vdare--2020-01-03--A 1986 Scientific Study: "The 'Sissy Boy Syndrome' and the Development of Homosexuality''

The current transgender fad to put children on puberty blockers tends to be , in effect , an Iranian-style war of eradication upon males who would grow up to be gay men , and upon tomboys , many of whom would grow up to be straight women .
There was a 15-year tracking study done at UCLA a half century ago that found that little boys with gender atypical behavior tended to grow up to be gay or bi ( but not always ) .
Most got over their gender dysphoria .
Tomboys were more common and less likely to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The findings of this now forgotten study raise serious questions about the current fad-driven Conventional Wisdom about puberty blockers and surgery .
From the New York Times back in 1986 : MOST young boys who persistently act like girls grow up to be homosexuals or bisexuals , a 15-year study of ” sissy boys ” has shown .
According to the findings , neither therapy designed to discourage the extremely feminine behavior nor ideal child rearing could guarantee that the boys would develop as heterosexuals , although parental discouragement of the boys ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more heterosexual orientation .
Three-fourths of 44 extremely feminine boys followed from early childhood to adolescence or young adulthood matured as homosexuals or bisexuals , as against only one bisexual among a comparison group of more typically masculine boys .
In many cases parents either overtly or subtly encouraged the feminine behavior .
But when parents actively discouraged it and took other steps to enhance a male self-concept , homosexual tendencies of the feminine boys were lessened , although not necessarily reversed .
Neither did professional counseling divert a tendency toward homosexuality , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behavior and enhanced the boys ’ social and psychological adjustment and comfort with being male .
The study was conducted by Dr. Richard Green , a noted sex researcher who is professor of psychiatry at the University of California , Los Angeles and director of its Program in Psychiatry , Law and Human Sexuality .
Details of the findings and implications are described in Dr. Green ’ s new book , ” The ‘ Sissy Boy Syndrome ’ and the Development of Homosexuality , ” to be published in February by Yale University @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases of boyhood effeminacy , Dr. Green believes the findings may have relevance to lesser degrees of feminine behavior in boys .
Such boys , who may , for example , be athletically inept or prefer music to cars and trucks , often have difficulty making friends with other boys and identifying with typically male activities .
Dr. Green suggested that to help the boys think of themselves as male , parents might assist them in finding boy friends who are similarly unaggressive and that the fathers might share in activities the boys @ @ @ @ @ @ @ zoo or a concert , rather than insist on taking the boys to athletic events .
Counseling to guide such parents and enhance the child ’ s masculine self-image may also be helpful , Dr. Green said .
The study did not examine the development of homosexuality in boys whose childhoods are typically masculine .
About one-third of homosexual men recall such masculine boyhoods .
Nor does the study suggest that all boys with the sissy-boy syndrome are destined for homosexuality .
Indeed , one-fourth of the extremely feminine boys followed to maturity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is swinging back to biology , ” Dr. Bell remarked .
” Apparently there is a very important physiological component that plays a big role in determining one ’ s sexual identity.
” As have other recent investigations , including the Kinsey study , the new research challenges long-held psychoanalytic beliefs that dominant , overprotecting mothers and ineffectual fathers are primary ” causes ” of a son ’ s homosexuality .
Rather , the study suggests that some boys are born with an indifference to rough-and-tumble play and other typical boyhood interests and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from their male peers and often from their fathers as well .
… Dr. Green , who is now studying the development of tomboy girls , said the issue for girls who act like boys is very different .
” There are far fewer sissy boys than tomboy girls , but many more homosexual and transsexual men than women , ” he said .
… Boys who participated in Dr. Green ’ s study were first examined in early childhood , when their parents became concerned about the boys ’ persistent feminine behaviors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Many of the boys also repeatedly said they wanted to be girls .
At the outset , Dr. Green thought he was examining the origins of male transsexuals -boys who grow up thinking they are girls trapped in male bodies and who may later seek sex-change surgery .
However , only one of the feminine boys became a transsexual .
In an interview , Dr. Green pointed out that the boys he studied were notably different from other children .
While many , if not most , young children – boys as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in their mothers ’ clothes , put on makeup or jewelry , play with dolls or assume the role of the opposite sex in fantasy play , the boys in Dr. Green ’ s study did so almost exclusively .
They spurned typical boy games , rough-housing and sports and instead would play with Barbie dolls for hours , frequently don female clothing and nearly always assume a female role when playing house .
Many followed their mothers around the house , mimicking the mothers ’ activities .
… The culture may also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , though its effects are harder to measure .
” If the culture were less condemning of cross-gender behavior , social stigmatization would be less and perhaps these boys could socialize more with other boys , ” he remarked .
” Certainly that is the case with tomboys , who are treated by society as normal girls.
” That was something I noticed watching the old 1933 and 1949 versions of “ Little Women.
” The main character Jo , author Louisa May Alcott ’ s representative , played by first Katharine Hepburn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as an extreme tomboy .
For example , the old movies emphasize how Jo could throw like a boy .
( June Allyson , who usually played Girl Next Door types , is given two scenes in which she throws overhand with skill and force . )
But Jo is not oppressed by society .
Being a tomboy is seen as a routine thing .
Ironically , in the new movie , Jo is portrayed as more gender-normal for a girl .
I suspect that both writer-director Gerta Gerwig and her star Saoirse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t into portraying tomboys .
( I don ’ t recall Ronan being shown throwing anything as clearly as Hepburn and Allyson were shown .
My guess is that Ronan , a slip of an Irish lass , throws like a girl . )
… Rather than attributing homosexuality to cultural , parental or genetic factors , Dr. Green sees an interaction of the three , as evidenced in particular by a pair of identical twins in his study .
One boy was clearly feminine and the other twin typically masculine .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and had little to do with his father , whereas the masculine twin had a more typical relationship with his father .
As adults , both boys were bisexual , but the feminine twin was far more homosexual than his brother .
This article includes much else of interest .

The current transgender fad to put children on puberty blockers tends to be, in effect, an Iranian-style war of eradication upon males who would grow up to be gay men, and upon tomboys, many of whom would grow up to be straight women.
There was a 15-year tracking study done at UCLA a half century ago that found that little boys with gender atypical behavior tended to grow up to be gay or bi (but not always). Most got over their gender dysphoria.
Tomboys were more common and less likely to be grow up to be lesbian.
The findings of this now forgotten study raise serious questions about the current fad-driven Conventional Wisdom about puberty blockers and surgery.
From the New York Times back in 1986:
BOYHOOD EFFEMINANCY AND LATER HOMOSEXUALITY
By Jane E. Brody
Dec. 16, 1986 MOST young boys who persistently act like girls grow up to be homosexuals or bisexuals, a 15-year study of ”sissy boys” has shown. According to the findings, neither therapy designed to discourage the extremely feminine behavior nor ideal child rearing could guarantee that the boys would develop as heterosexuals, although parental discouragement of the boys’ girlish behavior tended to result in a more heterosexual orientation. Three-fourths of 44 extremely feminine boys followed from early childhood to adolescence or young adulthood matured as homosexuals or bisexuals, as against only one bisexual among a comparison group of more typically masculine boys. In many cases parents either overtly or subtly encouraged the feminine behavior. But when parents actively discouraged it and took other steps to enhance a male self-concept, homosexual tendencies of the feminine boys were lessened, although not necessarily reversed. Neither did professional counseling divert a tendency toward homosexuality, although it resulted in more conventional masculine behavior and enhanced the boys’ social and psychological adjustment and comfort with being male. The study was conducted by Dr. Richard Green, a noted sex researcher who is professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles and director of its Program in Psychiatry, Law and Human Sexuality. Details of the findings and implications are described in Dr. Green’s new book, ”The ‘Sissy Boy Syndrome’ and the Development of Homosexuality,” to be published in February by Yale University Press. Although the study examined extreme cases of boyhood effeminacy, Dr. Green believes the findings may have relevance to lesser degrees of feminine behavior in boys. Such boys, who may, for example, be athletically inept or prefer music to cars and trucks, often have difficulty making friends with other boys and identifying with typically male activities. Dr. Green suggested that to help the boys think of themselves as male, parents might assist them in finding boy friends who are similarly unaggressive and that the fathers might share in activities the boys enjoy, such as going to the zoo or a concert, rather than insist on taking the boys to athletic events. Counseling to guide such parents and enhance the child’s masculine self-image may also be helpful, Dr. Green said. The study did not examine the development of homosexuality in boys whose childhoods are typically masculine. About one-third of homosexual men recall such masculine boyhoods. Nor does the study suggest that all boys with the sissy-boy syndrome are destined for homosexuality. Indeed, one-fourth of the extremely feminine boys followed to maturity developed as heterosexuals…. ”The pendulum is swinging back to biology,” Dr. Bell remarked. ”Apparently there is a very important physiological component that plays a big role in determining one’s sexual identity.” As have other recent investigations, including the Kinsey study, the new research challenges long-held psychoanalytic beliefs that dominant, overprotecting mothers and ineffectual fathers are primary ”causes” of a son’s homosexuality. Rather, the study suggests that some boys are born with an indifference to rough-and-tumble play and other typical boyhood interests and that this indifference alienates and isolates them from their male peers and often from their fathers as well. … Dr. Green, who is now studying the development of tomboy girls, said the issue for girls who act like boys is very different. ”There are far fewer sissy boys than tomboy girls, but many more homosexual and transsexual men than women,” he said. … Boys who participated in Dr. Green’s study were first examined in early childhood, when their parents became concerned about the boys’ persistent feminine behaviors and dislike of activities boys usually like. Many of the boys also repeatedly said they wanted to be girls. At the outset, Dr. Green thought he was examining the origins of male transsexuals – boys who grow up thinking they are girls trapped in male bodies and who may later seek sex-change surgery. However, only one of the feminine boys became a transsexual. In an interview, Dr. Green pointed out that the boys he studied were notably different from other children. While many, if not most, young children – boys as well as girls – occasionally dress up in their mothers’ clothes, put on makeup or jewelry, play with dolls or assume the role of the opposite sex in fantasy play, the boys in Dr. Green’s study did so almost exclusively. They spurned typical boy games, rough-housing and sports and instead would play with Barbie dolls for hours, frequently don female clothing and nearly always assume a female role when playing house. Many followed their mothers around the house, mimicking the mothers’ activities. … The culture may also play a role, Dr. Green said, though its effects are harder to measure. ”If the culture were less condemning of cross-gender behavior, social stigmatization would be less and perhaps these boys could socialize more with other boys,” he remarked. ”Certainly that is the case with tomboys, who are treated by society as normal girls.”
That was something I noticed watching the old 1933 and 1949 versions of Little Women. The main character Jo, author Louisa May Alcott’s representative, played by first Katharine Hepburn and then June Allyson, is portrayed as an extreme tomboy. For example, the old movies emphasize how Jo could throw like a boy. (June Allyson, who usually played Girl Next Door types, is given two scenes in which she throws overhand with skill and force.) But Jo is not oppressed by society. Being a tomboy is seen as a routine thing.
Ironically, in the new movie, Jo is portrayed as more gender-normal for a girl. I suspect that both writer-director Gerta Gerwig and her star Saoirse Ronan are girly girls who just aren’t into portraying tomboys. (I don’t recall Ronan being shown throwing anything as clearly as Hepburn and Allyson were shown. My guess is that Ronan, a slip of an Irish lass, throws like a girl.)
… Rather than attributing homosexuality to cultural, parental or genetic factors, Dr. Green sees an interaction of the three, as evidenced in particular by a pair of identical twins in his study. One boy was clearly feminine and the other twin typically masculine. The feminine boy was sick a lot and had little to do with his father, whereas the masculine twin had a more typical relationship with his father. As adults, both boys were bisexual, but the feminine twin was far more homosexual than his brother.
This article includes much else of interest.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-01-03--Will Treason Lobby’s Asian Overclass Importation/ Ag Amnesty Bills Be Slipped Through Senate Next We

