The United States government is sponsoring raids of
households. Not raids in foreign
countries. These are raids of homes and
businesses within the United States. The
goal is to find and detain “immigrants” who will then be sent back to their
country of origin. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) of the Department of Homeland Security is the
government organization tasked with the purging of these United States of immigrants deemed as not having the right to
be in this country.
If we have ICE, I think we also need to have LAECE (Locating
Ancestors of Ethnic Cleansing and Enslavement).
The mission of LAECE would be to locate the descendants of people who
committed atrocities against Native Americans and/or who enslaved people from
Africa. Once located those descendants
would be informed of the actions of their ancestors. Then they would have to appear at a public
press conference and make comments regarding the actions of their ancestors. Lastly
the descendants would be asked that knowing the truth what do they propose to
do in the present to remove the stain of their ancestors? As part of the process, the informing of the
family would be video taped and shown as “news”.
There are many white, European American households in the
United States. Some of these households
may be economically well off based on actions taken many years ago by their
ancestors during the early years of the United States. Do white, European American, families know
that their ancestors may be responsible for stealing land formerly inhabited by
Native Americans? Some of their ancestors
may have participated in the mistreatment, cheating, or slaughtering of Native
Americans. Do white, European American,
families discuss at family reunions that they have ancestors who enslaved
African American people? Do these same
families discuss how the lighter complexioned black people in the United States
are based on the sexual assault/rape of African American women by possibly one
or more of their ancestors? Several of
the white, European American, candidates for President have acknowledged that
enslavement of African people was done by one or more of their ancestors. Do these discussions regarding the truth happen
at the family reunions of white/European American people? If not why not?
Imagine agents of LAECE coming to the homes of white people
in exclusive gated neighborhoods, the board rooms of corporations, construction
sites populated by well paid white construction workers, at concerts with
20,000 plus people watching their favorite rock star, and the halls of the
Congress and Senate of these United States of America. Their purpose as agents of LAECE simply being
to reveal and expose the past actions of your ancestors who enslaved people or
participated in actions that forcefully removed Native Americans from their land. The LAECE agents would provide the clear and
brutal details on the actions of your ancestors. The facts that you need to hear. The facts you never wanted to know about. The facts your ancestors never wanted
discussed in the history lessons you were taught in school.
Just as today’s immigrants may be living in fear of a visit
from agents of ICE, you also should be living in fear of a visit from agents of
LAECE. How would you feel once the story
of your ancestors’ mistreatment of people is publicized and you become the
target of jokes and your children bullied for being slave owners or ethnic
cleansers? Maybe that is just what this
country needs. More of the truth about
the past so the racist mistakes of the present are no longer continued. Maybe some of you already know the truth
about your families past and just want the truth to remain buried?
How many millionaires have come forward and “confessed” that
their ancestors enslaved people? How many owners of those downtown condominiums
and million dollar homes in the suburbs have confessed that their wealth is
partly due to an inheritance based on the enslavement of black people or theft
of Native American lands?
Next time a white person starts a conversation with you, ask
them if any of their ancestors enslaved people?
Ask them if any of their ancestors took land that was formerly possessed
by Native Americans? You are now an
agent of LAECE. Watch their facial
reaction. It’s likely the same reaction
on the face of an immigrant being confronted by agents of ICE.
