Chauncey DeVega: The Silent Majority EXCLUSIVE Interview

The Silent Majority ^ | 03-02-11 | Chris Dominguez

[Lexluthor69]

Chauncy DeVega is at it again. Not content with his portrayal of Herman Cain as a Minstrel show and a puppet of the right he paints the entire Conservative movement as nothing more than the KKK re-branded. See his latest tirade in this exclusive interview:

Q: Welcome to the Silent Majority, Mr. DeVega.

A: Thank you for the opportunity to have a conversation about the Herman Cain Minstrel Affair, as I like to call it.

Q: On the contrary, thanks for talking to us. I think this is going to be very interesting.

So first things first: after you published your essay on Herman Cain, you were accused of being a racist and of using racist language by many people in the conservative blogosphere.

I don’t think there’s any way to dispute the fact that some of the words you used were racially charged, and would have led to massive outrage had it been a white, conservative commentator saying them. So my first question to you is this: How do you defend yourself against the charge of racism? How do you defend yourself against the charge that the language you used was racist?

A: I think we need to begin with basic definitions. I am old school. Racism, to my eye, reading, and training, is prejudice plus power. I have no institutional power as a person of color in this society. Sure, I can be prejudiced, bigoted, or the like. But racist? That’s an absurd claim. Racism, true racism, is exclusive to white people. Just as sexism is exclusive to men.

[Lexluthor69]

This guy has definitely got a chip the size of New York on his shoulder. I think he represents the face of the enemy.

[Qbert]

“Racism, to my eye, reading, and training, is prejudice plus power.”

So, IOW, Eric Holder is a racist...

[Seruzawa]

I’ve never heard of Chauncey and never would have if this blogger hadn’t given the clown more promotion than he ever managed on his own.