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The "no-whites-need-apply" caucus: Pat Buchanan asks, 'Who are they uniting against?'
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Friday, May 24, 2002 | Pat Buchanan

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.




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To: Thorn11cav
Well maybe we should feel better about all those Asians. Tokyo is a pretty nice place. The rest of Japan is even nicer.
61 posted on 05/24/2002 8:14:27 AM PDT by Jack Black
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To: AmericaUnited
"Many years ago, you had Buchanan type racists writing columns, warning of the dangers of letting too many Irish and German immigrants into the country."

WASPs said letting them in would lead to increased taxes, government-as-caretaker and socialism among other things.

Were they wrong in their predictions?

So, I'll guess marxism is o.k. with you too?

If you like communism so much why don't you at least visit a communist nation? Better yet, move there.

People don't come to America for communism, but for freedom. They find freedom too hard so they use their political power to recreate the despotic regimes they left, only with them as the leaders. Visit any politically active ghetto/barrio and you'll see their ethno-political model in action. Better yet, visit Cuba chump.

62 posted on 05/24/2002 8:24:04 AM PDT by Justa
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To: JohnHuang2
all attendees were Democrats, there was lots of talk of a joint looting expedition at the expense of taxpayers.

Well DUH!

63 posted on 05/24/2002 8:35:50 AM PDT by StriperSniper
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To: JohnHuang2
More racial paranoia from Patsy.
64 posted on 05/24/2002 8:37:55 AM PDT by Clemenza
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To: Jack Black
I don't disagree with anything you wrote except how you wrote it. You're right hispanics are a pseudo-race and yet Buchanan is agreeing with the liberals that it is one. Why agree with them that it is? We certainly don't do ourselves any good by acquiescing to the liberal desire for more race based division. As you say "I'm sure many Hispanics don't agree with it." These hispanics may be persuaded to the conservative side if we don't run around telling people who believe that they're white that they're not. When we do we drive those who might agree with us by fear to the waiting liberals.
I'd rather they thought of themselves as American and I reject tribalism as a basis for nationality. America is not based on tribalism. Race-based anything is not good for this country. We are not multi-cultural because we've rejected tribe as a basis for determining who is and who isn't an American. The liberals will never help, it's up to us to reject divison by race.
65 posted on 05/24/2002 8:40:32 AM PDT by Varda
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To: AmericaUnited
Yeah, lets just ignore the article and attack Mr. Buchanan. Great strategy, good thinking.
66 posted on 05/24/2002 8:50:46 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: Don Myers
It is time for whites to stand up for their rights, and fight back.

LOL! I am not confident that whites can do this. I say this because many will read this article and turn around and say yeah, Buchanan must be a nazi. Go figure. They read the article and then go after the messenger. I guess thats par for the course today.

67 posted on 05/24/2002 8:55:07 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: Don Myers
AMEN!
68 posted on 05/24/2002 8:58:17 AM PDT by Chi-Town Lady
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To: AmericaUnited
Pat Buchanan asks, 'Who are they uniting against?'

AmericaUnited: Well, we know who Pat is uniting against... Americans of African, Asian and Hispanic descent.

I noticed that while they called you lots of names for stating this, no one has disputed your comment above.

Give them heck!

69 posted on 05/24/2002 9:11:46 AM PDT by mac_truck
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To: Jack Black
Yes, and what about the rights of Replicants Mr. Terrell. :-)

Work 'em then eat 'em, I say. Make 'em want to stay on those offworld colonies.

71 posted on 05/24/2002 9:31:27 AM PDT by William Terrell
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To: Jethro Tull
Buchanan indicates the D's hold a racist caucus and you defend them.

Disgusting RINO behavior...

Not only disgusting, but very revealing.

72 posted on 05/24/2002 9:36:33 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: AmericaUnited
The article isn't about Pat. And in THIS article an excellent and valid point is made. Suppose our kids wanted to have "white proms" or a "white awareness" group. There are any number of parallels to what the various ethnic minorities, most notably blacks, have. The point being made is that it is either racist to have these special groups or it isn't. Personally, I am of the opinion that there is nothing wrong with ethnic pride, white or black, and in a "free" society we should be able to express it. I'm not even sure there is anything wrong with it if some people choose not to associate with members of another race as long as there is no crime committed against anybody. Oh sure, people have to associate in some settings just because of where they happen to be at any given time, but I don't think being exclusionary is necessarily always bad. It is a matter of freedom and choice.
74 posted on 05/24/2002 10:11:12 AM PDT by sweetliberty
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To: Robert Drobot;Tuor
Both of you make excellent points and I don't see them as being necessarily at odds. Seems more to me like 2 sides of the same issue, both accurate assessments.
75 posted on 05/24/2002 10:28:38 AM PDT by sweetliberty
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To: Varda
My wife logs crime statistics as part of her dispatching tasks. There is a specific "white - non-hispanic" category and a "white - hispanic" category. Criminal activity by hispanics had previous been lumped into the "white" category to dilute and hide it. I think there is also a "non-white hispanic" version as well. The statisticians are trying to get it right by differentiating between actual race and the label "hispanic".
77 posted on 05/24/2002 11:09:06 AM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin
That's pretty much the way the census does it too. The stats are pretty fresh since this kind of catagorizing didn't start until (I think) 1980. Making hispanics into a race has further problems because of all the different countries that qualify. Among immigrants Argentinians are different from Guatemalans who are different from Puerto Ricans. I would guess their crime stats differ also.
78 posted on 05/24/2002 11:36:09 AM PDT by Varda
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To: Red Jones
You accuse Pat Buchanan of being a racist and yet you have no evidence, you're just speaking out of hate.

I don't ? How do you know what I have or don't have? Looks like you're speaking out of complete ignorance. Pat has said enough to damn himself over the years.

80 posted on 05/24/2002 2:33:52 PM PDT by AmericaUnited
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