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MAKERS VS TAKERS;
Tax, Lax and Blacks
How Racial Tension is Fueled in the Politics o
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2013
Eric Bolden
Introduction
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I look over Google at the peaceful looking Eastern Shore of Virginia, which Ive reminisced on in my blog,
especially after finding a gangsta rap video filmed in a town right in the middle of the farm!lined stretch, greatly
resembling what you would e"pect from #$ and other big cities, with a lot of anger at the police, apparently% It was
such a serene setting we used to pass through, going between &orfolk, where I was attending college, and home in
'rooklyn% $s I mull one day taking a vacation there, I and imagine walking into the interesting looking old shops,
and saying hi to friendly most likely white owners, I have to wonder, what do they really think of me% $re the racesgetting along there, or is it still full of tension(
$ few years ago, a friends father died, and we attended the )ewish funeral ceremonies with her family and others,
and as the only black couple there, and knowing how shaky black!)ewish relations have been and how others see us
overall, yet being greeted in a friendly fashion, I cant help wondering how the people really feel about us% *+ne
person cant answer for all the others, and nobody can see into others hearts or minds-%
I find a friend in internet typology discussions, who is another I&./ *Introverted, i&tuitive, .hinking, /erceiving-
$spie, and a white 0idwestern female, but seems to think so much like me in ways *which is very unusual for me-,
and it really seems to erase racial lines, as the typology discussions in general do% .he brain neurology does not
recogni1e the pigmentation in the skin% *.ype is a difference that is more useful in e"plaining clashes between
people, yet we reali1e it is 2ust a different way of perceiving and 2udging things% .he other posters are probably
mostly white, and from around the world, but still, you do not readily know the race of the posters, so its very
irrelevant-% I still wonder how she and the others really feel about race, in the back of their minds% *0ost seem to be
on the liberal side, but still, you dont really know-%
Even more recently, I meet a /ennsylvania anti3ue dealer halfway, in central &ew )ersey to buy an old Steelmaster
45 drawer cabinet I had been trying to find for 65 years, to help organi1e all my papers *I got one back then, and
immediately figured I would need another, but new ones are e"pensive, and old ones are hard to find- and am
greeted by this typical cheery white country girl, who brought the cabinet in the back of her minivan% I like the
interaction with such people, and imagine its a sign that race is irrelevant7 were 2ust people% 'ut as my father and
others warned decades ago, when segregation was overturned, and blacks seemingly were finally free to integrate
totally in society7 they smile in your face, but behind your back8% So who knows%
Especially after seeing from the faceless posts of the internet, and the rhetoric of political leaders, that many still
think all these bad things about us% $ 9heerios commercial showing an interracial family even drew a lot of hatred:
.o preface;
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@e then continued on, describing 'ushs =Jillie @orton= campaign, and here in &K, the @oward 'each,
'ensonhurst and 9rown @eights incidents also fueled racial tension *even as we got our first black mayor, whom
opponents fans derided as a =washroom attendant= among other things-%
@e was also fairly critical of $l Sharpton *even included him in his list of =hate mongers=-, who incited racial
tension with the .awana 'rawley case in DCL%
DD!6 brought the Fodney ing beating and resultant #$ riots, along with a new round of political campaigning,
with the usual focus on =welfare= vs =supply side= economics, with 'ushs loss ending Feagans legacy *which was
losing steam, as people were not 3uite as satisfied with him as his predecessor-, and a new liberal, 'ill 9linton
winning for two terms%
DM Susan Smith drowns children, blames =black man=% $t this point, it seemed like an isolated incident%
'ut we were getting ready to enter a huge upswing of more open racial blaming%
&e"t was a last try at an old racist premise7geneticinferiority, with The Bell Curve% $s Fowan pointed out, the
purpose of such a study is 2ust to cut programs% &o need =wasting= money on the people if their problem is genetic%
Some conservatives out there herald this as =hard truth= liberal egalitarians couldnt deal with:
D +klahoma 9ity bombing brought militias into public consciousness%
+) Simpson trial
=@arlem 0assacre=, in which Sharpton was involved
Government shutdown% 9onservative rhetoric had really turned up the volume on welfare, as if that was where N
of government e"penditure was going% .otally ignored were all the other forms of govt% waste, such as OM55
screwdrivers, huge airports built in the middle of nowhere, all the pork barrel pro2ects that benefitted suburban
$merica, and what stood out to me, two fancy new courthouses being built, with marble halls and bron1e
doorknobs, right as all of this was going on% $gain, political rhetoric remained steadily locked in on welfare%
DH saw the reform of welfare, then the rhetoric died down a bit *as if that was actually what was causing the
problem-%
DL #ouima
D ?iallo% ?efense wins the case with If he had only done what the Pplain clothes, mind youQ officers told him:
$round 6555, race focus on the right shifted more to stuff like why theres black history month and no white history
month *which would soon lead to griping every year beginning with 0# ?ay-7 and on the left, the younger 'ushs
campaign stop at 'ob )ones Rniversity *')R-, leading to the school grudgingly ending its segregated dating policy%
655D, !DD shifted the ire of patriots toward 0uslims%
655M, Rnhappy with both parties *for =big government spending=, with the focus on =welfare= regaining steam, like
the reform never happened-, a push for a third party gains steam, with the 9onstitution /arty as the lead runner%
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655, @urricane atrina raises issue of neglect of minority section of &ew +rleans during the aftermath of the
storm, but also highlights the looting and violence among the people
So 655C and 65D6 were all about the campaign and election of the first =black= skinned president%
*$nd once in office, during some widespread tornado damage in white conservative states, they would
counterclaim that they were the ones being neglected and not given the attention atrina victims got% $ smalle"ample of the backlash rhetoric that has characteri1ed the political climate of his presidency-%
.he last 4 decades were filled out by two term presidencies% So the second term elections in the middle of the decade
were generally not as heated with rhetoric as when the guard was being changed%
Still, in those elections, you heard the blaming =us vs them7 we must stop our opponents from giving everything to
.@E0= stepped up a lot%
#osing Fepublican candidate 0itt Fomneys MLN comment referring to the supposed =takers= who vote
?emocratic *which thankfully gave him some campaign race trouble when the off!the!record comment was
nevertheless recorded and published- is 2ust the outpouring of the festering of la1y grasshopper type rhetoric that
has been passing around among Feaganites and the #imbaugh crowd and others for the past 4 decades% Even though
minorities are not MLN of the nations population, it still came in handy as a =race!neutral= deflection by changing
the parameters, to attain such a figure *like the assistance programs being counted-7 yet others have made very clear
which group they believe the =takers= are%
+f course now, when the country does the unthinkable in electing a black president, they @$VE to prove hes the
worst in history *by now, his downing of our worst enemy in history is all but forgotten, like it never happened7
replaced by accusations of lying about an overseas terror attack that came up last year and other stuff they sling at
him-, and even many saying Hes not MY president=% +ne meme reads I hate it when I wake up in the morning%%%
and 'arack +bama is still president% Some e"press wishing he was never born%
/eople actually looked forward to getting him out of office in the ne"t election as soon as he won the first!*=G+&E
65D6= stickers-% I have &EVEFseen an election campaign begin before the previous election was finished!
$nd once he got in, the move was 3uickly to invalidate his presidency to begin with by 3uestioning his natural
citi1enship, and demanding to see his birth certificate% Jhen he finally did show it, they still tried to discredit it%
Eventually, =secessionchatter= began springing up everywhere, with enough petitions in some states to be received
by the Jhite @ouse *though still re2ected-%
&e"t, beginning as the second election proceeded7 several news stories of government blunders were turned into
=scandals= used to demand him to be impeached% .hey even argue emphatically that these things are worse than
Jatergate: 9linton went through impeachment procedures because of his lying under oath about a se" scandal%
Everything done under the +bamas administration is elevated to such a level% Ket they insist that hes being =treated
the same as every other official=%
If this isnt convincing, lets not forget the ?ont re-nig statements that passed around before the 6nd
election:
Bacebook posters also keep tabs on every vacation and recreation the family engages in, claiming they are spending
up our ta" money on this, and not running the country% Even though it doesnt seem to be any more than what any
other recent president has done%
9learly, they cannot accept him as president, and while they say its because of his =policies=, they did
not scrutinizeother liberal presidents 3uite like this% $s this site;
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http;>>www%theatlantic%com>maga1ine>archive>65D6>5>fear!of!a!black!president>455HMpoints out; Barack
Obama goerns a nation enlightened enough to send an !"rican !merican to the #hite House$ but not
enlightened enough to accept a black man as its president%
.he Internet has really e"posed a lot of stuff that was hidden in peoples hearts, but can now be safely *so it seems-
shared from the anonymity of a computer screen% @owever, while individuals can hide that way, when they all do it,the overall ideology they have long denied issues forth at full blast in your face on that screen%
Staunch =patriots= who always accused others of =hating= $merica began virtually deriding most of the country as
stupid for voting for him% .hey even produced a video of the worst stereotypes of ignorant, uneducated black and
white =trash= on government program lines to caricature +bama voters%
.he worst in history 2udgment was made as soon as he got in, and is based on a whole lot of damned if he does7
damned if he doesnt double binds% .he biggest being the Fepublican 9ongress refusing to work withhim% Still, =no
e"cuse:=, conservatives 2eer%
Jorst in history, even with record corporate profits, as they continue to blame =socialist programs= for the
nonworking poor for draining all the money, and holding corporate profits as the key to economic prosperity *the so!