Will Treason Lobby’s Asian Overclass Importation/ Ag Amnesty Bills Be Slipped Through Senate Next Week?

See , earlier : Sen. Mike Lee Is No Immigration Patriot , And A Very Bad Choice For the U.S. Supreme Court and House Passes Big Ag Amnesty—With 34 GOP Votes Grassroots immigration patriot groups like Carrying Capacity Network are raising the alarm about the apparently unkillable Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act , S.386 , which will import an Asian overclass to displace skilled American workers , and which may pass the Senate by unanimous consent i.e .
evade public hearings as early as next week .
CCN President David F. Durham tells VDARE.com that he fears traitorous donor-driven Republicans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President Trump into accepting the green card giveaway .
Weirdly , Immigration patriot Senators seem to be asleep .
The bill has been hindered in the Senate because Democrats , led by Illinois Senator Dick Durbin , F- at NumbersUSA , wanted it to be even more generous to immigrants .
But in late December , Durbin and sponsor Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee ( B+ at NumbersUSA , but only because he opposes illegal immigration ) struck a deal to do just that .
The revised bill is both worse and more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ form .
The bill aims to eliminate country caps on visas , which prevent certain nationalities from overwhelming our immigration system .
Currently , one nationality can receive no more than seven percent of the one million visas handed out per year .
S. 386 would scrap the limits and allow Indians and Chinese to receive the lion ’ s share of green cards .
Without the country caps , it is estimated that at least 75 percent of all employment-based visas would go to Indians .
Big Tech champions the bill because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Indian ethnic lobby supports it because it would bring in more Indians and also help the Indian economy with increased remittances , which make up 2.7 % of India 's GDP , 80 billion dollars in 2018 .
Below , Republican Senator Mike Lee posted a picture of himself surrounded by Indian `` supporters of S. 386 '' on Twitter : The legislation passed the House in July with hardly any opposition ; only 57 Republicans and eight Democrats voted against it .
Disturbingly , many supposed immigration patriots , such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In the Senate , Georgia Senator David Perdue opposed the bill in September but only over the possibility it might bring in fewer foreign health workers .
The bill was changed to guarantee 4,400 green cards for Filipino nurses every year , which apparently answered Perdue ’ s concerns [ Mike Lee Expands India-Giveaway Bill , Creates Work Permit Program , by Neil Munro , Breitbart , December 17 , 2019 ] .
Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton supports it .
Even Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley , who aspires to be the future @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The bill now allows guest workers waiting for green cards to stay longer in the United States with renewable work permits .
Those who apply for this “ Early Adjustment ” status would be given full workplace rights and their children who age out of their visas would be protected from deportation .
( And remember , Trump ’ s mooted closing of the Anchor baby loophole has not yet happened , so all U.S. born children of guest workers are automatically citizens ) .
The deal puts no caps on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Early Adjustment .
This change could upend America ’ s entire immigration system and allow hundreds of thousands of migrants to stay in the country indefinitely .
“ Under the bill , anyone on a long term temporary visa who finds a professional job will , after a wait of 270 days , be able to obtain a three-year renewable work permit and permission to travel in and out of the country , ” Center for Immigration Studies policy director Jessica Vaughn told Breitbart in December .
“ It will be a status @ @ @ @ @ @ @ without having to wait in line or be restricted by annual immigration limits .
It will potentially apply to hundreds of thousands of people each year , including foreign students , exchange visitors , NAFTA workers , investors , and more ” [ GOP Sen. Mike Lee Predicts Quick Passage of S.386 Visa-to-Voter Bill , by Neil Munro , Breitbart , December 18 , 2019 ] Under the current rules , immigrants who apply for a green card while working on a temporary visa have to go back to their home country to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deal allows them to work in America—and displace American workers—for as long they want .
The Durbin-Lee deal also tries to appease those who are ineligible for Early Adjustment status .
The bill now reserves 4,600 green cards for immigrants stuck in the backlog overseas and who are not eligible for early filing .
Hopefully significantly , the bill has garnered criticism from the White House .
“ I don ’ t think that bill , as currently written , is going to be passing the Senate anytime soon , ” Trump senior @ @ @ @ @ @ @ October .
“ The administration has made clear that our view on [ H-1B visas ] is that you can not displace or replace American workers .
And the president has taken unprecedented action in the immigration space to do exactly that , including most recently with the public charge regulation to keep newcomers from taking advantage of our welfare system.
” [ Stephen Miller : H-1B visa bill won ’ t pass ‘ anytime soon ’ , Fox Business , October 2 , 2019 ] In that interview , Dobbs said S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lee called that fake news and said his bill protects American workers .
“ I 100 % agree with the White House that the H-1B program should not be used to displace or replace American workers , ” the senator said in an October press release .
“ S .
386 is also ‘ number neutral ’ , meaning it does not increase the number of visas , H-1B or otherwise in anyway , and under no circumstances will it become a vehicle for increasing overall immigration levels.
” The line that it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ probably what convinced immigration patriots like Gaetz , Cotton , and Perdue to support it .
But the new rules allow hundreds of thousands of guest workers to stay indefinitely as long as they receive Early Adjustment status .
The new bill increases the immigrant impact by no longer forcing guest workers to leave .
Now an American has to compete with low-paid guest workers who can stay for as long as it takes to obtain a green card .
That sure sounds like S. 386 will be used to displace American workers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This change may finally be convince Republicans to oppose the bill .
But it is true that Trump ’ s limited political capital is tied up in the impeachment fight and he needs to keep Republican senators happy to stay in office .
Trump likely had to accept a terrible Homeland Security secretary to appease Senate Republicans .
He doesn ’ t have tremendous political capital at the moment .
Carrying Capacity Network ’ s David Durham is also concerned that S. 386 will be combined with the House ’ s agriculture @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Workforce Modernization Act to create a Treason Lobby “ Perfect Storm.
” But that move could increase the chances of the green card giveaway dying in the Senate .
Only 34 Republicans voted for the House Ag Amnesty bill , a sharp contrast to the overwhelming majority of Republicans who voted for the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act .
The three most senior House Republican leaders voted against the Amnesty .
It ’ s hard to see how Mike Lee would defend such an idea to national conservatives .
Indeed , the Indian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will act as a poison pill , although their interest groups didn ’ t specify what is the poison pill .
It ’ s possible the Indians realize that allowing thousands of guest workers to reside in America might terminally alienate Republicans [ India ’ s Visa Workers Lash Out at Dick Durbin for ‘ Poison Pill ’ in S.386 Talks , by Neil Munro , Breitbart , December 16 , 2019 ] And it would only take one Republican senator to defeat unanimous passage .
Josh Hawley or Texas Sen. Ted Cruz @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to stop this bill .
Both of them have presidential aspirations and want to appeal to the national populist moment .
Standing up against an anti-American green card giveaway is a good way to build nationalist credibility .
Republicans must position themselves as the America First Party to win in 2020 .
Passage of S. 386 will only tell America that the GOP cares more about Indians ( and their employers ) than it does American workers .
Washington Watcher II [ Email him ] is an anonymous DC insider .

