There then is not here now.
When will the past no longer be used as validation for the future?
The little patch of medium I inhabit is once more ruffled and offended by that which I see as inflammatory and of little applicable relevance or even consequence, though its existence and necessity to be understood is unquestionable.
While reading yet another article on racism within America, a land I see as one using the vehicle of vile racial segmentation as a means to answer the woes of a poorly constructed society based on survivalist greed, I am plagued by angst toward the manner in which the past or recent history (however you determine your concept of history) is employed for the avoidance and manipulation of the present.
That sentence was a mouthful, sure, but it was not an overload of thought, a tsunami of divergent ideas.
A worthy country of disparate people, the United States may be united on the paper of its constitution, but it is not bound by heart, and there are numerous voices urging the ripping of the tender fabric that binds or clothes the country. Every voice deserves to have its say, but upon occasion, I wonder if a considered muffling might be more appropriate for the preservation of the country’s fabric?
To inflate arguments of racial inequalities, the past is paraded as an emotional powder keg to demand current change and retribution to pains suffered centuries before. I am of course referring to the Transatlantic Slave Trade debacle used as a means of justifying arguments for current discrimination arguments and platforms.
Discrimination, of whatever type, is deplorable and inappropriate. Arguments against it should not predicate its disgusting existence in history.
The title of Ram Dass’ spiritual book entitled Be Here Now should be used as a guide to eliminating the vitriol and angst surrounding the racial issues dividing the US.
I truly believe that was ‘There Then’ and this is ‘Here Now.’ Humankind can and will continue to evolve. It is not perfect, perfection is like a vacuum it exists only in its closest purity in space, but the pursuit of perfection is striving forward, not looking back in anger.
To stumble back through a brief scattering of racial injustices; the Transatlantic…
