The search for an “ism-free” world?

It is hard to imagine what society want as an outcome?

Can we all agree that no unarmed person of any colour should meet their death with their face to the pavement and a knee on their neck?

Great! If we are all agreed on just that single point, we can move forward. The rest is neither here nor there and we need to avoid digression and attempts to solve every possible problem out there in one clean swoop as that is never going to happen

I have travelled extensively across Africa and Asia, I can readily say that the racism I witnessed amongst those populations (Africans on Africans and Asians on Asians) was shocking. This is not a phenomenon being sole perpetrated by just one race on another. But when we use phrases such as “Land of the free” and “Developed World” then the burden is indeed upon us, to live by example and set the tune for the rest of the world or all is lost. As such America, apologies for the world (including countries with a much worse record) turning the spotlight on you! You do not have to love your black population, just make sure the next time your police needs to arrest a black person, they just arrest him/her and your courts can pass sentence. And given you still have the death sentence as an option in some of your states, go with that due process and if that is the sentence of your courts, that a guy caught with a fake $20 bill should be put to death, fine. At least he’s had his day in court

The rest of the world need us to serve as leaders. We must end the death of unarmed persons (all colours) at the hands of cops. I am sure the vast majority of cops are extremely frustrated to keep seeing these awful situations as all the great work most of them are selflessly doing week in week out gets tainted by these situations. We have seen some truly astonishing footages in the past week that are simply impossible to comprehend. Citizens employ public officials and the fact that a citizen is caught with a fake $20 bill or is protesting or shoplifting doesn’t mean he/she have stopped being an employer (they are still paying their taxes) and as such, roughing ‘em up or kneeling on their necks simply cannot be an acceptable way of treating ones employer!

As for the rest and all the other “isms”, the world is never going to get to a point where they all go away. We just have to continue to do our best to address them.

A Member of Parliament in the UK today stated that the UK is one of the best countries for black people and I am not sure many can logically argue against that statement, as I am not sure I can name many other countries out there (including those in Africa) where black people will say they are having a ball! And although the UK has got a long, long way yet to go, her statement is accurate

As explained in my previous post; addressing poverty and inequality is the first major step that we need to try to take as a global society