WHITE supremacy reigns supreme especially in countries like Great Britain and the United States, where the Klu Klux Klan poses terror to Black Americans particularly.
In the United States, one is judged by the color of his skin and is looked down upon as a nobody, a low life. Others, like Asians, are also discriminated against and are considered second class, nay, third-class citizens.
There are also acts prevalent in Great Britain, these discriminatory acts.
The latest Black American fatality is George Floyd whose death caused massive protests and sympathetic marches where the hashtag Black Lives Matter was highlighted.
There has been chaos in most cities of the United States, from Minneapolis, where Floyd perished, up to the site of the seat of government, Washington D. C.
We remember the efforts of the slain US President Abraham Lincoln who fought for equality between whites and blacks in America. Also, the Rev. Jackson and Martin Luther King, both heroes in the uplifting of the lives and rights of the black populace.
The US is also facing another dilemma, the rising death toll brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic where this erstwhile superpower has been ahead of other nations in terms of Covid-positive patient, which by the latest count may exceed two million and several thousand deaths.
This once proud nation is now reeling from unrest and a weakening economy though its boastful President Trump camouflaging the nation's ills through arrogant tweets and fiery rhetoric.
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Here in our country, the Philippines, there are still uncertain directives that confuse residents.
The Anti-Terrorism bill is one. Another is the pronouncements of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases. The Agency is tasked with coming up with guidelines for the private sector to follow like the transport sector, which is also severely affected by the stoppage of its movement causing massive deprivation of income and other sources. Drivers have families too and they cannot subsist mainly on relief goods alone. So they had to resort to begging from motorists for loose change.
They play a vital role in driving upwards the economy and people, especially the poor ones. They have gotten used to patronizing their services. A second hard look at their plight would be very useful indeed.