Race War and what is your role in this War.......

The United States is still reeling from a week of racial tension and graphic violence, and while there is more than enough anger in America, some continue to fan the fire that has been lit under the summer of 2016.

Fox's Bill O'Reilly has insisted that “white Americans despise” the Black Lives Matter movement and the head of the National Association of Police Organizations accused President Obama of being responsible for a “War on Cops.”

As tension continues to mount, some claim that we’re starting to see the beginning of a race war in America. But in reality, the narrative of racial warfare in the United States goes back two centuries.

In a letter he wrote before assassinating President Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth claimed that "this country was formed for the white, not for the black man" — a theme picked up by the KKK in its angry, murderous, and garbled calls for white power.

Back in 1967, black militants like Jamil Abdullah Al Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, also said that racial violence in the United States was unavoidable.

“I say violence is necessary," Al Amin said decades ago. "Violence is a part of America’s culture. It is as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the black people to be violent. We will use that violence to rid ourselves of oppression if necessary.”

And then there are The Turner Diaries from 1978 — a novel about a race war started to prevent the government from suspending the Constitution. The book seemed to inspire Timothy McVeigh, who carried out the Oklahoma City bombings in 1995.

Just last week after the shooting in Dallas, Texas, former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh wrote on Twitter: "3 Dallas Cops killed, 7 wounded. This is now war. Watch out, Obama. Watch out black lives matter punks. Real America is coming after