By Lafe Tolliver, Esq
Guest Column
The Supreme Court recently issued a 6-3 decision indicating that if you are born on American soil, you are to be considered an American citizen.
This decision, with a 91 page dissent issued by Clarence Thomas, only adheres to the historical precedent articulated in the US Constitution stating who, being born on American soil, is categorically defined as being an American.
Of course the Trump administration is adverse to that decision because it now validates all of the millions of births that have taken place in this country over the decades that Trump was attempting to “decertify” those persons as being non Americans.
Without giving away the ending of story, even Stevie Wonder could see that the
Trump administration was following the parameters of Project 2025 which, along with the far right wing Heritage Foundation, wants an end to “those” people birthing out newly-minted babies who are from those “sh*thole countries.
We all should know that the agenda behind Project 2025 and their puppet leader,
Trump, was to greatly reduce non-whites who would or could call these united states, their home.
Without stating the obvious, this question of birthright citizenship would not even be a “pimple on a rhino’s arse” if those babies were hailing from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, France, Scotland, Netherlands, Wales and England…all ethnically white countries.
Trump always had a sweet spot for white emigrants including his recent edict allowing swift entry of 10,000 South African whites into this country and providing for their encampment and other amenities to make their life comfortable.
Note to self: No non-white country received such largesse.
Trump no longer hides his racial proclivities and has made it very transparent that he favors Nordics over Ghanaians or Liberians.
Trump pines for an America resembling the now discredited law of 1790 which remarked that only whites could become American citizens.
That ruling lasted for hundreds of years because White America believed in a Manifest Destiny that America was chosen for white Europeans to conquer and develop… not Libyan, not Japanese, not Sudanese…just good ‘ol white
people believing that they were God’s gifted ones to reign and rule in America.
It is at this time that we acknowledge that the planned genocide of the indigenous people who earlier populated the land known now as America happened because they were expendable at best… if not suited for slavery.
America does not plan in the very near future to have a “Kumbaya” moment with
its former slaves and has and is still endeavoring to do legal and extra-legal tasks to keep people of color off balance as they still strive to make America work for them.
So, when people are excited about celebrating 250 years of independence from
their British overlords, just remember that in 1776, African Americans were not
free until the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by Abe Lincoln (he was assassinated ostensibly for his rebellion against white society).
Within these 250 years, we have experienced the rise of the oligarch class with their obscene riches and control of the political machinery in elections and a resultant huge class divide between the haves and the have-nots.
We are buffeted by a MAGA majority U.S. Supreme Court that seemingly is so
dazzled by Trump (and their own class/wealth insecurities) that they have taken on the role of being the final arbiter of what is good for the country according to their
whims.
Now, with Trump being energized by court rulings allowing him to remove temporary protection status from some 400,000 Haitians and Syrians, we will see the dreaded ICE agents fan out and ramp up the seizures of those persons and return them back to their respective countries that are still just as bad as when they first left those lands seeking a better life.
America’s image overseas has been greatly diminished and stained due to nonsensical moves by Trump and his clown car of cabinet members and advisors who are more than willing to do the impulsive biddings of their Dear Leader.
And regrettably, the white evangelical church (or just plain churches) have lost their voices in manning the ramparts and speaking truth to power because they too have been morally compromised by their desire to have access to the political power residing in a feckless GOP Congress.
Without saying the obvious, if the collective churches in America were to have had any of the early church apostles ( e.g., Peter, James or John) visit their congregations and observe their allegiance to Trump; hear their wimpy sermons and see their pittance of good works, they would issue a scathing and rebuking jeremiad against them.
Whenever the churches find solace and comfort in the arms of Trump by either their acquiescence or by their failure to come to the aid of the poor and downtrodden and to say No…to the visible moral rot, they have left their first love and they need to repent.
Contact Lafe Tolliver at lafe5x@gmail.com