End of the Rainbow – A Brief Synopsis

Today, racism is a major problem in the United States. Our world is multicolored and multicultural; that’s alright with most of us. Yet, many whites still believe that no good blacks have ruined this country. The opinions of whites and that of blacks are vis-à-vis—like standing in front of a mirror and seeing everything in reverse order. Blacks believe that white racists are the problem, and both groups fail to recognize that the problem is common to both races. However, if those erroneous stigmas do not change—and change soon—then whatever America is today is what she will be for a long time to come.

Racism comes at the expense of every person in this country. It slows down progress, because every member of society is bound by the same ugly anchor that they must drag day in and day out. Racial hatred is a disease that is not easily eradicated. The only reason that it exists today is because there are so many that have preached so long and so loud in an attempt to hold on to what used to be that they can’t let go of the past. People like that—regardless of color—should wear a prophylactic at all times, because they breed racism; they are the fathers of an unwanted, yet too often begotten progeny that the world can do without.

It will not be todays older generation of whites and blacks that rid this country of racial hatred. Should it happen, it will be today’s youth that will abandon those old ideas and say, “Enough is enough.” Should they forgo the charge that will certainly become theirs, then it will be deferred until the next generation, or even the next—and maybe it will always be the way it is now … here to stay.

We know ourselves and we know what we are like. We are too quick to make decisions based on the color of a person’s skin—critical decisions on whether to like and accept, or whether to hate and reject. Being a racist and fostering racial hatred has no benefits. It can only be viewed as a malignant disorder of the mind that affects the entire human race.

The following comments were made in response to an article that this author wrote for an online magazine a few weeks ago: Institutional racism – things that limited opportunities based on skin color – died at least four decades ago. The only active racism today is by 60’s throwbacks and a delusional, self-serving president. The subject would disappear altogether to the benefit of people distinguished by skin color if people would quit writing about it. Personal prejudice is a polyglot of perceptions to no cultural effect.

First of all, who represents that race of people that is distinguished by skin color? Blacks are recognized by the color of their skin and so are whites. Furthermore, things that limit opportunities based on skin color did not die four decades ago. In fact, they are alive and well. Delusional or not, Barack Obama is not the cause of racism today. It existed long before he was born, and it will exist long after he has become dust. Racism was born in this country when the first black Africans were brought here, and it has been here with every morning sunrise since. Suggesting that racism would disappear if people would stop writing about is delusional itself. Burying your head in the sand will keep you from seeing things, but it will never turn wrong into right.

When people fail to speak out against injustices, then all will assume that nothing is wrong—the people are quiet, they must be contented. Such are the thoughts of people that can’t see or refuse to see the real world. They blame everyone on their hate list for the social problems that we have, and they fail to see themselves as being part of that ugly anchor that has a death grip on society.

The world is changing. It has been since the beginning of time—nothing has the character or quality to remain the same forever. Earth is a large planet, but it is not large enough for each of us to be satisfied in that part that we call ours. It is not large enough for white people and people of color to co-exist.

The peoples of the world are spread out all over the planet with many ethnic groups still occupying the same lands that they have occupied for thousands of years. However, climate change and the probability of severe cataclysmic events such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and rising ocean water levels will someday force us to live closer together. We will be forced to live closer, because the inhabitable areas of planet earth will decrease in size. Will we then learn to tolerate each other, or will we engage ourselves in another bloody war?

The exodus has already begun. Thousands of people are fleeing their homelands seeking refuge in other countries—not yet because of catastrophic geological events, but because of warring factions in the Middle-East. The exodus will continue even after the fighting stops. Eventually, people get tired of being oppressed and deprived. When they do, they rebel against the system that has kept them where they are. They will do it while staring into the face of death, because life is not worth living when every hour of every day is a living hell.

Bill Miller

Biography

Bill Miller earned B.Sc. & M.Sc. degrees at Tennessee State University in Nashville and a Ph.D. degree at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Biological Sciences and Chemistry). He worked as a research scientist for Eli Lilly and Company and for Dow Chemical Company. In 1999, he bought a cattle ranch in Kansas. After he had been kicked and dragged around enough, he sold the ranch and moved back to his home state of Tennessee.

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Books by Bill Miller

 End of the Rainbow, (Published 2015)
http://www.amazon.com/End-Rainbow-Bill-Miller/dp/151239047X/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

Seeds of Magnolia, (Published 2014)
http://www.amazon.com/Seeds-Magnolia-Bill-Miller-ebook/dp/B00IS4V44Q/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

Denzel (Coauthor, Published 2013)
http://www.amazon.com/Denzel-True-Friend-M-Miller-ebook/dp/B00BR532LQ/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8