“I’m Tired of Being Called a Racist Every Time I Express My Opinion About the Blacks,” Says Disgrunt
“The blacks are the real racists here,” says Richard Hutchinson, 59, of Savannah. “Every time I express my opinion about the issues of their kind to them, they call me a racist, and I think that should be illegal.”
Hutchinson works a local gun shop in Savannah, Georgia, and is noticeably upset by the way in which African-Americans look at him. “I see at least three or four of their kind a day,” says Hutchinson, “And whenever I see one of them, I try and strike up a conversation with them, but it never goes anywhere. They all seem upset when I even point out the fact that they’re black. I’m just stating a fact: they’re blacks. That’s true. But they don’t seem to believe they are.”
Hutchinson has become so distraught with the way in which African-Americans look at him, that he has recently stopped trying to, “strike up a conversation,” with them when he sees them.
“The past few weeks, I’d taken to telling all the blacks that I couldn’t talk to them because I couldn’t have an intelligent conversation with them,” said Hutchinson, “but that just seemed to make them even angrier. What do they want me to say? How am I supposed to approach their kind then? It seems unreasonable to me.”
When asked what Hutchinson believed was the cause of this problem, he said, “I think them, ‘Black Lives Matter,’ boys are causing the blacks to act this way and think they’re suddenly more important than everyone else. I think if they don’t like the country the way it is, then they should all leave. I’m actually trying to get a petition together to create a constitutional ban on disrespecting the national anthem by kneeling during it. I think if you don’t love this country the way it is and don’t stand during the national anthem, you should be put in prison for treason.”
Hutchinson went on to say that he doesn’t understand why he can talk to his white friends about sports and the twelve-point buck he landed on his last hunting trip, but he can’t talk to African-Americans about the issues they face as a racial and ethnic group.
“But I’m just an employee at a gun shop,” said Hutchinson, “What do I know, right? I bet there are a bunch of so-called, ‘smart,’ and, ‘educated,’ people that think I’m clueless, but if they’re so smart and educated, then why does inequality still exist and why is racism still an issue? I ask you that?”