washingtonwatcherii@protonmail.com (Washington  Watcher II)

See, earlier: Sen. Mike Lee Is No Immigration Patriot, And A Very Bad Choice For the U.S. Supreme Court and House Passes Big Ag Amnesty—With 34 GOP Votes
Grassroots immigration patriot groups like Carrying Capacity Network are raising the alarm about the apparently unkillable Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, S.386, which will import an Asian overclass to displace skilled American workers, and which may pass the Senate by unanimous consent i.e., evade public hearings as early as next week. CCN President David F. Durham tells VDARE.com that he fears traitorous donor-driven Republicans are using the impeachment fight to pressure President Trump into accepting the green card giveaway. Weirdly, Immigration patriot Senators seem to be asleep.
The bill has been hindered in the Senate because Democrats, led by Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, F- at NumbersUSA, wanted it to be even more generous to immigrants. But in late December, Durbin and sponsor Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee (B+ at NumbersUSA, but only because he opposes illegal immigration) struck a deal to do just that. The revised bill is both worse and more likely to pass in its newly altered form.
The bill aims to eliminate country caps on visas, which prevent certain nationalities from overwhelming our immigration system. Currently, one nationality can receive no more than seven percent of the one million visas handed out per year. S. 386 would scrap the limits and allow Indians and Chinese to receive the lion’s share of green cards. Without the country caps, it is estimated that at least 75 percent of all employment-based visas would go to Indians.
Big Tech champions the bill because it would bring in more cheap labor. The Indian ethnic lobby supports it because it would bring in more Indians and also help the Indian economy with increased remittances, which make up 2.7% of India's GDP, 80 billion dollars in 2018.
Below, Republican Senator Mike Lee posted a picture of himself surrounded by Indian "supporters of S. 386" on Twitter:
Great talking to all the supporters of S. 386 today, the Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act. It’s far past time to end country based discrimination in our nations immigration policy. pic.twitter.com/nn5LdpJON8 — Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) October 17, 2019
The legislation passed the House in July with hardly any opposition; only 57 Republicans and eight Democrats voted against it. Disturbingly, many supposed immigration patriots, such as Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz supported it.
In the Senate, Georgia Senator David Perdue opposed the bill in September but only over the possibility it might bring in fewer foreign health workers. The bill was changed to guarantee 4,400 green cards for Filipino nurses every year, which apparently answered Perdue’s concerns [Mike Lee Expands India-Giveaway Bill, Creates Work Permit Program, by Neil Munro, Breitbart, December 17, 2019]. Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton supports it. Even Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, who aspires to be the future of national populism, has stayed silent.
The bill now allows guest workers waiting for green cards to stay longer in the United States with renewable work permits. Those who apply for this “Early Adjustment” status would be given full workplace rights and their children who age out of their visas would be protected from deportation. (And remember, Trump’s mooted closing of the Anchor baby loophole has not yet happened, so all U.S. born children of guest workers are automatically citizens.) The deal puts no caps on the number of migrants who can apply for Early Adjustment. This change could upend America’s entire immigration system and allow hundreds of thousands of migrants to stay in the country indefinitely.
“Under the bill, anyone on a long term temporary visa who finds a professional job will, after a wait of 270 days, be able to obtain a three-year renewable work permit and permission to travel in and out of the country,” Center for Immigration Studies policy director Jessica Vaughn told Breitbart in December. “It will be a status comparable to green card status, but without having to wait in line or be restricted by annual immigration limits. It will potentially apply to hundreds of thousands of people each year, including foreign students, exchange visitors, NAFTA workers, investors, and more” [GOP Sen. Mike Lee Predicts Quick Passage of S.386 Visa-to-Voter Bill, by Neil Munro, Breitbart, December 18, 2019].
Under the current rules, immigrants who apply for a green card while working on a temporary visa have to go back to their home country to wait for approval. But the Durbin-Lee deal allows them to work in America—and displace American workers—for as long they want.
The Durbin-Lee deal also tries to appease those who are ineligible for Early Adjustment status. The bill now reserves 4,600 green cards for immigrants stuck in the backlog overseas and who are not eligible for early filing.
Hopefully significantly, the bill has garnered criticism from the White House. “I don’t think that bill, as currently written, is going to be passing the Senate anytime soon,” Trump senior adviser Stephen Miller told Lou Dobbs in October. “The administration has made clear that our view on [H-1B visas] is that you cannot displace or replace American workers. And the president has taken unprecedented action in the immigration space to do exactly that, including most recently with the public charge regulation to keep newcomers from taking advantage of our welfare system.” [Stephen Miller: H-1B visa bill won’t pass ‘anytime soon’, Fox Business, October 2, 2019].
In that interview, Dobbs said S. 386 would “double H-1B visas.” Lee called that fake news and said his bill protects American workers. “I 100% agree with the White House that the H-1B program should not be used to displace or replace American workers,” the senator said in an October press release. “S. 386 is also ‘number neutral,’ meaning it does not increase the number of visas, H-1B or otherwise in anyway, and under no circumstances will it become a vehicle for increasing overall immigration levels.”
The line that it will not increase overall immigration levels is probably what convinced immigration patriots like Gaetz, Cotton, and Perdue to support it. But the new rules allow hundreds of thousands of guest workers to stay indefinitely as long as they receive Early Adjustment status. The new bill increases the immigrant impact by no longer forcing guest workers to leave. Now an American has to compete with low-paid guest workers who can stay for as long as it takes to obtain a green card. That sure sounds like S. 386 will be used to displace American workers, contrary to Lee’s statements.
This change may finally convince Republicans to oppose the bill.
But it is true that Trump’s limited political capital is tied up in the impeachment fight and he needs to keep Republican senators happy to stay in office. Trump likely had to accept a terrible Homeland Security secretary to appease Senate Republicans. He doesn’t have tremendous political capital at the moment.
Carrying Capacity Network’s David Durham is also concerned that S. 386 will be combined with the House’s agriculture Amnesty bill deceptively known as the Farm Workforce Modernization Act to create a Treason Lobby “Perfect Storm.”
But that move could increase the chances of the green card giveaway dying in the Senate. Only 34 Republicans voted for the House Ag Amnesty bill, a sharp contrast to the overwhelming majority of Republicans who voted for the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act. The three most senior House Republican leaders voted against the Amnesty. It’s hard to see how Mike Lee would defend such an idea to national conservatives.
Indeed, the Indian ethnic lobby fears that the new deal will act as a poison pill, although their interest groups didn’t specify what is the poison pill. It’s possible the Indians realize that allowing thousands of guest workers to reside in America might terminally alienate Republicans [India’s Visa Workers Lash Out at Dick Durbin for ‘Poison Pill’ in S.386 Talks, by Neil Munro, Breitbart, December 16, 2019].
And it would only take one Republican senator to defeat unanimous passage. Josh Hawley or Texas Sen. Ted Cruz could emerge as a hero by rising up to stop this bill. Both of them have presidential aspirations and want to appeal to the national populist moment. Standing up against an anti-American green card giveaway is a good way to build nationalist credibility.
Republicans must position themselves as the America First Party to win in 2020. Passage of S. 386 will only tell America that the GOP cares more about Indians (and their employers) than it does American workers.
Washington Watcher II [Email him] is an anonymous DC insider.


vdare--2020-01-02--A Patriot Attorney Wonders If Josh Hawley Is Taking His Advice On Dismissing Impeachment

Re : A Patriot Attorney Has Advice For McConnell On Impeachment : Tell Nancy To Fish Or Cut Bait I might be thinking too highly of myself , but I saw this story pop up across my computer this afternoon while on the internet .
Sen. Josh Hawley ( R-Mo . )
will try to dismiss the articles of impeachment against President Trump that House Democrats have delayed sending to the Senate .
Hawley , in a pair of tweets , argued that normally `` if prosecution does n't proceed with case , it gets dismissed . ''
`` So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to dismiss this bogus impeachment for lack of prosecution , '' he tweeted .
GOP senator plans to seek dismissal of impeachment articles , by Jordain Carney , The Hill , January 2 , 2020 It appears Senator Hawley is proposing to do exactly what I suggested the Republican Senate leadership do in the letter ( above ) that I wrote to VDARE.com .
He will seek to have the impeachment articles dismissed for lack of prosecution .
Now , Senator Hawley is a seriously accomplished lawyer .
He graduated from Yale Law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He likely thought of this on his own .
But it is possible that he , or someone on his staff , reads VDARE.com .
James Fulford writes : In reply to the previous letter , I wrote `` Alternatively , this procedure could make the 'Resistance ' even crazier . ''
They 'll go double crazy when they hear this suggestion—look what happened when they got Stephen Miller 's private emails .

