One of the problems, that is fueling the flames, is the heated rhetoric from many in the race business - like Al Sharpton. I watched the televised memorial service for Mike Brown yesterday on MSNBC. IMHO, it was not memorial but rather a rally to foment emotions and raise the level of protests. Actions like these are antithetical to what MLK used to get his and black American's message across. His rallies were not done in a way to feed hatred and raise emotions, but done in a way to give hope and create a stance of non-violence. Unfortunately, today, we have no MLK that is a leadership role in the black community that has the voice and influence to make a difference.
I was saddened by the level of hatred and the tactics used to gin up that hatred. Very sad. We can never get past race, if race is used to gin up hate in blacks by their cultural leaders or done so in non-blacks by their cultural leaders.
The truth is that the GREAT majority of both backs and non-blacks are peaceful, caring people and we have seen many of them in Ferguson but unfortunately they have not been the lead in news reports. That want nothing but peace and equal opportunity for all. There is a difference, however, between equal opportunity and equal outcome. We can ensure the first, but never the latter. And those in the race business will never be satisfied until the latter is achieved - therefore they will never be satisfied and will continue to foment hatred and rage in the name of peace. Again, very sad.
