Too sad.

America is based on racist theory. That one race is born superior to another which is abject nonsense tho people still adhere to this notion. We are working on over coming our abhorrent legacy and are trying to live up to the ideals America put forth. We need to practice what we preach. & revise what we teach.

Can we bear the truth?

The words of Emma Lazarus in 1883 do not describe the product of the 1787 Convention, where Alexander Hamilton spoke of government by the “rich and well born” and James Madison spoke of protecting “the minority of the opulent from the majority”.

My Germanic ancestors brought their slavery to Catholicism with them.

South Africa’s constitution is on the web. Here are its opening words:

We, the people of South Africa,
Recognise the injustices of our past;
Preamble
Honour those who suffered for justice and freedom in our land;
Respect those who have worked to build and develop our country; and
Believe that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, united in our diversity.
We therefore, through our freely elected representatives, adopt this Constitution as the supreme law of the Republic so as to-
Heal the divisions of the past and establish a society based on democratic values, social justice and fundamental human rights;
Lay the foundations for a democratic and open society in which government is based on the will of the people and every citizen is equally protected by law;
Improve the quality of life of all citizens and free the potential of each person; and
Build a united and democratic South Africa able to take its rightful place as a sovereign state in the family of nations.

The primary sources of racial hatred comes from religious people. The Other repudiates their beliefs and their 'culture' and they use their hatred of the Other to corral the flock. Being gullible, they are easily manipulated by unscrupulous politicians, and now, hostile foreign countries.

Holding any given Asian responsible for Covid-19 isn't rational.
Especially if they live in America.
The really serious hate disciples aren't really blaming anyone for Covid-19, they just found an excuse to be brutal and cruel.
Their type always does.

It happened before and was wrong then, now it's worse after Trump made racism OK. This needs to be addressed and racist made public

America has a lot o soul searching to do

What happened indeed
In a few short years you the USA the example to the world went from

“ Give me your tired, your poor,
your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

To

" They’re not sending their best...
They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems...
They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people,...
I speak to border guards and they tell us what we’re getting. And ...
They’re sending us not the right people. ...
coming from all over ...
And it’s got to stop and it’s got to stop fast.”