Speaking up for Civil Rights and confronting issues that face us.
Whitehorse America was created out of concern with the state of affairs regarding race relations in the United States of America. As the founder, I realized that there was no clear, concise, and positive message afforded to the white community. In other words, we had no forum to participate in giving a positive message from our community as a whole. The negative voices have more of a platform. I also understand that love, peace, and harmony, do not sell newspapers, but hate, chaos, and disorder do. I would like to strongly emphasize that there is no "Guru" here. There is no "Mr. know it all". No one has all the answers on the topic of race, and we do not speak for the entire white community. On the contrary, we are just one voice out of many, speaking on these important issues that affect all Americans, and we need your positive voice as well. Â
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Our Philosophy
At Whitehorse America, we have all seen and heard that race relations and the topic of race is a concern of every member of every community, and we must be willing to listen to every voice regardless of whether we disagree or not. As with all communities, the white community is very vast, and we are not monolithic in our experiences and beliefs. From the very poor, to the lower and middle classes, and to the upper class and the very wealthy, we will all have different viewpoints on the topic of race and race relations, and these differences are certainly a positive as long as there is an absence of hateful feeling or beliefs. The mission of Whitehorse America is to promote a positive message and image of the white community to the non-white communities, to enhance our relationships with other communities, and to walk together to distance ourselves from any negative speech or behaviors that arises internally or externally from each of our communities. As stated, the white community is very vast and the negative behavior coming from certain members of our community, is but a small sliver of our entire community as a whole. There is an important goal of advertising the importance of a more positive message that needs to be heard from the white community, as the small number of negative messages and behaviors that we see from certain members of our community on all forms of media, drowns out of all of the vast amounts of positive voices and behaviors that come from within our community. We ask for more positive messages to be told from both inside and outside our community with regards to race, in order to better advance civil rights and race relations.Â
Always ask yourself this question when observing or listening to a person's speech or behavior with regards to race or race relations:
Does this speech or behavior, enhance race relations in the United States of America, or does it not?
More About Whitehorse America
Empowered by a steadfast commitment to civil rights principles, Whitehorse America aims to be a beacon of hope for change. Hopefully our positive message will drown out any negative thoughts and ideas and convince those small numbers spreading hate and discourse to change their views. We also believe that all communities face the same issues of hate, supremacy, and racism within their communities and that the best course of action is that we all work to fix our own issues within our own communities, rather than attempting to correct others in other communities. Another goal of Whitehorse America is to offer outreach programs, designed to change the mentality and behaviors of those that espouse anger and hate towards others on the basis of race, religion, or other factors. This is a very important aspect of the organizations founding, as the negative behaviors and images have cast a very large and lasting negative effect on the white community. Lastly, aside from our goal of giving the white community a voice at the table of race relations, and of creating and promoting a positive voice and image of the white community to other communities, we also seek to reach out and convince members of hate groups to change their way of life, and we ask all members of the white community to lend your positive voice to this conversation. The black community and the non-white community have been wanting and waiting for a conversation on race for a very long time. "Now is the time to have that conversation".  Â
Racism
Academic researchers say that race is a social construct and that there is no difference genetically between humans. In other words, we categorize each other by race from the differences we see when looking at ourselves and looking at others. One question often asked is, "can anyone from any race be a racist"? The answer quite simply is yes. Racism is not a one-way street. Quite simply, when people see others as different than themselves, they can at times feel threatened, intimidated, fearful, uncomfortable, or even hateful because of the differences in appearance, culture, nationalities, religions, and even languages. It has often been told that the only people who can be racist are those that hold power. Although that can also be true, with the ever-changing power structure in the United States, both politically and socially, the definition of certain terms and words have also changed.
