Was that a rocket? An admission of inferiority.

I was on the phone with my wife while driving back to the office from Sam's Club. I make a lunchtime pilgrimage there once per paycheck to stock up on the bulk necessities.

We had been chatting about the weekend news of a group of white nationalists clashing violently with counter protesters in Charlottesville, VA. Questions like 'why is it legal to possess and fly the swastika?' and 'Why aren't meetings like this a hate crime?' were on our tongues and minds.

While in Sam's Club I shook hands with a ***** man who tried to sell me a cabinet door refinishing kit. I said no thanks. I also helped a scooter bound ***** lady get a pack of bottled water into her attached cart. Neither of them tried to kill, maim, steal from, or otherwise harm me. Shocking, I know!

You'll notice that I very subtly censored the color of those I encountered in Sam's. After reading this sentence you will also realize that you tried to fill in the blanks. One of these people was white, the other black. Did you just try to fill in the blanks again?

I lied about the colors by the way.

In light of recently rekindled racial tensions I could not fault these people for taking note that I am a white man of nearly 200lbs with a shaved head, facial hair, and a terrible case of resting angry face (I promise, I'm in a great mood).

"Superior"

Does it matter how white or heavy I am? Does it matter how gloriously intimidating my mustache is? No, it doesn't, but there are people in the world who would call me "brother", tell me that I am part of a superior race and invite me to join in hateful speech, violence, and the "purification" of the earth by ridding it of those who are not as susceptible to skin cancer as myself. 

Firstly, white people with blue eyes are by far some of the most frail people on earth. We are the least adapted to environmental factors that our melanin rich brothers and sisters are able to thrive in. 

STANDING OUTSIDE GIVES US CANCER! 

It's one of those funny/not funny things. People freely choosing to create problems for others because they were fed some combination of the vitriol and false convictions of their bigot ancestors instead of looking at other humans as equals. I have a feeling that if, rather than condemning the actions of these idiots (I absolutely condemn the actions of these idiots) we were to ask them to explain what they gain by their actions, their speech, their beliefs - they would not be able to provide an answer that had not been memorized during their indoctrination into these beliefs. They must! .. they must know that they are the minority, right?

Would an African man with albinism be welcomed into this meeting because of his skin and eye

color? 

Pictured: White Supremacists? -
Credit to https://unearthingthespud.files.wordpress.com/

I'm writing this after not writing for months because I feel as a white, nearly 200lb bald man with facial hair absolutely horrified by the actions of anyone who does anything in the name of race. I also happen to know other white nearly 200lb bald men with facial hair who feel the same way. I, with my freckled sunburned flawed white skin HATE the hate that has been spewed in the name of being white, and I urge others to write pithy blog articles and Facebook commentary expressing the sentiment.

We were created to love and be loved. To you who disagree with the opinion that all humans should be regarded as equal and choose to take part in hateful speech or action against your brother or sister, I ask you, what do you gain? What is your end game? Do your beliefs improve the world and if so, how? There is a comment section below for you to freely express your opinion and I urge you to do so in the name of open dialogue.

"Whoa! Was that a rocket or something!?" 

-My wife

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The Falcon 9 lifted off from pad 39A at 12:31 p.m. carrying a SpaceX Dragon capsule packed with 6,400 pounds of science experiments, equipment and food including ice cream treats for station astronauts.

Less than eight later, sonic booms reverberated across the Space Coast as the Falcon’s 156-foot first-stage booster landed on legs south of the launch site at SpaceX's Landing Zone 1 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Source  

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The sound she heard was the sonic boom mentioned in the second paragraph.

It is the year 2017! Rockets are landing mere miles from our home after delivering ice cream to people living in space! Shouldn't we all just be excited that a rocket can deliver ice cream to space people!?

On some street somewhere right now your brothers and sisters continue to slaughter each other in the streets for their color or lack of color and we in our silence agree that we are okay with this!

All is not right with the world and will not be unless you say something. Do something... Feel something.