Unity, generally, is considered virtuous.
Yet, so far as I can tell, the Powers That Be are increasingly interested in emphasizing our differences.
Morality gets a makeover. Cartoon Network Schools Kids on Racial Righteousness: You Must Never Be Colorblind https://t.co/mnzOjji2Blpic.twitter.com/PS27kaB1Ap
Amid the new morality: “whiteness.”
We’re being told it’s something to be stamped out.
That may very well be correct if the term represents dastardly deeds.
But what’s the impact of attaching it wholly and exclusively to a race?
If I had to guess, I’d say not unity.
Some want politics and social issues addressed, it seems, in all areas of life.
Gone are the days of having no idea what the maker of your candy bar thinks of legislation.
Wanna watch CNN? Just turn on any channel in one way or another, they’re all covering the same stuff.
At least, that’s the way it appears to me, in comparison to just a couple decades ago.
And as we adjust to our updated level of consciousness, news comes about cartoon dogs.
In case you’re unfamiliar, kids show Bluey is about an Australian family of canines dwelling down under.
A man is mad about money.
As reported by Metro News, former rear admiral Matthew Parr is “one of five inspectors of constabulary.”
When hired in June 2016, he accepted a £133,983 salary.
In addition, he scored a £7,904 London living allowance.
Per Metro, the offered amount resulted from efforts to “rein in Whitehall pay scales.”
But speaking of
white, Matthew recently got some news he found unnerving.
As it turns out, 15 months before he was brought on, Wendy Williams a black female joined ranks with a salary of £185,791.
What’s more (or less?), she’d already accepted an offer of £165,000.
Hence, she’d been boosted by £20,791, ultimately dwarfing his salary haul by £51,808.