*********** Years ago it was easy to be a racist. All you had to be was a white person using some of the racial epithets that are routinely used in song and everyday speech by many of today’s blacks. Or you had to chant “two, four, six, eight, we don’t want to integrate” when a black student showed up for admission to your high school or college. Of course, there was that dressing up in a hooded white gown. In any case, you didn’t have to be sophisticated to be a racist.
*********** Today all that has changed. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., pointed that out back in 1994 when the Republican-led Congress pushed for tax relief. Rangel denounced Republicans' plan as a form of modern-day racism, saying, "It's not 'spic' or '******' anymore. (Instead,) they say, 'Let's cut taxes.'" That means the simple use of the N-word is not enough to make one a racist. If it were, blacks would be the nation’s premier racists. Today it’s the call for tax cuts that makes you a racist. That’s why the "tea" party, short for "taxed enough already," is nothing more than organized racists. What makes tea partyers even more racist is their constant call for the White House and Congress to return to the confines of the Constitution.
*********** Racism has other guises. Say that you’re a believer in Martin Luther King’s wish, expressed in his “I Have a Dream” speech, that our “children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” The call to judge people by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin is really code for racism. There’s no question about one’s racial antipathy if he voted for measures such as California’s Proposition 209, Michigan’s Proposal 2, Washington state’s Initiative 200 or Nebraska’s Civil Rights Initiative 424. These measures outlaw judging people by the color of their skin for admission to college, awarding of government contracts and employment. The call for equal treatment is simply racism by stealth and is far more insidious than name-calling and hood-donning.
*********** One might think that seeing as America elected its first black president, it would usher in the end of racism; but it’s all a racist plot that’s easily uncovered simply by asking: “Who really elected Obama to the presidency?” It surely wasn’t black people. Of the 67 million votes that Obama received in the 2008 election, I doubt whether even 7 or 8 million came from blacks. That means white people put Obama in office, and that means he is beholden to white people, not black people.
*********** You say, “Williams, that’s preposterous! What’s your evidence?” Just look at the unemployment statistics. White unemployment is 8 percent, and black unemployment is double that, at 17 percent, and in some cities, black unemployment is near 30 percent. It’s gotten so bad under Obama’s presidency that New York's Urban Justice Center has appealed to the United Nations Human Rights Council for help. But Obama’s tired of black complaints. Obama told the Congressional Black Caucus to “Stop whining!" “Take off your bedroom slippers; put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining; stop grumbling; stop crying.” This kind of talk is unprecedented. Just ask yourself: "When have I ever heard a Democratic or a Republican leader talk this way to his party's strongest supporters? Would Obama tell Jews to stop whining about Israel? Would he tell unions to stop grumbling about card check? Would he tell feminists, if they were complaining about sex discrimination, to shake it off?"
*********** This kind of political treatment of blacks should not be surprising, because black people are a one-party people in a two-party system. That means Democratic politicians have learned to take the black vote for granted, and Republicans make little effort to get it. That’s not smart for blacks to set themselves up that way.
*********** Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. To find out more about Walter E. Williams and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
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John Adams “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.”
Ronald Reagan: 'Everybody that is for abortion has already been born'
"I never said I was worth it. I only said I wouldn't do it for less " William F. Buckley Jr.
and set themselves up, they surely have ! THe party of Abraham Lincoln and Dr.Martin Luther King is as lily white as a Klan Rally....but unlike a Klan rally, it is the blacks themselves who have forced the 'racial purity' of the republican party. So, Obama tells his 'homies' to sit the F down, and shut the F up. Good for him...he's put it in good perspective because he's got their vote. And while blacks cannot put Obama in the Oval office solely on their vote, it's good to have the 'black block' of voters in your vest pocket...NO MATTER WHAT....so you can pander to different voters whose allegiances are not so certain. One can figure out WHY the democrat party is the one party that blacks will vote for, but that's not part of this discussion (yet)....but they should just sit the EFF down and shut the EFF up. After all, who wants to hear 'em piss and moan...they're just gonna vote democrat anyway....
and set themselves up, they surely have ! THe party of Abraham Lincoln and Dr.Martin Luther King is as lily white as a Klan Rally....but unlike a Klan rally, it is the blacks themselves who have forced the 'racial purity' of the republican party. So, Obama tells his 'homies' to sit the F down, and shut the F up. Good for him...he's put it in good perspective because he's got their vote. And while blacks cannot put Obama in the Oval office solely on their vote, it's good to have the 'black block' of voters in your vest pocket...NO MATTER WHAT....so you can pander to different voters whose allegiances are not so certain. One can figure out WHY the democrat party is the one party that blacks will vote for, but that's not part of this discussion (yet)....but they should just sit the EFF down and shut the EFF up. After all, who wants to hear 'em piss and moan...they're just gonna vote democrat anyway....
