Posted on 12/02/2014 5:28:59 AM PST by Kaslin
Earlier this semester, the UNC-Wilmington African American Center hosted a panel discussion on the Ferguson race riots. A student of mine noticed that none of the panel participants actually visited Ferguson. Given that I interviewed protestors on site in Ferguson in August, the student wanted to know why I was excluded from the panel. It would only make sense to assume that I had some unique insights into the Ferguson situation relative to those who had never actually been there.
Of course, the problem with my student is that he is a man of principle and thus fails to comprehend the true basis for expertise in academia. Most people assume expertise is determined by knowledge. In academia, expertise is determined by ideology. That is why the African American Center chose an avowed Marxist feminist to represent my department and sit on the Ferguson panel despite the fact that she would never go to a real protest with real black people.
Tellingly, the Marxist panelist is one of only two UNCW professors to have been sued in federal court for a violation of Section 1983. She lost but since her victim was white she was given a pass. Those who would object to her invitation to sit on the panel might ask, "What could she possibly know about civil rights, given that she previously lost a federal civil rights suit?" But they would be missing the point that knowledge is irrelevant to academic determinations of expertise. Ideology is the sole criterion.
Choosing a Marxist was safe because there was virtually no chance that she would articulate any idea that the black victimhood center did not already endorse. By inviting a Marxist, two ideas would be firmly reinforced:
1. The cause of black on black looting is white on black racism. Or, more generally, black crime is determined by "society," not chosen by individuals.
2. The remedy for black on black looting is not to rebuild black businesses. It is to expand the size and scope of the federal government.
If you think I am merely quibbling with my own university and with my communist colleagues you are wrong. This is not about me and my particular university. It is a national trend as well as a national tragedy.
Just last weekend, Fox News reported that Chenjerai Kumanyika, an assistant professor at Clemson University, traveled to Ferguson to help the protests expand and to disrupt businesses in the larger St. Louis area. Fox quoted Kumanyika as saying "Capitalism is one of many systems of oppression." One wonders whether communism is among the "many systems of oppression." Welcome to the inverted world of hire education.
By sending the message that people are not responsible for burning down their own neighborhoods, academics are contributing to the likelihood that it will happen again in the future. And they know it. In fact, it is their goal to do away with private business and fill the void with government agencies.
According to the Marxist worldview, it is foolish and naive to think that black protestors are simply betraying their own people by burning down black-owned businesses. Instead, they are turning against those who have betrayed them by daring to start a business. In that sense, the white cop and the black entrepreneur are one in the same: they are members of the bourgeoisie.
To the tenured Marxist, black entrepreneurs are more than just oppressors. They are uppity Negroes who have forgotten that their place is on Uncle Sam's Plantation. Black looters are the victims. Black businessmen are getting the social justice they deserve.
Good one...burn city
“To the tenured Marxist, black entrepreneurs are more than just oppressors. They are uppity Negroes who have forgotten that their place is on Uncle Sam’s Plantation. Black looters are the victims. Black businessmen are getting the social justice they deserve”.
This!
This is it in a nutshell.
There’s a professional agitator in that photo.
As usual ...
SHE is WHITE.
But apparently we need to focus on the “militarization” of the local police forces since that seems to be the real issue.(ref. the lyin’king’s beer summit/cabinet/community leaders[?]/meeting yesterday) Being taught to behave with at least a modicum of civility would be nice. But with no dad/mom/disciplinarian in the picture, I guess the role models end up being gangsta rappers. Thanks lbj and those that helped pass the era 50+ years ago. Looks like things have only gotten worse. Guess the old meme about treating folks the way you would like to be treated doesn’t get used much anymore. Of course there are many exceptions to the rule but when they try to stand out the get slammed for wanting to be white(?) and uncle tom’d to no end.
Provocative title.
Agitating to the point of conflict is what they are after.
Once there is “conflict”, in which their political opponents actually take up arms in defense of their lives and property,
then they have their excuse to use the gov’t to CRUSH them.
Right.
The issue is never the issue.
The issue is always The Revolution.
The goal of The Revolution is unbridled power for the revolutionaries. (Sort of what the serpent promised Eve, if you think about it ...)
The Ferguson protesters say they are protesting racial discrimination by the police. Their example is a thug who attacked a police officer and managed to get himself shot. that is not discrimination. People being beheaded by ISIS is discrimination. Christians being forced to choose between their religion and execution, that is discrimination. Young girls being kidnapped and forced into sham “marriages” because they choose to get and education, that is discrimination. Protest those cases of real discrimination.
On the other hand, in a visit to a suburban Houston shopping mall yesterday, I witnessed something quite different. there were black people, Hispanics, Indians, Pakistanis, orientals, Anglos, and people whose ethnicity was not obvious, all being civil and respectful of each other. there were lots of “thank you’s” and well wishes from the customers, along with sincere ‘may I help you’s,” and “did you find what you were looking for” from the clerks. Everyone said “mam and “sir.” I am proud to say that it was an improvement from the Houston in which I grew up in the 1960’s. We should celebrate that.
Is it real or is it photoshop?
I don’t know. Looks real to me.
(Sort of what the serpent promised Eve, if you think about it ...)
It always comes back to that. Humans replacing God. That’s what the left’s whole worldview is based on.
What is “relativism” except a rejection of a Divine Truth and Reality? It is the idea that humans will define right and wrong and what is real, and of course, if there’s a discrepancy between two views, the stronger, more violent of the two will always win out.
but it takes a tank to raze a village...
I remember hearing a teacher on the radio talk about a conversation she had with a black student. The teacher asked the child (about 10 years old) “why are you late for school?”
The child answered “my daddy's car wouldn't start and I had to wait while he went out and stole a battery”.
I remember hearing a teacher on the radio talk about a conversation she had with a black student. The teacher asked the child (about 10 years old) “why are you late for school?”
The child answered “my daddy's car wouldn't start and I had to wait while he went out and stole a battery”.
Blacks are successful blacks worst enemies.
Yes indeed. It is the worst economic system in the world - except for all the others.
(with apologies to Winston Churchill)
Okay. That HAS to be a photo-shop job... ...right?
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