Don't Hold Your Breath Waiting for It

The National Black Republican Association (NBRA) has issued a petition requesting President Obama to issue a proclamation of apology to black Americans for the Democrat Party’s 150-year history of racism in America.

The NBRA is not asking this of our government, our country, American citizens, nor the Republican Party. They are asking it solely from the Democrat Party. Further, they ask Democrats to stop “issuing unwarranted apologies on behalf of America, while simultaneously using racial politics for partisan political gain.”

The organization places the blame for current racial divides in America at the feet of the Democrat Party. In the newsletter, they contend the Democrat Party is “the party of the four S’s: Slavery, Secession, Segregation, and now Socialism.”

I once staed that the Democrats wanted to keep minorities "down on the plantation" and someone reacted as if I had just denied the Holocaust.

No, the NBRA is right - the Democrats have hurt the disenfranchised by making them believe that they are victims - presumably of "the Man," who, of course, is white, Republican, and wealthy - and thus are entitled to the largesse of government without any contribution from them. Except their votes. Dead or alive.

Nobody denies that there has been a history of racism in the United States. There has been a history of racism - and other bad things - throughout human history. Unfortunately, it is part of our sinful nature. But nothing is gained by using it as a canard to distract the people from the truth.