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Racism is when an individual or group believes that they are superior because of their race and discriminate based on that belief. Also, any individual or group, who speaks negatively, or disparages, demeans, degrades, or is hateful to any individual or group because of their race, is considered a racist. If you falsely call someone a racist or any other derogatory term, you are demeaning, degrading, mean spirted, and hateful to that person, and therefore you are the one being racist. Remember, as we are all humans, we all have the same capacity of behaving the way humans do. We all have the same human traits, both good and evil. The best advice is not to engage or getting bogged down on the semantics and exact definitions of racism, as there are those that will engage in an endless exercise of denial and deflection, in order to prove themselves right, instead, simply diverge into and stick with finding solutions to the problems of race and race relations itself. If we work on the goal and the solutions to advance unity, we will avoid the endless and senseless avenue of blissful division. Listen, understand, acknowledge, and seek solutions, and unity will find itself among us all.   Â
Systemic Racism
Systemic racism, is a form of institutional discrimination based on race or ethnic group and can include policies, practices, procedures, rules, regulations and laws that exist throughout a whole society or organization that result in and support an unfair advantage to some people and unfair or harmful treatment of others. It manifests as discrimination in pillars of a society such as criminal justice, employment, health care, education, and housing, and political representation. Thankfully, with the passage of time and the tireless work from community activists and religious and political leaders, and many different members of society, we have made strides with identifying and correcting some of the unfair practices in these areas of our society. For example, when we talk about housing, there was a discriminatory practice where lending institutions would refuse to provide housing loans or financial services to residents of certain neighborhoods, typically based on their race or ethnicity. This was called "redlining". This practice effectively limited access to homeownership and other essential financial resources for residents of these areas, often resulting in disparities in wealth and economic opportunity that generationally could still have negative effects on families today.
Although there still could be remnants of this practice which at times is hard to detect, the normalcy of the practice is no longer accepted. Another example in the criminal justice system would be the sentencing guidelines with regards to the possession of crack cocaine, which was typically used by poorer black individuals, versus powder cocaine which is much more expensive and typically used by wealthier white individuals. This was known as the 100-to-1 sentencing disparity, that came from the Anti-Drug Act of 1986. The law mandated a five-year prison sentence for trafficking in 500 grams of powder cocaine or only 5 grams for crack cocaine. The result of that law disproportionately incarcerated more black Americans than white Americans. That law has since been repealed since the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010.
Systemic Racism
The reason for these examples is not to blame members of the white community today for the transgressions by those in the past, but to show that we are educating ourselves in order to acknowledge that these concerns are real and we must help address them. We must be very clear though, we cannot blame the white community of today, for the sins of certain members of the white community of "days past". There are so many complex layers of our society that is becomes impossible to know which systems were set in place purposely with malicious intent, or whether the negative results were by happenstance, or with no thought who would benefit and who would suffer. One thing that might help us get a clearer picture on our societies structure, is to go back to the beginning of the formation of the country, both with government and the private sector.
All members of the entire federal, state, and local governments were white. All judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, juries, police officers, jailers, were white. All teachers, school boards, bankers, mortgage lenders, business owners, doctors, nurses, lawyers, sports figures, actors, and those creating the curriculum for the school students were white. Systemic means "systems" that were put in place. Policies, procedures, practices, rules, regulations, and laws, that were put in place with regards to the major pillars of our society, by members of the white community over time. These pillars, our government, our education system, legal system, housing, employment, education, and healthcare systems, to name a few examples.
We also have the same systems put in place of private industry, with companies and corporations. The list could go on, and this is by no means to berate the white community, as this is just how things were in the beginning. When members of the non-white community speak about "white privilege", this is what they mean. Whenever you have a majority in population numbers, there will at times be some sort of privilege. Where, when, and with which person, group, or community, can be relative in nature. If ninety percent of the Indian population in India is Hindu, and the Muslim population is at five percent, chances are there will be at times, privileges for the majority population. The non-white communities still feel that although things have somewhat changed and now there is more diversity, the systems in place that hold people down are not yet completely eliminated or at least revised to ensure the fairness of opportunity.Â
Systemic Racism
Due to the fact that the issue of systemic racism is still on the minds of some members of the non-white community, the question that should then be asked is, "what segment or pillar of society are you referring to, so we might be able to work with you to correct that disparity?"Â Some people who make that statement or accusation of systemic racism, tend to broad brush the entire subject matter by stating that there is systemic racism everywhere in America, instead of being specific. In other words, what part of healthcare, or housing, or criminal justice, or employment, is racist or unfair. The topic must be broken down to the least common denominator, in order to find any holes in any of the systems, so that we can all work together to find solutions to fill those holes. Just saying that it's out there or exists, without any backup, will only lead to frustration and mistrust among the communities. Whitehorse America is here to assist with finding solutions to any systemic issues or conflicts that effects other communities. We are not here to deny and deflect any issue with regards to how others feel or what someone perceives to be true to them with regards to lasting racism. The only wish that the white community has is to have the direct and precise problems or obstacles that effect you or others explained to us in order for us to assist with eradicating those negative issues that are affecting you. Only together can we make the negative issues of race or race relations cease to exist once and for all.
