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Source: Dem senator: King’s ‘racist’ talk has ‘consequences’ | TheHill

Of course it’s racism; what isn’t these days?  It’s quizzical that the racism that is allegedly espoused by the Iowa Congressman hasn’t deterred immigration applicants to the US.  For example, we don’t see that prospective immigrants are instead choosing to enter China, Saudi Arabia, or Pakistan as alternate potential homelands.

The worst racism over the past few generations has unquestionably been propagated by the self proclaimed progressives.  That comes in the guise of diminished expectations, the worst kind of racism.  The most glaring instance of this is the pervasive application of the Orwellian labeled “affirmative action”, which in reality allows people to be graded on a curve as if in a class of slow learners in school.

The obvious consequence of this are a vast group of people who have been conferred with educational creds which are of spurious value. The entire concept of this is illogical when applied to everyday life.  We don’t accept inferior goods when shopping for things. Who would accept a plate of sardines at a restaurant if they ordered sole, because, well,  it was close enough?  We don’t award Olympic medals to people because they tried hard.  Somehow, when it comes to race issues, a putt that figuratively falls within the 10 foot circle is a gimme.

The on going and fallacious argument regarding immigrants and immigration are pushing forth the same racist tenets of diminished expectations.  Rather than encourage that newcomers have at the very minimum, an acceptance of a new culture, the adoptive society is expected to acquiesce to the dictates and standards of the newcomers.  This was not the intention of the original concept of America taking in the “huddled masses and those yearning to breathe free”.  Unfortunately, that credo has been transmogrified to, taking in “the demanding masses yearning to live for free.”

Presumably, the new culture is worth coming to.  It was in the past. Immigrants came to the US for opportunity and it was accepted that to be a part of the great nation was an aspiration and an achievement, not an entitlement.  In the natural world, new animals adopt to the herd.  When a player gets traded to another team, he doesn’t carry the ball for his old one.  It’s not racism to expect that new immigrants at the very least, want to be Americans.

Nobody has an issue with immigration, since the strength of America is directly tied to its centuries old tradition of bringing in aspiring people. Come one, come all.  Just don’t bring your baggage.

Source: KING: Dear White America, which form of protest do you prefer? – NY Daily News

The fact that the author separates people as being part of “White America” already tells you something about his mindset.  But he is mistaken if he thinks that “White America” which includes everyone, including blacks, monolithically trounces the “rights” of “Black America”.  Objective studies have shown that the police are as statistically likely to shoot a non black person as a black person during contentious arrests.

According to the linked study above compiled by the Washington Post, no beacon of conservatism, objective statistics show a much different truth than the Kaepernicks and their ilk would have you believe.  Put simply, blacks disproportionately commit larger shares of violent crime.  The most telling illustration of this is from very recent history.  In August of this year, Chicago recorded 90 homicides ,a new and unenviable record for that city.  This has nothing to do with police killings or oppressive behavior by law enforcement.  It’s not the Irish or the Italians fighting turf wars.  This is gang and drug related violence and typically black on black crime.

This phenomenon is repeated in cities all over the United States from Baltimore to Cleveland to Philadelphia to New York.  When violence occurs in those black sub communities, the police are required to step in to address it.  It is not systemic persecution of blacks as the Kaepernicks of the world profess.

While Kaepernick’s recent hairdo evokes the ’70’s, in 21st century America, systemic racism has all but been wiped out by advances in laws and attitudes during the past 50 years.  The only people insisting that the great racial divide still exists are those that can politically benefit.  There is no job or position that is off limits for a person of color.  In the case of blacks, they have attained the pinnacle of success in every field from entertainment, to sports to business, to politics, perhaps even disproportionately so.  If a guy with as little talent as Kanye West can be a star, there can’t be any barriers to success.   The oppression and racism narrative doesn’t fit, except by those hoping to exploit the people who believe it.

Guys like Kaepernick may think that they’re taking a principled stand on an issue and of course, they have that right.  But his ignorance of the facts makes him just another stooge in the narrative that the racists want to perpetuate.  It’s not being black that is dangerous to one’s life…it’s being a criminal.  Rather than blaming others as they’ve been programmed to do by political opportunists over the years, blacks need to push back into their communities and set examples and pass on the opportunities that they themselves have grasped.  Be Michael Jordan, not Kanye West; be Jerry Rice, not Aaron Hernandez.  White or Black America only exists in the minds of deluded perpetual victims.