More Proof!!! Racism Still Exists

Darren Camper

Texas Editor

Every once and a while, an eye opening event pops up in the world of news that sheds light on the state of mind of a community, a state and a people.

A 26-year-old Black male is in the hospital in critical condition after reportedly being dragged by a car after an altercation with another man.

Christopher Wright, a Black male, waited to take home his girlfriend, a White female and a bartender at the hotel bar. According to Hopkins County District Attorney Martin Braddy, Judson Weaver, 24, a White male, allegedly was also at the bar and was told to leave after a verbal confrontation.
The girlfriend acknowledges that she believes that racism was at the center of what happened to her boyfriend.
During her conversation, she said it was common that Black and Whites did not date each other in Sulphur Springs and those relationships create friction with the races.

According to accounts, when she and Wright walked outside, they saw Weaver in his vehicle. That's when Weaver allegedly spit on Wright.
Wright swung back. He got his arm caught in the car and he was drug 40 feet. The guy then began accelerating and the only thing that really knocked Chris loose was when they hit the median."
Wright was dragged some 40 feet down State Highway 30. Wright's father Sigmond said the dragging ripped off his son's nose on the right side of his face and caused multiple facial fractures. He also suffered bruised lungs and a fractured spine.
This brings back painful memories of James Byrd incident in East Texas in 1998.

He was an East Texas black man who was dragged to his death from a pickup truck by three white men in 1998.
This again sends strong sharp, messages from young and old proves that racism is alive and well and the perceptions about Black people have not moved far from the days of slavery or Jim Crow era.

Last month, several African-American female Memorial High School students in Port Arthur performed provocatively dirty dancing on a substitute teacher at the school.

The event was recorded on what appeared to be a cellular phone and ended up on You Tube.com.

Ugly racist’s remarks were posted followed about that incident that referred to Blacks as monkeys, apes and go back to Africa and such. Racism just won’t go away. No in Texas… Not across the South… Not in America.

Texas authorities can use a hate crime enhancement on penalties. The James Byrd Hate Crime Act raises the punishment for crimes motivated by the victim's race, religion, color, sex, disability, sexual preference, age or national origin.

It is the responses to the incident to demonstrate the racist mindset that exists in the community, the Lone Star state and that even remains in many pockets across this country.

The responses to the videos are plain, simple and pull no punches about what many Whites still think about Black people in Port Arthur and Beaumont. It also is a microscopic look into the racist heart, mind and psyche that still exist in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Waxahachie, Athens, Irving, El Paso, Lubbock, Amarillo and Corpus Christi and all places in between.

It proves without a doubt that racism still exists and is being passed on in the hearts of some Americans and that is not going to be diminished in America, not even over the next several generations... and you know what I mean.