'Race Hustlers' Are Masters at Exploiting White Guilt

Insight ^ | June 18, 2003 | Walter E. Williams

[TomGuy]

Brush this aside.

Since Hispanics have surpassed Blacks as the major minority, they should consider a monument to them--a Sinko de Mayo monument.

[playing background Hispanic dittie music]

SINKO DE MAYO

There are many stories related to the sinking of the "Titanic." Some have just come to light due to the success of the recent movie.

For example, most people don't know that back in 1912, Hellman's mayonnaise was manufactured in England. The "Titanic" was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of call for the great ship after New York City.

The Mexican people were eagerly awaiting delivery and were disconsolate at the loss. So much so that they declared a national day of mourning which they still observe today. It is known, of course, as Sinko de Mayo.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Statement: "'Race Hustlers' Are Masters at Exploiting White Guilt"

Response: What guilt ???

[lizma]

It simply produced a forum for charlatans, demagogues and race hustlers.

Yep.

I don't think it's just guilt. I think the biogtry of low expectations is also a big part of the problem. I've heard black parents complain about it at school board meetings, quite loudly.

But for the most part I don't see a good percentage of blacks embracing education. WHY???? It just makes no sense. A couple hundred bucks from reparations will by you a nice new TV, but an education will buy you the future. It's frustrating to see a group of people letting themselves be abused, very frustrating.

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[Navy Patriot]

LOL

[quebecois]

I agree with you...I can honestly say that I feel no guilt whatsoever in the realm of race relations. Thus, attempts to manipulate me along these lines have always fallen on deaf ears.

[Jason_b]

What guilt?

Another manifestation of political correctness mostly exhibited by liberal socialists pandering for black votes.

[Ken H]

Dr. Walter E. Williams nails it again.

[ysoitanly]

My take on this, and affirmative action, the demand for Martin Luther King day be a national holiday, the changing of the Southern flag, the non-mentioning of any potential criminal's race unless they are white on the news, Abercrombie & Fitch being racist, and on and on and on and on is that since NO ONE would stand for writing a 'reparations' check per se when that was put on the table, that this is all part of the big shakedown of corporations and companies to get the reparations in a less public way, but get the money nonetheless. It's perfect - if you object as a white person, you're a racist. If you don't play the shakedown game, your company is racist and discriminatory. So pay up or shut up or you'll be outed as practically wearing a white sheet. This is the perfect Dem strategy of keep the racism coming, folks!

[Blue Leader]

How do you describe 4 Mexicans slowly submerging in a bog of quicksand?

Cuatro sinko!

[xrp]

I'd be for exporting any black American who wants reparations for slavery or any other continued handouts back to Africa. It seems to be what a lot of them embrace, I'm all for it. In return, lets import plenty of Africans like the 1st generation Africans who have moved to the United States and have children here and stress hard work in school, hard work in the workplace and hard work at having strong, solid families.

In fact, let's do this for any ethnicity.

The formula for success in America is extremely simple: hard work + education = wealth

[aristeides]

Quite a few African immigrants here in the D.C. area. They work very hard -- and also quite cheerfully.

[aristeides]

Black linguist John McWhorter was on C-SPAN for Book Notes a few weeks ago. He says blacks are under a lot of social pressure to keep up the myths about white oppression of blacks, because to be honest lets Whitey "off the hook."

[xrp]

and are they striving to learn English or ebonics?

[aristeides]

The ones I'm thinking of speak English better than most of the locals. And it's their second -- or third -- language. They come from Francophone countries in Africa, and they speak French to each other. (Talking to them is my big chance to speak French these days.)

[DManA]

Check out this guilt fest. The event was forgotten for 2 generations till someone dug it up. Now we need to spend a whole week a year agonizing over it in order to bring "healing" to the community:

http://www.vdare.com/francis/dismantling_america_guiltfest.htm

[expatpat]

IMO it's not guilt -- it's mostly fear: avoiding the hassle that comes from not giving in to the hustlers.