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Larry Elder and the danger of the 'model minority' candidate - Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times ^ | September 13, 2021

Posted on 09/14/2021 3:52:19 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The term “model minority” has a specific history in the Asian American community, but I can’t think of a better embodiment of its concepts than Larry Elder, the Black Republican gubernatorial candidate who has made a career of saying the things white people love to hear about Black people.

Elder’s deeply held beliefs about race just happen to comfort the most racist, far-right wings of the Republican Party. He does not believe systemic racism exists, says that Black Lives Matter caused rising crime rates and that all people of color in America need to combat racism is a pair of bootstraps by which to pull themselves up.

And I don’t think Elder’s sudden prominence is an accident. Fielding a “model minority” candidate will probably become a common electoral strategy for the largely white Republican Party as it attempts to maintain control of a rapidly diversifying nation. Model minority candidates can help affirm far-right perspectives on racism while offering a defense against the charge that the Republican Party is too white.

This strategy “allows the GOP to recognize race and racism, but it lets them off the hook with respect to changing any policy about it,” said Janelle Wong, a professor of American studies at the University of Maryland. “It allows them to address race but also minimize it.”

Which means that going forward, we’re going to hear a lot of racial fearmongering and talk of these mythical “bootstraps” that open a magical door to the American dream.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: bidenvoters; elder; journalism; press; recall
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1 posted on 09/14/2021 3:52:19 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Racist much?


2 posted on 09/14/2021 3:56:49 AM PDT by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What a pathetic, tortured soul.


3 posted on 09/14/2021 3:59:24 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: Captain Compassion

What’s read and white and black all over... racism


4 posted on 09/14/2021 4:00:11 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
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To: Captain Compassion

Whether it’s a positive or a negative, the GOP is far and away more diverse and inclusive than the Democrat Party. This piece of racist garbage by the LA Times is stunning.


5 posted on 09/14/2021 4:01:35 AM PDT by Russ (I )
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To: Captain Compassion

Whether it’s a positive or a negative, the GOP is far and away more diverse and inclusive than the Democrat Party. This piece of racist garbage by the LA Times is stunning.


6 posted on 09/14/2021 4:01:35 AM PDT by Russ (I )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This is so racist it’s unbelievable.


7 posted on 09/14/2021 4:02:50 AM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

In other words Larry is an Uncle Tom. Aholes. Didn’t Larry produce a movie called Uncle Tom? Maybe the morons at the L.A. Slimes should see it.


8 posted on 09/14/2021 4:07:28 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s not racist if you have your approved racist card.


9 posted on 09/14/2021 4:13:15 AM PDT by lurk ( )
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To: Russ

The LA Times owner is a Chinese Radical and its editor is a Black revolutionary. The result is obvious.


10 posted on 09/14/2021 4:14:48 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Comedy gold. Just priceless.


11 posted on 09/14/2021 4:19:20 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
This piece of filth of an article is going to follow the Los Angeles Times around for a very long time.....
12 posted on 09/14/2021 4:39:58 AM PDT by unread (Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities - Voltaire)
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Like the “Magic Negro” article.


13 posted on 09/14/2021 4:43:21 AM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well, they didn’t actually print the words “Uncle Tom” or “House N....” so, for the LA Slimes it was pretty fair and balanced /Sarcasm Off


14 posted on 09/14/2021 4:52:13 AM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: newnhdad

If I’m not mistaken, it was the very same paper that coined that term.


15 posted on 09/14/2021 4:54:55 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Janelle Wong is, well, wong.


16 posted on 09/14/2021 5:07:07 AM PDT by sauropod (Bidet was no prize before he put the “d” in “dementia.” - Schlichter)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The LA Times of El Segundo keeping with thier long held tradition of doing everything they can to keep black people on the porch. Oh and I voted for the White Supremacist yesterday


17 posted on 09/14/2021 5:40:31 AM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The racists who comprise the LA Times staff are fearless in announcing their racism to the world ... and woefully ignorant people “buy it” ... lock, stock and, ultimately (if this keeps up much longer), barrel.


18 posted on 09/14/2021 5:43:17 AM PDT by glennaro (Dennis Prager: "Until it's safe" means "Never")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The racists in the propaganda media are terrified that Mexicans are about to take over LA County. This attack on Larry Elder is the last gasp of the black racists in LA County because Elder will represent all the citizens of LA County, not just the racist blacks and their white, commie handlers.


19 posted on 09/14/2021 7:05:45 AM PDT by sergeantdave (Federal courts no longer have any standing in America. )
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To: Bookshelf

…and the see the rest of the article, you have to buy some sort of subscription. As if you must pay to have them insult you.

No, thanks.

The excerpt is a perfect example of Democratic media character assassination.


20 posted on 09/14/2021 7:07:59 AM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow. )
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