called =bigger pie= they would supposedly create-7 again blaming =socialism= for them taking 2obs out of the
country, or sitting on the money%
If thats so, then what is the problem( Its all +bamas fault, with his flock of adorers waiting for their =free
handouts=% .hats always the final answer% Ket people see no connection with this to racism%
+ne e"ample of a pre2udiced stereotype that is totally counter to historical fact is whats become known as &Obama
phones&, which is a program supposedly giving free cellphones away to poor minorities% /ictures are produced
showing some ghetto black woman saying =I want my +bama phone=, and it has become further generali1ed into
what they call =freebies= these people all want, that the liberals promise to them to get votes% +ne meme reads
/lease do not feed the park animals% .hey become dependent and will soon want free cell phones%
0eanwhile, whats been pointed out yet ignored is that the program really started underReagan, and began issuing
cellphones under 'ush% http;>>www%snopes%com>politics>ta"es>cellphone%asp'ut it now remains tagged on +bama%
Ket with all of this, on Bacebook, I see meme after meme posted by conservatives about a so!called race card,
with rebuttals usually aiming to turn the tables and show how racist or otherwise problematic blacks themselves or
liberals promoting them are *and this, mostly from only one friend, alone:- 'ut while theyre doing this, the issue
is being raised again and again$ by them$ not the other side% .his is whats called in )ungian terminology,
shadow!bo"ing% Koure pro2ecting something within your own mind, and then fighting it, by seeing it as coming
from someone else% *.heres also shadow!hugging, where you become 2ealous of some virtue you see in others,
but havent tapped into within yourself, and this also figures in a lot of racial resentment-%
+ther social network memes say stuff like ?isagreement is not racism= *insisting it is only his =policies= they are
opposing-7 but what they fail to reali1e, is this goes way beyond mere disagreement: I dont think theyve ever
?IS+J&E? any other president like this% #ets not forget all the comments I see calling him nothing less than a
=piece of sTTT=:
9onservatives used to be the ones to advocate FES/E9. for the nations commander in chief, even if you dont
agree with him% 'ut thats now gone right out the window%
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/09/fear-of-a-black-president/309064/http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/09/fear-of-a-black-president/309064/http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/09/fear-of-a-black-president/309064/http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/cellphone.asphttp://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/09/fear-of-a-black-president/309064/http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/cellphone.asp -
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'ut many people have so stuffed and disowned the racist implications of their sentiments, they cannot even see it,
and only see everyone else as falsely playing a card on them%
$lso, many have e"pressed fears that a black president somehow means that blacks will now start =acting up=% So
every black on white incident now becomes hyped up and specially reported or passed around in conservative
media, and in one such incident a few years ago, titled ='eat Jhitey &ight=, 3uestions loomed as to whether theblack attackers actually said this, and it was soon revealed that the report came from white supremacists trying to
rally up white people%
Such people love to call +bama and liberals =pathological liars=, but think nothing of doing it themselves when they
think no one is paying attention%
$nd now, even white on black incidents, .rayvon being the latest and most heated in a while, become the cue for
the conservative blogosphere to post every new black on white incident or black on black crime statistics, or some
black racist leader spewing hatred toward whites and>or threatening violence%
.his is basically acting like a child caught doing something wrong, who then points to another child saying he does
it too:
So the Fight must bear more of the blame for keeping the race ball rolling% .hey are the ones who spoke nonstop of
having something *the nation, freedoms, rights, 2obs, ta"es, etc%- taken from them, given to some undeserving
group, and that they want it back% .hey are the ones who insisted everything was better in the 5s and before%
*Jhich also happened to be before 9ivil Fights took hold-
.hey accuse =political correctness= of being =hypersensitive= regarding race, but they cannot e"pect the race issue to
not be touchy when theyve neer stopped re"erencing or implying race in their political blaming% *.hey should
also reali1e a principle called confianzawhich would e"plain why blacks can use the & word amongst themselves,
and its not the same as when someone else calls them that-%
.he liberals had in turn been relatively silent, or at least more passive% *$s conservatives themselves will point out,
they are more into legislating their ideals rather than coming up with good arguments for them% &ow, more of their
energy in recent times has shifted toward gay rights and abortion-%
'lacks have maintained some resentment7 largely from subtle instances of racism that continued *especially police
treatment-% So that kept things hot on their end%
'ut the biggest instigation of racial tension is the reverse blameconservatives would continue hurling out, to clear
the good name of their culture, nation and race, of any real wrongdoing and prove the victims are the problems
themselves *including 2ust for presenting themselves as victims-7 especially in political campaigns%
'lacks havent directly addressed this much, but likely figure that the people are still racist anyway, further proving
nothing has really changed *at least not in peoples hearts-, so I imagine, no answer was felt to be needed%
In the name of "Truth", "Freedom", "children", and even "colorblindness"
0uch of the racist sentiment is wrapped up under the guise of =patriotism=% /eople simply defending their
=freedoms=, and =the right to keep what weve earned= *i%e% ta"es- from a government seen as giving it all away to
=undeserving= people as a group drawn largely on race% Fowan points out *p%DD6- regarding =blacks, @ispanics,
women, and others not 3ualified for 2obs or promotions=, that =there is the argument that nevertheless, they are
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salting away the goodies of $merican life=%
#imbaugh associate radio host )im Uuinn even came up with a retelling of $esops old =.he $nt and the
Grasshopper= fable, where the =&ational $ssociation of Green 'ugs= *&$$G', more recently replaced by $9+F&
and others- helps the la1y grasshoppers take all the ants hard earnings and s3uander it, leaving everyone in s3ualor%
*Feagan had reportedly used a similar retelling of =9hicken #ittle=-%
+ne group now has even resurrected the old =?ont .read on 0e= *Gadsden- flag, used by early $merican colonists
fighting for their independence from 'ritain before being replaced by the final =Stars and Stripes= model%
@owever, those de"ending slaery and segregation employed the same &goernment oppression& premise as
'ell%.hat was the big thrust for =states rights=%
.he 9iti1ens 9ouncils7 well!known racist organi1ations opposing integration in the H5s, said the same e"act things;
Je are fighting for our children, grandchildren, nation, churches, schools% .he fate of this nation
rests in the hands of those white people who today oppose racial amalgamation% If the white
people of these Rnited States submit to the unconstitutional destructive forces of integration, the
malignant powers of mongreli1ation, communism and atheism will surely destroy this nation%
*CitizenD!HM, p%C-
$s we shall see, many of these people arestill alive, and shortly after, they would reali1e that they had to remove
such clear references to race, but what would remain was the more innocent =rights= of =our children, grandchildren,
nation, churches, schools= and calling what theyre opposing =unconstitutional= *and the deflectionary focus on
communism and atheism-, and this hasnt changed a bit%
I got my first true inkling of 2ust how bad the problem still was in early 65D6 *around the time the election campaign
was really getting underway-, when seeing the new comments on an old blog post *since removed- entitled =Jhy I
@ate 'lacks= *which was on a hip hop site:-
blacks are the disgusting race the creator created% *kevin Bebruary Mth, 65D6- .hey are the
most useless race the creator has ever made a mistake on:: I am not sorry to say this but I wish
blacks were wiped off this planet:: Ive had many bad e"periences with blacks% Kes every race
has its problems but the ma2ority of blacks $FE a problem% *)ohn on 4D ?ecember 65DD-
ur a fTTTing nigger get over it:: dont walk down the street ( really( dont get lynched u stupid
nigger,,JE run america not you%%we let a nigger in office to shut u fTTTing spookes up *rhino;
0arch 64rd, 65DD at 4;D am-
.he ma2ority of black people are classless, selfish, sub!humans, they care for no one butthemselves and will screw over anyone and everybody, and they will literally take candy from a
baby if it will help them% If by some miracle *or more likely a govt program- they get a 2ob, it
wont last as they are the la1iest damn people on this planet% $bout the only peace and 3uiet we
non!black people get from them is right around the Dst of the month when they get their govt
checks in the mail and retreat into their homes to drink and use copious amounts of drugs%
If only we could travel back in time to the colonial days and tell those plantation owners and
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slave drivers that they will be doing irreparable harm to future generations by importing black
people to $merica%
In no uncertain terms black people are ruining this country% Je had one shot for them to actually
become contributing members of society instead of leeches and thats when +bama became
/resident, but not even a black man having the most powerful position in this world couldchange them% .hey are doomed and need to be taking out back and shot%*&ick on 6 Bebruary
65D6-
$nd other posts calling blacks =monkeys=%+n one hand, the basic /FE0ISEof this stuff was little different than some of what Id encountered in otherconservative forums *including 9hristian ones-, butminus this more open vitriol% .he same anger, resentment,blaming and denial is there, however: *$nd I wonder if &ick is willing to admit any wrong on his ancestors, if theywere so mistaken in bringing blacks to the country: 'et they never think of it that way:-'ut even the more directly racist vitriol would now seem to become more common in online posts, to the point thatthe above no longer seems that outrageous!
