1. By Shelby Steele, one of my political fathers. (The other is Thomas Sowell.) wsj.com/articles/the-e… via @WSJOpinion
2. Quote: "White guilt is not angst over injustices suffered by others; it is the terror of being stigmatized with America’s old bigotries—racism, sexism, homophobia and xenophobia. "
3. "To be stigmatized as a fellow traveler with any of these bigotries is to be utterly stripped of moral authority and made into a pariah."
4. "The terror of this, of having 'no name in the street' as the Bible puts it, pressures whites to act guiltily even when they feel no actual guilt. White guilt is a mock guilt, a pretense of real guilt, a shallow etiquette of empathy, pity and regret."
5. "It is also the heart and soul of contemporary liberalism."
6. I contend that white guilt and white privilege are white supremacism in disguise; a wolf in the clothing of sheep.
7. White persons who take up the burden of white guilt and white privilege want to take up the cross and bear the sins of their ancestors.
Last I checked, God already handled that business.
Last I checked, God already handled that business.
8. A savior is, by definition, a hero and morally better than those whom he saves. The saved understand this and are grateful.
9. This is why white guilt/privilege is so insidious. Those who don this mantle want to be the heroes of us poor oppressed and benighted minorities.
Sorry, leftists, I already have a Savior. And He's better than all of us put together.
Sorry, leftists, I already have a Savior. And He's better than all of us put together.
10. Therefore, you may now climb down off the cross. No need to thank *me.*
"Whom the Son sets free is free indeed."
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"Whom the Son sets free is free indeed."
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