Thank you, United States Supreme Court

EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW
Except when a particular interest in served, like race. Then, it's suddenly unfair if everyone is equal.

I am talking about the June 25, 2013 United States Supreme Court decision to strike down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act. Simply put, Section 4 required all states considered "racist" to obtain approval from the Federal Government before they could make any changing to the voting laws.Talk about stereotyping.

Needless to say, many black people are not happy. They have been protesting all over the nation. Here is a photo from MSN.com of residents from my state of Alabama outside the Supreme Court. Does this woman really think that the white man is going to try to take her voting rights away? Really?

And look at this picture:

Do you know who these men referenced here are? They were all killed in the Civil Rights Movement in 1964. Almost 50 years ago. They were killed looking into voting facilities in Mississippi by the Ku Klux Klan. It was murder. It was senseless. It was a terrible tragedy. It is over.

Read those last three words again. IT. IS. OVER. There are black people all over this nation still fighting the race war. White people are pretty much over it. "You are over because you are white," they say. No, we are over it because it is over.

I am a woman and my gender was kept from owning property and voting. I can do both now, which I am very thankful for. I have never been affected by the inability to do either. Just like the majority of black people in this country have never been affected by the chains in this picture. I have too much other stuff to worry about than fighting a fight that has already been won. To use the deaths of these men 50 years later to lobby for something not needed is not an honor to their name or their cause.

What would Martin Luther King Jr. say about this? I think he would say something like, "We fought. We won. I was killed to do this for my race. Now, black people, move forward and quit looking back. Stop blaming everyone else for your lack of education and opportunities. Strive for what you deserve. Work for it. Stop expecting handouts and earn what you receive."

So, yes. The Supreme Court removed Section 4 as unconstitutional. Because it is. No one is taking away your right to vote. It served a purpose 1/2 a century ago. It worked. Now there are other issues. And very few of them (if any) involve the color of your skin. Get to work on them.