+n Bacebook page comments and other places like Kou.ube and blogs, complaining about how +bama is a socialisttaking away peoples =freedoms=, and now, commenting on .rayvon;
So now we see our innocent little victim of racial pre2udice is a thug, drug dealer, wannabe gang
banger who wears his pants like a thug, and en2oys flipping off cameras82ust like ?e0ar3uise
Elkins%
.he liberal state run media isnt going to point fingers at the family and>or local community% .hey
are going to rant about the need for more social programs and money for outreach% &one of this is
going to change a thing%
It is time to point fingers% It is time to name names and demand that people change their behavior%Kou cant eliminate gangbangers with social programs if they have no father and their own mother
and aunt are willing accomplices to their thuggery%
.he ma2or problems confronting a large segment of the black community have little or absolutely
nothing to do with racism problems such as unprecedented illegitimacy, family breakdown,
fraudulent education, crime and rampant social pathology% If all white people became angels
tomorrow, it would do nothing to solve problems that can only be solved by the black community8
and they dont seem the least bit concerned%
+b2ective site simply rebuffing an un2ust race card played on them, and only lamenting the peoples pathology,
right( Jell, another one reads )ust another prime e"ample of the W&orth $merican /avement $pe these savages
have not evolved past the chimps that they are Panother adds =never will=Q
$long with talk of hangings, truck draggings, and liberal use of the & word, STTT stain, /+S, monkeys, etc%
Even this is 'hat segregation 'as designed to preent:
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Jhen I see all of these comments, I wonder, who7 where are all of these people( I then will sometimes see every
white person I dont know and have to wonder, do they feel that way(
Some out there, somewhere must, in order for these pages *along with the political pundits and campaign
sentiments- to be so popular and filled with so many comments all saying the same things%
Rnder the meme =BE? R/ [email protected] /EFS+&% Im tired of being labeled a racist because of the color of my skin=,we get;
XIm so tired and fed up being called racist and hated by dumb ass ghetto black people all because of me being
white, and if any fTThead black guy called me a honkey Id kicked the hell out of him a second later%Y
'ut whos calling anyone a racist 2ust because theyre white( /eople get called racist because of stuff like this: 'ut
they dont have the slightest clue:
$nd all the other labels and stereotypes like this because people are black%
Its ama1ing how this stuff can be spewed out under the premise that they'rethe ones being discriminated against,
and they apparently think nothing of it%
$nd again, you cant say it is all the liberal race!baiters fault for fanning this, because for the last 4 years or so, at
least, the Fight has been the most vocal, with blaming social programs for all our financial problems, and focusing
on black crime%
$nd now theyve even totally co!opted the language of e3uality%
It is a sad day when those who are in positions of leadership openly display racially biased views
and condone racially biased ine3uality%
It is a sad day when the media purposefully fans the flames of hatred, fury, and ethnic divide to
make their fortunes%
It is a sad day when an $merican cannot be simply an $merican, but must be labeled, categori1ed,
and treated differently due to the color of ones skin%
It is a sad day when you reali1e that our nation has grown in so many ways, yet still we have not
reach the level of maturity needed to become 9olor 'lind%
.his, with comments following that say stuff like =what about all the attacks of blacks on whites% Jheres our
coverage=, concluding with =fTTT those negros::::= *$nd on another post, someone says the way to solve our
problems is to send the blacks back to $frica-
Racists realied they needed to get
their points across in a race!
neutral language to mae the
intentions hard to prove
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$gain, these are the very people who always scream that some =race baiter= is playing a =card= on .@E0% *In
addition to another post on that page lamenting racial division-%
So they have done a total switcheroo% .hey are the realvictims of racism7 they only want a color blind society,
which blacks who wont =get over it= keep denying them% Ket they are the ones still echoing sentiments like this%
Fowan points out how in the past, lifelong racists who never lifted a finger for e3uality began demanding
=colorblindness=, and the tactic continues%
.hey have accepted =racism= as wrong, but have redefined it as only something that goes against what they believe
is =the truth= about race, which even though it denigrates one side, is not racist, simply because its =truth=%
So you even see blacks Pand liberalsQ cant handle truth7 even rubbing in, when citing some =fact=, =the truth
hurts, doesn#t it?= 'ut then why doesnt it seem to ever hurtyou( 'ecause what you are calling truth is basically a
blaming premise *that naturally incites animosity-, and is often heavily skewed in places at that7 *ignoring other
factors in the data cited-, and it is no less inciting 2ust because yousayits the truth%
$nd thinking one has such a lockdown on truth is the epitome of a superiority comple" or chosen one mentality%
@ow can =truth= always favor one group or disfavor the other group( See if you can answer thatin a colorblind
way:
.his gets to the point that at least one person can now call his site =Stuff 'lack /eople ?ont #ike=, meaning all the
=truths= of how they have ruined the nation% +ne article in particular, in response to a story of a program called
=$ffirmatively Burthering Bair @ousing=, which the conservative blogosphere has construed as =+bama
$dministration 'egins 0oving /oor /eople to 'etter &eighborhoods to Bi" /overty= yields the comment;
$s always the black communities are the =hardest hit= communities, as if multiple asteroids cast
down from +lympus by $res himself are to blame% 'lame the =1ip code= for the problems,
anything but the /E+/#E residing in those 1ip codes% Every time these ingloriously stupid
africans open their mouths they 2ust confirm how pathetic and incompetent their people really are%
I will ask yet again, IB the $fricans =built= $merica as slaves why can they not replicate these
same feats as BFEE /E+/#E(((( 'ueller( $nyone((( /s analysis of black america 2ust makes
so much sense regarding black americas current conditions7 i%e% the lack of future time orientation,
the inability to delay gratification, the cargo cult mentality, the complete and utter lack of personal
responsibility, etc% Jhen you look at black america as a whole and see &+.@I&G but ruin and
despair you have to ask yourself J@K would the government through @R? move these people
into productive areas( Its not so much conspiracy thinking as it is connecting the dots and askingrational 3uestions about those dots% #ook I wish it was not like this, I wish that black people were
really e3ual in intelligence and ability to Jhite people% If that were true we would not have these
same problems that e"ist today% IB blacks and Jhites were truly e3ual the black race would have
long ago made a first world civili1ation for themselves and would not have to rely on playing the
worn out, tattered race card at every opportunity% 'lacks, they built $merica but somehow could
not figure out how to keep the lights on in ?etroit%
http;>>stuffblackpeopledontlike%blogspot%com>65D4>5C>affirmatively!furthering!fair!housing%html
How does all "truth" always manage
to hurt one side and favor the other?
