(BALTIMORE – May 17, 2026) – In 2026, that should not be a controversial statement. Yet every day online, in politics, and increasingly in public life, Black Americans are subjected to a level of hatred, disrespect, distortion, and dehumanization that is both exhausting and revealing.
With Pres. Donald J. Trump leading a White House that too often feels more like political theater than principled leadership, racial resentment has become louder, bolder, and more comfortable showing its face publicly. The behavior I see online daily is beyond disturbing. Much of it is ugly, ignorant, and rooted in a hatred many people are no longer even trying to hide.
And the question must be asked: where does this hatred toward Black people come from?
How do people who helped build the modern world remain the target of so much resentment? How does a nation consume Black culture, Black music, Black language, Black athleticism, Black creativity, and Black labor — while simultaneously demonizing Black humanity?
And if a white man marries a Black woman while still harboring disdain for Black men, what exactly does that make him? Is he not still a racist? Is proximity to Blackness the same as respect for Black people? Of course not.
What we are witnessing is not confidence. It is fear. Fear rooted in history. Fear rooted in guilt. Fear rooted in generations of lies is collapsing under the weight of truth.
Because the truth is this: America has never fully reckoned with its racial history. Instead, generations were raised on carefully sanitized mythology — a version of history designed to protect power rather than reveal reality. And when people spend their entire lives being taught myths, they often become hostile when confronted with truth.
America also has difficulty confronting another uncomfortable reality: much of its wealth and expansion were built not only through slavery, but through violence, theft, rape, and forced domination. Black women were violated during slavery. Indigenous women were violated during conquest. Entire populations were terrorized while the nation simultaneously wrote stories about freedom and morality.
That history matters because trauma echoes across generations.
For instance, racism and Christianity are fundamentally incompatible. Period.
Nowhere in the teachings of Jesus Christ is hatred of other people justified. Nowhere in the Bible does racism find moral legitimacy. You cannot preach love while practicing racial hatred. You cannot worship Christ while despising people made in the image of God.
Likewise, humanity’s origins trace back to Africa. Science, genetics, and anthropology overwhelmingly support that modern human civilization began on the African continent. Yet even that reality seems to offend people who have built their identities around racial hierarchy rather than shared humanity.
And then there is the mythology surrounding the founding of this country itself.
By now, most educated people understand Christopher Columbus did not “discover” America. Millions of Indigenous people were already here, with sophisticated societies, trade systems, agricultural knowledge, architecture, and governance structures that predated European arrival by centuries. Yet generations of Americans were taught a fairy tale version of history that erased Indigenous civilizations while glorifying conquest.
We learned sanitized stories about George Washington and American exceptionalism, while far less attention was given to the brutality of colonization, slavery, forced displacement, and racial terror that also shaped this nation.
But while we are having difficult conversations, another truth must be acknowledged plainly: Black Americans have historically fought not only for themselves, but for nearly every marginalized group in this country.
From the Civil Rights Movement to voting rights, labor rights, fair housing, public accommodations, educational access, and criminal justice reform, Black people have consistently stood on the front lines of America’s struggle for democracy — often benefiting groups that later distanced themselves from Black struggles once they achieved greater acceptance.
That includes many immigrant communities.
Black Americans marched, bled, were jailed, attacked by dogs, beaten by police, and assassinated in the fight to expand freedom in America. Those victories opened doors not just for Black people, but for women, immigrants, Latinos, Asians, LGBTQ Americans, religious minorities, and countless others who benefited from expanded civil rights protections.
The least America — and other minority communities — can do is show respect.
And if respect is too difficult, then simply leave Black people alone.
If you love Black culture but hate Black people, leave Black people alone.
If you profit from Black creativity while disrespecting Black humanity, leave Black people alone.
If you benefit from freedoms won through Black struggle while mocking Black suffering, leave Black people alone.
No matter how many books are banned, how many courses are removed, or how aggressively politicians attempt to suppress uncomfortable conversations, truth does not disappear. History does not evaporate simply because people find it inconvenient.
And perhaps that is why racism today feels so desperate.
Younger generations are increasingly rejecting the prejudices of their parents and grandparents. America is becoming more interconnected, more multiracial, and more culturally aware with every passing year. The walls that once separated people are weakening. The old mythology is cracking.
That does not mean racism is gone. Far from it.
But it does mean its defenders are fighting a losing battle against reality itself.
And while some people online continue spreading ignorance, hatred, and division, many others are choosing something different: truth, humanity, historical honesty, and coexistence.
That is the future.
My name is Doni Glover, and I approve this message — along with comedian Godfrey’s simple but powerful observation:
“Leave Black people alone.”
