by David Arthur Walters

Created on: February 08, 2009

I have been asked why I have been writing about racial issues lately. Answer: because I read the local papers, discovered it was Black History, then noticed the Color Line drawn by a prominent "African-American" Kansas Citian, Lewis W. Diuguid, member of the Editorial Board of The Kansas City Star, in the form of several opinion articles celebrating Black History Month. In one of those columns he complained about the Color Line, and in another he prophesied that scientific progress and miscegenation would cause the Color Line to vanish.

Lewis wondered why he received so much negative email from his readers, many of whom happen to be morons like myself. I use the term 'moron' in the loose sense, of 'fool' - a fool for being attracted to an absurd discourse about what modern science proves does not really exist, or, if it does, is really not noticeable although almost everyone thinks it is obvious: race, the spurious basis for racism; that is, the idea that there are several human races instead of one.

One might as well argue about nothing at all than to argue about something that does not exist, to say, "There is no such thing as race, but African-Americans are being discriminated against by racists." But when one fool draws a line, other fools are bound to toe it. And Lewis did draw the Color Line when he wrote about Black History Month, implying that the rest of the months are white or are at least up for grabs by whites, reds, yellows and greens, all of whom had better watch out and not step on black toes or use the Latin term for 'black' during Black History Month. Of course all the months were hogged by whites until a black month was carved out, but never mind!

By the way, I am not a racist, I am a colorist with an aesthetic preference for black. Unlike Moses' sister, I am fond of that Kush woman, whom I believe was actually a priestess of Isis. Yes, my Isis is Nubian, the dazzling black virgin beauty who was, in the form of black basalt, much admired along the Nile up north in fertile Black Land, where Nubians ruled as pharoahs for a century or so - of course the Nubians are credited with forming the first political state known to humankind. Space, as we know, is the form of Isis, just as Space is the Robe of her Time-destroying sister in Bharata, Siva's wife Sakti when in her darker mood; I mean the one and only Black Mama, Kali Ma. That is just for beginners. In any event, I am for the underdog wherever applicable, although I admit that I was slightly embarrassed

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