Posted on 02/02/2021 9:47:10 AM PST by Kaslin
Second only to his fixation on "climate change" is President Biden's focus on "systemic racism." In addition to reinstating mandatory race theory training for federal employees, Biden proposes spending even more money we don't have to fix a problem beyond the government's reach. As with original sin, curing racism is best solved internally. It is a matter of the heart.
If racism is systemic, meaning it is embedded in white people, how is it possible to eliminate it? Do those on the receiving end of discrimination have a role to play? This is a question Democrats never address. If spending money is the key to limiting racism, more progress should have been made by now.
If white people are all inherently racist, then why have so many willingly contributed to causes and programs to lift poor people of color out of poverty to become self-sustaining? Why did so many white people vote for Barack Obama for president?
Part of the campaign against racism was Lyndon's Johnson's "War on Poverty." According to the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, almost $23 trillion has been spent on programs to end poverty, but the poverty rate remains about the same. This is the definition of insanity, repeating the same behavior and expecting a different outcome.
In none of these pronouncements by Biden and the civil rights establishment does one hear about the personal responsibility of those who have the opportunity -- if they make the right decisions, regardless of circumstances -- to improve their lives.
Some years ago, I visited a Washington, D.C., middle school with the Rev. Jesse Jackson. The group of young people of color assembled in the school auditorium were focused on his every word. He admonished them to stay in school, study, not have kids out of wedlock and stay off drugs. It was sound advice.
Why don't politicians cite the successes and overcoming of obstacles by those who made right choices, instead of their constant focus on those who are making wrong choices? I think it's because especially liberal politicians need a guaranteed base of voters who are addicted to government and, thus, to them, to sustain themselves in office.
Is it racist for teachers' unions in big cities like Chicago to keep their schools closed, denying especially minority children a proper education? They are blaming COVID for staying away, even though some scientists say children are least likely to catch the virus.
If kids are denied a quality education, they could end up in gangs, as some do. It might be argued that denying schoolchildren their right to a good education harms public safety. On an average weekend in most big cities, dozens are shot and killed. How many perpetrators of this random violence are high school or college graduates on a path to successful lives?
In his classic, multi-volume work, "Abraham Lincoln: The War Years," Carl Sandburg writes of a meeting between a black delegation and the president one month before Lincoln issued The Emancipation Proclamation.
One of the men took notes on what Lincoln told them. Among many of his thoughts on race -- some distasteful and some not -- Lincoln said: "Success does not as much depend on external help as on self-reliance." (Vol. 1, p. 575) Should that not resonate in our day?
The best approach to eliminating, or at least reducing racism is success. Telling stories and modeling those who have overcome hardships is better than singing, "We Shall Overcome Some Day." Following Jesse Jackson's advice to those schoolchildren can improve any life.
Start by closing down the Congressional Black Caucus along with the other race oriented caucuses in Congress.
That would send a positive message to the American people.
Can’t eliminate what doesn’t exist.
He can’t define it or point to examples so it’s a great tool to bludgeon your enemies.
Can I get me a unicorn huntin’ license here? (With no apologies to John F. Kerry.)
I’m sure racism exists to a degree but the only systematic racism that is enshrined by law is against White people and in favorite of “minorities”
systemic racism = western civilization
Ever notice only white people are accused of racism?
I flat our reject the premise. Either we quit considering race all together or whites need their own advocacy groups.
Of course; that is why Joe Biden was elected. After 47 years he really going to get it right this time.
There is no systemic racism in America.
My tag line says it perfectly.
No. If you’re ALWAYS looking for racism, either overt, subtle, or hidden, you will find it.
Everything is racist. Thank you Saul Alinsky.
There’s no such thing as systemic racism.
Only if you eliminate it as a way for people to get rich by telling people about “Systemic Racism”, it’s a full-blown industry.
systematic racist is fiction. It has no definition and therefore can never be solved. The perfect communist problem.
Actually the question should be, “Can systemic socialism
be eliminated?”.
Let’s see. The Democrats were behind:
Slavery
Jim Crow
The KKK
Segregation in the South
Hey Joe. I know where you can start getting rid of systemic racism in this Republic...and in case you can’t figure it out...try the Democratic party.
if the historically black colleges are promoting the theory of “systemic racism,” then close them and transfer the students to other schools.
I agree there is not systemic racism. However their are some black, brown, white, American Indian, and Asian people who hold racist views.
I believe the black man not yet identified, who murdered Ashli Babbitt, an unarmed white woman, may have acted out of racial animus. Why is he protected, why did he shoot to kill? Who gave him the kill order, was it Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, James Clyburn, Chuck Schumer? Why is there a coverup?
If one accepts the above proposition, then the only way to eliminate "systemic racism" is to eliminate white people, or at least eliminate white people from all positions of power. Zimbabwe tried this, it didn't work out well for either whites or most blacks (at east those outside the power elite).
A question that white people need to ask themselves is, do we want to cooperate in our elimination? Are we willing to "cure systemic racism", regardless of the price to ourselves and our families?
For me, my answer is "No".
“Systemic racism” is a BIG LIE, spread by leftist ideologues!!!!
I’m sick of hearing about it and seeing it in print!!!! Even when I read the journal “Science” (published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science) it SCREAMS “systemic racism” at me, from the “news” articles in the front of the magazine!!!!
The ideologues blame EVERYTHING on “systemic racism”—even the pandemic, and the mental health problems caused by isolation in the pandemic! LIARS!!!!
PHOOEY to “systemic racism”!!!!
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