Posted on 11/09/2021 6:25:14 AM PST by Kaslin
The significance of Virginia Lt. Governor-elect Winsome Sears' victory cannot be overstated. But her victory is significant not only because she is a Black woman and the "first" of her race and gender to hold the office of lieutenant governor in Virginia, but also because she has been described as an anti-racist. Sears does not buy into a victimhood that characterizes the Democratic Party's view of people of color.
In her victory address, she said: "I'm telling you that what you are looking at is the American dream."
I recall seeing white racists jeering at Black students integrating a high school in Arkansas and a university in Mississippi. Last week the polarization was reversed with love replacing hate. Sears stood on a stage with her husband and two daughters and was cheered by a crowd that included many white people in Richmond, once the capital of the Confederacy.
She recounted her personal story: "When my father came to this country (from Jamaica) August 11 of 1963, he came at the height of the civil rights movement. ... I said to him it was such a bad time for us, why did you come, and he said, 'because America was where the jobs and the opportunities were.' And he only came with $1.75, took any job he could find and put himself through school. ... He came and got me when I was six years old."
Sears said when she joined the Marine Corps. she was still a Jamaica citizen, "but this country has done so much for me I was willing to die for this country."
She then drove a stake into the heart of the Democrats' appeal to racism, discrimination and victimhood which the party has sold to Black people for generations: "There are some who want to divide us, and we must not let that happen. They would like us to believe we are back in 1963." She then lowered the hammer about the progress made since then: "We can live where we want. We can eat where we want. We own the water fountains. We have had a Black president elected, not once, but twice, and here I am living proof." She could have added that Virginia previously elected a Black governor, Douglas Wilder, a Democrat.
When was the last time a modern Democrat politician talked like Winsome Sears? Here is a role model for everyone, not just minorities: an intact family; a sense of duty to, and love of America; a strong work ethic; and a refusal to allow the dislike of others to keep one from pursuing the American dream.
Some cable news commentators claimed the Republican sweep in Virginia (Republicans also took back the House of Delegates) was because white racists turned out to vote in large numbers. New York Times columnist Charles Blow blamed "racial anxiety." In addition to Sears' profile, the incoming attorney general, Republican Jason Miyares, will be the state's first Latino in that office. That charge doesn't fly anymore.
Winsome Sears is the left's worst nightmare. She is proof that anyone can achieve their dreams in America if they follow the right path. She and Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin are also open about their Christian faith, while the Democratic Party is increasingly the home of secular progressives. Serious faith plays well in rural areas and in the heartland, especially as cancel culture, wokeness and critical race theory are being imposed on conservative voters.
The word "winsome" means "sweetly or innocently charming; winning; engaging." Sears is all three. She is joined by other winners with similar stories of overcoming obstacles. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Justice Clarence Thomas are two of the better known. Winsome Sears adds to a growing number of people who refuse to allow the negative views of others to prevent them from achieving their goals.
There will be more as people of color realize they've been sold a lie by the left and that the future - their future - belongs to them and no one else.
No one mentions anymore that the previous democrat lt governor raped a young black woman.
Cal, Cal, Cal, you should know by now that when you subserviently use the enemy's language that they have scored at least a partial victory over you.
I wish we were. The USC Trojans and the LA Dodgers were doing much better than they are today, popular music was listenable, and movies and TV shows were watchable.
Only a matter of time before her twitter account is cancelled and the fbi raids her home.
Sears does not buy into a victimhood that characterizes the Democratic Party’s view of people of color.
***Good for her. Every culture has its negative aspects. For instance, I’m Irish and we have this tendency to drink. “God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn’t rule the world.” The black culture needs to distance itself pronto, away from the negative aspects of its gangsta & victimhood culture.
Even the crown prince of their culture says so:
Parents have to... eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white. ~Barack Obama , 2004 Democratic National Convention
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/27/politics/campaign/barack-obamas-remarks-to-the-democratic-national.html
What would be the right words to put in those places?
She was born in 1964, so...hm. Clinton was governor during her high school years.
“black” instead of “Black”; Caucasians are normally referred to as “white”, never “White”.
“sex” instead of “gender”; there are only 2 sexes, male and female. “Gender”, properly used, is a word of language, like “Latino” and “Latina”.
“people of color” is not so bad since another term doesn’t jump to mind.
...when she joined the Marine Corps. she was still a Jamaica(n) citizen...
https://nlj.gov.jm/slave-trade/
So what? She’s an American citizen and that is what counts.
Thank you! Cal is a woke pompous ass and has no problem furthering this tripe.
At least he didn’t refer to her as African-American, which some do.
Count me in the same camp you're in. I'm so sick and damn' tired of all the hyphenation of Americans. Enough.
Good for you...that was my and many others’ first thought.
IMPORTANT POINT!!!!
She came here LEGALLY.
As my and many other parents did.
If she’s smart she cancels her twitter account, or doesn’t even have one.
He was on order for Vietnam for which he volunteered. He figured he would have to go anyway. I became a naturalized citizen on June 12 1977 when we were stationed at Fort Riley, Ks. The celebration was held on June 14, at the Eisenhower center at Abilene, KS. I never forget that. The examiner kind of cussed me out because I waited 11 years to become a citizen. But after my husband came back from Vietnam he requested Germany as his next duty station which was granted. He had hoped for the same place he had been stationed before but he did not get it.
Also I had a great memory from my good time of my school friends that I remembered and cherished. A school friend of mine immigrated to New York City, where her older sister lived who had invited her. Because in Germany High school is only kids whose parents have money not everyone goes to High school or Ober schule like it is called. But they are going instead to a occupational school which is refereed to as Berufs schule once a week. The other time they learn their future occupation. After they turn 18 they graduate they can change jobs and go for master.
Now back to my former school friend who had immigrated to NYC. Her sister suggested to her that she finish high school and also go to college. She did and became a Flight Attendant for Pan America until she retired.
How long will it be until Uncle Tom, like an albatross, gets hung around HER neck?
WooHoo!
I was there over the New Year holiday!
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