My Latest Newsweek Article - Tim Scott on "The View" and Optimism for Black Americans

Article Link - https://www.newsweek.com/tim-scott-was-booed-telling-truth-view-black-americans-deserve-optimism-opinion-1804794

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Overly negative people are like kryptonite to me and they’re people I typically choose to move away from because of how soul-draining they are.

The phrase “misery loves company” tends to creep into my mind when I’m around them because they often want you to drown along with them in a shallow pool of negativity and refuse to hear how they can avoid drowning by simply standing up: these people don’t like good news.

I believe for the past few years, there has been a strategic effort to persuade the American public into buying that being black is an inherently painful and miserable existence.

Our past is framed as nothing more than a tragedy and because of this, non-black people should shoulder the heavy weight of guilt for things they had no control over and did not participate in. And if you’re black, you should remain in a state of constant paranoia of the people who don’t look like you.

This to me sounds like a miserable existence if I were to live this narrative out. Also, what good comes from seeing myself only as a victim of historical circumstances? I had no control over these things and I was not directly affected by them but I am to carry the burden of someone else’s pain? For what reason?

I am an optimist because I see no benefit in being a pessimist. Optimists are often framed as people who want to be blind to the wrongs that are happening or have happened in society but that’s not true at all.

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As an optimist, I am well aware of the negatives but I am constantly hopeful that things will get better with persistence. I don’t shy away from discussing issues but I don’t let those issues prevent me from seeing the wonders of our society and the blessings I’ve experienced due to the genuine goodwill of other Americans.

I’m not ignorant of real racism that still happens because hate is part of the human experience and it will never go away. But things can get better: that’s the optimist viewpoint.

There are racial issues that exist with followers of both political parties, they just look different but thankfully they’re fringe.

The people on the left who project these concepts of black inferiority and victimhood are the fringe elitist progressives who think pretending to be our savior is beneficial when it’s really so they can get social credit for being “black-do-gooders”.

The people on the right are often reactionary and instinctively do the opposite of whatever the left says, which isn’t necessarily beneficial either. Sometimes the left is correct and there are real issues but disregarding concerns because of who the messenger is doesn’t help anyone either.

Speaking of the political right, too many are unaware of the real white supremacists who are infiltrating the “anti-woke” movement that pushes anti-black propaganda on social media.

While it is true that violent crime is disproportionately higher among black Americans (primarily black males) compared to the population, the crime propaganda circulated in right-wing circles involves black assailants nearly 100% of the time and too few people even notice this attempt to indoctrinate them.

Despite all of this, I’m optimistic that things will get better for everyone and that the issues that we talk about are actually minuscule in frequency.

It should be okay to talk about the progress made over several generations but we are shamed for wanting to state this. Why?

The answer is that there is more money, influence, and power gained by convincing people that the war is ongoing than by admitting we’re in peacetime.

The political fringes want conflict, the politicians want chaos and the ideologues want confusion: don’t give it to them.