Patriotic Pollyanna

First of all, let me explain that I am in no way trying to diminish the Black Lives Matter movement, with this post. I fully support their cause! But we are still missing the point of equality for all, because we're ignoring the Asian-American population and the Indigenous population; not to mention, the lack of publicity the LGBTQ community has received during Pride Month. ALL LIVES will matter, as soon as a person's race/ethnicity, skin color, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, etc. no longer governs how society treats them! Human beings, regardless of who they are, have rights ; and it's astonishingly absurd that, in 2020, marginalized groups of people STILL need to fight the status quo, when it comes to securing their own rights as human beings! Slavery may have been abolished, but oppression is still widely practiced. And it is high time the rest of us got real with ourselves, and made whatever efforts are necessary to abolish oppression, as well. ...

I just want to make this clear to all who can read this. All lives have never mattered, in America! White people's lives have mattered more than any other race, in this country, since Day 1. The United States of America was stolen from Native Americans, who are now on the verge of extinction; and built by African slaves. This year, we will be celebrating our 244th birthday, as a Nation. The Civil Rights Act was signed into law, on July 2, 1964; and to this day, our "great nation" continues to treat people of color like 2nd class citizens. Immigrants in the U.S. as a whole have lower levels of education than the U.S.-born population; regardless of their immigration status. In America, 76% of Millionaires are white. The Poverty rate for Blacks and Hispanics is more than double that of non-Hispanic Whites.  The poverty rate of Native Americans is 25%. Incomes of Native Americans tend to be low, and unemployment rates are usually high. Affirmative Action p...