Politics in the Americas

President Trump's first term in office has been a farce to say the least. Many have gone so far as to say that the image of the presidency has now been tarnished with the first-term completion of President Trump. It's the opinion of many that he has left an indelible mark in a way that can only project outward to the world the worst that this country represents.

To the President's credit, we have seen what it's like when slogans are repeated, touted, and echoed incessantly across social media platforms. The buildup to such a strong message campaign culminated into a mob insurrection on the US Congress that clearly unveiled the double standards of this country when it acts to confront emergencies.

Many African Americans made note of the mob's racial makeup consisting of predominantly white people. How the mob had easy access with no challenge to enter the US Congress leaves many US citizens dumbfounded on how it happened. The interaction between the mob and police was too polite and too friendly, and so it just made you wonder what kind of dynamic was going on between the mob and police. Black African Americans called out this country to say that the response would have been different if it were black African Americas who sieged the US Congress. Police would have been in full riot gear ready to use force to defend against any manifestation of a black African American movement. For white people, the response was clearly different.

The year 2020 was the year of the Black Lives Movement. The movement is a response to senseless black lives deaths under the hands of police. The year 2020 was the year black African American people inspired many white people to express their anger, albeit for different reasons. In the case for white people, grievances were from President Trump loosing the 2020 presidential election.

A few days after the mob insurrection against the US on January 6th, 2021, Snoop Dog, Too Short, E-40, and Ice Cube released a song titled Step Child. In the song, Too Short raps the lyrics "What? You black now? You an activist. That's how you act now?" The rapper E-40 later in the song raps the following: "Our culture is invaded. They steal and they take it." It is evident that the mob insurrectionists took from the playbook of black people on how to react when disappointed with the State. In contrast to black people, the State's response when the agents of action are white is cordial and polite.

Questions for the country moving forward are too painful to answer, if not daring to ask. If we are to start, then let's start with this: How can you have allowed white insurrectionists to run-a-mock with the Confederate flag in the US Congress acting under the auspices of President Donald J. Trump on January 6th, 2021?