Racial Double Standards

Creators Syndicate ^ | June 20, 2012 | Walter E. Williams

[jazusamo]

Back in 2009, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said we were "a nation of cowards" on matters of race. Permit me to be brave and run a few assertions by you just to see whether we're on the same page. There should be two standards for civilized conduct: one for whites, which is higher, and another for blacks, which is lower. In other words, in the name of justice and fair play, blacks should not be held accountable to the same standards that whites are and should not be criticized for conduct that we'd deem disgusting and racist if said or done by whites. You say, "Williams, what in the world are you talking about?" Mitt Romney hasn't revealed all of his fall campaign strategy yet, but what if he launched a "White Americans for Romney" movement in an effort to get out the white vote? If the Romney campaign did that, there'd be a media-led outcry across the land, with charges ranging from racial insensitivity to outright racism. When President Barack Obama announced his 2012 launch of "African Americans for Obama" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdjoHA5ocwU), the silence was deafening. Should the same standards be applied to Obama as would be applied to Romney? The answer turns out to be no, because Obama is not held to the same standards as Romney. Liberals won't actually come out and say that criticism of Obama is in and of itself racist, but they come pretty close. Former President Jimmy Carter said that criticism of Obama shows that there is an "inherent feeling" in America that a black man should not be president. Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's "Hardball," said that critics of Obama are crackers. Morgan Freeman said that the campaign to see that Obama serves one term is a "racist thing." Former Obama czar Van Jones said that Romney's campaign sign "Obama Isn't Working" implies Obama is a "lazy, incompetent affirmative action baby." Racial double standards also apply to how crime is reported. I'm betting that if mobs of white youths were going about severely beating and robbing blacks at random and preying on black businesses, it would be major news. News anchors might open, "Tonight we report on the most recent wave of racist whites organizing unprovoked attacks on innocent black people and their businesses." If white thugs were actually doing that, politicians would be demanding answers. Such random attacks do happen, but it's blacks preying on whites. On St. Patrick's Day in Baltimore, a 19-year-old white man was viciously attacked by a mob of black thugs. He broke loose, but a second mob of black thugs attacked him, taking all of his belongings. Baltimore County Delegate Pat McDonough demanded the governor send in the Maryland State Police to control "roving mobs of black youths" at Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and other activists demanded that McDonough apologize for talking about "black youth mobs." Similar episodes of unprovoked violence by black thugs against white people chosen at random on beaches, in shopping malls and at other public places have occurred in Philadelphia, New York, Denver, Chicago, Cleveland, Washington, Los Angeles and other cities. Most of the time, the race of the attackers, euphemistically called flash mobs, is not reported, even though media leftists and their allies are experts in reporting racial disparities in prison sentencing and the alleged injustice of the criminal justice system. Racial double standards are not restricted to the political arena and crime reporting; we see it on college campuses and in the workplace. Black people ought to be offended by the idea that we are held accountable to lower standards of conduct and achievement. White people ought to be ashamed for permitting and fostering racial double standards that have effects that are in some ways worse than the cruel racism of yesteryear.

[GOPJ]

I’ll go one further - among dem First Ladies - I’d put Michelle Obama behind Jackie O, and before Ladybird... Hillary doesn’t make the list...

[Robert Teesdale]

Guilt and worry are two entirely useless emotions and are a complete waste of time.

I don’t worry if people think I’m racist, phobic or any of the other idiot isms of the day. And I feel no guilt if they do.

News flash: I really don’t care if you’re black or gay. Are you doing your job? Are you a net asset to whatever joint effort we’re engaged in, whether business or emotional relationship or trade? That’s my concern.

I suspect the vast majority of working Americans would concur.

[Dark Wing]

FYI

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

In that 95% of black crime is black on black, I think it is part of a two-pronged deception campaign.

To start with, in the minds of liberal Democrats, it is essential that SD blacks think of themselves as racial victims. But for them to be victims, there must be victimizers. “The Man” is just an abbreviation of “The White Man”, and serves this purpose.

Since children with just one parent are in a “survival” mode instead of a “success” mode, it explains why so many young SD black people end up in prison. But liberal Democrats do not want SD blacks to make that association, so they say “blacks are imprisoned because of racial prejudice, and oppression by ‘The Man’.”

And at the same time that 95% of black homicides are being committed by blacks, liberal Democrats have convinced many blacks that all these killings are done by white people; while at the same time, liberal Democrats encourage the violent, gangster lifestyle for black young people.

Why is what is basically the tiny musical genre of rap given such wide publication and release? The number of young black people who want such music are tiny. Of the top five albums of all time, 3 are by white artists, one by a crossover black artist (MC Hammer) popular with whites, and just 1 is by what most people think of as a real black rapper (Nelly) (who sampled David Bowie and used children’s songs as a motif).

And yet, the record industry will back violence, sex and drugs rap acts even though their sales have a much lower margin. They see it as “message music”, that encourages blacks to pursue the rap and drugs lifestyle.

[Bob]

I hear you. Dr. Williams and Dr. Sowell have spoken out on this many times but not many whites.

Being black, Doctors Williams and Sowell can say many such things that whites just don't dare say.

[ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY]

You guys are starting to see the picture...

I've talked to some die-hard liberals (some even in my extended family) about affirmative action, etc; the truth is: Liberals don't believe black people CAN make in the world without government or some other kind of help; NOT because of racism or poverty, but because they truly believe they're inferior!! But they call conservatives who “judge a man not by his skin color, but by the content of his character”, racists!!!

[lentulusgracchus]

Chomsky has already cost millions of them a good livelihood and the American dream, condemning them to poverty and illiteracy.

But his intention was to ensure that they would always be available in masses for Communist cadres to recruit.

[vpintheak]

Right on! Lefties and liberals are the MOST racist bastards out there! I will take a man being a man 10 times out of 10 instead of leaning on lowered expectations like the left does!

[Tax-chick]

Romney's campaign sign "Obama Isn't Working" implies Obama is a "lazy, incompetent affirmative action baby."

I think it's intended to imply that Obama is incompetent and lazy. However, a reader may infer that he achieved his position through racial preference, if the reader wishes ...

I like that sign. I may get one!

[Inspectorette]

Morgan Freeman said that the campaign to see that Obama serves one term is a "racist thing."

Let's see. I'm a "seasoned citizen", been voting since 1968.

In '68, I voted for Nixon, not Humphrey.
In '72, I voted for Nixon, not McGovern.
In '76, I voted for Ford, not Carter.
In '80, I voted for Reagan, not Carter.
In '84, I voted for Reagan, not Mondale.
In '88, I voted for Bush, not Dukakis.
In '92, I voted for Bush, not Clinton.
In '96, I voted for Dole, not Clinton.
In '00, I voted for Bush, not Gore.
In '04, I voted for Bush, not Kerry.
In '08, I voted for McCain, not Obama.

But I guess I'm racist because I didn't vote for Obama...

[jazusamo]

I'm a wee bit more of a “seasoned citizen”. lol

Voted for Goldwater in ‘64 but other than that we have voted identically.

I must be racist too, but I'm not going to lose sleep over it. :-)

[astounded]

You are correct. When I see a group of utes in their “fresh whites”. In downtown Chicago, I automatically cross the street to put distance between me and them. They don’t belong there, they are there for trouble. Period. It’s way past time that we in America call the black”leaders” out on this. Lets call a spade a spade....or something like that...