By Star Parker ~
Since the new wave of race consciousness that has been sweeping our country, precipitated by the graphic video of the killing of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin, something very strange has happened.
Somehow, what is perceived as a problem has become widely understood to be the solution. And it is endangering our country.
Black Lives Matter supports the same anti-freedom agenda in America as it does in Cuba. Pictured: Police officers stand guard during a June 24 protest after the arrest of Ricky and Travis Price in Rock Hill, South Carolina. (Photo: Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
If there remain citizens in America who, because of race or any other reason, are deprived of the benefits and protections of a free society, we should work to bring those benefits of freedom to them.
The answer is not to abandon the principles that make us a free country.
But this is what is happening. Those who are the loudest and most aggressive about what is supposedly wrong don’t want a free country. Their complaint is not about absence of freedom, but who has power and who will be in charge and running the show.
Nothing could make this clearer than the recent bizarre statement of Black Lives Matter about the current civil unrest in Cuba.
Cuba is an unfree country. It has been run by communists for years. And, like all countries that are run by communists, the people there live deprived and oppressed.
This is not rhetoric. This is fact.
Freedom House in Washington, D.C., is a nonpartisan organization that rates all the nations in the world according to how free they are. It rates nations according to political rights and civil liberties.
Cuba ranks as one of the world’s least free countries. Out of a possible score of 100, Cuba scores 13. In political rights, out of a top score of 40, Cuba gets a one. On civil liberties, out of a possible score of 60, Cuba scores 12.
Yet, Black Lives Matters writes, “The people of Cuba are being punished by the U.S. government because the country has maintained its commitment to sovereignty and self-determination.”
As the information from Freedom House shows, the only sovereignty and self-determination that exists in Cuba is in the hands of the communist despots who run the place.
Yet, in the opinion of Black Lives Matter, the suffering of the Cuban people is not due to the despots running Cuba who deprive them of their freedom, but it’s caused by the free country, the United States, that is its nearby neighbor to the north.
We don’t see many Americans fleeing to live in Cuba. But, per the Pew Research Center, there are over 2 million Cuban Americans who left Cuba, or whose family left Cuba, to come to live in a country that is free.
Moreover, per a Pew survey done in 2020, 58% of Cuban Americans identify as, or lean toward, Republicans, compared with 38% who identify as, or lean toward, Democrats.
Cuban Americans know what oppression is about, and it’s why they care so much about being free Americans.
Black Lives Matter says, “Since 1962, the United States has forced pain and suffering on the people of Cuba by cutting off food, medicine and supplies.”
Yes, the U.S. maintains an economic embargo on Cuba. Why should our nation provide sources of revenue that will only go into the coffers of the communists who control everything? But, as The Wall Street Journal’s Mary O’Grady points out, contrary to BLM’s distortions, “food and medicine are exempt” from this embargo.
The one thing that Black Lives Matter gets right is that almost one-third of Cubans are black and brown. Yet, somehow, Black Lives Matter thinks it will enhance the lives of these people of color by supporting oppressors rather than bringing them more freedom.
And, indeed, Black Lives Matter has the same anti-freedom agenda in our country.
The question is why this perverse group has so much credibility and power? What is wrong with our political and business leaders that support these enemies of human freedom?
COPYRIGHT 2021 CREATORS.COM
Star Parker is a columnist for The Daily Signal at The Heritage Foundation . http://www.heritage.org/ and she is the president of CURE, Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education. (www.urbancure.org)
Read more informative articles at The Daily Signal http://dailysignal.com/
Annie Apple
Carl
Dave the Sage
Ditzy Dee
Doc'
Grumpy Old Man
marlin6
mjmotley
Nick Anaxagoras
Aussie
PA Pundits - International
Guest Contributor
patpacer
Joe from PA
Jehanne
spanishbride
steevesna
T Lee Humphrey
T. L. Jenkins
TonyfromOz
Turtle
PA Pundits International 
gds44
Mon 07/26/2021
Reblogged this on Gds44's Blog.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Lawrence Morra
Thu 07/22/2021
Reblogged this on Zero Lift-Off and commented:
God bless this fine lady Star Parker! She is forthright and standing up for Jesus Chris first of all and then speaks the truth just like Dr. Ben Carson is doing being citizens of color that see the truth so well and actually cares enough to call out the enemies of our country and humanity! There is actually more slavery in the world now than there has even been; along with the fact that Communism is on the rise and move to subdue the world, and if that happens most people will be enslaved! I won’t need to say much else than what I just said on another reblog which was presented so well that it should be repeated as much as possible! What follows is what I stated there with links to additional articles related to the same matter!