Re: A Patriot Attorney Has Advice For McConnell On Impeachment: Tell Nancy To Fish Or Cut Bait
From: Fabrizio Evola [Email him]
I might be thinking too highly of myself, but I saw this story pop up across my computer this afternoon while on the internet.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) will try to dismiss the articles of impeachment against President Trump that House Democrats have delayed sending to the Senate. Hawley, in a pair of tweets, argued that normally "if prosecution doesn't proceed with case, it gets dismissed." "So on Monday, I will introduce measure to dismiss this bogus impeachment for lack of prosecution," he tweeted. GOP senator plans to seek dismissal of impeachment articles, by Jordain Carney, The Hill, January 2, 2020
This will expose Dems’ circus for what it is: a fake impeachment, abuse of the Constitution, based on no evidence. If Dems won’t proceed with trial, bogus articles should be dismissed and @realDonaldTrump fully cleared — Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) January 2, 2020
It appears Senator Hawley is proposing to do exactly what I suggested the Republican Senate leadership do in the letter (above) that I wrote to VDARE.com.
He will seek to have the impeachment articles dismissed for lack of prosecution. Now, Senator Hawley is a seriously accomplished lawyer. He graduated from Yale Law School and clerked for Chief Justice Roberts. He likely thought of this on his own. But it is possible that he, or someone on his staff, reads VDARE.com.
James Fulford writes: In reply to the previous letter, I wrote "Alternatively, this procedure could make the 'Resistance' even crazier." They'll go double crazy when they hear this suggestion—look what happened when they got Stephen Miller's private emails.


vdare--2020-01-02--The Trump Re-Election Trump Card: People Who ARE Better Off Than They Were Four Years Ago

Most Americans report being better off now than they were four years ago .
The following graph shows the percentages of people who rate their lives as better today than four years ago subtracted by the percentages who rate their lives as worse today than four years ago .
“ Not sure ” responses are not shown : Pluralities of blacks and Democrats report being worse off now than during Obama ’ s last year in office , but the percentages of each who say their lives are better now ( 27 % and 28 % , respectively ) are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who voted for Trump in 2016 ( 8 % in both cases ) .
Trump voters are even more sanguine about their professed personal situations than Republicans are .
Trump voters net in at 78 % compared to Republicans ’ 57 % .
Critics say Trump hasn ’ t done anything of substance for his supporters .
Whatever the reality is , deplorables don ’ t appear to see it that way .
The question doesn ’ t prompt or prime respondents about politics in general or Trump in particular .
It simply @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than you were four years ago ?
” The results display obvious partisan influence , but this is a subjective measure of more than just narrow partisan political leanings .
That zoomers and millennials trend modestly optimistic is especially surprising .
If you ’ re a boomer with six- or seven-figures worth of investments , it ’ s easy to see where the positive assessment comes from .
Your market index fund has increased by nearly 50 % since Trump was elected .
Putatively indebted twenty-something with no money and no prospects , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bode well for Trump in November .

Most Americans report being better off now than they were four years ago. The following graph shows the percentages of people who rate their lives as better today than four years ago subtracted by the percentages who rate their lives as worse today than four years ago. “Not sure” responses are not shown:
Pluralities of blacks and Democrats report being worse off now than during Obama’s last year in office, but the percentages of each who say their lives are better now (27% and 28%, respectively) are substantially higher than the percentages of each who voted for Trump in 2016 (8% in both cases).
Trump voters are even more sanguine about their professed personal situations than Republicans are. Trump voters net in at 78% compared to Republicans’ 57%. Critics say Trump hasn’t done anything of substance for his supporters. Whatever the reality is, deplorables don’t appear to see it that way.
The question doesn’t prompt or prime respondents about politics in general or Trump in particular. It simply asks “are you better off now than you were four years ago?” The results display obvious partisan influence, but this is a subjective measure of more than just narrow partisan political leanings.
That zoomers and millennials trend modestly optimistic is especially surprising. If you’re a boomer with six- or seven-figures worth of investments, it’s easy to see where the positive assessment comes from. Your market index fund has increased by nearly 50% since Trump was elected. Putatively indebted twenty-something with no money and no prospects, though?
On net, these results bode well for Trump in November.


vdare--2020-01-02--Patrick J. Buchanan: Our Real Existential Crisis—DEMOGRAPHIC Extinction

If Western elites were asked to name the greatest crisis facing mankind , climate change would win in a walk .
Thus did Time magazine pass over every world leader to name a Swedish teenage climate activist , Greta Thunberg , its person of the year .
On New Year 's Day , the headline over yet another story in the Washington Post admonished us anew : `` A Lost Decade for Climate Action : We Ca n't Afford A Repeat , Scientists Warn . ''
`` By the final year of the decade , '' said the Post , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ temperature record five times .
`` Hurricanes devastated New Jersey and Puerto Rico , and floods damaged the Midwest and Bangladesh .
Southern Africa was gripped by a deadly drought .
Australia and the Amazon are ablaze . ''
On it went , echoing the endless reports on the perils of climate change to the planet we all inhabit .
Yet , from the inaction of the carbon-emitting countries like India , China , Russia and the USA , the gravity with which Western elites view the crisis is not shared by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
For many First World countries , there are more compelling concerns .
High among them is population decline , and , if birth rates do not rise , the near-extinction of many Western peoples by this century 's end .
Consider .
The number of births in Japan fell in 2019 to a level unseen since 1874 , around 900,000 .
But there were 1.4 million deaths for a net loss of 512,000 Japanese .
An even larger loss in Japan 's population is expected this year .
Japan 's population has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first exceeded births by 18,000 .
And with 28 % of its population over 65 , and fewer births every passing year , Japan is aging , shrinking and dying—with no respite in sight .
Across Japan , writes the New York Times : `` Whole villages are vanishing as young people choose not to have children or move to urban areas ...
The Government estimates that the population could shrink by about 16 million people—or nearly 13 percent—over the next 25 years . ''
South Korea has an even lower birth rate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ start diminishing this year .
But it is Eastern Europe where the population crisis is most advanced .
At the end of the Cold War , Bulgaria had 9 million people .
By 2017 , that had fallen to 7.1 million .
In 2050 , Bulgaria 's population is estimated at 5.4 million—a loss of 40 % to death and migration since Bulgaria won its freedom from the Soviet Empire .
By 2050 , Ukraine and Poland are each projected to lose another 6 million people , and Hungary will lose 1.5 million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ population losses since the end of the Cold War and are in the front rank of European nations losing people at the fastest rate .
U.N. demographers project Russia 's population may fall from 145 million today to 121 million by 2050 .
Such losses rival those that Russia suffered under Lenin , Stalin and World War II .
The Far East is home to some 6 million Russians who dwell on that vast tract that is so full of natural resources like timber , oil and gas .
`` The population continues @ @ @ @ @ @ @ East , '' lamented President Vladimir Putin at an investment conference in Vladivostok : `` The inflow is increasing , but it does not cover the number of people leaving the region . ''
In the Far East , Siberia and the Lake Baikal region , investors and workers from China are appearing in growing numbers .
The tribes of Europe , the peoples of almost every country of the Old Continent , are visibly aging , shrinking and dying .
The population crisis of Europe is `` existential , '' says Croatian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ writer published `` The Death of the West , '' nothing has happened to alter my conclusion as to where the West was destined : '' The Death of the West is not a prediction of what is going to happen .
It is a depiction of what is happening now .
First World nations are dying .
They face a mortal crisis , not because of something happening in the Third World , but because of what is not happening at home and in the homes of the First World .
Western @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Outside of Muslim Albania , no European nation is producing enough babies to replace its population .
...
In a score of countries the old are already dying off faster than the young are being born .
...
There is no sign of a turnaround .
Now the absolute numbers of Europeans have begun to fall . ''
We are talking here about what historians , a century hence , will call the Lost Tribes of Europe .
And if a people has ceased to replace itself , and the national family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to generate alarm over the slow sinking of the Maldives into the sea , the melting of the polar ice caps , or the fact that Greenland is getting greener every year .
Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers ; his books State of Emergency : The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America , and Suicide of a Superpower : Will America Survive to 2025 ?
are available from Amazon.com .
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “ The Greatest Comeback : How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ latest book , published May , 2018 , is “ Nixon ’ s White House Wars : The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.
” See Peter Brimelow ’ s review : “ Wheel And Fight ” —Pat Buchanan ’ s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump .

