The current administration has by its actions made it clear that America should be predominantly white. It goes far beyond refusing legal entry into the U.S. to persons of other races and religions and it is more than its thinly concealed endorsement of white nationalists.
People of color living here legally for decades are being denied passports and being deported. These include American citizens of Hispanic origin living along the Texas border, Muslims and most recently, Vietnamese boat people and their descendants who entered this country beginning in the late 1970s. (These were the Vietnamese who sympathized or aided the Americans during the Vietnam war.)
When blacks protest unequal treatment by law enforcement, in education and other sectors, whites often respond with, “Go back to Africa if you don’t like it!” If this administration can find loopholes for deporting Hispanics and Vietnamese who have lived here legally for decades, they have no doubt searched for any excuses to deport blacks brought to America generations ago as slaves. It is no accident that President Trump directs many criticisms against Detroit. The city has the largest African-American population within the U.S.
By 2045, whites will become the minority population in America. Trump’s immigration policies are a vain attempt at social engineering to delay or alter that fact. White people fear to become the minority. They have for generations discriminated against minorities of all races. Will they suffer discrimination once the tables turn? This is already an oft-repeated complaint.
Whites becoming the minority race within our children’s lifetime is a reality. It does not lessen our greatness as a nation or our economic and military might. Diversity has always served as a source of strength. The best way to ensure that our children and their children do not fall victim to prejudice and racism is to stop discriminatory practices now. The surest way to level the playing field for our descendants is to teach our children tolerance and inclusion.
Diversity is a beautiful thing. It is up to each of us to promote its benefits not just to combat divisiveness in the present, but also to ensure the success of our children in the future. Ω
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