Thomas Sowell
Posted on 11/27/2013 8:33:55 AM PST by IChing
Beat Whitey Night, Polar Bear Hunting, The Knockout Game…it’s about time the major media began to scratch the surface of this long-occurring practice.
It is, after all, merely the internet-video-driven, plainly visible tip of a much larger and deeper iceberg, which has been around for many years.
We can argue endlessly about the causes of it, but the fact remains that for several decades, blacks have been statistically far more likely to do horrible violence to non-blacks than the other way around. But you’d be unlikely to know that unless you get your intelligence from somewhere other than establishment information sources.
Those official and gate-keeping sources have based their operations on a determined political agenda. Thereby, they have largely deceived our society over the years with politically-correct editorial(not to mention advertising, entertainment, legislative, and personnel) policies, and have convinced so many that the narrative of contemporary race relations is still almost exclusively one of whites oppressing blacks in various ways.
Their messages have been mainly oriented around dynamics of unceasing grievance and compensation for such.
The real, up-to-date story is different. And now, alternative media sources have finally started to prevail, and drive the truth to the surface of the public’s consciousness.
That truth has to do with widespread racial/social terrorism waged by blacks.
The mainstream media can no longer avoid addressing the public distress and safety concerns over racially-motivated black mob violence.
Even though they’re still mainly succeeding in avoiding talking about overall black violent crime(except for a brief pass during frenzied peak of the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman episode earlier this year) including murder, rape, and robbery, they are finally, after years of only us bloggers covering it, actually doing reporting on “the knockout game” as if it’s some kind of new thing.
Fine; we’ll take it. Better late than never, eh?
To see CNN–forced to follow FOX’s also rather tardy lead, of course–so very belatedly and reluctantly have a panel discussion featuring a guest and hosts who specifically acknowledge that it is strictly groups of young black males who are attacking mostly white and sometimes Asian and Jewish random, innocent victims, targeting them for savage and sometimes deadly beatings, is quite a breakthrough, actually.
The CNN panel could not evade the true, racial nature of the issue, although the approach was extremely cautious and delicately, gingerly made. Watching the recorded segment, I cheered.
John Derbyshire is probably cheering a bit, too. But perhaps not as much as some–or, maybe it’s more than some.
In April of 2012, Derbyshire(known affectionately to his fans and friends as “Derb”), a well-established author, wrote an article titled,”The Talk: Nonblack Version” in the online journal Taki’s Mag. The article is mainly about the comparatively higher likelihood of blacks to do violence to non-blacks. It included his honest personal assessment as to the reasons for the phenomenon, and advice to his bi-racial (Amerasian) children about how to avoid being victims of black attackers/crime.
His frankness and precise, genteel, well-articulated yet highly un-PC opining cost him considerably: He was dramatically, publicly fired from his job at another, more prominent journal, National Review Online, by NRO’s editor Rich Lowry. Accompanying the abrupt firing, Lowry even published a statement condemning Derbyshire’s article as unacceptably racist and contemptible, etc.
You can easily find the article itself by Googling its title and Derbyshire’s name. It’s essentially a candid essay which arose in the early days of the roiling furor over the then-developing Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman controversy.
For his article, Derb decided to “flip the script” and co-opt, in reverse, what many black commentators publicly describe as “The Talk” which they say they believe is necessary for black adults to have at some point with black children, about how careful/mindful of injustices and inequities they ought to be while growing up and living in what their parents/adult advisers see as the often hostile and oppressive white-dominated society of America.
Derb’s “The Talk: Nonblack Version” is destined to become an internet classic; it is extremely well-written and a refreshing, intellectually jolting and honest take on race relations from an unusual angle. It is a valuable example of an earnest warning from a white parent to his non-black children about how to protect themselves in the post-forced-busing era. There is no “hate” to be found in it, only caveats and balanced, sober, succinct scientific social analysis coupled with parental concern.
Derbyshire admonishes that blacks are, as citizens, to be seen as fully equal to any other people as far as rights and extending civil courtesies go, but that certain realities have to be taken into account as one ventures the vagaries of modern life.
So now that the brilliantly coifed and showcased talking heads on people’s TV screens throughout the land are finally getting around to notifying the public about the dangers of young black males and the random, unprovoked, racially-oriented wildings and slaughters they sometimes suddenly launch against innocent non-blacks, do you suppose National Review Online’s Rich Lowry will publicly apologize to John Derbyshire? Offer to give him his job back?
