Progressives in the U.S. often criticize our nation, typically stating that our nation's policies and underlying practices creates a society and culture that fuels what they call "systemic racism." It is certainly no secret that racism has a long, tragic history in the United States. Though founded as a country in the summer of 1776, it took nearly 90 years and a brutal Civil War before the practice of enslaving African Americans finally ended in our nation. It would then take nearly 100 years of campaigning before African Americas would enjoy full Civil Rights under the U.S. Constitution. So nobody can deny that these individuals are wrong if they were to say that African Americans have endured a long, and tragic struggle to obtain the rights and privileges that they have in the U.S. today. However, to say that our society today is a culture that fuels "systemic racism" is a far cry from reality.
Today African Americans thrive in every sector of our nation & economy. African Americans athlete have made a lasting impact in the fields of education, medicine, business, and sports. In the U.S. today African Americans own over 134,000 businesses that employ over 1.3 million people. African Americans such as Rosalind Brewer serve as CEO's of of Fortune 500 companies. African Americans hold prominent positions in academia as well as the military and some, like Dr. Ben Carson, have become world renowned doctors. Moreover, we have seen African Americans serve in the highlest levels of political office. They serve in Congress, the Supreme Court and in the past 16 years our nation for the first time in its history had an African American (Barack Obama) serve as President and an African American woman (Kamala Harris) serve as vice President. While one can certainly say that racist thoughts and attitudes haven't ended in the United States, all of the above factors can lead one to say that the accusation that "systemic racism" is holding back the advancement of African Americans in our society is an accusation that lacks substantial merit. However, one cannot say this when we talk about the Plight of Coptic Christians in Egypt.
In Egypt, Coptic Christians, like African Americans, make-up approximately 15% of their societal population, but they don't have nearly as many rights and privileges that African Americans enjoy in the U.S. In March of 2022 the nation made history boy appointing 98 women to serve as judges in state court, the first time that such a thing had ever been done in the nation's history. However, of all these female appointees, not one of them was a Christian woman. This pattern is ongoing in every aspect of Egyptian society. In August. of 2022 Cairo University assigned 31 new directors to head a number of departments, none of those appointed was a Christian. The following month President al-Sissi issued a Presidential Appointment of 516 new deputy prosecutors, of these only five were Christian. On Jan. 17th, 2023 Presidential Decree #12 listed 100 newly appointed "Vice President's of the State Council." Of this number, only one of these appointees was a Christian. Christians even face systemic discrimination in athletics, with no Christians being on the Egyptian national soccer team.
In Egypt, there is no "glass ceiling" that some Leftists claims exists in America to prevent African Americans from advancing. The truth is, in Egypt, there's a very visible "cement ceiling." In every advanced aspect of Egyptian society, whether it is the military, police, academics, government, media, public companies, or the judiciary, Christians only represent between 0-2% of the total hires in all of these departments. So imagine of African Americans occupied 0% of all top government positions and only 0-2% positions in all of the decent positions in all aspects of U.S. society, how would the progressives respond? Would they protest as loudly as they are now? One may find it difficult to believe that they would as the make no such protest against the religious minorities who endure systemic discrimination in nations like Egypt and Pakistan.
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