American cities are inflamed once again. The tinder being the murder of a black man, George Floyd, at the hands of a thuggish white police officer in Minneapolis who handcuffed him and choked him to death by placing a foot on his neck while three other police officers blandly observed. Floyd was accused of the heinous crime of passing a counterfeit $20 bill. But another recent racial incident has received less attention. A gentleman, Christian Cooper, was bird watching in Central Park when he became annoyed by a white woman, Amy Cooper (no relation), whose unleashed dog was interfering with his hobby. When he suggested she leash her dog as per Central Park policy, she called the police. Perhaps Ms. Cooper was aware of the well-known violent tendencies of bird watchers, but it is also possible she called the police because Mr. Cooper is black. In fact she said so during the call. A video recorded by Mr. Cooper showed she was not wearing a MAGA cap at the time and further … [Read more...]
No Senator Warren – Doctor and Nurses are not Racists
The mortality rate for black mothers is about three times higher than those of white mothers and Massachusetts senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren knows why. While speaking at Texas Southern University, a historically black college, she stated the following: “The best studies that I’ve seen put it down to just one thing: prejudice. Doctors and nurses don’t hear African American women’s medical issues the same way as they hear the same things from white women.” In other words, Senator Warren believes that that we doctors and nurses deliberately give black patients inferior care. Let’s look at the stats. According to both the United Health Foundation and the World Health Organization, the maternal death rate per 100,000 is for 47 for blacks, 18 for whites and 38 for American Indians. To put this in perspective, the rate in 1900 was 900 (there is no data on different races at this time), so overall, the situation has improved tremendously for all women since the dawn of modern medicine. … [Read more...]
Ferguson – The Result of a Dysfunctional Political System
November 30, 2014 Public opinion polls – which rule the political world – have spoken. Sixty-two percent of whites and 22% of blacks agree with the decision of the Grand Jury not to indict Officer Wilson in the shooting of a black teenager, Michael Brown. This is because both groups have different experiences with the police. When I was 17 years old, I locked my keys in our car. Back then (1973), there were no electronic devices to open a car door. There was a golf-tee-shaped lock that protruded from the top of the door that was located at the base of the window. Lifting this lock unlocked the door. Thus, I walked into a local business and borrowed a coat hanger. I bent the coat hanger and created a loop that I then pushed through the intersection of the window and the door jamb. I was in the process of lifting the lock when I was interrupted by a police office. “What are you doing?” he said. I was in a foul mode as my congenital absent-mindedness frequently put me in similar contretemps. I sneered at the cop. “What do you think I’m doing?” He said. “It looks like you are breaking into the car.” I … [Read more...]