Racism is like crime. Every society is going to have some. The goal isn’t wiping it out (since that will never happen) but keeping it to a minimum. By every measure America has very little racism.
In order to believe that America has a racism problem, you have to believe in homeopathic racism: that tiny cases of racism can do vast amounts of harm. Which is absurd.
We are living in a weird kind of “racism Kabuki theater.”
An obvious example: the death of George Floyd had nothing to do with race.
And yet we were all supposed to act as if it did/does.
An obvious example: the death of George Floyd had nothing to do with race.
And yet we were all supposed to act as if it did/does.
Such a state is possible only when the racism demand far outstrips the racism supply.
In such a situation, faux racism will be “found” or produced.
Examples: the wave of fake, staged “hate crimes”; the silly debate over “Jim Crow Road” in California.
In such a situation, faux racism will be “found” or produced.
Examples: the wave of fake, staged “hate crimes”; the silly debate over “Jim Crow Road” in California.
Jim Crow Road is named after a Californian named Jim Crow. The name has nothing to do with the “Jim Crow” of segregation. And yet people are up in arms AS IF it did have something to do with racism.
Recall the professor of Chinese who was punished for saying “ne ga”—becomes it SOUNDED LIKE the n-word to some pathetically weak undergraduates.
In 9th grade, my Social Studies teacher was named Jim Crow. I’m sure today he’d be fired for his “racism.”
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