“Carson aid children should be taught that slavery was not unique to America
Ben Carson, the former housing and Urban Development Secretary, blasted the Marxist Critical Race Theory being taught to children in schools during a speech at Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit.
“Critical race theory, the 1619 Project, what is that really about?” Carson asked.
“It’s about dividing people.”
“It’s about creating the kind of division and strife that allows control.”
“We’ve all heard the phrase, ‘divide and conquer.’ That’s what it’s about,” he said.
He added that children should be taught that slavery was not unique to America and noted the nation fought a civil war to end it.”
Isaiah 5:20-24
“20Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who turn darkness to light
and light to darkness,
who replace bitter with sweet
and sweet with bitter.
21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
and clever in their own sight.
22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine
and champions in mixing beer,
23who acquit the guilty for a bribe
and deprive the innocent of justice.”
God bless Ben Carson and he is saying it like it is for sure!
“Carson aid children should be taught that slavery was not unique to America
Ben Carson, the former housing and Urban Development Secretary, blasted the Marxist Critical Race Theory being taught to children in schools during a speech at Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit.
“Critical race theory, the 1619 Project, what is that really about?” Carson asked.
“It’s about dividing people.”
“It’s about creating the kind of division and strife that allows control.”
“We’ve all heard the phrase, ‘divide and conquer.’ That’s what it’s about,” he said.
He added that children should be taught that slavery was not unique to America and noted the nation fought a civil war to end it.”
I’ve grown tired and even angry which I deflect but nonetheless the left and loonies had had a field day with our Free Constitutional Republic making it a joke with all of the infiltration and contamination of most things held sacred both in Holy Scriptures and the US Constitution! The Devil is getting his due, Big Time! And too many people are just letting it happen being too caught in self-aggrandizement or of manner of foolishness!
I’ve watched Dr. Carson explain some very important matters over the years and he is quite the gentleman but also not afraid to take an unpopular very challenged position these days where the Democrat corrupt party and all of the leftists are put on pedestals for even doing criminal acts AKA burning cities down last summer while the Democrat officials cheered them on, but, no charges or consequences! The January 6th rally protest of a fraudulent election gets peaceful protesters put immediately in prison!
And so this is where we are today.
Isaiah 5:20-24
“20Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who turn darkness to light
and light to darkness,
who replace bitter with sweet
and sweet with bitter.
21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
and clever in their own sight.
22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine
and champions in mixing beer,
23who acquit the guilty for a bribe
and deprive the innocent of justice.”
I would say is certainly time to pray like we never have before but also a time to be counted and willing to stand up to all evil that is seeking to smother us all and drag down into hell.
We are right where the rubber meets the road so I figure we can’t expect a painless ride! Many are delusional if they think things will just go back to OK! Communist China with its evil totally Atheist Brutal Regime is looking to pounce at the first opportunity and Biden would be more than happy to let them lead America down that road to Perdition!
Here are a few very over the top leftist perpetrators spewing vitriol in these articles.
This is the world going to hell in a hand basket while most people sit around with their thumbs up their butts; not looking good folks, just not enough human beings that care enough or are doing enough to stop the evil!
God bless you all.
Brother in Christ Jesus,
Lawrence Morra III
https://lawrencemorra.com/2021/07/05/the-skin-color-doesnt-stand-out-to-me-but-the-miserable-ingrate-does-with-flying-colors/
http://lawrencemorra.com/2021/07/05/washpost-art-critic-slams-statue-of-liberty-shrinking-appeal-a-symbol-of-hypocrisy/
https://lawrencemorra.com/2021/05/21/video-black-lives-matter-pledges-solidarity-with-hamas-connected-to-democrats-communists-terrorists-and-china/
LikeLike