Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart explained that his fear of "crazy White people" could motivate him to leave the country in a new op-ed on Tuesday.
The article "Why Black people are afraid of ‘crazy’ White people" focused on how Capehart’s concern about the growing number of "crazy" White people is forcing him to consider fleeing.
"Let me try to explain. Things felt so dicey during the Trump years, I half-joked that my husband and I might have to reenact that scene from ‘The Sound of Music’ and flee the country. Now, an alarming new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center shows that my ‘Operation von Trapp’ might need to go live. The ranks of ‘crazy’ White people appear to be growing — and the rest of us don’t know what to do about it," he wrote.
He primarily cited the Buffalo mass shooting in May as a factor in his concern, referencing a WaPo poll that showed a majority of African Americans now fear White people to an extent.
"75 percent of African Americans worry they or a loved one will be physically attacked because they are Black," he cited. "70 percent of African Americans think at least half of White Americans hold white-supremacist beliefs. 75 percent of African Americans say white supremacists are a ‘major threat’ to Black Americans."
Despite the perceived threat, Capehart criticized the suggestion to arm himself, claiming that Second Amendment rights are not afforded to Black people.
"The right to self-protection, let alone the right to bear arms, doesn’t exactly apply to Black people," he wrote. "Think about it. Imagine I get a gun for self-protection (not that I ever would, but stay with me). A situation arises in which I use it to protect myself. But then the cops arrive, see a gun, ‘fear for their lives,’ and, well, the rest writes itself. Remember Philando Castile? We can’t win."
https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-op-ed-black-people-flee-country
Jonathan Capehart was named associate editor of the Washington Post in March
He is, sort of, right about that. The first gun control laws were created by Democrats aimed at keeping blacks unarmed and they've never stopped trying.
The Racist Roots of Gun Control.
SYG, Castle Doctrine and other self defense laws have roots in the push back against Jim Crow laws. Yet today's “black leaders” line up to help the Progressives destroy all of the progress made to secure black families.
The Castle Doctrine & Stand Your Ground – The Trial of Dr. Ossian Sweet TheConservativeTreeHouse
No Guns for Negroes Part One (video 10:00)
No Guns for Negroes Part Two (video 9:45)
Equal Gun Rights (video 0:52)
The Never Again Campaign (video 0:30)
When nearly 40% of the violent crime is caused by 3% or less of the population, when any single one of them from that demographic declares he is leaving the United States, there is always a possibility of less violent crime taking place.
Granted, that person out of the 3% out of the six percent of black men who make up the population of the USA might be in the non criminal side of that 6%, but then, they aren’t the ones threatening to leave.