A Hidden Wound

We talk about race relations as if everything will be healed over time. We are lying to ourselves if we say the wound of racism has been healed. I don’t think it will ever be healed. Our past is affecting our present. We are not the first cause of racism, but we are secondary causes as well as beneficiaries. It was inflicted before our time, but remains an issue today. We too, are a part of the problem. We must acknowledge the wound, but not in a defensive way. We must admit there is a hidden wound that is festering. Reverse discrimination is becoming as much an issue as racism is. We must acknowledge racism in our everyday society, and do our best to manage it and shut it down.