what is written here. I mean, I think it's great that the African American community has all of the opportunities that they have and they should take advantage of them but I seriously get tired of hearing the BS. I mean, they aren't the minority anymore...racism is at it's lowest point in history and most white people just don't care anymore. They are afforded the same opportunities that we have, and more. It really isn't fair that my children and grandchildren may have to work harder for the opportunities that are afforded to the black community because of the racism in this country. Honestly, I have never heard a white person make racial slurs or bitch about the black community, but I have heard MANY black people talk about how they dislike the white community, segregate themselves from white people and bitch about how hard their lives are because they are black. I really want to tell these people to shut up and try going back 100 years and see how much they think America is "fair". They should be ashamed when they are afforded so many opportunities and they live free lives when their ancestors didn't. If I had to go back in time and live in that time, I would have been one of the people to put my life on the line for abolishment of slavery and equal rights but I think it's messed up that so many people use the fact that they are black as a crutch. To be honest, the only prejudiced people that I have ever known were black. They still hold onto the past and hate white people and try to make them accountable for what our ancestors have done. I think it's wrong. I think the government should do away with all the special programs that they have for JUST the African American community and start treating them as our equals. I know poor white people who would benefit from these programs too..not just blacks. Don't get me wrong..I am not prejudiced in ANY way..half of my family is black..my daughter is not white and neither is my grandsons and step father..I was raised in black communities and never really saw a difference between the races until I became an adult and was subjected to racism myself, by black people...so this has nothing to do with me thinking we are better than the black community. I don't think that at all..in fact, I have met plenty of white people that I don't like and I think they are awful people and then I know many black people that I love and consider my family and think they are the best people to walk this earth. But I get so tired of having to walk on eggshells because I may say something offensive to a black person and they will consider me a bigot. I could explain that I would say what I said about a white person too...but why get into that when they are going to think what they want regardless. We are ALL people..it doesn't matter what color our skin is. None of us are better than the other and it's about time people started acting like it. Slavery is a thing of the past...the LONG past. There is nothing anyone can do about it now and I wasn't the one that did it. As far as I am concerned, my ancestors probably didn't either. Isn't it funny...older people, who WERE touched by slavery aren't the ones holding grudges...it's the people who wouldn't stand a chance in their shoes holding grudges.. Some people really need to move on. Seriously.
So anyway..here is the letter that was written for the president by Pat Buchanan. Someone needed to say these things and he did...

BUCHANAN TO OBAMA By Patrick J. Buchanan.
Barack says we need to have a conversation about race in America . Fair enough. But this time, it has to be a two-way conversation. White America needs to be heard from, not just lectured to.. This time, the Silent Majority needs to have its convictions, grievances and demands heard. And among them are these: First, America has been the best country on earth for black folks. It was here that 600,000 black people, brought from Africa in slave ships, grew into a community of 40 million, were introduced to Christian salvation, and reached the greatest levels of freedom and prosperity blacks have ever known. Wright ought to go down on his knees and thank God he is an American.Second, no people anywhere has done more to lift up blacks than white Americans. Untold trillions have been spent since the ' 60s on welfare, food stamps, rent supplements, Section 8 housing, Pell grants, student loans, legal services, Medicaid, Earned Income Tax Credits and poverty programs designed to bring the African-American community into the mainstream. Governments, businesses and colleges have engaged in discrimination against white folks -- with affirmative action, contract set-asides and quotas -- to advance black applicants over white applicants. Churches, foundations, civic groups, schools and individuals all over America have donated their time and money to support soup kitchens, adult education, day care, retirement and nursing homes for blacks.We hear the grievances. Where is the gratitude???Barack talks about new 'ladders of opportunity' for blacks. Let him go to Altoona ? And Johnstown , and ask the white kids in Catholic schools how many were visited lately by Ivy League recruiters handing out scholarships for 'deserving' white kids.? Is white America really responsible for the fact that the crime and incarceration rates for African-Americans are seven times those of white America ? Is it really white America 's fault that illegitimacy in the African-American community has hit 70 percent and the black dropout rate from high schools in some cities has reached 50 percent?Is that the fault of white America or, first and foremost, a failure of the black community itself?As for racism, its ugliest manifestation is in interracial crime, and especially interracial crimes of violence. Is Barack Obama aware that while white criminals choose black victims 3 percent of the time, black criminals choose white victims 45 percent of the time?Is Barack aware that black-on-white rapes are 100 times more common than the reverse, that black-on-white robberies were 139 times as common in the first three years of this decade as the reverse?We have all heard ad nauseam from the Rev. Al about Tawana Brawley, the Duke rape case and Jena . And all turned out to be hoaxes. But about the epidemic of black assaults on whites that are real, we hear nothing. Sorry, Barack, some of us have heard it all before, about 40 years and 40 trillion tax dollars ago. We are a Christian Nation even if Mr. Obama says we are not.