What Would The Sign Be

Which group will be upset next and when that group does get upset, which group will be upset about the things that are done to appease the first group.  Then, are the actions that the groups take, any kind of indication of an example of what the group is promoting.  Are we trading racism for violence?  Is that what is being proposed by some groups?  You are racist so my solution to that is violence?  I really do not believe that there are only 2 solutions to this equation and I personally do not prefer or promote either one of those 2 solutions.  Violence is not going to change anyone until that person is informed and ready to change.  As an Uber driver I was part of a conversation with a gay person about what the rider had heard from a radio talk show host.  It had been declared that a specific day was the day for gays to "come out".  The rider went on to say that this was the most ridiculous thing ever as a gay person is not going to "come out" when someone tells them they should.  They will come out at a time of their own choosing when they are ready to do so.  Mandating change on issues such as this are no different.  People are not going to change because someone tells them to.  They must be non-forcibly informed about the elements surrounding an issue.  Then the decisions that they make will at least be informed decisions giving their opinions a better foundation.  It is highly likely that their opinions will evolve due to now having the additional information contributing to their decisions and just as in the example above they will change at the time of their choosing.  They most likely will change without even noticing that they have changed.

I think back to my days growing up on a farm outside a small town.  We were not raised to be racist but everything around us was such that racism did exist.  No one knew that it was disrespectful and inappropriate because those were the surroundings that we grew up in.  Racism wasn't taught, preached or promoted to us but was subconsciously being passed on by the inferences in the things that were said, the way they were said, and by the reactions to what was said.  No one realized, or even suspected, that they were subconsciously passing on these racist tendencies.  In growing older and going out into the world, we began to see that things were not as they were assumed or suggested to be.  We begin to question why we would say the things that we said.  We became exposed to new conversations from a much wider variety of views and perceptions from a much wider variety of people.  We learned to listen with our mouths closed and to allow our evolved logic to take in the many opinions, that differed from our own, allowing us to further develop our own opinions into something that was better than it was prior to the conversation.

Every member of humanity must be taught how to pause, look inside themselves, and ask "why".  Why do I feel this way about a topic?
Why do I get irritated by the sound of that voice?
Why do I like to yell at the top of my lungs when I hear that song?
Why do I feel the way I do about people of another race?

Those are a lot of questions to be asked of ourselves but if "the why" is not known about strong feelings, then why are those feelings being allowed to dictate our actions?  Stop!  Find out why.  And just because your uncle or somebody else said that's the way it is, is not an answer.  It wasn't an answer when you were told that as a kid, and it is still not an answer today.  Why does it rain?  Well, that's just the way it is.  No!  We have access to limitless information in this day and time.  Look it up.  It rains because that is the evaporation component in the hydrological cycle.
"Yeah, I don't care about understanding all of that.  I just know how I feel," said an un-named racist.
"Why do you feel that way?"
"I just do."
If there is not a understanding/base for a feeling/position that one has on a particular issue, especially the heated ones, why would one think that they deserve to have a voice on the issue?  Know yourself and the reasons for your beliefs and feelings before trying to convince someone else about what they should believe and how they should feel.        

Racism should not exist.  The situation should never have been created in the first place.  What human being could be of the frame of mind to think that another human being does not have the same "natural rights" as they do?  I also wonder if these supposedly "superior" human beings, prayed to God without this ultimate violation of humanity even entering their thoughts as they prayed.  It would be the greatest of all ironies that they were on a path to hell even at the very moments they were praying to the heavens.  Statues that glorify these specific individuals should indeed be removed, in a controlled and non-violent manner.  Again, why were they put there in the first place?  Anytime something new is about to be introduced into a system, a process, society, etc., there should be a pause and consideration for how something new could affect the future.  There are many things, that once started, cannot be stopped.  Consideration for the future consequences of an action must be given.

All of us have feelings and opinions about how we think things should be.  Of course we think that our opinion is the correct one and all of humanity should listen to what we have to say.  Humans can be such single-minded, arrogant and egotistical individuals.  We become so worried and so worked up about so many things.  We march the streets, waving our signs and protesting what we want, for us.  It seems to always be about us.

Which sign would our mother Earth be waving if she were to protest?