Can’t We All Just Get Along?
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Much has been said about the controversial incident between Professor Gates and Sergeant Crowley, so much so that it is rapidly becoming hackneyed. I’ve written one article with regard to Obama’s response on the issue, Obama, Unpresidential to Say the Least. But this one could be considered a follow-up on PC Fugitive’s post, Stupid Is, As Stupid Does. It also addresses the additional comment that ensued.
In layman’s terms, Professor Gates was carrying a huge race chip on his shoulder. No different than Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson or Reverend Wright. A chip that says whitey is the nucleolus of all the black man’s woes. As a young man trying to get into Yale, Henry Gates wrote this in his application:
“As always, whitey now sits in judgment of me, preparing to cast my fate. It is your decision either to let me blow with the wind as a nonentity or to encourage the development of self. Allow me to prove myself.”
To his credit he has authored many books, essays, research for documentaries on African American life, and even slave narratives. But as the quote from his youth elucidates, his mind is filled with cynicism and his heart full of rancor. All because of whitey.
On the other hand, Sergeant Crowley isn’t much better. He has a chip on his shoulder the size of Mount Rushmore. He feels he has the power, not unlike most other law enforcement officers, to do as he pleases. He also thinks he has the authoritative right to treat or speak to anyone as he sees fit. And so it goes with law enforcement, it isn’t an uncommon sight we see in our society today– regardless of race. If you don’t believe me, get stopped for a traffic offense and become belligerent, then come see me again.
I don’t think the sergeant’s motives were racial, more likely than not he was angered and wanted to prove his rightness. The point is, we have here two opinionated individuals from different walks of life, and what are they doing? Bucking heads. Each is attempting to exercise his expertise or authority, and both have become irrational and over emotional. When one loses their ability to think logically they usually resort to past emotions and life experiences. Hence, the professor’s ugly ghetto comments and Sergeant Crowley’s over zealous muscle-headed tactics.
Can’t we all just get along? Enough said.