I have one for Ms. Purvis

 So Gloria Purvis, BLM supporter and CRT narrative advocate for the Catholic Church, posted this:

Now, it could just be she mentioned this during Black History Month.  Perhaps she added the point that he was never recognized, just because.  You know, bit of trivia.  Why do I get the impression, however, that it's supposed to imply he was never recognized ... because he was black?

As the NFL world rebounds from yet another charge of racism from a fired black coach, I thought it might be worth pointing out that not everything that happens to black people is because they are black.  Sometimes it just happens.  Sometimes employees who happen to be no good, black or white, get canned.  Sometimes a talented and celebrated assistant coach craps out in the head position.  Sometimes a veteran is overlooked because that's what happens. 

For instance, my dad's next older brother served in WWII.  He was a medic, as he asked for something where he wouldn't have to hurt anyone.  He served with Patton in the breakout period until the end of the war.  And yes, he was involved in the legendary Battle of the Bulge.

Nonetheless, it wasn't until shortly before his death from cancer in the late 1990s that he received any decorations.  I don't know what they were, and for that matter, neither did he.  He called my dad and asked what this was all about.  Some medal and talk of an Ardennes Offensive in December, '44.  My dad chuckled and said that was the Battle of the Bulge.  He said he didn't know what it was called.  He just remembered that it was freezing and people kept trying to kill him. 

We still laugh at that.  That was my uncle.  But you see Ms. Purvis, my uncle spent most of his life being quite white.  Unless there was some vast anti-white conspiracy, it's likely the failure to recognize his heroism in that legendary battle was anything other than what happens in the bureaucracies of massive countries with the third largest population in history.  No ill will or malice.

This isn't to say no black serviceman was ever overlooked because of race.  Nor is it to say no black was ever fired because of race. That's would be an absurd suggestion.  But there are other forms of prejudice that can enter into play.  And sometimes it has nothing to do with prejudice, bigotry or racism at all. Sometimes it's just that thing Prince called Life.  Common sense should say nothing else.

But how much longer can we keep beating this horse until it is dead?  How much longer can we act as if America and Racism and Race are the only things in its existence, apart from misogyny?  Or is there any intention of not beating it until it is dead?  Who knows?  If we stop attributing everything under the sun to race and race alone, perhaps it might help us look at other reasons there are so many problems in the black community.  You never know!