If Western elites were asked to name the greatest crisis facing mankind, climate change would win in a walk.
Thus did Time magazine pass over every world leader to name a Swedish teenage climate activist, Greta Thunberg, its person of the year.
On New Year's Day, the headline over yet another story in the Washington Post admonished us anew: "A Lost Decade for Climate Action: We Can't Afford A Repeat, Scientists Warn."
"By the final year of the decade," said the Post, "the planet had surpassed its 2010 temperature record five times.
"Hurricanes devastated New Jersey and Puerto Rico, and floods damaged the Midwest and Bangladesh. Southern Africa was gripped by a deadly drought. Australia and the Amazon are ablaze."
On it went, echoing the endless reports on the perils of climate change to the planet we all inhabit.
Yet, from the inaction of the carbon-emitting countries like India, China, Russia and the USA, the gravity with which Western elites view the crisis is not shared by the peoples for whom they profess to speak.
For many First World countries, there are more compelling concerns. High among them is population decline, and, if birth rates do not rise, the near-extinction of many Western peoples by this century's end.
Consider. The number of births in Japan fell in 2019 to a level unseen since 1874, around 900,000. But there were 1.4 million deaths for a net loss of 512,000 Japanese. An even larger loss in Japan's population is expected this year.
Japan's population has been shrinking since 2007, when deaths first exceeded births by 18,000. And with 28% of its population over 65, and fewer births every passing year, Japan is aging, shrinking and dying—with no respite in sight.
Across Japan, writes the New York Times: "Whole villages are vanishing as young people choose not to have children or move to urban areas ... The Government estimates that the population could shrink by about 16 million people—or nearly 13 percent—over the next 25 years."
South Korea has an even lower birth rate, and its population is expected to start diminishing this year.
But it is Eastern Europe where the population crisis is most advanced.
At the end of the Cold War, Bulgaria had 9 million people. By 2017, that had fallen to 7.1 million. In 2050, Bulgaria's population is estimated at 5.4 million—a loss of 40% to death and migration since Bulgaria won its freedom from the Soviet Empire.
By 2050, Ukraine and Poland are each projected to lose another 6 million people, and Hungary will lose 1.5 million.
Lithuania and Latvia have seen serious population losses since the end of the Cold War and are in the front rank of European nations losing people at the fastest rate.
U.N. demographers project Russia's population may fall from 145 million today to 121 million by 2050. Such losses rival those that Russia suffered under Lenin, Stalin and World War II.
The Far East is home to some 6 million Russians who dwell on that vast tract that is so full of natural resources like timber, oil and gas.
"The population continues to decrease almost everywhere in the Far East," lamented President Vladimir Putin at an investment conference in Vladivostok: "The inflow is increasing, but it does not cover the number of people leaving the region."
In the Far East, Siberia and the Lake Baikal region, investors and workers from China are appearing in growing numbers.
The tribes of Europe, the peoples of almost every country of the Old Continent, are visibly aging, shrinking and dying. The population crisis of Europe is "existential," says Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic.
Since this writer published "The Death of the West," nothing has happened to alter my conclusion as to where the West was destined:
"The Death of the West is not a prediction of what is going to happen. It is a depiction of what is happening now. First World nations are dying. They face a mortal crisis, not because of something happening in the Third World, but because of what is not happening at home and in the homes of the First World. Western fertility rates have been falling for decades. Outside of Muslim Albania, no European nation is producing enough babies to replace its population. ... In a score of countries the old are already dying off faster than the young are being born. ... There is no sign of a turnaround. Now the absolute numbers of Europeans have begun to fall."
We are talking here about what historians, a century hence, will call the Lost Tribes of Europe. And if a people has ceased to replace itself, and the national family is dying out, it is difficult to generate alarm over the slow sinking of the Maldives into the sea, the melting of the polar ice caps, or the fact that Greenland is getting greener every year.
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Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers; his books State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America, and Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025? are available from Amazon.com. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.
His latest book, published May, 2018, is “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”
See Peter Brimelow’s review: “Wheel And Fight”—Pat Buchanan’s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump.


vdare--2020-01-02--A Talk Radio Listener Comments On Joe Biden's Telling Coal Miners To Learn To Code

Re : John Derbyshire 's Do n't Learn To Code !
You 'll Be Competing With Cheap Foreign Labor Joe @ @ @ @ @ miners , whose industry and livelihoods he ’ s promised to destroy , to learn @ @ @ @ @ tells coal miners to `` learn to code '' | The 2020 presidential hopeful advises @ @ @ @ @ new industries—but it ’ s not that simple , by Alexandra Kelley , The Hill @ @ @ @ @ ] This , as Derbyshire pointed out , above , gets commoners who tweet it @ @ @ @ @ Twitter .
It ’ s a fantasy .
American coders with advanced degrees from the @ @ @ @ @ at about age 35 due to widespread belief that two or three cheap Indians can @ @ @ @ @ highly paid American .
Furthermore , in the near future , robots will write most @ @ @ @ @ Robots will write most software code by 2040 , claim boffins , by Roland Moore-Colyer @ @ @ @ @ 6 , 2017 ] See previous letters from the same reader .

Re: John Derbyshire's Don't Learn To Code! You'll Be Competing With Cheap Foreign Labor
From: A Talk Radio Listener [Email him]
Joe Biden has been telling coal miners, whose industry and livelihoods he’s promised to destroy, to learn to code. [Biden tells coal miners to "learn to code" | The 2020 presidential hopeful advises coal miners to move into new industries—but it’s not that simple, by Alexandra Kelley, The Hill, January 2, 2020]
This, as Derbyshire pointed out, above, gets commoners who tweet it at MSM journalists banned from Twitter. It’s a fantasy.
American coders with advanced degrees from the top universities become virtually unemployable at about age 35 due to widespread belief that two or three cheap Indians can produce more value than one highly paid American. Furthermore, in the near future, robots will write most of the code.[Robots will write most software code by 2040, claim boffins, by Roland Moore-Colyer, The Inquirer.net, December 6, 2017]
See previous letters from the same reader.


vdare--2020-01-02--WASHINGTON POST: Not Enough White Students, But Too Many White Teachers

As we ’ ve all been lectured lately , a great failing of American public schools is that not enough Students of Color go to white-majority schools .
This is known as Segregation .
We need to bus white students all over the place so that Students of Color won ’ t be exposed to the sheer hell of going to a school that is majority Student of Color .
The Washington Post follows up on the crisis of Not Enough White Students with a big article about the crisis of Too Many White Teachers .
We must rescue Students @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to a school that is minority Teacher of Color .
America ’ s schools are more diverse than ever .
But the teachers are still mostly white .
… Nationally , a Washington Post analysis of school district data from 46 states and the District of Columbia finds that only one-tenth of 1 percent of Latino students attend a school system where the portion of Latino teachers equals or exceeds the percentage of Latino students .
It ’ s only marginally better for black students : 7 percent were enrolled in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ matches or exceeds that for students .
Among Asian students , it was 4.5 percent .
So that ’ s what accounts for the low test scores of Asian students !
For example , perhaps the biggest school district that has almost solved the Diversity-Inclusion-Equity crisis is Laredo on the Rio Grande river in Teas .
The district is 99 % Hispanic students and 97 % Hispanic teachers .
Granted , Laredo 6th graders score 1.4 grade levels below the national average , but that ’ s not the point , the point @ @ @ @ @ @ @ almost achieved Diversity Inclusion Equity among its paid teachers .
Over time , the ranks of teachers of color have grown .
In 1988 , 87 percent of public school teachers were white .
By 2016 , 80 percent were , according to federal data .
Nonetheless , the racial gap between teachers and students has widened as more young people of color have enrolled each year .
In 1994 , two-thirds of public school students were white ; by 2016 , fewer than half were .
… At every step on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ teacher , people of color fall away .
They are less likely to go to college , less likely to enroll in teacher preparation programs , less likely to graduate and less likely to be certified as teachers , the Education Department found in a 2016 report .
… “ Representation absolutely matters and it matters for … almost every educational outcome you can think of , ” said Seth Gershenson , a public policy professor at American University .
… A classmate , Sebastien Jean , 17 , who is black and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ teachers were all white , so he started acting what felt like white , absorbing what he called the “ Caucasianness of it.
” “ I sort of lost my flavor , ” he said .
That created tension with his mother .
“ I would go home and start talking about the weather and gas prices and my mom would be like , ‘ Where did you get that from ?
’ ” … Also , Teachers of Color are more likely to quit because they are oppressed by being forced to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a diverse teaching corps is not just about hiring .
It ’ s about retention .
Black and Hispanic teachers are less likely to remain in the profession than their white peers .
In 2012-2013 , 85 percent of white teachers were in the same school as the year before .
For black teachers , it was 78 percent and for Hispanic teachers , 79 percent , federal data show .
That ’ s partly because black and Hispanic teachers are more likely to work in urban schools , where students have higher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ everyone , experts say .
… And sometimes , those teachers lose jobs they would like to keep .
In recent years , there was a push to close low-performing schools , where black and Hispanic teachers are more likely to teach .
… On the sprawling , 46-acre campus of San Gabriel High School , part of the Alhambra district , the effort to recruit Latino teachers feels urgent .
Latino students , who make up about 34 percent of the student body , chronically lag behind Asian students , who make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s puzzling .
Are there any other high schools in America where this gap is found ?

