Category: Race
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The Racism Charge: The Left’s Attempt to Shut Down Debate
In The Faith of a Liberal, Morris Raphael Cohen writes that "The touchstone that enables us to recognize liberalism is the question of toleration . . . ." Now if toleration is the touchstone of liberalism, there is nothing liberal about contemporary liberals. They should therefore not be called 'liberals' but leftists. There is nothing tolerant…
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Race and Race
During my 26.2 mile trip from the Peralta trailhead to Apache Junction's Prospector Park, I had ample opportunity to observe the ethnic and social composition of my fellow marathoners. Only two blacks did I spy, an observation in illustration of a general truth: (American) blacks are not proportionally represented at running events. No, I am not…
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I’m a Racist Because I Disagree with You?
Then you are a racist for disagreeing with me. For I have a race too. I'm a sexist because I dissent from your opinion? Then you are a sexist for disagreeing with me. For I have a sex too. I'm an ageist because I don't buy your point of view? Then you are an ageist for disagreeing…
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Can a Black Man Vote Against Obamacare?
If a black congressman were to vote against a Democrat health care reform proposal, could he call himself a black man? According to this source: The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats’ signature healthcare bill. “We even have blacks voting against the healthcare bill from…
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Mark Steyn on Code Language
Thank God for Mark Steyn, a man of intelligence and courage and a resolute foe of liberal-left idiocies. He cites one Melissa Harris-Lacewell, professor of African-American studies at Princeton, who proffered the contemptible inanity that “language of personal responsibility is often a code language used against poor and minority communities.” Steyn comments: “Personal responsibility” is racial…
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Jimmy Carter, Race-Baiter
This is hard to believe. "I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African American," Carter tells us in the video clip to which I have just linked. First of all, what is being "intensely demonstrated" at…
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The Gun-Totin’ Obama Protester Was Black!
If a black man exercises his Second Amendment rights, is he really black? For liberals, the answer, apparently, is in the negative. For them, apparently, the only real black is a liberal black. Take a gander at this video clip. You will see an Obama protester with a semi-automatic rifle slung over his shoulder, a…
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The White House Beer Summit
So what's on tap? If Officer Crowley shows up with a sixpack of Negra Modelo, will he be accused of racism by Professor Gates? After all 'negra' might remind someone of 'nigger.' Not long ago the use of the word 'niggardly' cost a man his job because it reminded some fools of 'nigger.' I am not making…
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Of Black Holes and Political Correctness: If You Take Offense, Is That My Fault?
Suppose a white person uses the phrase 'black hole' in the presence of a black person either in its literal cosmological meaning or in some objectively inoffensive metaphorical sense, and the black person takes offense and complains that the phrase is 'racially insensitive.' Actual case here. Compare that with a case in which a white…