Posted on 09/11/2018 4:46:50 PM PDT by Behind the Blue Wall
One of the things I talk about in the book is what I call this conundrum of privilege, which is that these parents have a lot of resources economically as well as status as white people. They can then use those resources to set up their own childs life in ways that give them the best education, the best health care, all the best things. And we have this collectively agreed-upon idea in our society that being a good parent means exactly that -- providing the best opportunities you can for your own child.
But then some of these parents are also people who believe strongly in the importance of diversity and multiculturalism and who want to resist racial inequality. And these two things are sort of at odds with one another. These affluent white parents are in a position where they can set up their kids lives so that theyre better than other kids lives. So the dark side is that, ultimately, people are thinking about their own kids, and that can come at the expense of other peoples kids.
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This idea that your own child is the most important thing -- thats something we could try to rethink. When affluent white parents are making these decisions about parenting, they could consider in some way at least how their decisions will affect not only their kid, but other kids . . . My overall point is that in this moment when being a good citizen conflicts with being a good parent, I think that most white parents choose to be good parents, when, sometimes at the very least, they should choose to be good citizens.
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
Like the white people who adopted Kaepernick so he could grow up to be a wealthy, ungrateful, anti-American, racist bonehead?
For decades, my wife and I paid exorbitant taxes and probably two thirds of that went to welfare and related programs. All of us have paid minorities and poor whites something like $20 trillion since the start of the “Great Society.”
If we didn’t have to pay these ridiculous taxes and carry the poor on our backs, more moms could stay home with the kids where they would be less susceptible to the propaganda and indoctrination that masquerades as “public education.”
I have zero sympathy for whatever nostrum the author is proposing. I didn’t read far enough to learn his “cure,” but I’m sure it means normal people giving more money or self-flagellation as penance.
Good Lord! The Atlantic hired another 50 IQ ape to peck and probe the keyboard. Hey, commie ape! If you’re so concerned about leftist equal outcomes, how about you donate your salary, bank account and home to a poor family in Kenya.
If young master Farnsworth studies and gets and "A" in algebra, it doesn't prevent Ta'queesha from studying and getting an "A" in algebra. Young master Farnsworth doesn't gain his "A" at Ta'queesha's expense.
WTF
Racism is genetic. In fact it’s the 2nd biological imperative. You perpetuate it by breeding.
So I suggest this gentleman open a deli as he is full of baloney.
Heck, the most recent Miss America contest is a perfect example of this sort of racism.
*shuffles deck, pulls card*
...actively engaged parenting!"
I think I've got it. If dad tells his student son to stop playing games on his cell phone and do his homework, the son might get a higher school grade than his classmate who never did homework. That would lower the classmate's self esteem, proving that dad is a racist if the classmate is black.
This type of thinking is evil and corrupt. Leftists place government in place of God, and you get this kind of bilge.
Instead of giving thanks to God for where he placed you, you get anger, resentment, jealousy, guilt.
I have nothing to be guilty for, white people have nothing to be guilty about. God chose to put us all where we are, for His reasons. I will do the best I can for me and my kids.
There is something wrong with doing what is best for the child. Parents need to do what is best for the FAMILY. Putting a child ahead of the whole is what teaches the child that the are the most important thing and that mommy and daddy will be their to make it right and fair.
Makes for a hard life and does not do the child any favors.
I can see a future where these "equalization boards" are also used to guarantee that the overall environment that all children see is equivalent.
Of course welfare, EBT cards, food stamps, Section 8 housing, etc. are all supposed to be attempts to equalize everyone's experiences but evidently decades of failure has not convinced liberals of the inefficacy of redistribution.
/eyeroll
Number of whites below poverty line: 19 million.
41% of Nations Poor Are White, Nearly Double the Number of Poor Blacks
Note to Joel: You are a delusional idiot! There.
The communist bastards can call me whatever tickles their seditious snowflake fancy.
I no longer give even a speck of an iota of a damn, and haven’t for quite a spell now.
A better title would be:
How Leftist Idiots like Joe Pinsker Perpetuate Racism
People who spout this kind of insanity should be institutionalized for the safety of society. Failing that decent people should band together and drive them into the wilderness naked.
L
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