WHITE GUILT DAY

History is being made daily. The question becomes who decides what is historical and what is not. Historical data must be interpreted. The historian’s perspective will color his interpretation of the data. There is no neutrality in interpretation. The historian may try to objective, but the choice of data demonstrates the historian’s subjective bias. It would be refreshing if people would admit that we all are biased.

It is claimed that the Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery. This is incorrect. In my opinion, the Civil War was a power struggle between the Federal and State governments. The war was one of sovereignty. The states of the South wanted to be able to make their own determinations apart from the Federal government. One of those determinations was the owning of slaves.

The Civil War is referred to as the war between the states. This is also a misnomer. It was a war between Federal forces and southern state forces. This war was fought between the years of 1861 and 1865. We are now in the year 2009 of our Lord or 144 years later. There is not one person alive today that lived during that time period. There is no living eyewitness to the events of that war. So, we are dependent upon historians for our information.

January 19, 2009 is Martin Luther King’s Day. It is a Federal holiday. It is for me just another day. It has no significance whatsoever. Not because I am a racist. Martin Luther King’s Day and the civil rights movement promote racism and continue to divide this nation. Civil rights legislation has done nothing to move black people out of slavery. Slavery, while not as overt, still exists among the black population of America.

Affirmative action, quotas, welfare, rent controls, minimum wage laws etc. all take away the initiative of people to better their situation. Instead of earning their way through life, they want entitlements backed by the Federal government’s guns. This keeps the black people in a form of slavery. They are no longer in slavery to Southern plantation owners, but to the Federal government. This is why they almost exclusively vote for Democrats. Democrats want to enslave all men to the power of the civil government.

Why is there a Martin Luther King’s Day when his legacy was the promotion of racism? The answer is white guilt. There are those who believe that white’s should atone for the supposed sins of their forefathers. One of the ways these craven individuals seek to assuage their guilt over slavery of the past is to honor King by making his birthday a national holiday. This makes them feel better about themselves. They will also join in celebrations giving an outward show of unity.

There are those who do not believe in entitlements and refuse to be enslaved by the Federal government. So on this Martin Luther King Day, I am going to do the opposite of taking off this day, I am going to go to work. I know that there are no free lunches and that the Federal government does not owe me a living. Skin color does not matter. Performance is what will get you where you need to go.