As we’ve all been lectured lately, a great failing of American public schools is that not enough Students of Color go to white-majority schools. This is known as Segregation. We need to bus white students all over the place so that Students of Color won’t be exposed to the sheer hell of going to a school that is majority Student of Color.
The Washington Post follows up on the crisis of Not Enough White Students with a big article about the crisis of Too Many White Teachers. We must rescue Students of Color from the sheer hell of going to a school that is minority Teacher of Color.
America’s schools are more diverse than ever. But the teachers are still mostly white. By Laura Meckler and Kate Rabinowitz Dec. 27, 2019 … Nationally, a Washington Post analysis of school district data from 46 states and the District of Columbia finds that only one-tenth of 1 percent of Latino students attend a school system where the portion of Latino teachers equals or exceeds the percentage of Latino students. It’s only marginally better for black students: 7 percent were enrolled in a district where the share of black teachers matches or exceeds that for students. Among Asian students, it was 4.5 percent.
So that’s what accounts for the low test scores of Asian students!
Meanwhile, 99.7 percent of white students attended a district where the faculty was as white as the student body, The Post found.
For example, perhaps the biggest school district that has almost solved the Diversity-Inclusion-Equity crisis is Laredo on the Rio Grande river in Teas. The district is 99% Hispanic students and 97% Hispanic teachers. Granted, Laredo 6th graders score 1.4 grade levels below the national average, but that’s not the point, the point is that the Laredo school district has almost achieved Diversity Inclusion Equity among its paid teachers.
Over time, the ranks of teachers of color have grown. In 1988, 87 percent of public school teachers were white. By 2016, 80 percent were, according to federal data. Nonetheless, the racial gap between teachers and students has widened as more young people of color have enrolled each year. In 1994, two-thirds of public school students were white; by 2016, fewer than half were. … At every step on the road from high school student to classroom teacher, people of color fall away. They are less likely to go to college, less likely to enroll in teacher preparation programs, less likely to graduate and less likely to be certified as teachers, the Education Department found in a 2016 report. … “Representation absolutely matters and it matters for … almost every educational outcome you can think of,” said Seth Gershenson, a public policy professor at American University. … A classmate, Sebastien Jean, 17, who is black and Hispanic, remembers that his elementary school teachers were all white, so he started acting what felt like white, absorbing what he called the “Caucasianness of it.” “I sort of lost my flavor,” he said. That created tension with his mother. “I would go home and start talking about the weather and gas prices and my mom would be like, ‘Where did you get that from?’ ” …
Also, Teachers of Color are more likely to quit because they are oppressed by being forced to teach more Students of Color:
Creating a diverse teaching corps is not just about hiring. It’s about retention. Black and Hispanic teachers are less likely to remain in the profession than their white peers. In 2012-2013, 85 percent of white teachers were in the same school as the year before. For black teachers, it was 78 percent and for Hispanic teachers, 79 percent, federal data show. That’s partly because black and Hispanic teachers are more likely to work in urban schools, where students have higher needs and where burnout is high for everyone, experts say. … And sometimes, those teachers lose jobs they would like to keep. In recent years, there was a push to close low-performing schools, where black and Hispanic teachers are more likely to teach. … On the sprawling, 46-acre campus of San Gabriel High School, part of the Alhambra district, the effort to recruit Latino teachers feels urgent. Latino students, who make up about 34 percent of the student body, chronically lag behind Asian students, who make up most of the rest.
That’s puzzling. Are there any other high schools in America where this gap is found?


vdare--2020-01-02--NEW YORK TIMES: Too Many White Students

NEW YORK TIMES: Too Many White Students

In the last few years , we ’ ve all been lectured about how the biggest crisis in K-12 public schools is Segregation : not enough Students of Color go to majority white public schools .
But then there is also the crisis of Integration or Too Many White Students , as the New York Times explained today in an enormously long article about Young Women of Color ’ s hurt feelings to start off the new decade on a wholly different note from the media obsessions of the last seven years : In a Homecoming Video Meant to Unite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ video was created to show off the University of Wisconsin .
Instead , it set off a furor , and a reckoning over what it means to be a black student on campus .
MADISON , Wis. — The video was just two minutes long : a sunny montage of life at the University of Wisconsin ’ s flagship campus in Madison .
Here were hundreds of young men and women cheering at a football game , dancing in unison , riding bicycles in a sleek line , “ throwing the W ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , leaping into a lake .
“ Home is where we grow together , ” a voice-over said .
“ It ’ s where the hills are .
It ’ s eating our favorite foods .
It ’ s where we can all harmonize as one .
Home is Wisconsin cheese curds .
It ’ s welcoming everyone into our home.
” Days before Homecoming Week , the student homecoming committee , tasked with producing the video , posted it online .
The outrage was almost instantaneous .
Virtually every student in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ story of a video that galvanized and divided a university plagued by a history of racist incidents , as told by the people who saw it happen .
Black students in particular say the homecoming video crystallized a daily fact of life : They feel they are not wanted at the University of Wisconsin , where there are significantly fewer African-Americans per capita than in the state , which is mostly white .
This fall , more than 30,000 undergraduates began the school year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison .
Fewer than 1,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ students of color , the homecoming video was a glimpse of what they experienced every day as they walked through campus .
The video prompted a burst of student activism , an attempt by university officials to educate about diversity and a reckoning over who feels at home at the University of Wisconsin .
… A video would boost the promotional aspect of it all , the students decided , a short , visual ode to school spirit .
The committee enlisted student organizations to be filmed — among them Alpha Kappa Alpha @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the end of September , the video was finished and posted on Facebook .
No one expected it to be seen very widely .
One evening , a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha noticed that the video had been posted online .
Payton Wade , 21 , a senior and member of Alpha Kappa Alpha : We were tagged on Facebook when they said a “ thank you ” to all of the organizations who participated in the video .
And I watched the video and I realized that we weren ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a senior from Milwaukee who identifies as biracial : People started talking about it Monday , and they actually took it down off their website and their Facebook .
But a couple of our peers had screen recorded it so that people could still see it and know what all the uproar was about .
… Olivia Lopez : I was just like , how did they not realize how wrong this is ?
… Emilie Cochran , a reporter for The Badger Herald student newspaper who covered the story : It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of people who look alike representing the university .
And it woke people up , saying , this is actually what our university looks like .
… The video had been deleted for more than a week , but it would not go away .
Copies that students had made were watched on phones in dorms , coffee shops and the student union .
Campus newspapers covered the story , and so did The Wisconsin State Journal , in which a headline declared , “ UW-Madison Apologizes for Now-Deleted Homecoming Video of Nearly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Homecoming Committee continued with their planned week of events before the homecoming football game , hoping the furor would die down .
Students of color pushed in the other direction .
They formed a group called the Student Inclusion Coalition .
Their suggestion was to use the upcoming game to address outrage over the video .
The administration agreed to help make a new video .
This one would feature students of color — and it would be broadcast at halftime .
… The campus woke up to a message , scrawled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ copy of The Daily Cardinal , a student newspaper , and written a message on it in large block letters : “ UW 4 WHITES ONLY !
” The newspaper was taped outside Science Hall , a stately red brick building on campus , and it stunned the first people who saw it .
The response from the university was swift .
At 6:46 a.m. , the @ UWMadison Twitter account wrote : UW stands against hate and racism .
We ’ re aware that , last night , a racist message was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hall .
We are removing this message and any others and @ UWMadisonPolice is investigating .
That morning , more signs were discovered around campus .
One read , “ UW DON ’ T CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE.
” Another read , “ I ’ M TIRED OF HAVING TO TEACH MY TEACHERS.
” Soon , the university released a new statement , which read , in part : These posters appear now to be part of a coordinated campaign calling attention to experiences of underrepresented students .
Nile Lansana : I think @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I know for me , and it ’ s not really like this matters , but when I heard about it , I definitely thought that it was a white person doing it .
And then when I found out it wasn ’ t , I was like , O.K.
, I get where you were .
John Lucas , university spokesman : It was not a hate or bias act .
It was more an act of student activism or protest .
We have Hate Hoaxes and also Hate Hysteria ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a protected group ’ s tent or sign or whatever in the middle of the night and it gets blamed on the KKK or the Ghost of Henry Harpending or whatever ) .
But we probably need another category for Hate Cluelessness or Hate Stupidity or whatever in which The Establishment mistakes the kind of anti-white hate that they advocate for anti-black hate .
Like if somebody put up a piece of paper on a public bulletin board reading : It would be a racism … until it was discovered that it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protesting that … it ’ s OK to be white at the U. of Wisconsin-Madison , at which point it would be stunning and brave .
You know , I ’ m starting to think this new decade is going to be the same as the old decade : Who ?
Whom ?
all the way down…

