Another recent incident occurred on a major news network round table discussion on whether Kamala Harris lost the election due to racism. When one of the white male commentators attempted to give his take on the issue, a prominent female commentator who is a Latina, stated that as a person of color, she takes offence that a white man with privilege thinks he could have any legitimate opinion on the subject. The white male did not know how to properly respond to such a statement. First of all, this type of discussion does nothing to advance race relations, and it finds no solutions to any racial problems in our country. Secondly, to disrespect and insinuate that a white person has not right or no place to speak their minds on any racial issue or any other issue is Ludacris. It is absolutely insulting to say such a hateful and discriminatory statement to anyone. In order to help solve race, we must have many conversations. We do not shut people up due to their race, as you cannot solve the racial problem in our country solo. Also, interesting is that with a Spanish surname, this female commentator is most likely mixed with White and Amerindian blood. Another recent incident is when a black Congresswoman was speaking to the Secretary of Education who is a white woman, and asked her, "Do you believe that there is illegal discrimination against people who are black and brown in this country?" The Congress women also stated, "The federal government has racial bias in immigration and education policies, that amounted to favoritism and prioritization of white over color."

First, the white community should be disappointed that the Congresswomen feels that way, as that's exactly the kind of belief that we as a community wish did not exist, but if it is there, we want to help eliminate it. The issue raised needs to be better explained in detail and not just thrown out there without any evidence to support the argument. With regards to discrimination against black and brown people, what about white people? What about Asian people, or people from far reaches of our globe. Which education, housing, employment, health care, criminal justice policies are you speaking of, so we can help you fight the discrimination? When we ask this question, we never hear specific details, only generalities of discrimination, which makes it difficult to find solutions. In closing, instead of just saying there is systemic racism in our country, break down your concern and give specifics regarding each pillar of our society where there seems to be holes, and instead of playing the blame game, let's work together to find these holes and work on chipping away at any policy, procedure, rule, regulation, or laws, that is discriminatory, and fill that hole.

When Barack Obama was President, he was in office for eight long years. He was in charge of the Country, and all of the pillars of society. If he believed there was still systemic racism, whether in housing, education, employment, criminal justice, and all other systems, he could have sounded the alarm and used his power to make "change", which is what his slogan was when running for President. His two Attorneys General, Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch, who are both black, and were in charge of the justice department as the highest-ranking law enforcement officers in the country, could have and should have, looked at the entire criminal justice system, and if they found systemic racism in the system that they were in charge of, they should have at that time, sounded the alarm bells and instituted change. In closing, the power structure that the whole idea of systemic racism is built on has drastically changed over each generation. The white community's population numbers have plummeted, and we have seen a Black President, Black Attorney Generals, Black Governors, Black Congress Persons, Black Senators, Black Mayors, City Council Persons, Ceo's, Human Resource Directors, General Managers, Teachers, and the list goes on. The overall numbers are still unequal, but that is simply due to the population numbers. We now also have many Latino and Asian people also working and involved in all aspects our society.  We realize that there is still work to be done to bridge the divide in the country, and one thing the white community is asking for, is that we are included in the conversation of race, as we cannot solve the issues of race solo.  Some of the systemic barriers that effect non-whites, also effect poor whites, but we are always excluded from that equation. The white community needs to stop being the benchmark on the topic of racism and race relations, so we all can come together and unite in the pursuit of racial harmony and racial justice for all.