Thoughts on Independence Day
by Jordan Cooper
President Thomas Jefferson once said blacks like sex, but love less deeply. He said they have inferior reasoning to whites. He said that black people are less healthy than whites. Let’s stop proving him correct based on the statistics presented today.
When I tell people I wrote speeches for the 43rd Governor of Florida Jeb Bush their jaws drop in astonishment. It is a look as to say you know English well? Did you go to college? Wait, did you graduate from college? You know a governor of a state personally and you’re a minority? If all the answers are yes. You’re acting white. You’re a back stabber to your race (A deeper interpretation of The O’Jays song). Obviously, respect is not shown at all times.
You’re treated like the scum of the earth for being canny and motivated. My professional experience is made into look like a disreputable resume mill. My education is seen as a wheels within wheels brainwash courtesy of the establishment. My extracurricular activities are seen as a veneer to make you appeal more to your peers. My historic accolades are valueless because it puts you at a higher level of societal significance than many others. Then, the crammed cargo of denigrators bully you into saying sorry for all the good you’re doing. Afterwards, you feel like Saint Thomas Aquinas did when he wanted to throw away all of his work at one point in his priesthood. It makes you want to quit your day, and get a sundowner to take you home.
However, God said “For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and future.” That verse came from Jeremiah in the Bible. Sorry, Sage of Monticello black people aren’t problem people. Now, let’s toast to our country’s independence this week, and the godsend of the American aspiration for all.
Jordan Thomas Cooper is a 2015 graduate of the University of South Carolina with a degree in History and a 2010 graduate of the RealEstate School of Success in Irmo. He is the first African-American to serve in both the governor and lieutenant governor’s office as an aide and first to serve in the Inspector General’s Office in S.C. (Haley) He is also the first person to serve in the top three offices in the gubernatorial line of succession in South Carolina (Haley, Bauer, McConnell). He says research shows he is the second black presidential campaign speechwriter in American history and the first for a GOP presidential campaign (Bush 2015). He also played football for Coach Steve Spurrier.