A NEW SLAVE MASTER

When a person evokes the term “slave mentality”, it generally refers to a situation where a black person believes they can’t make a decision without the approval of a white person.  It is where black folks don’t trust their own decision-making abilities and prefer to defer to a white societal expectation.

Well there is a new type of “slave mentality” permeating American society today.  It is the “slave master mentality”.    It is the condition where rich white men believe they are the masters of black men.  They believe their wealth and stature give them the authority to tell black men how they should behave.  And it matters not that many of those black men are also wealthy and have stature in their communities, the new white masters believe they have a right to dictate what is appropriate behavior.

Take the Dallas Cowboys.  The white owner has told the team which is dominated by young black men, that if a player chooses to protest during the national anthem, that the player will be benched.

The first point that needs to be made here is that the protest has nothing to do with the national anthem or the United States flag.  People need to do research before discrediting the protest by players.

Slavery has long been outlawed in the United States, yet it appears the new slave masters still believe black men need to be subservient.  What needs to be understood is that the relationship between team owner and team players is a partnership, not a dictatorship.  Imagine the problems an owner would have if black players chose not to play because they weren’t being treated as partners.

Those who harbor this new “slave master mentality” need to check themselves.  This is 2017, not 1817.