Well said Berg, After all, who wants to hear 'em piss and moan...they're just gonna vote democrat anyway....So true!
"That means Democratic politicians have learned to take the black vote for granted, and Republicans make little effort to get it. That’s not smart for blacks to set themselves up that way."
*********** Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. To find out more about Walter E. Williams and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
I'm not comfortable with this sort of attitude. I'm of Asian descent, but I don't approach politics from that viewpoint. I analyze a politician's potential action in terms of, first, what's best for the country overall, and second, what's best for me and my family.
People of African descent are no different than I am. As Americans, we benefit if our country thrives and suffer if it does not. The idea that I might have interests peculiar to people of Asian descent puzzles me. It, likewise, puzzles me that people of African descent would believe that they have interests peculiar to and common to people of African descent.
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Proud parents of our own "Daddy's Little Girls"
I heard Jesus He drank wine and I bet we'd get along just fine.
I'm not comfortable with this sort of attitude. I'm of Asian descent, but I don't approach politics from that viewpoint. I analyze a politician's potential action in terms of, first, what's best for the country overall, and second, what's best for me and my family.
People of African descent are no different than I am. As Americans, we benefit if our country thrives and suffer if it does not. The idea that I might have interests peculiar to people of Asian descent puzzles me. It, likewise, puzzles me that people of African descent would believe that they have interests peculiar to and common to people of African descent.
Two different ideas there sachiko. Blacks never left the plantation and haven't got a clue as to why.
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John Adams “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.”
Ronald Reagan: 'Everybody that is for abortion has already been born'
"I never said I was worth it. I only said I wouldn't do it for less " William F. Buckley Jr.
I'm not comfortable with this sort of attitude. I'm of Asian descent, but I don't approach politics from that viewpoint. I analyze a politician's potential action in terms of, first, what's best for the country overall, and second, what's best for me and my family.
People of African descent are no different than I am. As Americans, we benefit if our country thrives and suffer if it does not. The idea that I might have interests peculiar to people of Asian descent puzzles me. It, likewise, puzzles me that people of African descent would believe that they have interests peculiar to and common to people of African descent.
good analysis....you think like an American.
Blacks, apparently, think like African-Amerikans...nobody has institutionalized the poverty of Asians. It has always been my observation that Asians do not appreciate handouts and that generally, there is a striving for personal advancement if not success. The poverty of the Africans, however, has been assured and guaranteed..and they approve wholeheartedly apparently. So while the Asians never abrogated their pride for a fistful of Judas silver, the blacks have. And the democrats paid that bill.
good analysis....you think like an American.
Blacks, apparently, think like African-Amerikans...nobody has institutionalized the poverty of Asians. It has always been my observation that Asians do not appreciate handouts and that generally, there is a striving for personal advancement if not success. The poverty of the Africans, however, has been assured and guaranteed..and they approve wholeheartedly apparently. So while the Asians never abrogated their pride for a fistful of Judas silver, the blacks have. And the democrats paid that bill.
I think like an American because I am an American. I was born an American. Mama raised me to be an American.
Yes, we listen to ***anese music, I cook ***anese food, I strive to be a good ***anese wife and obedient to my husband, but I am an American.
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Proud parents of our own "Daddy's Little Girls"
I heard Jesus He drank wine and I bet we'd get along just fine.
I think like an American because I am an American. I was born an American. Mama raised me to be an American.
Yes, we listen to ***anese music, I cook ***anese food, I strive to be a good ***anese wife and obedient to my husband, but I am an American.
Nobody ever said ANYONE needed to abandon their cultural heritage to be an American. The difference between your upbringing and that we observe in the African American community is NOT a sense of belonging or participation. Despite all sorts of efforts made towards inclusion, blacks have segregated themselves from society, they espouse 'subculture' to the exclusion of 'being American', and they condemn other African-Amerikans if/when they attempt to BE American by participating in the culture...they are called sellouts and worse. So, we see this in Latino culture to a lesser degree but when any group decides to NOT participate in the culture of the land they live in, and when they decide subculture and segregation is their preference, they doom themselves. Apparently, part of the ersatz culture of American blacks, is in large part dependent on government handouts and chronic under achievement.
and set themselves up, they surely have ! The party of abraham lincoln and dr.martin luther king is as lily white as a klan rally....but unlike a klan rally, it is the blacks themselves who have forced the 'racial purity' of the republican party. So, obama tells his 'homies' to sit the f down, and shut the f up. Good for him...he's put it in good perspective because he's got their vote. And while blacks cannot put obama in the oval office solely on their vote, it's good to have the 'black block' of voters in your vest pocket...no matter what....so you can pander to different voters whose allegiances are not so certain. One can figure out why the democrat party is the one party that blacks will vote for, but that's not part of this discussion (yet)....but they should just sit the eff down and shut the eff up. After all, who wants to hear 'em piss and moan...they're just gonna vote democrat anyway....
It's hard to be a racist
