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 ...
Racist much?
What a pathetic, tortured soul.
What’s read and white and black all over... racism
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.
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.
This is so racist it’s unbelievable.
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.
It’s not racist if you have your approved racist card.
The LA Times owner is a Chinese Radical and its editor is a Black revolutionary. The result is obvious.
Comedy gold. Just priceless.
Like the “Magic Negro” article.
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
If I’m not mistaken, it was the very same paper that coined that term.
Janelle Wong is, well, wong.
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
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.
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.
…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.
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