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Kou wonder why he doesnt own the =race card= then% I guess, because he wish it were not like this=, 2ust like the
others who are so sad race is such an issue *because the wrong people are being blamed-%
.he whole premise is that blacks have done nothing good, and we see the moralistic language of =delaying
gratification= and =accepting responsibility=, but its clear that blacks are being made responsible for everything
wrong, while all the other factors, such as the destructive effects of slavery and racism, the education system, and
the greed of corporations such as the auto industry 2ust do not figure at all% .o mention them would presumably be toprove his point of =denying responsibility=%
'lacks are all bad, whites are the put!upon victims, but blacks have turned this upside down, and pretend to be the
victims so they can take over *the site speaks of ='F$=, ='lack Fun $merica=% .his brings to mind Fush #imbaugh
claiming =were already a minority=, and if youve ever doubted his true feelings on race, this article
http;>>stuffblackpeopledontlike%blogspot%com>65D4>5L>rush!limbaugh!1eev!chafets!and!devils%html cites this article
by him
http;>>www%rushlimbaugh%com>daily>65D4>5L>6M>americaTdiscoversT1evTchafetsTbookTonTtheTroleTofTraceTinTdet
roitTsTdemise regarding ?etroit-%
Jhile people may say =this is an obviously white supremacist site=, we see here how the rhetoric blends right in
'ith 'hat mainstream conseratiism has been saying "or decades% .his group has simply reversed the tactic of
=e"cision of race from the language=, figuring that =hard truth= 2ustifies the conclusions, so no hiding of the race
language is necessary% $nd theyve traded in ignorant backwoods style stump ranting for intellectual and moral
sophistry%
So it should not be shocking for those who do use race neutral language to find themselves still tagged with the
beliefs being e"pressed here%
Is it unreasonable to believe this could be the ultimatesource of mainstream sentiments ( Its only
been "ilteredthrough =/9= complicity *as much as they despise =political correctness= for censoring them in the
first place-%
Even if +bama instantly created heavenly prosperity for all, they would have to find some fault% +bviously, to
people like this, it doesnt matter what +bama does% If the rest of the black community is no good, then one should
not be leading the country% .he stuff he does then is only used as proof of why such people should not lead%
*$lso of note, in an article on 0c?onalds, the site owner says he has no problem shutting it down, and points out he
doesnt use the 9onstitution much% 0ost conservative blamers entire premise is defense of the 9onstitution and
=freedom=, but we see here how readily that can fall by the wayside% Jonder if a lot of the other 9onservatives,
many of whom virtually mulling an armed war against the =tyrannical= government, would still side with someone
like this, and ditch the 9onstitution if felt necessary-%
@e also has a book aiming tofulfillings dream of people being 2udged not by the color of their skin, but by thecontent of their character, but the whole point of the site is that an entire group defined by the color of their skin
always fails at content of character:
$gain, truth that speaks for itself%
So we see the ultimate "ruition o" the notion o" ho' the colorblind principle actuallyfavors
discrimination*and thus meddling with it is the true racism that messes up race relations-% If we 2udged by the
content of character, the blacks would still come out on the bottom, proving discrimination was right all along:
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.he 3uestion can be turned back on them% +bviously, hes mocking the notion that ='lacks built $merica=, which
some black writers and activists have said over the years% .hat of course is ludicrous, as blacks are capable of
nothing but destroying, so of course its the white race that really built it%
'ut then if that is so, then ho' 'as your superior product able to be taken oer and destroyed by an in"erior
group(
.heyll blame white liberals for wrongly promoting blacks and creating systems like socialism, but why would theydo that if race was the issue, meaning they PwhiteliberalsQ too were on the superior side(
.hey, personal responsibility 2argon aside, cannot own the wrong of the past% So they end up compounding it
by taking its negatie e""ects as its o'n sel"-)usti"ication%
/eople like this so want the black community to get a public scolding, as if that would magically solve all our
problems, and then we could move on, happily ever after% +ne person told me blacks should stop worrying about
what whites think about them and 2ust improve themselves% *.his, mind you, in the very breath of rebuffing what
blacks and liberals say about his group-% Kou even had an immigrant, ?inesh ?Sou1a, brought in to try to tell the
$merican black community about itself *The nd of Racism, including criticism of victim rhetoric, which was
ironic considering the fact that this was at the height of the so!called angry white male revolt which was nothing
but pure victim rhetoric and much louder and from a group still dominant-%
.hen there was the controversy of an anti!abortion ad in @arlem that was accused of playing off of stereotypes%
0ore recently, it was 'ill 9osby rising up from out of the community to try to give it that self!correction% Instead of
this satisfying all these e"ternal 2udges*that there arevoices out there addressing the problems of the community-,
they simply focused on e"amples of people rebuffing the criticism% *#ike they had no right to 3uestion any of it-%
'oth 9osby and the ad controversies became opportunities for conservatives to step up their 2udgments of the entire
black community as refusing to improve itself, and thus proving to be detrimental drains on society% *&ot allowing
them the human tendency to resist change-% 9iting abortion statistics, they claimed to be e"pressing dismay at the
racist liberal plot to kill off the black race from the womb *.he most dangerous place for black children-, but
what they were really doing was angrily scolding the communitys immorality and ignorance for being bought
out by these liberals:
Some will even say they wished race was something that could be discussed, instead of being so censored% 'ut
what they really mean by discussing is complaining, blaming and scolding blacks problems% 'asically, playing
the race card the way .@EKwant it played%
$ll this public chastisement they want would do is basically e"onerate the entire history of the country% It would
openly name and isolatethe problem from all the good folk making up the good nation, and then perhaps the
appropriate steps could be taken, Wwhatever they may be% Kou wonder if it would represent a modern collective
hanging in effigy to some%*Since we see, some out there do still want hangings of the =problem people=-%
Facism is obviously not really wrong in itselfto such people7 but the determinant for who it is right or wrong for is
ones achievements in the world% *0ight makes right-
/eople have gotten so caught up in the =evil= of +bama, liberals, blacks and their =problems=, =whiners=, =takers=,
etc% they cant even see their own evil they point out only in others, and thus why people still complain about race in
the first place:
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If this type of rhetoric has me wondering who out there I see in the world feels this way *and thus feeling a bit less
trustful of people-, then we can see how it has the potential to really sour race relations, even if it is a small fringethat people thin" can have no effect%
.his has the power to poison race on both sides if not answered strongly, as not only will blacks take it as proof
whites are all racists, but even a nonracist white who suffers a brutal crime by a black, in the traumati1ed state,
might rethink these things, and the rhetoric finally =click= for them, in anger%
Inferior or $uperhuman? Forfeiting %ustice and destroying the nation
.hen, as part of the 2udgment against blacks for their crimes against themselves, you have stuff like this;
http;>>www%i2review%com>65D4>5L>H6L!in!D4!days!between!trayvon!shooting!and!1immerman!verdict!DDD5H!
blacks!murdered!by!other!blacks
Jhat is the point( .hat blacks are not outraged about their own crime *as is insinuated-( 'ut to the contrary*
they+e been speaking out about it "or decades,
*$nd they are the ones who have had to deal with the ghetto% 9onservatives, often far away from these high crime
areas complain about it, then pitch guns which we would be the ones more likely to get shot with% I wonder if this
is deliberate among some, as it has been made clear that no one is trying to take their handguns or sports rifles away%
Jhat other kinds of guns do they want to be out there, and who do they want to be able to get them so easily(
un culture is another romanticized aspect o" the e.ceptional past society% Everybody wants to be )ohn
Jayne and have the showdown at the + corral and blow the smoke off their pistol and ride off into the sunset7
but it doesnt usually go 3uite that way in actual gun battles:-
.hen, of course, lets not forget the proverbial black!on!white crime, which they also claim is always ignored now%
.he recent one they all like to throw up at us being a little white @ispanic baby supposedly killed by two teens%
So now, Ill see someone say whites dont have an $l Sharpton to defend the little baby, because such a leader
would be called racist%
@owever, you dohave #imbaugh and others like him, plus Fepublican campaigns and the .ea /arty, who have
spoken far louder and influenced opinion much more than Sharpton or any other liberal voice, and have all mastered
the e"cision of e"plicit race *a deliberate tactic as we shall see shortly- from the language while still getting the
message *of blame- across, and fans can even use that fact to brag that liberals dont have as much of an answer%
*Ironically, it turns out that this story$ trumped up loudly by conseraties$ 'as a HO!/ and the parents 'erethe culprit:http;>>www%addictinginfo%org>65D4>5L>6M>new!evidence!in!georgia!infants!death!points!to!parents!not!
