Playing the Race Card

(on the left) A military helicopter drops supplies for victims of Hurricane Katrina (on the right) New Orleans school buses that could have been used for evacuation by the local authorities.

A Claim of Racism is Born

We are all prone to error so it is important to evaluate all of the data that is available to us in a rational manner. Since human nature leads us to think with our emotions, we need to develop the necessary skills to separate facts from emotions. The objective is to avoid basing our conclusions on our desires and prejudices.

In the world of blogging there is an inevitable dynamic that comes into play when conservatives, or those who ally themselves with conservatives, argue with their left-leaning opponents. Sooner or later the conservatives are going to be accused of being racially prejudiced. It is as predictable as the rising of the sun every morning.

So last week when the Communist commentator with the alias of “John Brown” called me a white supremacist I couldn’t help but to be both disgusted and amused at the same time. I was disgusted because of the obvious indignation that a person feels at being called a racist and amused because he didn’t realize that I am Puerto Rican.

As a matter of fact, the blog post that we were discussing had nothing to do with racism and Brown just came out of nowhere with such accusations. The blog is called “The Beak Speaks” and the post was titled, “The Introduction to the Black Book of Communism”

When I protested against Brown’s accusations he made the following reply,

“I expect that White Supremacists such as yourself would want to avert their eyes from the most flagrant display of how capitalism on Vanilla Sam’s plantation treats the most oppressed of all its myriad oppressed nationalities.

In the eyes of the White Supremacist, it’s always better to blame the victim than seriously analyze the cause of injustice and depravity… Especially when that cause is Whiteness.”

Whether or not Brown is a self loathing and guilt ridden white man or a South African Pygmy, is completely irrelevant. He clearly has problems dealing with issues that pertain to Caucasians and just assumed that I was white. Such behavior is fairly consistent for a person with an ideology that fabricates issues of racism in order to promote their outdated political beliefs. This Race Card Game is making reverse-racism socially acceptable.




Revolutionary Zeal at Target

A fine May Day article on AlterNet’s website really drives this home. They featured a rant against the exaggerated crimes of the retailer, Target. Take a good look at the quote below. It details the alleged lack of diversity at Target and is such a blatant slap of reverse-racism that I can’t believe they even published it;

“Entry level management people just don't know how to handle it, they seem to be insensitive to immigrant workers,” said Hesse. “In one store, there’s a lot of friction between managers and Somali workers. They hire these young white boys as managers, and then they run a crew of Somalis with a very condescending attitude.”

An African-American employee at the flagship Roseville, Minn. store (who asked that her name not be used for fear of retribution), said she feels as if she constantly suffers racial discrimination. She said there are no black supervisors on the overnight shift she works. “There are a lot of Somalis working on the overnight shift, but no Somali team leader.” She said she is tired of young white “team leaders” repeatedly telling her to work faster or do things differently.”

First off, I grew up in the ghetto and I know that the term “white boy” is always used to belittle whites. So they are off to a bad start.

Secondly, the management at any retail store will invariably ask their employees to work harder and in accordance to the policies determined by their corporate headquarters (regardless of the race of the manager).

Since such resentment is obviously not the result of racism at the hands of their management, it clearly shows that the resentment stems from one of two things. Either the employees are dissatisfied with the physical working conditions (not related to racism) or they are prejudiced against their management.

None of the criticism offered against Target management is unusual in the workplace or suggests any misconduct. However, the use of racially belittling language by the employees does suggest reverse-racism. Under Somalian management the employees would still be asked to worker harder and perform according to the standards of Target.


Hurricane McKinney & Other Tall Tales

Our society is inundated by frivolous accusations of racism. You may find that it can be a useful tool when you get into trouble. Rep. Cynthia McKinney of Georgia received quite a bit of publicity when she punched a white US Capitol Policeman in late March. To defend her actions she made a strong insinuation of racism, “What I have suggested and what many other people have, quite frankly, suggested is that the issue of racial profiling needs to be one that is discussed and dealt with by the American people…”

So what does racial profiling have to do with her alleged assault on a Capitol Hill Policeman? As almost everyone knows, security in the Capitol has been beefed up due to the fallout of 9/11. McKinney admits that she wasn’t wearing the necessary label pin that lawmakers are supposed to wear to identify themselves. The police officer called out several times asking her to stop, but she ignored his requests. Therefore he grabbed McKinney in order to stop her. She responded by turning around and punching him. All of this was caught on tape and there is no dispute over these facts, only the accusations of racial profiling and inappropriate touching have been disputed.

Now in my experience I have never seen anyone punch a cop and get away with it. McKinney is a very privileged person to come away from this episode without the hassle almost anyone else would have (like getting your ass kicked and arrested). She makes an unlikely target for racism.

It is interesting to note that McKinney has a history of making accusations of racism against Washington D.C. security officers. After one of her episodes she made the following quote in response, “I am absolutely sick and tired of having to have my appearance at the White House validated by white people”.

The fun doesn’t stop there...I would like to leave you with some more amazing quotes:

(McKinney’s take on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina)
“…As I saw the African Americans, mostly African American families ripped apart, I could only think about slavery, families ripped apart, herded into what looked like concentration camps...”

“…They (the US government) will round up 21 million negroes because they were afraid of freeing black people…”

“It appears to me that the American people might have a criminal syndicate running their government”

“Authorities tell us that the world changed on September 11th. As a result, university professors must watch what they say in class or be turned in to the “speech” police. Elected officials must censor themselves or be censured by the media. Citizens now report behavior of suspicious-looking people to the police…”

Click here to see McKinney in action. It’s a video of a disturbing interview conducted after she was accidentally caught on tape putting down one of her aides. Watch as she manages to make the act of smiling a threatening characteristic. McKinney is one of those rare people who calculates every word, facial expression and body movement. A master of intimidation.

I think irrational hatred is behind a lot of this misplaced sentiment. The Left and Islamists are obsessed with hatred and never fail to remind us of it…

...Don’t like white authority figures?
Then punch them.

...Don’t like the formation of the Jewish state of Israel?
Then blow up an Israeli wedding.

...Don’t like the US occupation of Iraq?
Then blow up a crowd of happy children waving at American GIs.

Hate Hate Hate…