Not Being A Racist

MY FORMER FRIEND is not a racist; she mad that perfectly clear. After all, she has black neighbors, and she accepts them, even talks to them. She speaks to black people. she does not "look down" on them. According to her, that proves that she is not a racist. Quite coincidentally, she insists that Michelle Obama is a man, a transgender woman, or maybe a transgender man, she isn't quite sure, but its one or the other. She is equally sure that Barack Obama was born in Africa, because she has done the research, and knows that for a fact. Also, the Black Lives Matter movement is full of anarchists and communists, which are worse she can't decide. She insists that native Americans have been treated far worse than African-Americans whom she calls "niggers". Obviously which group has been treated the worse by European-Americans is subject to debate. Take your pick. In America, there has been enough cruelty to go around. Never mind the fact that thousands of people have known Michelle Obama since childhood, and nobody has ever seen the slightest indication of masculinity in her. don't we all get to choose our own genders, without other people having a say in the matter? Never mind Barack Obama's birth certificate, and the fact that elderly retired nurses in Honolulu can distinctly remember his being born in a hospital there. He was born in Kenya, and that's that. My former friend, a true Trumper, chooses, like all Trumpers, to deny all facts which are inconvenient to their biases. She invents facts, but accuses those with whom she disagrees of doing exactly what she does, of inventing fake news. My former friend is not a racist, and , evidently, neither is anybody else, even those who call blacks 'darkies", and "niggers". Slavery happened a long time ago. Jim crow happened a long time ago. Hell, MLK Day is a national holiday, except in a few places. Its been a long time since he was threatened, ridiculed, harassed, and murdered.Its been a long time since George Floyd had a knee on his neck. My former friend is not a racist, and neither is anybody else, in these United States of Animosity.