two!black!teen )ust a repeat of the Susan Smith incident of almost 65 years ago:-
Jhat this whole argument pretends never happened is that the media has neverstopped highlighting black crime%
That's why a single story like this or all the black on black incidents might get glossed over% #ost amongst the
do1ens of other similar stories%
*.he whole message of these conservatives is like kids caught doing something and saying #what about $%&(-
&onservatives claim the media and blacs
ignore blac crime, but the media
hasneer stopped highlighting blac crime, and
blacs have been addressing it the whole time
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/07/24/new-evidence-in-georgia-infants-death-points-to-parents-not-two-black-teenhttp://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/07/24/new-evidence-in-georgia-infants-death-points-to-parents-not-two-black-teenhttp://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/07/24/new-evidence-in-georgia-infants-death-points-to-parents-not-two-black-teenhttp://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/07/24/new-evidence-in-georgia-infants-death-points-to-parents-not-two-black-teenhttp://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/07/24/new-evidence-in-georgia-infants-death-points-to-parents-not-two-black-teen -
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'ut to keep throwing this up in a case like .rayvon makes it sound like we do not have the right to 3uestion a case
where we thought a member of our race was wrongfully killed% Its like any one person in our community
hasforfeitedany claim to )ustice because o" 'hat others in the community do% *+ne B' meme points out that a
white person being killed is never 2ustified by the fact that whites kill other whites too: Fowan also makes a similar
point regarding the fact that while simple shootings or robbery may be associated with black males, more heinous
serial crimes are often committed by white males:-
$ll of this '#$0E I would say is a betrayal of deep racism, aside from any open discrimination *like in college,
hiring, or renting- that may be disputed as ongoing or not%
0ichelle $le"anders The )ew *im Crowmentioned black kids *the main target of the ?rug Jar- as =pariahs=, and
now we see a prime e"ample of this; .rayvon essentially being killed for the way he dressed, and the conservatives
trashing him as a =thug= who deserved it%
.hey even turn this into yet another of a string of constant attacks on +bama, who tried to identify with the boy by
saying it could have been him with a meme mocking that he could have been a Skittle!eating, hoodie wearing,
cracker hating, drug using thug%
.his is the image that has been consistently trumped up in Fight wing political discourse% .he perennial prince of
the takers whove singlehandedly brought down the nation, both economically and culturally, by refusing to work
and living off of both crime and handouts taken from others%
.his sums up the attitude of many *and in the comments of a liberal article;
https;>>www%facebook%com>@uff/ost/olitics>posts>D5DDH54DHMDM6DD
If there is a small spark left from an enormous fire and people keep talking as if the fire rages on,
the perception among ignorant people will be that the fire rages on% .hen tremendous resources
will be allocated to the spark% 'reaking the back of the ability to fight real fires% .hat is what all
this race baiting is about% .rying to gin up more white guilt to devote resources to a problem that
e"ists only, for the most part, in the minds of self pitying, victim playing people who will not raise
productive children and do not care for the nation as a whole%
+n the demise of ?etroit;
http;>>www%huffingtonpost%com>65D4>5L>66>detroit!decline!cause!auto!industry!segregation!raceTnT4H4CDC%html
white flight ! yep regardless of what anybody posts on here ! blacks cause most of their own
problems ! wanting everything for free ! and the unions ! want everybody to make OH5,555 for
turning a bolt and retire making the same OH5,555 a year ! the whites move crime increases and
the Southern states get all the 2obs ! right to work states%
The sweeping generaliations conservatives
feel safe in maing 'based on supposed
"fact"(, are themselves eeping race in the
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.his brings the issue of class back into the debate% 9lass was beginning to be seen as underlying race, but events
would always turn the attention back to race% 9onservatives dont like either =card= played on them, and contrasting
from the =$rchie 'unker= old blue collar style of conservativism, the new breed is against unions 2ust as much as
welfare% So even if you are wor"ing, youre still a =taker= if you essentially want =too much= *including any sort of
2ob security and benefits% $pparently, only those at the top deserve them-% Ignored is the fact that workers like that
are struggling to keep up as rents and all other prices are rising, but their incomes are not rising as fast, if at all:
)ust look in the link at the 5Z photos of ruins% 'lacks and unions created this whole mess, or the system responsible
for it, under the ?emocrats giving them these =free rides=% .hats where all the money went% .he auto industry
presumably only =did what it had to do= to survive *under the oppressive liberal policies-%
Even the subprime mortgage crisis that crashed the economy I have seen being ultimately tied to minorities, since
they benefited *initially, that is- a lot from the loans% 'lame is placed solely on the victims, while the banks *like the
auto giants- are completely e"onerated%
Its easy to see where this race!based blaming would help spike up animosity, especially as it occurs as we get a
black president, for two terms%
In both cases, the huge corporations had to be bailed out, and while such =corporate welfare= was usually hailed by
conservatives as =pro!$merican, pro!capitalism= under conservative =trickle down= philosophy7 when +bama did it,
he was all the more condemned for =socialism=% @e should have let the institutions fail, they insisted%*&ever mind
the 3uestion of why they were =too big to fail=, in the first place, especially when liberalism is so accused of
oppressing business, and this said to be the cause of the problem in the first place-%
0eanwhile there were reports of 9E+s taking bailout money and continuing in their opulent lifestyles as if nothing
happened, such as an OC,555 pheasant hunt or million!dollar birthday parties%
Jhenever this financial *rather than racial- aspect of in2ustice was mentioned, the conservatives retort with stern
religious style =rebukes= of =covetousness= and =envy=% .hey deserve it7 its theirmoney, to do with as they please
*no matter what-% .hey would&EVEFsay that about a welfare check% Jhen the government ta"es us and gives it to
the poor, its still =+RF= money wrongly stolen from us% Jhen the same government gives the same money *and
much more of it at that- to a rich corporate leader, its .@EIFmoney% Jhy( 'ecause =the market= determines what
9E+s are worth, and that they got to those positions by making all the right decisions *and basically 2ust being
smarter than everyone else7 one person in a video comment debate said =hes the 9E+ and you are not=-%
In the case of the bailouts, no connection was made between this principle of theirs and the fact that these companies
failed, yet the 9E+s were still rewarded immensely% Even as @ostess 'rands failed, the 9E+s actually asked
forseven figure bonusesto #IURI?$.Ethe company they had obviously killed, including by using pension money
for themselves: /eople again blamed the unions%http;>>www%alternet%org>corporate!accountability!and!workplace>twinkie!ceo!admits!company!took!employees!
