Posted on 02/19/2021 6:01:28 AM PST by Kaslin
Heralded as a serious effort at 'equity' and 'inclusion,' Madison’s Police Civilian Oversight Board openly states that white people need not apply and are not welcome.
When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 to deliver his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, he offered Americans, of all races, a compelling vision of a society no longer prejudiced by race. He envisioned a country where citizens are judged “by the content of their character” and not “the color of their skin.”
But to listen to today’s most prominent “antiracists,” King’s dream is what stands in the way of racial justice in 21st-century America. The result is the return of legal racial discrimination.
In Madison, Wisconsin, the famously leftist city government recently established a Police Civilian Oversight Board in response to activists concerned with police relations. The board’s mission is rather vague: “provide input,” “engage in community outreach,” and “make policy-level recommendations.” What the board is not vague about is who is allowed to participate.
Six of the board’s 11 members must be black. No Asians, American Indian, Hispanics or Latinos, or Whites can sit in those six seats: “Blacks Only,” to use the terminology of the City’s Alder Workgroup, which explicitly mandated “50 percent Black members.”
Furthermore, one board seat is reserved for an Asian; one board seat is reserved for an American Indian; one board seat is reserved for someone identifying as “Latinx.” Finally, one board seat is reserved for a “member of the LGBTQ community,” although the city presumably would allow someone to be both a minority and LGBTQ at the same time.
Heralded as a serious effort at “equity” and “inclusion,” Madison’s Police Civilian Oversight Board intentionally discriminates based on racial categories—a practice with an ugly and pernicious past. This is also the vision of America’s most prominent “antiracists.” For example, in his 2019 book, “How to be an Antiracist,” best-selling author Ibram X. Kendi is explicit that, “The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination. The only remedy to present discrimination is future discrimination.”
Unfortunately, Madison is not alone in this kind of legal racism. California now imposes racial quotas on private companies’ boards. NASDAQ is following suit. Many private companies, such as Delta Airlines and Wells Fargo, are promising to impose quotas.
Regardless of the intent or the current zeitgeist on racial justice, intentional race discrimination remains illegal, unconstitutional, and contrary to basic American values. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has written that “racial paternalism and its unintended consequences can be as poisonous and pernicious as any other form of discrimination.”
Our Constitution’s aim of a colorblind society, embodied in the Equal Protection Clause, was “[p]urchased at the price of immeasurable suffering,” and any racial classifications, whether for good intentions are not, “have a destructive impact on the individual and society” and “demean[ ] us all,” according to Justice Thomas, who is black.
Since 1978, the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down racial quotas every time they have reared their ugly head. Given the energy and momentum to establish new racial quotas, however, the courts can expect to be tested in new ways on their commitment to justice and equal protection.
In Madison, seven residents, represented by attorneys from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, have challenged the unconstitutional racial quotas. If the city does not withdraw its ordinance and re-constitute the board with legal criteria, the city can expect a lawsuit. If the current cultural climate remains, it won’t be the last.
This all adds up to a treacherous moment for King’s dream. While slavery and Jim Crow’s legacy have not been undone easily, America has made important progress, although halting and stumbling at times, since the 1960s.
But resurrecting legal racial discrimination in the name of progress is no progress at all. It may be the preferred strategy of the “antiracists” who have rocketed to fame and credibility among many in elite American institutions, but it represents a dead-end for a diverse country still committed to equality before the law and the proposition that “all men are created equal.”
Illegal
Before I hire any Professional such as a Doctor, Dentist, Lawyer, Engineer,...My first question is always:
Did you get into _____ school through an affirmative action program or did you actually study???
Welcome to Madistan.
Have you ever wondered how a minority in South Africa was able to rule over the majority? You are seeing the answer in today’s America. First you must demonize the majority then you begin to isolate them from society not allowing them access to jobs, schools or positions of authority. Then you begin passing laws to keep them in their place.
Remember when you hear “white supremacy” what they mean is “white culture” and not just American culture but all of western culture going back thousands of years.
Is that how diversity and inclusion works?
ADDRESSING POLICE MISCONDUCT LAWS ENFORCED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
I don't know if this will help or not?
LOL. I bet they can’t even find 6 black people in Madison that aren’t on the UW football team.
Gotta love their dedication to diversity.
I noticed that the NASA spokeswoman yesterday, when covering the Mars landing, explained how proud they were of the diversity achieved on the effort.
Another spokeswoman had a dot in the middle of her forehead.
What do liberals care about laws or the Constitution?
The 5 largest ethnic groups in Madison, WI are White (Non-Hispanic) (72.1%)
Asian (Non-Hispanic) (9.14%)
Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (7.86%)
White (Hispanic) (6.12%)
and Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (2.97%)
NaNk% of the people in Madison, WI speak a non-English language, and 91.6% are U.S. citizens.
Or not. Looks like it should be 8 white, 2/3 hispanic white, round it to 1, 1 asian, 0.9 black, round it to one. One non English speaker. But then I learned white supremecist math, where the right answer counts. Imagine if these fools are engineers.
Oregon Educators: Making Math Students Show Their Work Is ‘White Supremacy’
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Nothing like a little reverse discrimination. lol
Truly, the saying, “If you do not know your history, you’re bound to repeat it” is on full display.
So, 75%+ of the citizens of Madison will not be eligible to serve on this police oversight board?
Wonder if Bill Gates would hire someone to write code for him after learning the “new math”. I’d say..prolly not.
It’s not reverse discrimination, it’s just discrimination.
Racism against White people is still racist.
Don’t let it be called something else as if it’s lesser.
That’s because with the “new math” they wouldn’t be able to.
By community control over police they mean anybody but WHITEY! This will end badly, as any other insane proposal.
Apparently nothing.
Propagated over time, this won’t end well.
When Whites snap, continents burn.
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