I Wonder What Would Happen...

... if some white artist released a work called "White Is King"?  Hmmmmmm?
That poor soul would be shouted down as racist.  All the so-called protest organizations would rear up like electrified snakes to hiss at the work.  "Social media" would erupt with people screaming at the top of their virtual lungs.

The point is simple:  racism is racism.  If it's wrong for me, it's wrong for you.  You have equality going forward, or you do not.  Some folks claim blacks do not have equality.  There have been many laws passed, and enforced, since 1960.  There have even been cases of government-sponsored racism, remember "affirmative action"?  That was racism because people got preferential treatment because of the color of their skin, usually black!  It would be logical to call such nonsense reparations, and say, there, you are paid up.  Now go make your own way, and stop holding your hand out for more, more more.
Not all black folks behave that way, and I want to make that clear.  There are some that I have known that work for a living, pay their taxes, and work to make a good life for themselves and their families.  I applaud such people of all colors.
The idea of "reparations" is so wrong.  One reason is, those of us who were born and raised north of the Mason-Dixon line never had slaves!  I know that absolutely none of my personal descendants ever had slaves, so why should I pay for something my people did not do?  The other problem is, those of us who lived in the North fought to free the slaves.  Any one who insists the Civil War was not about slavery is mistaken.  Slavery was a great polarizing subject in America.  President Lincoln saw it coming.  He tried to craft a compromise between slave states and free states, but failed.  He saw the country was headed into a war, but could not stop it.
Like Nazi hunting,  slavery and all the connected ideas need to be retired for good.  Like the holocaust, slavery should not be forgotten.  But both wars have been over for many decades, and it is past time to move on.  Are we up to the challenge?