pensions!and!put!it
So continuing, according to this logic, those who struggle have only themselves to blame for making all the wrong
decisions *the same person in the video comments used as an e"ample a couple having a child before becoming
financially stable% 9hildren dont always come as planned like that% @e also told me wealth was 2ust four mouse
clicks away for anyone-%
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.his philosophy is summed up here; http;>>www%capitalisminstitute%org>stop!hating!the!rich% .he article claims to
acknowledge =9ertainly, corporate welfare and cronyism play a part of the present in2ustices in society% Its evil and
it has to stop%= but then lists a bunch of the richest people and then makes a comparative value 2udgment; in any
given day, theyve =provided more value for the rest of society than either your life or my life in total=, and of course
puts the onus on us to do the same *=in service to others=, even- instead of complaining about them7 and the religious
themed rebuke regarding =envy=% =Its a really humbling thought to reali1e that the reason that youre not wealthyyet is%%%because youre 2ust not as good as the rich at giving the world a lot of value% .his isnt an insult% Its 2ust a
fact%= #ike the person I tangled with, it then appeals to the internet as giving us the chance to change that reality%
I" it 'ere really all that simple$ then eeryone would seize the opportunity% Bor all of these people who want
free rides, sitting at a computer and making four mouse clicks is far easier than waiting on welfare lines, after all%
Rnless the problem is that the people not doing this really are too stupid% .he overall message Im seeing here is that
youre either one of them *the powerful-, or youre 2ust unworthy% I have seen others claim =the poor dont create
2obs=, as if =Im 2ust more worthy=% +ver and over, I keep seeing it all attributed solely to some depth of character on
the part of the rich, which everyone else is then 2udged as lacking% *$nd yet again, we see that word fact as proof
of superiority% $nd dont ?$FEsay they didnt build everything alonewith no help or any other factors:-
.o tell us we need to =provide value= is to totally dealue 'hat 'e+re already doing%*$nd that is the cru" of the
problem with this philosophy% $nd remember, its not even the unemployed welfare recipient theyre talking to at
this point, but rather the average workers, who only do your M5 hours a week and then go home or only turn a
bolt, and dont do D55 hours like the people theyre defending, apparently% .hey produce =value= *and build
everything by themselves-7 you produce no value% I guess they could 2ust run an office of ghosts replacing all the
workers, and produce the same =value=% +r better yet, machines, and not have to pay anyone% .hats obviously the
ideal theyve been working toward, but until then, even lower paid sweat shop workers in other countries will have
to do% *Good counter!point, see http;>>www%addictinginfo%org>65D4>5>DD>banned!ted!talk!2ob!creator!myth-%
'utif you devalue workers like this, why should they be more =productive=( .his is the same principle used to
e"cuse the 9E+s for taking 2obs away if they are ta"ed or otherwise restricted% =/unishing their hard work=
defenders call it% .he 3uestion is, ho' much compensation de"ines &aluing& or &punishing&(
'ut it seems only 9E+s have this right as humans% Jhile this covetousness is condemned in the struggling
average person, the rich are 2ustified in any reaction they may make when they lose money, in which case they
basically punisheverybody*and it gets blamed on the lower classes themselves and socialism: $lso, 2ust pointing
out ine+uityis being labeled coveting% 'ut to covet, you dont have to try to ta"ewhat the other person has7 2ust
desiringit, and striving to gain the same thing or even 2ust more in general, even if by your own #hard wor"(is
what covetousness is: 0ost people complaining about class are not trying actually to get what the rich have-%
I got my first taste of all of this several years ago, and on a 9hristian forum at that;
=Jorkers ?+ have the same rights as big business does, but they dont hae the same rights as the o'ners andother decision makersin the business% PSo these /E+/#E have the same rights as an abstract entity called =big
business=, but they do not have the same rights as other /E+/#E who have simply managed to gain some status:Q
=%%%45,555 deadwood workers%%%a bunch of chattel%%%=
=%%%+nly for people who are worth fifty cents an hour, with no healthcare and unhealthy working conditions, if thats
what the market dictates=
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&0ome people are better than others in li"e+s horse race%%%&
=Sounds vicious( Jell maybe it is, but o'ner+s game$ o'ner+s rules=
PSince this was a =9hristian=, I wonder where God fits into all this% Isnt it supposed to be @IS game(Q
=%%%like the rest of our loutish$ lo' leel 'ork"orce=
.his, folks, is the mindset conservative rhetoric has been defending: Je see here it is identicalto the slaveowners
beliefs% *So its no surprise that they would lump the descendants of the slaves in with all these =louts= and =chattel=
as undeserving and wanting too much% 'asically, the rich and een the corporations they run are seen as the
)eople,- .his is what we should remember we are dealing with, when we keep asking them for fairness%
$nd it ignores that a lot of these people are heirs, or at least had the right connections, the gap between them and
everyone else has increased enormously in recent decades, and they haen+t created thatmuch more alue, and
that many more than they are willing to admit have gotten a lot of this through cronyism and corporate welfare%
&o one is saying they shouldnt be richer than others *this is a straw man-7 its that their 'ealth is increasing while
they claim they must cut bac on %obs, pay, services and *uality% .heyve created what one observer calls an
illusion of scarcity% *$nd the system is geared to trap people in cycles of debt7 a virtual form of slavery-% $nd the
tactic has been to get those beneath them to blame others for this scarcity, when there is really a hidden abundance%
Still, we see here a mindset of superiority*even if the writer himself is conceding it to someone else-% .he supposed
=makers= or =productive=, with the entire population divided into these categories that determine peoples actual
=worth=7 sounding almost like some sort of cold robotic dictatorship in the darkest science fiction% =Entitlement
mentality= is critici1ed as if its wrong in itself, but in practice, its right for those who have =earned= it:
Je see here the bridge between the modern system and slavery% $fter all, those =backward= $fricans and &ative
$mericans were =unproductive= in their own right, so since we Pthe JestQ were the ones being productiveand
building modern civili1ation, we had the right to take their land and labor% So likewise, if youre not =productive=
PenoughQ today Pi%e% climbed to the top like usQ, we have the right to suffocate you financially, and have you working
for low wages and benefits, while prices are high, and we reap all the benefit%
"I delayed gratification", so I#m +- gratification ./01 you didn#t delay gratification then, so you /0- now
'and that#s why things are hard for you2,)ust put two and two together and you see the underlying rationale for
the 2ustification of everything from slavery to economic oppression%
)ust think7 if one is in debt, and the other is duesomething *that is the source of the others debt-, then a natural
relationship of domination is clearly inferred:
.his is what they are 2ustifying with this philosophy% Same e"act system and underlying mindset7 2ust carried out
differently% *$nd made to look like anyone is =free= to climb up to the top-% $nd 2ust like before, any attempt ofanyone to remediate it is seen as the true nation!destroying betrayal% .he rulers then become the real =victims=%
If they have no problem affirming being =better= than others by class, then it shouldnt be hard to believe many will
still draw that line along race as well% Jhy wouldnt they(
.o one is saying nobody should be richer than others 'a straw
man(1 it3s that their wealth is increasing '"ar more than the alue
they produce( while they claim they must cut bac on %obs, pay,
services and *uality, and have created an 4illusion of scarcity56
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Its also a big slap in the face in the face to accuse all who suffered under poverty, discrimination and most
importantly, poor schools *which limit =opportunity=, contrary to the claim of those who appeal to other groups who
survived discrimination-, of simply =gratifying= themselves *i%e% not =delaying= it-7 adding a character 2udgment on
top of everything else% It is the ultimate self!righteousness, or what is known in 9hristian doctrine as =works!
righteousness=, or in scripture, =righteousness of the #aw=7 by which people 2udge others *based on Gods laws, such
as upholding their end of a give!and!take transaction- while 2ustifying themselves *not aware of their own inherentsinfulness and failure to always do whats right% 9onservative 9hristians, who officially believe in the doctrine of
=Grace= yet have been heavily involved in these moral and political debates, should know better: +ne pastor and
former 9onstitution /arty candidate 9huck 'aldwin, cites the comfort!oriented undesirables of the big cities that
rob states of liberties as why he moved to 0ontana: http;>>newswithviews%com>baldwin>baldwinH6%htm-
.hey also try to argue that =its not azero sum game=% Giving more to 9E+s doesnt take away our pie, it gives us a
=bigger pie=% *.his is basically =trickle!down= theory, but when it still doesnt work, even under Fepublican
administrations, then we must still keep blaming liberal policies alone-%
$s we shall see more of, economics is really the driving force behind all of this, so it should not be surprising that
blame would be shifted the way it is%
Even if poor minorities weregetting all the money and spending it on steaks, electronics, gold chains, e"pensive
clothes, etc% as we see charged7 as =consumers=, they would be actually putting the money back into the economy%
.hey are not the ones SI..I&G on the money, or taking it out of the country, like corporations and the rich can do%
*So here, the 1ero sum argument turns right back on them:- 'ut of course, this is e"cused as well, as its the
liberals and their poor constituents fault business has to take the money elsewhere%
9onservatives wont even stop at seriously distorting the =truth= they so appeal to:
=+bama .ells .eachers &ot .o Feprimand 'lack Students=
http;>>americanoverlook%com>obama!tells!teachers!not!to!reprimand!black!students>D564HL
=The order births a new federal bureaucracy and effectively offers blac" students a green light to misbehave at
