Posted on 08/18/2023 9:43:31 AM PDT by PoliticallyShort
While nobody denies that racist people exist all over the world, including in the U.S., racism in America today is, to a very significant degree, a manufactured problem, crafted by woke Leftists in order to overthrow the American way of life. The Left claims there exists an intolerable, all-pervasive system of white oppression and if you disagree, they will destroy you and may even inflict violence.
The woke tell us that racism has gotten worse, but this is drivel. As I explain in my speech “Racism in America Today,” the less actual racism there is, the more of it the woke Left insists it sees. The woke Left accuse America of being “systemically racist” not because it’s true, nor even because they think it’s true, but because it is the most powerful weapon in their arsenal.
The woke tell young black Americans they cannot succeed in America because America is fundamentally a racist country. The woke Leftists assault our history, making it a story of nonstop, hateful racist oppression to fan the flames of resentment. This is perhaps the cruelest part of their agenda: to actively discourage children from pursuing a life of moral, spiritual, and cultural excellence. Too few Republican politicians are willing to speak truthfully and openly about the tactics and goals of the woke agenda. By remaining silent and not speaking the truth, the truth itself becomes impossible to recognize as propaganda tightens its grip.
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Agreed. I worked for a large urban school district. I’m talking only about supervisors here, not about teachers or students. There was white prejudice against blacks. It was subtle, but it certainly was there.
And there was black prejudice against whites. That was more widespread, and not at all subtle.
As for the manufactured part, you betcha. We’d have to attend these meetings where we weren’t told that all racism was bad. We were instead told that white racism was bad. Bad, bad white people! This does nothing but get everyone all worked up.
This is a tough problem. There’s a chance it can be fixed, but only if the one-way accusations are discarded. And also discard the tendency to automatically tie everything to race: “I didn’t get hired. That company must be racist.”
(I know I’m dreaming here. Nothing will change. The race baiters like things just the way they are.)
I don’t know. The only thing we can do is present the truth because we can’t stop them from lying or expressing those lies.
“The race baiters like things just the way they are.” Indeed and race baiting has become a multi-million dollar industry
Amen to that.
I’ll take manufactured” for $500, PS.
Fake hate crimes are so common it seems there might not be any real ones.
Well said.
"Evil succeeds when good men do nothing." (Evil succeeds when good men say nothing.) Edmund Burke (Jim Red)
I predict he will "step down" as more comes to light for "health reasons," and then the Democrats -- unless they can trick the system -- will get President Word Salad. Oy.
There is plenty of ‘racism’. Mainly anti-white.
Racism all forms of it can never be zero!
There is always going to be someone somewhere who dislikes a group of people for an irrational reason. Deal with it, just learn to work around them!
Are we a racist nation? Test it.
Stand near the door of a QuikTrip and observe the interactions of the various cultures coming and going.
Count the helpful and kind interactions, like holding the door, standing aside, waiting for the other, nodding and saying hi.
Count the negative interactions, disrespectful comments, invective, racial hurls.
I’ll bet you the positive interactions outnumber the negative 1000 to one.
from link:
The purpose of this site is to compile a comprehensive database of the false reports of “hate crimes” committed (mostly) in the USA. It builds on the work of Laird Wilcox, whose Crying Wolf (PDF) is the original book on this subject. The books Hate Crime Hoax and Hate Crimes: Criminal Law & Identity Politics are also recommended.
We are the least racist country on the planet, and it’s not even close.
But Racism, Inc. is trying to change that.
“I wasn’t a racist, until you called me one.”
Yep. We were reaching toward a color-blind society. Now race is front and center again — driven by those that want to destroy America and their useful idiots.
Race is a nonsense unscientific categorization. Just what the doctor ordered for dividing this once great country.
There is racism....its black against everybody else.
Darn good work. We swim in a world of lies, and the media expects us to believe them, read headlines but not full texts and never follow-ons and retractions. Brilliant site!
Fakehatecrimes.org is a fantastic site!
People who have never traveled outside the United States have no idea how true this is.
In “Enlightened” Europe, soccer fans still throw bananas on the pitch at black players, who even play for the team they root for.
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