I wrote the above on my Facebook page last night. This entire blog will refer to it, so if you haven't read it, please do before you proceed. This blog will not make sense unless you read that post (click photo to enlarge). Thank you!!
The Lincoln statue in that photo is the one my mom used to take me to when I was a kid. I would sit next to Abe (whose birthday I was born on) and be told of his legendary truthfulness and the way he freed the slaves. Abe was assassinated by a white racist BECAUSE he freed the slaves, let's be honest (like Honest Abe, himself)!! And by the way, that statue sits by the Courthouse in Newark near a street named for the great Martin Luther King, Jr.
I deeply resent the similarities between the brand new (as of YESTERDAY) George Floyd statue by City Hall in Newark and the LINCOLN sculpture, by the Courthouse in Newark. Admittedly, I have an emotional bond to the LINCOLN piece as many have an emotional attachment to the FLOYD piece. Both WERE assassinated, but again Lincoln actually DID something positive with his life which LED to his murder. What did George Floyd do, pray tell?? He's getting a statue only because he WAS murdered. And let's not make this a RACIAL issue because the man who did the Floyd sculpture was white and BOTH Lincoln and Floyd were killed by WHITE murderers.
Face it....George Floyd is being honored merely because he's BLACK and was murdered. See, in America now if you're black you must automatically be a good person (and if you're not, you can blame white people for it)!! And if you're MURDERED while black (if the murderer is a WHITE man, that is) you're automatically a hero...a saint...a martyr in 2021 America!! The detail on the George Floyd statue is GREAT but if they gave it a name, I hope they've named the statue "A Monument to Reverse Racism" because that's EXACTLY what it is in my opinion, IF we are to be honest.
Dr. King dreamed of a day when people would be judged by the content of their character, not the color of their skin, but that Dream has become a NIGHTMARE. Dig into George Floyd's past BEFORE he got killed and evaluate the content of his character. And understand that it's only the color of his skin that makes him a hero to so many. The day may come when the Floyd statue REPLACES Lincoln's instead of just RESEMBLING it, and of course GEORGE FLOYD DID NOT DESERVE TO DIE. But neither does he deserve to be honored in any way similar to how LINCOLN was honored!! Does anyone recall historical records of people looting, burning buildings and assaulting innocent people across America when LINCOLN was killed?? I didn't think so.
It's a free country, those who want to honor Floyd may do so but I hope they give up ALL pretense of respect for Dr. King!! For THEY have helped create...and perpetuate...the Nightmare that his Dream has become.
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