Posted on 02/11/2014 2:29:45 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
In 2009, I attended the NAACPs 100th annual convention at the Midtown Hilton in New York. Not just the centenary celebration for the nations oldest civil rights organization, this was also the groups first convention under our newly inaugurated black president. The theme of the weeks events was to pay homage to the great civil rights victories of the past while at the same time defining a new mission for the next century. But on the night NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous took the stage for his big speech, when the subject turned to affirmative action, he didnt sound like he was charting a new course so much as doubling down on the orthodoxy of the past. The only question about affirmative action, Jealous declared, isnt whether or not we need the hammer. The only question is whether or not the hammer is big enough!
The line was met with thunderous applause. At the time, this didnt really stand out to me, because, like a lot of well-intentioned but minimally informed white liberals, I believed in affirmative action. I didnt have terribly strong convictions about it, but given Americas history it generally seemed like the right thing to do. That was five years ago. Then, in the course of writing a book about the history of the color line and our efforts to erase it, I took a closer look at the origins of affirmative action, and its results. Having done so, Im a believer no more.
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The have pretty much established quotas for everything else. I guess neighborhood ethnic mix is next.
They cannot of course. But you must understand that their "intentions" are good. If you call ut their hypocrisy you will be deemed a "hater"
When we use words like “failure” and “doesn’t work” when describing the outcomes of leftist policy,
we’re comparing the results
with the STATED intentions.
Don’t assume the stated intentions were the actual intentions.
Me too.
I hope "the Harvard professor" swings by to read your comments.
Very true.
David Horowitz: Barack Obama's Rules for Revolution - The Alinsky Model"....The title of Hillarys thesis was There Is Only the Fight: An Analysis of the Alinsky Model. In this title she had singled out the single most important Alinsky contribution to the radical cause - his embrace of political nihilism. An SDS radical once wrote, The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution. In other words the cause - whether inner city blacks or women - is never the real cause, but only an occasion to advance the real cause which is the accumulation of power to make the revolution. That was the all consuming focus of Alinsky and his radicals."....
At what point do whites quit kowtowing?
At what point do whites stick up for themselves?
At what point are blacks responsible for themselves?
At what point do we quit pretending that race is a non-issue EXCEPT when it is pointing the finger @ whites?
At what point do we honor our heritage and forefathers by getting up off our knees?
And the issue isn’t really “the revolution”, unless you’re talking about Satan’s rebellion as being the ongoing revolution.
If you examine the left’s goals and accomplishments over the years, it’s always the same anti-Christ agenda.
Many leftists don’t even understand this. They think they’re simply working to tear down the traditions and guardrails of society that restrict their desire for decadence.
That’s a personal choice.
“For awhile now, the lefts agenda has been to restructure the debate from white vs black to rich vs poor - income equality is their vehicle - Obamacare is one of the vehicles in the socialist caravan taking us to a glorious equality.
The strategy worked brilliantly; we now have a president who represents 12-13% of the population determining the fate of 100% of the population.
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