In the last few years, we’ve all been lectured about how the biggest crisis in K-12 public schools is Segregation: not enough Students of Color go to majority white public schools.
But then there is also the crisis of Integration or Too Many White Students, as the New York Times explained today in an enormously long article about Young Women of Color’s hurt feelings to start off the new decade on a wholly different note from the media obsessions of the last seven years:
In a Homecoming Video Meant to Unite Campus, Almost Everyone Was White The video was created to show off the University of Wisconsin. Instead, it set off a furor, and a reckoning over what it means to be a black student on campus. By Julie Bosman, Emily Shetler and Natalie Yahr
Jan. 1, 2020 MADISON, Wis. — The video was just two minutes long: a sunny montage of life at the University of Wisconsin’s flagship campus in Madison. Here were hundreds of young men and women cheering at a football game, dancing in unison, riding bicycles in a sleek line, “throwing the W” for the camera, singing a cappella, leaping into a lake. “Home is where we grow together,” a voice-over said. “It’s where the hills are. It’s eating our favorite foods. It’s where we can all harmonize as one. Home is Wisconsin cheese curds. It’s welcoming everyone into our home.” Days before Homecoming Week, the student homecoming committee, tasked with producing the video, posted it online. The outrage was almost instantaneous. Virtually every student in the video was white. This is the story of a video that galvanized and divided a university plagued by a history of racist incidents, as told by the people who saw it happen. Black students in particular say the homecoming video crystallized a daily fact of life: They feel they are not wanted at the University of Wisconsin, where there are significantly fewer African-Americans per capita than in the state, which is mostly white. This fall, more than 30,000 undergraduates began the school year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Fewer than 1,000 of them are African-American. …
To students of color, the homecoming video was a glimpse of what they experienced every day as they walked through campus. The video prompted a burst of student activism, an attempt by university officials to educate about diversity and a reckoning over who feels at home at the University of Wisconsin. … A video would boost the promotional aspect of it all, the students decided, a short, visual ode to school spirit. The committee enlisted student organizations to be filmed — among them Alpha Kappa Alpha, a historically black sorority. At the end of September, the video was finished and posted on Facebook. No one expected it to be seen very widely. One evening, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha noticed that the video had been posted online. Payton Wade, 21, a senior and member of Alpha Kappa Alpha: We were tagged on Facebook when they said a “thank you” to all of the organizations who participated in the video. And I watched the video and I realized that we weren’t in it. Olivia Lopez, 22, a senior from Milwaukee who identifies as biracial: People started talking about it Monday, and they actually took it down off their website and their Facebook. But a couple of our peers had screen recorded it so that people could still see it and know what all the uproar was about. … Olivia Lopez: I was just like, how did they not realize how wrong this is? … Emilie Cochran, a reporter for The Badger Herald student newspaper who covered the story: It made people uncomfortable, seeing a lot of people who look alike representing the university. And it woke people up, saying, this is actually what our university looks like. … The video had been deleted for more than a week, but it would not go away. Copies that students had made were watched on phones in dorms, coffee shops and the student union. Campus newspapers covered the story, and so did The Wisconsin State Journal, in which a headline declared, “UW-Madison Apologizes for Now-Deleted Homecoming Video of Nearly All-White Student Body.” The students of the Homecoming Committee continued with their planned week of events before the homecoming football game, hoping the furor would die down. Students of color pushed in the other direction. They formed a group called the Student Inclusion Coalition. Their suggestion was to use the upcoming game to address outrage over the video. The administration agreed to help make a new video. This one would feature students of color — and it would be broadcast at halftime. … The campus woke up to a message, scrawled in black. Someone had taken a copy of The Daily Cardinal, a student newspaper, and written a message on it in large block letters: “UW 4 WHITES ONLY!” The newspaper was taped outside Science Hall, a stately red brick building on campus, and it stunned the first people who saw it. The response from the university was swift. At 6:46 a.m., the @UWMadison Twitter account wrote: UW stands against hate and racism. We’re aware that, last night, a racist message was posted on a building sign outside Science Hall. We are removing this message and any others and @UWMadisonPolice is investigating. That morning, more signs were discovered around campus. One read, “UW DON’T CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE.” Another read, “I’M TIRED OF HAVING TO TEACH MY TEACHERS.” Soon, the university released a new statement, which read, in part: These posters appear now to be part of a coordinated campaign calling attention to experiences of underrepresented students. Nile Lansana: I think it was poorly executed and poorly worded. I know for me, and it’s not really like this matters, but when I heard about it, I definitely thought that it was a white person doing it. And then when I found out it wasn’t, I was like, O.K., I get where you were. John Lucas, university spokesman: It was not a hate or bias act. It was more an act of student activism or protest.
We have Hate Hoaxes and also Hate Hysteria (such as when the wind blows over a protected group’s tent or sign or whatever in the middle of the night and it gets blamed on the KKK or the Ghost of Henry Harpending or whatever). But we probably need another category for Hate Cluelessness or Hate Stupidity or whatever in which The Establishment mistakes the kind of anti-white hate that they advocate for anti-black hate.
Like if somebody put up a piece of paper on a public bulletin board reading:
At the U. of Wisconsin-Madison, it’s OK to be white.
It would be a racism … until it was discovered that it was put up by a Student of Color protesting that … it’s OK to be white at the U. of Wisconsin-Madison, at which point it would be stunning and brave.
You know, I’m starting to think this new decade is going to be the same as the old decade: Who? Whom? all the way down…


vdare--2020-01-01--Joe Biden Says We Have An English Legal Culture. But Remember—He Said We Need To Scrap It Last March

Joe Biden Says We Have An English Legal Culture. But Remember—He Said We Need To Scrap It Last March.

The late Samuel Huntington identified America 's `` Anglo-Protestant '' core in his critically important work Who Are We : The Challenges To America 's National Identity .
This does n't mean that only Anglo-Protestants are American .
It means that Anglo-Protestants shaped the core culture and created American institutions .
That 's why schools used to teach British political history .
Without understanding British political history , you ca n't understand America and the beliefs of the Founders .
Everyone used to know this .
The name of this site remembers Virginia Dare , the first English child born @ @ @ @ @ @ @ progressives like Franklin Roosevelt used to commemorate .
In our deeply stupid age , simply referring to America 's Anglo-Saxon , British , or European culture has suddenly become offensive .
When Jeff Sessions was still Attorney General , he said , `` The office of sheriff is a critical part of the Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement . ''
People whose ancestors did n't found America went nuts .
Now , it appears Joe Biden has committed some crimethink .
He recognized `` our English jurisprudential culture '' and said America was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an Asian nation .
Scare tweet from our friends at the Daily Caller below : Ca n't load tweet https : //twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1212566790166982657 : Sorry , that page does not exist No doubt , some Republicans are going to be playing `` Democrats are the real racists '' with this .
I expect some real foolishness from Conservatism Inc. tomorrow .
I 'm dreading what Charlie Kirk will tweet [ White Renegade of the Year 2019 , by Gregory Hood , American Renaissance , January 1 , 2020 ] .
And us Dissident Right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ probably grovel too , which will be amusing .
However , before everyone gets too excited , let 's remember that Joe Biden has said before that though America has an English jurisprudential culture , we need to abolish it because it did n't do enough for Anita Hill .
He said in March : `` It ’ s an English jurisprudential culture , a white man ’ s culture .
It ’ s got to change.
” Biden also rejoices about the prospect of whites becoming a minority and being displaced .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ thinks he should be president .
But other whites . )
So yes , watching historical illiterates get angry on Twitter is amusing .
But let 's not kid ourselves .
Joe Biden is right on the facts and recognizes American legal protections are based on the rights of free-born Englishmen .
But he wants to scrap them in favor of woke culture , and he said this explicitly .
That is truly terrifying .
The people who are just ignorant are far less dangerous than him .

The late Samuel Huntington identified America's "Anglo-Protestant" core in his critically important work Who Are We: The Challenges To America's National Identity. This doesn't mean that only Anglo-Protestants are American. It means that Anglo-Protestants shaped the core culture and created American institutions. That's why schools used to teach British political history. Without understanding British political history, you can't understand America and the beliefs of the Founders.
Everyone used to know this. The name of this site remembers Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the New World, someone that progressives like Franklin Roosevelt used to commemorate. In our deeply stupid age, simply referring to America's Anglo-Saxon, British, or European culture has suddenly become offensive. When Jeff Sessions was still Attorney General, he said, "The office of sheriff is a critical part of the Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement." People whose ancestors didn't found America went nuts.
Now, it appears Joe Biden has committed some crimethink. He recognized "our English jurisprudential culture" and said America was not built as an African nation or an Asian nation. Scare tweet from our friends at the Daily Caller below:
No doubt, some Republicans are going to be playing "Democrats are the real racists" with this. I expect some real foolishness from Conservatism Inc. tomorrow. I'm dreading what Charlie Kirk will tweet [White Renegade of the Year 2019, by Gregory Hood, American Renaissance, January 1, 2020]. And us Dissident Right types are having fun. Biden will probably grovel too, which will be amusing.
However, before everyone gets too excited, let's remember that Joe Biden has said before that though America has an English jurisprudential culture, we need to abolish it because it didn't do enough for Anita Hill. He said in March: "It’s an English jurisprudential culture, a white man’s culture. It’s got to change.”
Biden also rejoices about the prospect of whites becoming a minority and being displaced. (Not him of course, he thinks he should be president. But other whites.)
So yes, watching historical illiterates get angry on Twitter is amusing. But let's not kid ourselves. Joe Biden is right on the facts and recognizes American legal protections are based on the rights of free-born Englishmen. But he wants to scrap them in favor of woke culture, and he said this explicitly. That is truly terrifying.
The people who are just ignorant are far less dangerous than him.


vdare--2020-01-01--Radio Derb Transcript Up For December 27: Federal Spending, Elites Vs. Voters, Anti-Hate Hysteria, A

Radio Derb Transcript Up For December 27: Federal Spending, Elites Vs. Voters, Anti-Hate Hysteria, And Rewarding Tessa Majors’ Killers, Etc.

