Color blind

I am officially color blind. I have several times flunked the Ishihara test. My eyes were bulging out and still couldn't tell the hidden numbers or letters. In 1961 I was drafted but the same day was sent home because of this. Not that I am sorry about that but since the Vietnam war was raging at the time, God knows where would I be today.

But I am not color blind when it comes to see what is happening in our society today. There are whites, blacks, browns, reds and other hues and discrimination is raging. The problem is that certain races are given more freedom than others.

Here is an example. A few weeks ago the news was full with the disappearance of Gabby Petito, a white girl from Florida. Sadly, her remains were eventually found. It was a sad story and every media picked it up and carried it.

MSNBC's Joy Reid said Gabby Petito coverage is systematic racism: "missing white woman syndrome". Joy Reid is a black woman and it seems she can say anything without causing a furor. As for freedom of speech, if a white person would have said something similar about a black person that individual would be looking for a job by now.

Blacks have the thinnest skin I ever heard of. Anything negative and they get up in arms. But it seems that the rules are varying by races. A black can say anything about the whites, Jews, Chinese but this does not work in reverse. This is totally unfair. Their attitude is what creates racism and discrimination, but they don't want to see it.

It is ok for homeless or just crazy black men or women to go around and attacking Chinese or Jewish people on the streets but if this would happen in reverse there would be hell to pay.

This is a weird and upside down world we live in!   

MSNBC’s Joy Reid says Gabby Petito coverage is systemic racism: ‘Missing White woman syndrome.