school-=
.his of course becomes yet another platform for everyone to talk about black =problems= and how they will now be
encouraged to get worse, and how +bama is a racist favoring blacks%
Ket the article does not even cite the source of this claim%
@ere is the actual order;
http;>>www%ed%gov>edblogs>whieeaa>e"ecutive!order
Jhat they are probably referencing is;
*vi- reducing the dropout rate of $frican $merican students and helping $frican $merican
students graduate from high school prepared for college and a career, in part by promoting a
positive school climate that does not rely on methods that result in disparate use of disciplinary
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tools, and by supporting successful and innovative dropout prevention and recovery strategies that
better engage $frican $merican youths in their learning, help them catch up academically, and
provide those who have left the educational system with pathways to reentry
&otice the word =disparate=; =Bundamentally distinct or different in kind7 entirely dissimilar=%
Its aiming to prevent blacks from being disciplined worse than others *as for the same level of misbehavior-, notsaying they should be disciplined less, regardless of how much children who happen to be black might misbehave%
*$nd of course, you have those who say =theyre disciplined worse because they misbehave more= citing statistics of
course-%
$nother one to take note of *for those who insist no one is trying to address the root of black problems-;
*iii- decreasing the disproportionate number of referrals of $frican $merican children from
general education to special education by addressing the root causes of the referrals and
eradicating discriminatory referrals
$nother good e"ample is how a picture of an older man was used for .rayvon;
http;>>www%theatlantic%com>national>archive>65D4>5L>trayvon!martin!and!the!irony!of!american!2ustice>6LLLC6>
Surely, these =self!pitying, victim!playing= people with their =unproductive children= are being made to bear the
entire countrys shadow *this concept will be discussed later-%
In a 3uote from columnist Gary Jills regarding the oft cited belief that =blacks are taking over= Fowan points out;
=+bviously, blacks occupy a large amount of psychic space, no matter what their numbers are% $ll in all, if blacks
could really do what people are claiming, they would be superhuman, and we should yield to them as our natural
leaders= *p%DDC!-%
+f course you have some who turn the whole situation on its ear by claiming that this is in fact what has happened:
http;>>www%wnd%com>65D4>5L>1immerman!trial!e"poses!negrophilia!in!u!s
Erik Fush, *who is black, and was the first to e"pose the Fev% )eremiah Jright-, author of &egrophilia; Brom Slave
'lock to /edestal [ $mericas Facial +bsession, published by J&? 'ooks7 who, according to the review
doesnt refrain from using the new &!word [ &egrophilia, an undue and inordinate affinity for
blacks [ to describe the mindset that he says is behind a pervasive manipulation e"pertly
employed and e"ploited to divide and destroy $merican society%
Jhites succumb to &egrophilia when, believing that people of color are somehow more
benevolent and less corruptible than themselves, they develop an undue affinity for them, says
Fush%
Ive never seen a liberal believe anything like this7 liberals pitch for =e3uality=, remember7 its conservatives who
always argue for =better>worse= 2udgments, and their blaming stance towards blacks certainlydoesnt picture them
as more benevolent and less corruptible%
.his of course ties into the whole $frican and &ative $merican societies are portrayed as paradise that the white
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man ruined *ignoring their tribal wars- charge% I have never heard anyone teach that either, but what is usually
mentioned is that they lived more in harmonywith nature rather than trying to completely con3uer it% .hat is not the
same as being less corruptible, or paradise%
.hen on another article on the site, by another black writer, 0ychal 0assie *=.he Rgly .ruth $bout .rayvon=-, he
says =.here is an attempt to portray 0artin as worthy of deification=% Jhere did he get that from(
/eople are really pro2ecting their own mindset *including black conservatives who appear to be trying too hard to
show themselves =ob2ective= in not 2ust following the black liberal perspective-%
!ll o" this is ho' conservativesthink about themseles, with young black culture forever failing to measure up to
this standard%
.he irony of all this is that its not that black parents *even single ones- dont teach their kids anything, as people are
assuming% Uuite the contrary, blacks are known to be the roughest parents: .he proverbial aTT!whooping is the
staple of childhood and parenting memories, while white parents will generally beg and plead with their kids to
behave *and even in the past, when they were stricter, it was usually wait till your father gets home-% I constantly
hear many working class black coworkers and others, who critici1e the youth culture, with the saggy pants, se"ual
indecency and all of the other things the entire race has been portrayed with% *Kou often hear them saying =If I
caught mykids doing that%%%:= Fight wingers even sometimes acknowledge black community as being conservative
*especially with the traditional homophobia weve been known for-, but still insist on generali1ing us all as having
been bought out by the liberal ?emocrats when we should have stuck with the Fepublicans% Je abandoned the
Fepublicans because of all the ?i"iecrats who took it over and infused it with their race!blaming sentiments and
policies% Ket 'e are no' )udged as blind and1or sel"ish "or oting against those 'ho sho' they do not
represent us$ which is supposed to be the whole point of American #liberty(* and 'e should ote "or them
any'ay$ because they kno' 'hats good "or us$ which is what the authoritarian .eft is criticized for:-
/op culture has trumped up this young thug image, 2ust the same as it has done with the young PwhiteQ =blonde
bimbos= gracing the tabloids every day% /eople have taken this and run with it, to 2ustify old pre2udices, but it shows
why such generali1ations are always wrong, no matter how much statistics you may .@I&you have:
@owever, Ive always noted that these tough parents teach the kids to fear .@E0, yet when they are not around, the
kids learn to get away with stuff% .his is when they get influenced by the culture, which in their community defines
a young black kid as a thug wearing baggy pants, and the girls as hoochies% .he parent receives the respect and
fear of the kid, and then talks about how he has his kids under control, compared to all the ones in the streets, or the
news, or the twerking videos% 'ut then when they finally do get caught up in something, its the total denial of my
"id doesn't do that!7 hence, the coddling the black parents or community is often accused of%
It is easy to point and say what parents or the community should do, but much harder to go and do it *like the
parents would have to never allow the kids out of their sight, including to go to school or anything else-% Its easybecause the fingerpointing conservative community has learned to blame all of its *or the nations, including their
own younger generations- problems on some isolated!from!themselves others, including the blacks, the liberal
media and education, foreign people or philosophies, etc%
I3ve heard far more anti!welfare rhetoric such as 4strapping
bucs5, 4grasshoppers5 and 4chicens and ducs5 over the
years than I3ve heard minorities actually demanding more
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+efinite patterns in the history of race
0ichelle $le"ander The )ew *im Crowoutlines the development of the race issue, and we see from the birth of
slavery *p%66, 64-, http;>>erictb%wordpress%com>65DD>5C>5>review!the!new!2im!crow;
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claim liberal ?emocratic establishment as out of touch with ordinary working people% So they resolved how
topersuade poor and working class voters to align with corporate interests and the conservative elite%
.his, in $le"anders outline, then culminates in the #ar on 3rugs, supported by the Fepublican ma2ority, as inner
city communities were suffering from economic collapse, with factories closing, multinational corporations
transferring 2obs away from $merican cities, etc% ids who learned nothing in crumbling schools would end upinstead in high tech prisons *which also are becoming privati1ed big business- for minor offenses% *0eanwhile,
traffickers bringing it into the country, and even local kingpins would not even be touched, though:-
4his 'ould also help perpetuate the &problems o" the black community& that have come so in handy in
conservative rhetoric, including to demoni1e people like .rayvon%
Jith all of this, 5ight-'ingers 'ho try to point blame at minorities "ail to see ho' they hae "allen right into
perpetuating this cycle, rather than racism being so behind them% $ll the rhetoric and tactics they are using are not
new% So its not=so long ago= either7 its something that has 2ust trans!mutated along with the times%
@ere we see the development of the trends that lead up to todays rhetoric% .he split between the conservative and
liberal approach, how corporatism has benefitted from the race>class divide the whole time and deflects suspicion
from itself, and how the angry middle class came to see corporations *i%e% unbridled capitalism- as the hero and
instead focus on welfare and crime to blame blacks7 all the while able to insist there is no proof of racism%
Je can see here the repeating themes of;
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.hink7 wouldnt an ideal situation for a companys profits be if the workers could work for free( .hats what slavery
was% +r e"tremely low paid( .hats what theyve been trying for ever since, in one way or another%
Jhen they couldnt get that here, then corporations turned elsewhere where they could get cheap labor, and the
conservatives defend this, in the name of =profit= *=financial responsibility=, even-, and then blame the workers here
*and often racial groups- for =wanting too much= and thus driving business out% *.hey then toss out red herrings
such as =if you want more, pull yourselves up like the 9E+s=, to prove this system is neither classist nor racist-%
Bor decades, Fepublicans campaigned as representing =the forgotten middle class= against =big government= ta"ing
them to give to the poor% &ow, one leader is saying not to speak of =middle class= at all, because its =0ar"ist=
language, and buying into ?emocrats rhetoric of dividing $merica% because theres no class in $merica and
its a place where everyone has the opportunity to succeed% http;>>www%mediaite%com>tv>rick!santorum!in!iowa!