The Ball of Race Relations
Imagine walking into any media company building, and you enter into the lobby and get onto the elevator and proceed to the 3rd floor. You exit the elevator and walk down the hall to the last office on the left side. Inside, there are men and women in there working. There is a gigantic iron clad pot in the middle of the room, and inside the pot, there is a large stick. On the stick there are all of the names of every media outlet and media source in the whole country. The pot is the pot racial divide in the United States of America. The job of these workers is to constantly stir this pot in order to get a weekly paycheck. They were told and are convinced that negativity, hate, discourse, chaos and disorder, sell newspapers. Love, peace, harmony, and unity do not. When we see two people kissing on the sidewalk, we drive by without a notice or care, but if we see two people fighting, we stop and take out our camera to film the incident for a later gratification, and to show it off to others. We can only hope that the media understands that as Americans, we actually yearn for positive stories of unwavering unity, which far outnumber the stories of division and hate. To counter the external threat to all communities from the media, we shall institute a game. Instead of the pot of division, we shall utilize a football, since we all seem to come together with a unified celebration when it comes time for the super bowl. The football is the football of race relations. We shall place this football on the 50-yard line, and the goal is to move the ball of race relations further down the field to score a touchdown! We don't want the ball to just sit there and not move, and we surely don't want the ball to go backwards. The way to determine which way the ball moves, depends on what speech or behavior with regards to race, that any individual or group engages in on any given day. So, always ask yourself this question when listening to someone or observing their behavior with regards to race, is what they are saying or doing, moving the ball of race relations further down the field, having the ball not move at all, or worse yet, making the ball of race relations move backwards. Stay far away from those who fail to help move the ball forwards. Their negativity or worse, their hatred, will never score that touchdown. The state of affairs with regards to race relations in the United States of America, will take all of us collectively to help solve this issue with a positive voice and with positive actions. No one community can accomplish this endeavor solo. We all need to have a seat at the table of race relations, and we must truly listen to each other's concerns and needs to make this happen. Let's move this ball all the way down the field and score that touchdown! Someday it will happen, and what a glorious day that will be!
Hate Groups
There are internal and external forces that viciously taint the image of the white community with regards to race or religion. One internal threat to the white community, is any organized group or even any lone individual that practices, behaves, or believes in hate or superiority over others. This person(s) or group is a threat to our community. The white community collectively says to you, "lay down your arms and your beliefs, in order to save your own souls, as well as to eliminate any ammunition of hate that can be used against our entire community." The vast amount of damage that you cause the white community as a whole, is unmeasurable, and will takes years to wipe away. You might be safe in your own personal space wherever that might be and might not ever feel the repercussions of your behavior or your speech, but the white kid that is walking home from school, or from the mall, or in the park, or just walking in his neighborhood, will feel the brunt of your activities because of his race. When he or she is violently attacked, beaten, or even killed, it's because the attackers will associate that young boy or girl with you.
The white community needs you to change your way of thinking, to become a more confident, secure, and strong white male, not only for the sake of our entire white community, but also for your own souls. Now, we must understand the reasons why someone would behave and think this way. Maybe some come from broken homes, or from some sort of abuse or abandonment. Maybe they are angry and what they feel is a constant attack of false accusations of racism that drives them into this way of thinking. Maybe it's anger and not from a sense of superiority. To the Neo Nazis, remember, Aldolf Hitler killed more white people than anyone on this planet ever. He set our population numbers back 500 years, if not longer. Also, if anyone calls themself a Christian, then you should not wish to attack or hate Jewish people. Jesus was a Jew, and his crucifixion was his plan. No one could have manipulated Jesus, so to hate the Jews is to go against the plan of Jesus. We also should realize that all communities have people in their ranks that have the capacity for hate and violence. Let the white community set the example, that we fear no one, because we hate no one. For our community, we can only hope that white men realize that the way to change our negative image, or to have a voice, is not by hate, but rather to be a decent man of righteousness, who is strong, confident, and who lacks fear and insecurities. Fear produces hate, and hate will kill your soul and your spirit. Instead of hate, procreate Women do not embrace hate. A strong family will change your character and your whole outlook on life. The white community is looking for you to change your behavior and your whole way of thinking, for the community as a whole, in order to show the country and the world that we are not fearful, but fearless in our pursuit of equality, prosperity, strength, and decency.Â
