the infamous "race card"

                                                                                                                       9-9-15

In poker, a royal flush is usually a winning hand. In spades, whoever has the highest or most spades in their hand will usually get the most books, thereby winning, regardless of what their partner may have. In speed, the object of the game is to stack all of your cards, even the deck cards, in ascending order, and whoever is the first to do that, that fastest, wins. No matter what game you prefer, most almost always remove the jokers, right? Right. Playing with jokers, is the most sought after method for those that want to find an easier way to win. It’s leverage. Generally, people feel that it may be cheating and just suggest that you play with the cards given, as is. When it comes to certain situations, life is like that too. In circumstances of inequality, racism, prejudice, or just unjust treatment, the infamous “race card” comes in to play. And just like playing a card game, it’s only desired at times of desperation and convenience. It’s a sad and vicious cycle white people use to accuse African Americans of using for sympathy or the reason for the behavior or given incident. It’s sad because I don’t believe that enough of us, African Americans, realize that this is even happening. What ends up happening is that we begin to accuse one another of using it. If you truly think about any argument you’ve had with someone, (who most likely was prejudice/racist) and the subject matter may have be targeted at a race inflicted incident, how many times did you actually even mention race? I’m willing to bet a dollar to a dime the answer is zero. They “jump the gun” and cry racism before we ever get a chance to. They constantly end up putting their own foot in their mouths. There are many things that project  just as many ignorant values and  false stereotypes in a given situation  other than race, such as capitalism, fascism, sexism, or even  just an all around disagreement in religion, class, or otherwise. Unless it is inherent racism, like the Charleston church shooting, (among others), will we ever throw our race as a defense. Furthermore, out of guilt, quite naturally they assume that our initial reaction/motive is to use our race against them and believe me, that’s rarely ever the case. Through centuries of slavery, Jim Crow, segregation era, we were never to be proud or even address our race with consideration. Now today, if we dare address the blatant and despicable racism we’re constantly experiencing in this country, we’re automatically using our “race card.” Utter bullshit. If anything we have every RIGHT to claim racism! It’s a sad and ass backwards world we live in when people are still never willing to admit their wrongs and have the audacity to try and flip the script at any given moment based on the guilt they feel from stemming from their ancestors. The “race card” does not exist. It never has and it never will. It’s fake. A façade. Smoke and mirrors.  It’s a false defense mechanism for whites to; once again, accuse and oppress us so they won’t have to feel bad when a white man shoots a black man. If there’s an issue going on in America, half the time it’s not even about race, but about humanity, or the lack thereof. Hell, this “country” was founded on the principles of hate, torture, and genocide long before “race” had even come along. If anything it’s a “truth card” not a “race card” if you open your ears and eyes and read a book, I’m sure you’ll learn the difference. And my people, stop falling for the okie-doke.

Power.