the!term!middle!class!is!mar"ism!talk
+ur attention is always pointed away from class divisions, which are real, as the =DN= charts show% 'ut its + to
point out a racial group *and blame them for that division-, with the =opportunity= claim used to place blame on
those who struggle:
$nother thing they condemn is &'ealth redistribution&, meaning government ta"ing ordinary people to give to
nonworking poor% @owever, they ignore that wealth is already being redistributed, in the other direction, to those at
the top% $gain, we are told they deserve it, and that their e"cesses are not taking anything away from everyone else,
but rather would benefit us all if we 2ust gave them even more%
I only had to think of such devious tactics such as =planned obsolescence= which became obvious in the late L5s,
where items were built of cheaper 3uality and essentially made to need to be replaced% *$nd often, things breaking
down right after the warranty e"pires% .oday, it is common with electronics>software, to be superseded 3uickly by
the ne"t version, rendering the previous one obsolete-%
Ket both prices and e"ecutive income rose dramatically, yet this was the =good= system in the world*unlike those
=godless materialists= overseas-, and all the blame began shifting to the poor person buying something with food
stamps as our economic public enemy \D%
It was recently revealed that the .ea /arty, which has become a big breeding ground for these rhetorical tactics, was
basically created by 'ig .obacco *one of the players in the +ld South from slavery on, of course-, as well as the
billionaire och brothers *whose father was a founding member of the )ohn 'irch Society, who said =.he colored
man looms large in the 9ommunist plan to take over $merica,= through public welfare and =getting a vicious race
war started%=% och, Bred 9%A Business &an .oo"s at Communism% *DH5- self!published-%
Study 9onfirms .ea /arty Jas 9reated by 'ig .obacco and 'illionaire och 'rothers;
http;>>www%huffingtonpost%com>brendan!demelle>study!confirms!tea!party!TbT6HH4D6%html
*.hey basically get to instigate racial division under the very prete"t of calling it out:-
Shouldnt it be clearhow forces like this would benefit by getting the unhappy whites blaming blacks yet e"tolling
the rich, while claiming that its the #eft that is causing the race problems along with every other problem(
Is it hard to believe that this might be the source of a lot of the attitudes e"pressed in the rhetoric7 that they would
believe themselves to be =makers=, and look down on others who have not climbed up to their level, and would thus
want everyone to believe the same( *9ouldnt you picture them telling some Plikely underpaidQ worker =Im the 9E+
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$lready we see the direct connection to the blaming of blacks and 9ommunists in con2unction% In this whole tactic,
any claim blacks make about race is instantly invalidated as part of a 9ommunist plot% *9onservatives often post
memes on 0artin #uther ing, for the most part owning him as a good Fepublican, who had 9hristian values, and
whose ?ream of colorblindness was a noble one *being violated today only by the race!baiting blacks
themselves and ?emocrats-% 'ut that+s not ho' the 6onstitution 7upholding conseraties o" his day sa'
him% *Christian colleges reportedly even erupted in cheering at his assassination!- @e was seen as the primee"ample of the 9ommunists using blacks to stir up racial tension% $ma1ing how ings evil anti!$merican leftism
has suddenly disappeared to such patriots today:-
+n one hand, the nation defended by the ochs and )'S tyranni1ed a group of people centuries ago, and now in the
last century, it gained a perpetual enemy whom they believe is trying to tyranni1e them% 'oth sets of detractors
ironically get lumped into the same pot, to be isolatedinto D55N invalidity, while these defenders and their
economic system continue to shine as the unfairly maligned good guys%
$nd so to throw suspicion off of their interests, they would have the .ea /arty and think!tank
organi1ations>foundations they support infuse political discourse with the blaming of these others( 4he goal being
to receie less ta.es and regulations$ so they can hae all the more po'er(
'eing that people are the same in any age, if earlier private and government forces could maintain slavery, where
some groups were used for free labor, *and this even under the banner of the =self!evident truth= that =all men are
created e3ual=-, then why should it be hard to believe that the current economic crunches could be part of the same
goal of virtual slavery *people working but still not having enough to make ends meet, rather than the problem being
the poor gaining all the money-(
$re such enterprises so =good=, 2ust from having this =maker= designation applied to them, that they are above
human fault7 that others, including the poor can be plagued with =greed= and =covetousness=, but people like this are
aboethat, 2ust because of their position and status( 'ecause they supposedly delayed gratification at one point(
$re they the ones being elevated to godlike status, *rather than .rayvon and black culture as people actually claim-(
So as far as the decay of ?etroit and many other cities, its like when it couldnt have slavery, then couldnt have
segregation, the nation went into a sort of =self!destruct mode=, through white flight, in both cities *as owners held
onto property, but let it decay, many fires were due to heat not being given or buildings being abandoned, or outright
insurance fraud, etc%-, and then the 2ob market and economy% So now, since the blacks are the ones left in these
bombed out cities, and all of this 2ust happens to occur right after desegregation and other 9ivil Fights progresses,
thatprovesit7 its all their fault% Theydid all this, and the liberals using them to turn this into a socialist country%
@opefully, through deductive logic, this would become clear, and there would eventually be a backlash leading to
people finally rising up and taking back the country% @ence, fulfilling the old dream that .he South shall rise
again% *.he old =8ost 6ause=, seen as representing the purest original values of the whole nation, and for whichSouthern!based conservatives resented the government ever since-%
$ll of the facts these people present can be taken to point to one thing% 'lacks are the cause of the fall of the
nation, so the slae-o'ners$ or at least the segregationists must hae been right all along*and we see a few who
will even come out and proclaim this-, now proven as un3uestionably and concretely as gravity, so for our good, and
actually for their own good as well, we must restore the original =principles= of the nation *and Pinterpretation ofQ
the 9onstitution-% .he truth of how this is to be carried out will be seen as speaking for itself and thus not racist%
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Jhen I kept seeing the utter denial regarding wealth!based power, and how people FEBRSEto even consider that this
may be part of the blame, this eventually made it 9#E$Fthat what they are fighting for is the =honor= of the nations
history% *.he final clue should have been when one person on a 9hristian board even told me to =man up= when I
complained that eyeglasses I thought were a bit costly were still cheaply made% Im the one getting gipped, yet the
fault is with me, not the manufacturer +F the market that makes them cost the way they do: &othing is EVEFtheir
fault:- .his was evident, especially after seeing how clear The )ew *im Crowmade the economic basis of racismand the divide and con3uer tactics% It all fell into place: .hey take personallyany charge made against either the
historic nation or modern capitalism% .hey have a deep solidaritywith it%
If the old nation *which included its slavery and segregation tactics- wont be completely accepted as wrong, then
neither will todays economic control% +ne is the continuation of the other, and they stand or fall together: If God
ordained one, @e ordained the other%
$nd blame 0RS.be assigned to the sufferers to make the whole premise work% 4his country is so good that those
'ho don+t make it here 'ere and are )ust in"erior in one 'ay or another: .hats the bottom line:
'laming supposed destroyers of the nation was precisely the tactic of &a1i Germany% Ironically, the racist
stereotype of )ews is basically diametric opposite of blacks% Jhere blacks were always portrayed as being leeches
by way of being la1y non!workers, the )ews were seen as workaholic money hoarders% Everything the blacks are
not7 but nevertheless, the far Fight blamers of that time and place still held this as =leeching= off of everyone else,
and thus draining and destroying the nation% *$nd even this carries over to this modern $merican rhetoric war, when
a few ultraconservatives do acknowledge the culpability of world bankers, but almost always have to specify them
as )ewish, as if that makes a difference% It does when you need someone else to isolate the problem to, and the
blacks cant possibly be blamed for world economics-%
So what was thatpeoples solution, to save theirnation(
9onservatives claim to be defending against the erosion of our =freedoms=, especially as embodied by =public=
systems they call =socialist=, while unbridled =capitalism= is seen as the totally =safe= alternative% 'ut will it matter
whether a tyrannical system is made up of government or private enterprise(
/eople generally associate tyranny with the #eft, but the spectrum is really 6?, with both left and right,
and authoritarian and libertarianas the other factor% Jhere Soviet 9ommunism was authoritarian #eft, &a1ism
and fascism were authoritarian Fight *even though conservatives keep trying to lump them in with the #eft based
simply on the authoritarianism-%
Giving unlimited shrift and power to big business *while spending so much time and energy blaming and fighting
your fellow citi1en, at the behest of big business financed rhetoric- will surely lead to some form of authoritarian
regime7 even if constructed under the premise of freedom *0ar" was for workers rights, not government
control, but it turned into that anyway% 0an cant help himself when given so much control-%
.hose =private= enterprises will still need to maintain order if they gain power, and so!called =market forces= can
all the more be manipulated to not regulate the growing power base% $nd remember, they earned the dominance:
'ut the =dittoheads= of the nation seem to think =private= power or its leaders can do no wrong7 continuing to =drink
the ool $id=% *Some libertarians and so!called =paleo!9onservatives= might include =global corporatism= as a
threat to our freedom7 and controlling both parties, but the most blame always seems to ultimately fall right back
onto minorities and the social programs-%
If they want to shed the accusation of racism, then lets see them stop blaming other races for their problems:
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Fears and an7ieties
Its like what was pointed out last fall in analy1ing why the Fepublicans lost, despite all the rhetoric of how horribly
+bama was performing, that they catered to the "ears and an.ietiesof one particular demographic%
http;>>tv%msnbc%com>65D6>DD>D5>white!identity!politics!doomed!65D6!republican!effort *emphasis added-
.he beating heart of modern conservatism is its visceral appeal to an.ieties and "earsof white
9hristians% .his is a different statement than saying the beating heart of modern conserva