The Radio Derb transcript is up for December 27 .
Go here to read or listen .
01m37s The mystery @ @ @ @ @ How do we stay afloat ? )
11m17s Referendum , shmeferendum .
( Never think @ @ @ @ @ they 're doing . )
19m38s The Central Park Five template .
( Winning the @ @ @ @ @ Age is the new class .
( No wonder they hate us . )
35m13s @ @ @ @ @ President Coolidge say ? )

The Radio Derb transcript is up for December 27. Go here to read or listen.
01m37s The mystery of federal spending. (How do we stay afloat?)
11m17s Referendum, shmeferendum. (Never think they don't know what they're doing.)
19m38s The Central Park Five template. (Winning the ghetto lottery.)
25m30s Age is the new class. (No wonder they hate us.)
29m45s The "hate crime" horrors. (Enforcing elite ideology.)
32m10s RIP Baba Ram Dass. (He missed a key point.)
35m13s Signoff. (What did President Coolidge say?)


vdare--2020-01-01--Chinese Medical Student Arrested Trying To Smuggle Cancer Research

It was great news to hear that President Trump was taking on Red China in trade to try to lessen the years of the Chinese ripping us off in every way possible .
In 2007 , Lou Dobbs remarked on his CNN show , “ Three thousand front companies we know of , Chinese front companies , are trying to steal American industrial secrets , in addition to the effort to steal U.S. technology.
” However , it makes no sense to continue immigration and admitting foreign students from Red China as if there were no threat on that front @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the US as ever .
The recent arrest of a medical student smuggler demonstrates that shutting the door to China would be wise .
US : Med student tried to smuggle cancer research to China , Associated Press , December 31 , 2019 BOSTON ( AP ) — A medical student from China who U.S. authorities say tried to smuggle cancer research material taken from a Boston hospital out of the country has been held without bail by a judge who ruled he was a flight risk .
Zaosong Zheng , 29 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Harvard University to study in the U.S. , appeared Monday in U.S. District Court in Boston .
Magistrate Judge David Hennessy ruled that evidence suggested Zheng had tried to smuggle vials of research specimens in a sock in his suitcase bound for China and granted the prosecution ’ s request to hold him without bail .
He was arrested Dec. 10 at Boston ’ s Logan Airport on a charge of making false statements .
Zheng stole the materials from his lab at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center , authorities allege .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ work he had replicated without the authorization or knowledge of the lab , Zheng told authorities , according to court documents .
Zheng was possibly acting on behalf of the Chinese government , the FBI said in affidavit included in court documents .
( Continues )

It was great news to hear that President Trump was taking on Red China in trade to try to lessen the years of the Chinese ripping us off in every way possible. In 2007, Lou Dobbs remarked on his CNN show, “Three thousand front companies we know of, Chinese front companies, are trying to steal American industrial secrets, in addition to the effort to steal U.S. technology.”
However, it makes no sense to continue immigration and admitting foreign students from Red China as if there were no threat on that front. The Chinese remain as unfriendly to the US as ever.
The recent arrest of a medical student smuggler demonstrates that shutting the door to China would be wise.


vdare--2020-01-01--Trump Deports Illegals Obama Would Have Welcomed

It ’ s a constant source of amazement that many of the world ’ s people regard the United States as a deluxe welfare office , jobs referral service and free school for residents of the entire planet , and the only requirement is getting here past the dismal border defenses .
The entitled invaders never consider that they could have their own nation of law and order at home if they did they hard work of reforming what ’ s broken .
Instead it ’ s just easier to mooch off America , like the characters in the newspaper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the gang members often tag along through the squishy border because they like the free stuff too .
The Obama administration was particularly helpful in welcoming foreign criminals , even though crime is a job ( some ) Americans will do .
As a result , America has been plagued with increased crime diversity from Central America , a reminder of which occurred a couple weeks ago when authorities arrested 96 members of the MS-13 gang .
So the permissive-immigration-as-rescue project has a fundamental problem — the people trying to escape crime @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to the press , America should rescue more of the billions on earth who would benefit from relocation .
Denied asylum , migrants return to place they fear most : home , San Diego Union Tribune , December 29 , 2019 SAN PEDRO SULA , Honduras — By now , the young couple thought they ’ d be in the United States .
Somewhere , anywhere , in the United States .
They thought they ’ d have jobs — he ’ d work construction , maybe she ’ d be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ d be safe .
They thought they ’ d have asylum .
Instead , an American judge swiftly denied their asylum requests .
The Trump administration , in making asylum an increasingly remote possibility for everyone , had closed the door on them .
In early August , immigration officials escorted the couple onto a chartered airliner packed with deportees that flew them back to this industrial city in one of the world ’ s most dangerous countries .
They were home , back in a two-room apartment in the dusty San Pedro @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was nowhere more frightening .
“ They own Rivera Hernandez .
The gangs own it , ” said the wife , a driven , barely educated daughter of farmworkers who had promised herself as a little girl that she would escape the drudgery of itinerant field work .
She , like most migrants living underground in Honduras , spoke on condition that her and her husband ’ s names not be used , fearing retribution by gangs .
“ They own the whole place .
They walk around freely.
” ( Continues ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ why exactly should this be America ’ s problem when we have plenty of crime already ?

It’s a constant source of amazement that many of the world’s people regard the United States as a deluxe welfare office, jobs referral service and free school for residents of the entire planet, and the only requirement is getting here past the dismal border defenses.
The entitled invaders never consider that they could have their own nation of law and order at home if they did they hard work of reforming what’s broken.
Instead it’s just easier to mooch off America, like the characters in the newspaper article below planned to do.
Naturally, the gang members often tag along through the squishy border because they like the free stuff too. The Obama administration was particularly helpful in welcoming foreign criminals, even though crime is a job (some) Americans will do.
As a result, America has been plagued with increased crime diversity from Central America, a reminder of which occurred a couple weeks ago when authorities arrested 96 members of the MS-13 gang.
So the permissive-immigration-as-rescue project has a fundamental problem — the people trying to escape crime often bring it with them.
Meanwhile, according to the press, America should rescue more of the billions on earth who would benefit from relocation.
Denied asylum, migrants return to place they fear most: home, San Diego Union Tribune, December 29, 2019 SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — By now, the young couple thought they’d be in the United States. Somewhere, anywhere, in the United States. They thought they’d have jobs — he’d work construction, maybe she’d be a waitress. They thought they’d be safe. They thought they’d have asylum. Instead, an American judge swiftly denied their asylum requests. The Trump administration, in making asylum an increasingly remote possibility for everyone, had closed the door on them. In early August, immigration officials escorted the couple onto a chartered airliner packed with deportees that flew them back to this industrial city in one of the world’s most dangerous countries. They were home, back in a two-room apartment in the dusty San Pedro Sula neighborhood of Rivera Hernandez. There was nowhere more frightening. “They own Rivera Hernandez. The gangs own it,” said the wife, a driven, barely educated daughter of farmworkers who had promised herself as a little girl that she would escape the drudgery of itinerant field work. She, like most migrants living underground in Honduras, spoke on condition that her and her husband’s names not be used, fearing retribution by gangs. “They own the whole place. They walk around freely.” (Continues)
The couple lives in a dangerous country—and why exactly should this be America’s problem when we have plenty of crime already?


vdare--2020-01-01--Texas Nurse Killed By New Year's Eve "Celebratory Gunfire"—Don't Blame The NRA!

When I saw the headline about a woman being shot while celebrating New Years , I wondered if she was @ @ @ @ @ .
The victim was a black woman and a good citizen , Philippa Ashford .
@ @ @ @ @ death on New Year 's Eve , likely by celebratory gunfire , police say , @ @ @ @ @ , January 1 , 2020 ] Who the heck was shooting guns to celebrate ?
@ @ @ @ @ on the shooting gave an address `` 12300 block of May Laurel Drive . ''
@ @ @ @ @ found a nearby school , Heritage Elementary School at 12255 TC Jester Boulevard .
I @ @ @ @ @ enrollment to be 47 percent black and 44 percent Hispanic students .
There are also @ @ @ @ @ neighborhood .
39 percent of the students at Heritage Elementary do not speak English .
@ @ @ @ @ person did not kill Philippa Ashford by shooting off a gun to celebrate the new @ @

When I saw the headline about a woman being shot while celebrating New Years, I wondered if she was living in a black neighborhood. The victim was a black woman and a good citizen, Philippa Ashford. [Texas nurse shot to death on New Year's Eve, likely by celebratory gunfire, police say, by Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC, January 1, 2020]
Who the heck was shooting guns to celebrate? Just wondering.
An article on the shooting gave an address "12300 block of May Laurel Drive." I Googled the address and found a nearby school, Heritage Elementary School at 12255 TC Jester Boulevard.
I searched GreatSchools.org and found the enrollment to be 47 percent black and 44 percent Hispanic students. There are also lots of immigrants in her neighborhood. 39 percent of the students at Heritage Elementary do not speak English.
I conclude that a white person did not kill Philippa Ashford by shooting off a gun to celebrate the new year.


vdare--2020-01-01--The Decade's Most Unexpected Headline: “Efforts To Close Student Achievement Gaps Ineffective”

While more than half of Montgomery County , Maryland , students are black and Latino , many attend schools that @ @ @ @ @ to a report released in December by the Office of Legislative Oversight .
The report @ @ @ @ @ those schools have a high percentage of students from impoverished families .
The report states @ @ @ @ @ is that higher-poverty schools tend to yield lower-levels of academic performance , especially among students @ @ @ @ @ .
The findings highlight ineffective efforts to close achievement gaps since the last report was @ @ @ @

From WTOP near Washington D.C.:
Report: Montgomery Co. efforts to close student achievement gaps ineffective
Melissa Howell
December 31, 2019, 6:59 AM
While more than half of Montgomery County, Maryland, students are black and Latino, many attend schools that lack in resources, according to a report released in December by the Office of Legislative Oversight.
The report also shows that many of those schools have a high percentage of students from impoverished families. The report states that the consensus among researchers is that higher-poverty schools tend to yield lower-levels of academic performance, especially among students of color and low-income students.
The findings highlight ineffective efforts to close achievement gaps since the last report was released in 2015.