"Do Not Hate, Procreate"
Reshaping Our Image
To begin with, let us say that the white community in general feels that we are under constant attack from both internal forces and external forces, that paint the white community as a whole, in a negative light. Although some of the attacks come from outside our community, we must focus on what we can do collectively to change the image that has been portrayed. Some of this negativity is self-inflicted, and so what we must do is not allow people from within our own community to taint our image with either negative or hateful speech, or negative or hateful behavior. We must not stand on the sidelines anymore; we must call them out. This is not a sign of weakness; this is a sign of fearless strength. One of the holes that we see members of the white community fall into, is on social media. Any member of the white community should not ever post any article or video on social media, that is negative, demeaning, degrading, hateful, that is related to race or religion. Any member of the white community, should not post any comment to any article or video, that is negative, demeaning, degrading, hateful, and surely not related to race or religion. By doing so, the damage you cause and the ammunition that you give, is unmeasurable in the destruction of our image to other communities. Also, by doing so, we are giving ammunition to those who accuse the white community of racism and white supremacy. We are not saying keep your hateful thoughts and comments to yourself, we are saying that you should not have them in your head or your heart to begin with. This is not pandering or cowering down to others, this is all about you freeing yourself of the negativity associated with these types of beliefs. Let others fall into that trap. Instead of wasting time on these posts and comments, do something more productive with your time. Take a class, join a gym, go to the beach, read a book, take a bike ride, go see a movie, and the like. Let's not drag ourselves into the gutter of social media. When other communities see that we as a community are positive, confident, friendly, understanding, fearless, strong, thoughtful, and filled with compassion and unity, we will cease to hear the accusations of racism as much as we hear it today. Let us take the lead to reshape ourselves in a more positive and respectful manner, and lead by example in this pursuit. If we succeed as individuals, we succeed as a race.
Reshaping Our Image
When we speak about reshaping our image, it can be quite challenging when you have internal destructive forces like the KKK, Neo-Nazis, Skinheads, White Supremacists, and any other hate group, that receives all of the attention from the media and other sources. We understand and agree that these groups should be exposed, but we also feel that they are but a sliver of the vast and diverse population of the white community. The white community would like to see more of our positive contributions and achievements showcased in the media, in order to show other communities that the majority of the white community does not engage or espouse these beliefs and behaviors. We see daily attacks from individuals and groups on social media posts, from news journalists, activists, politicians, comedians, movie writers, and even certain professors and sociologists, and more, on such a constant and relentless basis, which in turn causes great anger and frustration to the white community, and it all needs to stop. All forms of hate and negativity from every community must stop. What we in the white community should focus on, is educating ourselves with the history and responsibilities that we all have regarding race and race relations.
The white community cannot be held accountable for the sins of certain members of the white community, either today, decades ago, or centuries ago. We do, however, have a responsibility to take action whenever a member of our community, either an induvial or group, engages in hateful speech or hateful behavior. By doing so, this will slowly improve the negative image that a few bad members of our community have brought on to us. Do not give ammunition of hatred to others if you want the hatred towards us to stop. No more negative and hateful posts or comments on social media. By doing so, only reinforces the belief that the white community is in fact racist and hateful. In order for the false accusations of racism and the negative and hateful attacks towards the white community to stop, we must not engage in such behaviors and prove to the other communities that we are in fact not that type of people. Let us lead by example and drown out the small sliver of our community that does engage in this negative behavior. The louder we speak out and challenge those from inside our community, as well as to those from outside our community, with regards to divisive speech or behavior, the faster we will achieve this goal of racial harmony, and racial unity.Â
Immigration
Immigration is now more than ever, a very contentious and hot topic issue, when it should be a very simple one. First of all, Whitehorse America considers all legal immigrants, illegal immigrants, those with legal residence, refugees, foreign born persons traveling or working on a visa, and citizens of the United States of America, children of God, and we should always treat people with dignity and respect as our fellow human beings. One thing to consider in this conversation is that we let them into our country, and now we want them out. We as individuals did not open the gate, but we elected our government officials who are in charge of immigration laws, and who are in charge of securing our border.
