I was recently talking to some folks in my blog on TagWorld, "Should Blacks Be Republicans?" when somebody brought up the fact that they fear that the Muslim religion is infiltrating the Black community. They seem to believe that because some Muslims are terrorists then somehow this means the Black community is becoming more dangerous to America. Poppycock. I believe that none but the most minuscule number of Blacks who become Muslims in America would even consider doing anything to attack this country. The vast majority of Muslims from the Middle East are not terrorists so there is absolutely no reason to believe that any Blacks who convert to the religion of Islam here are now more dangerous. Even those in Black hate groups like the Nation of Islam and the New Black Panthers are considered to be Separatists. Separatists by definition are not violent but simply believe in the separation of the races. Believe me, I have talked to a Black guy that was a Black Muslim and a member of the New Black Panthers and the last thing that guy was was violent. All he could talk about was Blacks getting away from Whites by moving to Africa to get away from all the racist White people in America. That was his view, not mine, mind you. All Black hate groups belong in the Separatist category and you will seldom if ever hear of any member of those groups committing acts of violence against anyone. However, it is not unknown or unusual for members of so called Christian White hate groups to commit acts of violence against Blacks and other minorities (Blacks are the most victimized racial group in America in terms of hate crimes according to the FBI) and some have even been tied to terrorist attacks on this country. The most famous recent incidents are the dragging to death of the Black man behind a pickup truck in Jasper, Texas by White Supremacists and the Oklahoma City bombing by White Supremacists. The latter was tied to a White Supremacist named Timothy McVeigh. On the contrary, never has any terrorist attack in America been tied to any Black hate group whether it was Muslim or otherwise. Even the Black Panther hate group was not responsible for any terrorist attacks on the US and God knows that was one dangerous armed group. So, the idea that somehow the Black community is becoming more dangerous because more of us are becoming Muslims is just an example of White hysteria, in my opinion. Not that the vast majority of Whites harbor such a fear as that. What all Americans should fear the most is White hate groups, especially minorities like myself.
