Category: Race

… and not necessarily transphobic. But that’s only my opinion. However, it is also my opinion that the fired Netflix employee quoted in the Verge article below is a racist:

Netflix just fired the organizer of the trans employee walkout

Here’s the quote I found concerning:

“All these white people are going around talking to the press and speaking publicly on Twitter and the only person who gets fired is the Black person who was quiet the entire time,” says a former employee in an interview with The Verge. “That’s absurd, and just further shows that Black trans people are the ones being targeted in this conversation.”

So you’re the one being targeted, not the group of people whom you’ve identified by race alone? Isn’t your identification of this group in this manner racist on its face? And are you so sure that these people are only white?

The definition of racism has been in flux lately. However, I find proposed changes – and the current definition – to be limiting.   I think it’s important to recognize that racism should not require a fundamental belief that one race is superior to another; racism is also evident in any claim that assigns an attribute – positive or negative – to an individual or group of individuals based solely on the color of their skin. Thus, the quoted Netflix ex-employee is acting in a racist manner by identifying a group – one alleged to have spoken freely to the press without repercussion – by the purported color of their skin.

We will never escape racism until we realize that people – yes, Virginia, even white people – must be judged as individuals, by their character rather than by the color of their skin.

…from the bottom of the deck?

Black Lives Matter chapter to protest in support of Texas tourists accused of assaulting NYC hostess

In case you didn’t hear, this case involves 3 women from Texas who allegedly attacked a hostess at Carmine’s restaurant in NYC when the hostess refused to seat friends of the women who  could not produce a COVID vaccination card (as required by NYC law).

From the article:

The group said they want the charges dropped against the three women and for Carmine’s “to pay for promoting a false narrative and creating fake news reports.”

I guess the new “get out of jail free” card (with a cash bonus) is the race card…

The response by Carmine’s seems appropriate; we’ll see if they (and common sense) prevail in a world obsessed with race-based cancel culture:

“None of the attackers offered any reason for their attack. None of the hosts – all of whom are people of color – uttered a racial slur,” the statement continued. “None of the attackers mentioned anything about race to our managers, staff, or the police who arrested them, and the Texas criminal defense lawyer’s false assertion otherwise is a deeply cynical ploy to try to excuse wanton violence. “

From a recent article written by Dr. Alveda King:

So when I hear the term critical race theory, I say what’s critical to know is that human beings share 99.5 percent of our DNA. That’s what our students should hear from pre-school on. 

We are more alike than we are different. We are one blood. We are one human race.

Well said. The more we teach equality, the more it will be realized.

As someone with an ongoing connection to academia, I am forced to endure a barrage of “woke” emails each day. And even if there is a legitimate message in the endless stream of propaganda, its constant implication that I am a racist simply because of the color of my skin (ironic, no?) makes me blind to it.

And then one slipped through. This email contained a snippet of a letter written long ago by Frederick Douglass. He was corresponding with his former slave master, and in this letter he spoke of his integration into the fabric of a growing and prosperous nation. He was proud; he described how he felt as he received his first pay – pay that was his, and his alone, born from his own productive work. He was earning his way in life by his own effort and with the mutual consent of those with whom he interacted. And as I read his letter I thought to myself, ” This is truly what it means to be an American.”

Below is the snippet of the letter contained in the email that caught my initial attention. But there is much greater depth to his letter, and the full version (here) contains elements of fear, confusion, discovery, courage, freedom, growth, understanding, and even forgiveness. It is definitely worth the read.

Since I left you, I have had a rich experience. I have occupied stations which I never dreamed of when a slave. Three out of the ten years since I left you, I spent as a common laborer on the wharves of New Bedford, Massachusetts. It was there I earned my first free dollar. It was mine. I could spend it as I pleased. I could buy hams or herring with it, without asking any odds of anybody. That was a precious dollar to me.

I wish I could have known Frederick Douglass; I think I would have liked him.

…is that they are nothing without hate. They count on the hate of others to fuel their “cause” – crusades that often enrich only them and their brethren at the expense of the social and psychological well being of others. They are parasites of the worst kind, and yet we continue to fall lock-step behind them in the march to our own destruction. Why?

NYC shrink tells Yale audience she fantasizes about shooting White people in head

Demagogues such as this are not interested in solving real problems; they are only interested in placing blame. Blame gives them purpose; it gives them power. But in the end such campaigns must fail. Think not? Ask Hitler – his blame campaign against the Jews killed millions, and eventually consumed his country. Ask Nathan Bedford Forrest – the blame campaign he inspired as leader of the KKK in the 1870’s cost many thousands of African-Americans their lives, and at its peak claimed over 4 million adherents. Do we really want to go down this path – again?

When will we learn that hate only enriches the hate-mongers? That racism cannot be fought with more racism?

Should we be blaming children for racist activities in which they had no part, solely because their skin color is the same as those who did? If racism is defined as judging someone’s character based solely on the color of their skin, isn’t such a position just as racist as the activities for which these children are being blamed?

We will never end racism with more racism, yet this is the basis for “critical race theory”. But when an educator expresses concerns as to critical race theory being racist on its face, they are immediately “cancelled”:

Teacher Rejects Critical Race Theory Indoctrination In His Progressive School: It’s ‘Self-Evidently Racist’

Critical race theory establishes guilt by color of skin. It is as racist as it sounds, and will only foster more animosity between races. Why, then, are the liberals pushing this agenda? Could it be that this is what they want – a country divided? Is this how politicians remain in power, not by bringing us together but instead by splitting us apart? Given that Congress’ approval rating over the last two decades has averaged ~28%, do you really think our representatives are keeping their offices by doing a good job, or by pitting us against one another? Is this simply politicians utilizing the age-old adage, “…divide and conquer…”?

Oh, well. Prepare to be conquered.

Why mention it at all? Why is it relevant?

Hideki Matsuyama claims Masters title, first Japanese golfer to win major championship

Either you’re a good golfer or you’re not; race should have nothing to do with it. Provide a picture and let use figure it out for ourselves if we’re interested.

We’re either color blind or we’re not – and continually reporting race will not guide us towards a future where race is irrelevant.