We should hold our officials accountable for conducting government business, the way that we the people demand. Since we elected them, we indirectly allowed our border to be penetrated and allowed millions of unvented people inside our country. We can't blame those who desire to be part of our country and who want to leave corrupt or bankrupt countries in order to better their lives. We must blame ourselves for allowing our elected officials to fail in their duty to keep our country secure. There will always be a natural fear from any people from any country of being dominated over or being replaced due to race or religion. If you took the country of the Philippines, and suddenly for whatever reason, millions upon millions of Japanese migrants started arriving in mass within a short period of time, there is going to be a revolt and violent clashes between the native population and the new arrivals.
This is why all immigration should be conducted legally, methodically, and slowly, in order to have a smooth transition and to give new arrivals time to assimilate. For new arrivals, there is always the question of needs. Transportation needs, housing needs, schooling needs, health care needs, employment needs, and if there is a language barrier, that can make the transition more challenging. Interestingly, if you look on YouTube, there is a video of a Presidential debate between Ronald Regan and George Bush, and a question regarding illegal immigration was asked of both. They both gave very similar explanations on how they were in favor of an open system of immigration from both Mexico and the US, in order to help worker shortages in the United States, and that could benefit both countries. If we just went back to the Regan administration, neither political party has secured the border completely as they could have. Both political parties have their own reasons for not doing so. Imagine what leaders of other countries must think about the United States and the immigration issue. "First you allow millions of people to cross your borders for decades, and now you want to get them out." Imagine the money and resource costs. The focus should not have been about "Latinos" as some have echoed that drumbeat. The narrative and selling point should have always focused on gangs, drugs, and those with a criminal intent. Another fascinating point, is that the people who are complaining about the motives of those not wanting so much illegal immigration in the United States, are also complaining about how the Europeans came over uninvited into the same land. On the flip side, those complaining about people migrating here without permission, seem to forget, that was exactly what the Europeans did when they migrated here hundreds of years prior, coming over end-masse, causing conflict with the native population that was here prior. Now that there are new laws detailing the legal process of coming to the United States legally, those interested in becoming an American, should follow the law to do so. We should also embrace all new peoples to this great country and welcome all with open arms and an open heart.
Building Family
There is no greater gift from God, no greater joy afforded to parents and any siblings as well, than that of a newborn child. We were all brought into this world by others, and it should be not only our joy to carry on this cycle, but our responsibility as well. Although there are those out there who choose not to procreate, which is fine, to those who do choose to bring another human into the world, you are truly blessed. We have heard when asking parents how many children they plan on having say, "only on or two, as they are so expensive." Remember what Jesus said to those who worry about their material needs. "Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not more valuable than they?" It's sad to think that there are those who believe that having children will hinder their lives instead of stimulating it. The absolute joy of a large family can be greatly felt during the years of schooling, the holiday seasons, family gatherings with other family or friends. We need to start putting the creation of family first, instead of the need for material items, such as nice cars, designer clothing, jewelry, or other material items, just to show off to others to feed our ego or our insecurities.
We see other communities with large families, enjoying great family times at the park or at the beach. They don't seem to be worried about the cost of having a family, or about showing off material items. There are people we see in places like Thailand or the Philippines, who have large happy families, and are able to provide for their families, and still enjoy a happy and joyful life. The white population is estimated to be between 8% and 12% of the world's population numbers, and if the trend continues of not producing larger families, having no families, and interracial relationships, the white community will become even smaller. This is not meant to alarm, frighten, or anger anyone, this is meant to educate and to highlight to the white community on the value, and benefit of focusing on building a family, and how it will enhance your life, and enhance the white community as a whole. The white community should begin to re-examine what is really important to us, what will truly fulfill us, and what is God's plan for us. Our focus for a happy, and fulfilling life should always be, our health, our friends, our family, and our close personal relationship with God. Let us not be afraid or worried of the future that we cannot yet see, and instead, have faith and build our lives and our happiness with building a family that will be with us forever and ever. "Be Fruitful and Multiply"
Contribute to an Equal Future
Join us in our mission to champion civil rights, promote justice, and foster a community of empathy and understanding. Your support can make a difference in the lives of those fighting for their rights. Be a part of the change we wish to see in the world. Contact WhitehorseAmerica@yahoo.com or here at WhitehorseAmerica.org to learn how you can contribute.
- Our "Sweet Dreams" project. Purchasing and distributing sleeping bags for the mentally ill living on the street.
- Outreach programs and materials for individuals involved in criminal or hateful activities or groups.