Uh, what has that have to do with this? 
Posted on 05/24/2002 1:31:15 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
Last month, an intriguing little congressional pow-wow was clandestinely held – no press invited – in the Northern Virginia town of Leesburg. It was a 3-day conference, and attendance appears to have been restricted by ethnicity and race.
But this was not a gathering of the Leesburg chapter of the White Citizens Council. It was a conclave of three congressional caucuses – the Black Caucus, the Hispanic Caucus and the Asia Pacific Caucus. And the invitation list appears to have been made up with one provision in mind: No whites need apply.
As described in a front-page story in the New York Times, the goal of this "tri-caucus retreat" was to "create an atmosphere of understanding among groups that have often felt pitted against one another for resources and recognition." But as the caucuses claim to represent only Americans of African, Asian and Hispanic descent, just what were they uniting for, and who are they uniting against?
Now since the Democratic Party has been fairly described as a "collection of warring tribes that has come together in anticipation of common plunder," and all attendees were Democrats, there was lots of talk of a joint looting expedition at the expense of taxpayers.
Attendees pointed to their common front on the $175 billion farm bill, where the Black Caucus demanded an expansion of the food-stamp program, and the Hispanic Caucus demanded restoration of food stamps for immigrants. Apparently, they had jointly triumphed.
Another "shining example" of collusion was in Texas, where Hispanics and blacks joined forces to nominate Tony Sanchez for governor and African-American Ron Kirk for Senate. Capturing the seats lately held by George W. Bush and Phil Gramm for a Hispanic and an African American would apparently be real progress.
But all this raises a question: If it is acceptable for blacks and Hispanics to collude to seize power from white Americans, why is it a violation of civil rights for whites to collude to increase their representation in legislatures at the expense of minorities? If the latter is racism, why is the former progress?
The closer one reads Lynette Clemetson's Times' story, the more it appears this Leesburg summit was not about the politics of aiding the poor and powerless against the rich and powerful. This secret summit was about how folks of Third World ancestry can join forces to seize power and resources from white America.
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction is a law of Newtonian physics. The same is true in politics. If it has become acceptable for caucuses that represent people of color to join against America's white majority, look for white folks to begin to identify themselves by race, rather than party or philosophy, to preserve what they have. Has the New York Times considered the consequences of what its reporter seems to be celebrating?
All, however, was not harmony at Leesburg. Seems that last January, Latino businessman broke away from the National Minority Auto Dealers Association to form the National Hispanic Auto Dealers Association. Reported without comment. Can one imagine the Times' reaction to a Euro-American Auto Dealers Association?
As Clemetson's story runs on, the Spirit of Leesburg began to reveal itself in the entertainment: "Audience members sat rapt as Sarah Jones, a socially conscious writer and actress ... slipped in and out of accents to portray characters from a Mexican-American labor organizer to a new immigrant from Haiti who scolded listeners: 'God bless America, but not because of you. Remember, your ancestors came here, too.'"
Would it be impertinent to ask who "you" is? And if this us-vs.-them racial rhetoric is acceptable at a Third World caucus-coalition, why is it a hate crime for white folks? Nor was this the end of the fun. Writes Clemetson: "Beau Sea, a Chinese-American slam poet from Oklahoma, raised eyebrows with his confrontational number, 'The Asians are coming'":
We are everywhere
We are programming your Websites
Making your executives look smart
And getting into your schools – for free
And you know what?
It's only gonna get bigger.
Middle America: Hello! From what went down at Leesburg, it is clear the old idea of integration and assimilation, of one nation and one people, is giving way among elites of color to a racial and ethnic spoils system. And as "Anglos" are a minority in California already and soon to be a minority in Texas, perhaps they should start asking what kind of country it is going to be when they are outnumbered nationwide by mid-century.
No logical arguement was possible with those people, and the same appears true here, so far.
Nice handle, BTW.
I am White, but am not a European-American. I am just an American, thank you. I will happily unite with all Americans against hyphenated Americans of whatever stripe. You are either American, or you're not. *No* one should get any preferential treatment: not Whites, Blacks, Reds, or Yellows -- no one.
Martin Luther King's dream was a good one: a dream in which skin color doesn't matter as far as character and ability. Any hyphenation of Americanism is wrong and should be fought wherever it rears its head. Take pride in your heritage, but all citizens should get it fixed in their heads that they are Americans first and foremost, and whatever else a very distant second.
Sadly, the realist in me tells me that what Pat is warning about may very well come true. We are being backed into a corner by our government and by other races. Eventually, there could be terrible reprecussions as a result.
Remember, everyone, two wrongs don't make a right. But also, we have the right to be ourselves and to be proud of that fact, whatever the color of our skin.
Tuor
Yes. Go ask the Palestinians and the Jews about turnabout.
Tuor
Answer: Zimbabwe.
Coming to your neighborhood, all too soon.
Uh, what has that have to do with this?
That you chose to blind yourself to this ongoing campaign within the government school system - endorsed by the government spending your tax dollars to re-write and/or erase knowledge of our Western heritage, is not ok. It's dangerous.
This is a war for the survival of our heritage. There is no other way the issue of third-world racism in American can be addressed. I am a Caucasian, and there are those who hate me for that. They met as a group to plot further attacks against me. They are promoters of race hatred within America. Their actions are un-American.
In Israel, one side bombs a resturaunt, the other side destroys people's homes and causes a lot of unpleasantness. Back and forward. Back and forward. Neverending.
That is what it has to do with this. I don't want the US to be caught up in a constant back-and-forth race war, even if it is merely a social/economical/political war and not a military one like in the Middle East.
Tuor
As I said, many years ago, many English were ranting about how the new Irish, German, Polish, Italian, etc., immigrants were going to ruin this country.
BTW - I'm against all groups sucking at the government tit. Pat spent a good part of his life getting a government paycheck, just like our friend WJC.
It is my name. Thanks.
What are you talking about? Blinding myself? Did you not actually read what I said? I'm aware of what is going on in the public schools these days. What makes you think I'm blinding myself?
My point was that we should stop this sort of collaboration because it is, at its core, un-American to act the way these people are acting, not because we are Caucasians or due to some hypenated status we are supposed to have. Americans act for the good of the country and themselves as citizens of the country, not because they are members of some race.
It is the liberal agenda that we regard one another by race instead of by character and ability. That is what they want -- divide and conquer. The Black, Asian, and Hispanic Caucuses are all un-American in that they are based on race rather than political views.
Are you seeing where I'm going with this now? I think schools *should* emphasize Western Culture because it is what forms the basis for how this country operates, and it is the best culture the world has ever seen.
Tuor
The government discriminates for approved groups not neccesarily race based. There is no need to throw race into this. The name of this article is, "No Whites need apply...". I'll bet a number of those hispanic caucus member are simply white liberals with spanish last names. This is the kind of stuff they can take to their constituants as an example of conservative rhetoric.
According to the census most hispanics consider themselves white. Well known conservative,Buchanan, is rejecting them as part of his race.
That has nothing to do with the message. It doesn't matter whether or not Pat was on the government teat. What matters is the message: is it true or not?
There are a lot more Mexicans coming into this country and not trying to learn English than there were Germans or Irish. Also, we share a border with Mexico, unlike Germany or Ireland. (Yes, that matters.)
Tuor
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