THE ISSUE OF RACE…

Apparently fewer blacks say they and whites get along well today than felt that way back in 2009, at least according to a new Pew Research Center/USA Today poll. But who might they think is to blame for that? I suppose that after years of being on the receiving end of near endless incendiary rhetoric from the likes Jesse Jackson and Barry’s current go-to-guy on all matters having to do with race, Al Sharpton, blacks would says it’s because of us racist white folks. But I would beg to differ on that point. Because over the course of at least the last five years I would say there has been a rapid, and somewhat violent, intensifying of black racism toward whites.

But back to this poll, at least for a minute. Supposedly it was from 2007 to 2009, that the number of black respondents who said blacks and whites get along "very well" or "pretty well" increased seven percentage points, to 76 percent. But it’s been since 2009, that the share of black respondents who had a positive view of race relations has now dropped twelve points, to 64 percent. But it’s not just blacks who have seen things deteriorate. Because white respondents who thought blacks and whites got along well increased three percentage points from 2007 to 2009, but decreased five percentage points from 2009 to 2014.

And we’re told that this poll also found that 70 percent of black respondents thought police did a poor job of treating racial and ethnic groups equally, while just 25 percent of whites say they do a bad job. And there may actually be some truth to that. But, again, who is it that can be said to be to blame for that? Many blacks, both male and female, derive their jollies courtesy of intimidation. And that type of behavior is simply not conducive to creating the type of relationship that one generally tries to foster with the police. And sadly even those who do not exhibit such bad behavior are seen as being guilty by association. Because the cops don’t know.

And of course, as is usually the case, it’s Democrats who were more critical of police performance than were Republicans, but Pew found that much of the discrepancy could be attributed to the views of black Democrats. Again, no real surprise there. As I have said before, blacks, more often than not, are their own worst enemy. They walk around with their underwear hanging out and exhibiting all manner of rather thuggish behavior and then still they have the nerve to complain when they find themselves being singled out by the police. They insist upon attracting attention to themselves and then complain, quite loudly, when they get it.

The bottom line here is that when it comes to racism in this country blacks simply refuse to take any responsibility whatsoever for the role that they continue to play regarding the level of racism that does still exist in this country. And whether they like it or not, that role is a rather significant one. What kind of impression of blacks as a whole is it that is left with most reasonable people after having watched on their televisions hordes of rampaging blacks as they were recently seen behaving on the streets of Ferguson? And more often than not these are lasting impressions that can prove to be very difficult to change in any meaningful way.