The Jiggarati

I consider myself pretty conservative politically as a black man. One thing that still baffles my Republican friends is the questions of why Black people still feel the need to have minority institutions like “black history” and “black caucuses”. In their minds that is discrimination. After all, they argue, how would blacks feel about a “White History Month” or a “White Congressional Caucus” ? Why is ok for other groups to separate into race identifiable organizations? In my opinion, it’s a mystery that can be cleared up when you invoke minority rights.

If the founders had wanted a dictatorship by the minority we would not have a Senate (or an electoral college but that’s another story). We would simply pass laws based on the amount of people in any given area. In this country, the majority holds the lions share of power but the minority rights are supposed to be protected as well.

Getting back to my original point. Because my friends are in the Majority, they are blinded to the discrimination that is hidden in plain site in this country. It is fair for minority groups to have “dicriminatory” organizations because the majority (Whites) already have them as well. Where are they? To find them you have to understand the code. Black History Month reversed to White History Month can be decoded to History. Black Congressional Caucus -> White Congressional Congress == Majority of Congress. Black Enterprise Magazine -> White Enterprise Magazine == Money Magazine. And so on. Just remove the “White” prefix and you will see that there is indeed an large number of “majority” organizations and institutions. I hope this clears it up for everyone.