I already know the answer to the rhetorical question I posed in the title of this column. Now that I see where they are regarding starting to actually report on the phenomenon of black racial terrorism on our nation’s streets, I demand to see John Derbyshire as an honored and respected guest on CNN. You should too. We all should demand it.
We and Derb deserve it.
Where was the media when Joe Wilson said “YOU LIE!” in response to Obama’s attacks on his critics of Obamacare (in which he called them lying liars)?
Where was the media when Sarah Palin warned of death panels in Obamacare?
Where was the media when conservative groups were complaining about being stonewalled by the IRS during the 2010 and 2012 elections?
Where was the media when forged documents were faxed to CBS News and AP with collusion from Democrat insiders?
Forget those whores. They will never tell the honest truth.
In August 2002, New York City Councilman Charles Barron told a Washington, D.C. crowd gathered to demonstrate for slavery reparations that "I want to go up to the closest white person and say, 'You can't understand this, it's a black thing,' and then slap him, just for my mental health,"
That's when I had "the Talk" with my daughter. I had already told her about how to identify and avoid thugs and gang bangers of any race. But then we have this black NCY councilman, who I expect is older, educated, articulate and probably wearing a suit and tie, who might physically assault her, unprovoked, just because she is white. No longer is it safe to just avoid thugs and gang bangers but she should avoid any black person that she doesn't personally know and trust. As councilman Barron said, "it's a black thing."
Even Fox News presented some humorous tapdancing with the issue, with Megyn Kelly announcing that the perps seem to be mostly "minority" ethnics, and carefully eschewing their own label of choice.
The addition of the usual suspects to the mix just added to the irrational response, some even suggesting that the "incidents" are fake; a cruel racist hoax perpetrated most probably by conservatives generally, and Tea Party Adherents specifically.
But the discussion slowly drifts towards the rational conclusion that a complete description of the "practice" defines exactly the definition of terrorism. Domestic terrorism. Criminals don't need to be MENSA graduates to engage in it.
Timothy McVey, the only domestic terrorist to date so described, killed 168 people and injured over 600; He paid the ultimate price in rather quick fashion. It remains to be seen if the current crop of domestic terrorists will also pay the ultimate price after killing and injuring an equal number of victims, albeit one at a time. Distributed terrorism, rather than one explosive incident.
It would be useful to revisit the definition of terrorism : the random murder or serious injury of indiscriminately chosen victims meant to instill uncertain fear and terror throughout the general population, ostensibly for political or "social justice" purposes. To make people in their own neighborhood, afraid to leave their homes, crimes always violent and random.
It is useful to remember that the Puerto Rican bombing of a restaurant in 1975, with subsequent acts of terrorism by the FALN, including in the House of Representatives, and incidents by the Irish Republican Army, and the Black Panthers, eventually led to the formation of the First Anti-Terrorist Task Force in New York in 1980.
Will it be necessary to have similar Anti Terrorist Forces now in every major city populated by the undefined "minority ethnics?"
Thank you for the reminder that this "new" social problem predates our current problem for far longer than a decade.
It is important, in view that the current domestic terrorism, resulting in concussions, comas and even death is considered merely an ordinary "second degree assault."
Political correctness, and the perpetuation of "protected classes" will be the death of us.
Preach it!!
I remember well Derb’s article. In fact, I saved it. He was right then and he is right now.
Thanks for the reminder.
I’m familiar with Barron, that p.o.s....he needs to be taken for a ride...
What especially delighted me about the CNN segment was that they were forced to discuss the fact that people are saying that when they see a group of young blacks coming toward them on the street, they cross the street. And the official law enforcement heavyweight who was the guest was basically saying that avoidance measure is advisable.
There have been cases where teens who have killed people playing “knockout king” have been convicted of murder.
Yup. They were speechless....
This is basically a public endorcement for racial profiling as the best defense against the violence of Black youts.
Stay away from Black people and be safe.
Is it any wonder that gun sales have been setting records for the last few years? Every old guy I know is packing.
Our efforts in the alternative media are finally starting to bear fruit. People don’t ignore Thomas Sowell.
Reactions to Derbyshire’s article are a reminder that at some point in the foreseeable future, everyone will have to choose a side.
I don’t delight in racial discord, but I delight in the fact that un-PC truth is finally getting out—that people have very good reasons for engaging in street heuristics and in “racial profiling” to protect themselves and their families.
Here’s the CNN segment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DFy2OU6bwM&feature=player_embedded
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