vdare--2020-03-07--John Derbyshire: Quietly, U.S. Becoming A Lawless Society—Some Presidential Candidate Should Campaig

John Derbyshire: Quietly, U.S. Becoming A Lawless Society—Some Presidential Candidate Should Campaign On It

Adapted from the latest Radio Derb , available exclusively at VDARE.com If I were advising the Trump campaign , I 'd tell them to lean hard on the law-and-order issue .
Increasingly , it seems to me , on several different fronts , we are a lawless society .
Exhibit A : The bail-reform laws passed by the New York State legislature last year .
The local news outlets now regularly feature stories about criminals set free under the new rules , who promptly commit new crimes .
• Tiffany Harris , who specializes in walking up to Jewish women @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shouting antisemitic curses .
She was at it again this week , and she 's out again .
[ Tiffany Harris arraigned on felony hate crimes—and released again , by Andrew Denney and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon , NY Post , March 3 , 2020 ] • Charles Barry , a subway scammer and thief with 142—count 'em , 142—arrests on his rap sheet , got arrested again this week , and … released .
[ Serial subway scammer Charles Barry , who says he ’ s swearing off crime , is ordered released again @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , New York Daily News , March 2 , 2020 ] Exhibit B : Sanctuary Cities releasing illegal aliens so they ca n't be deported .
• In Chicago , Mexican illegal Christopher Puente , right , who has been deported at least once and been convicted of burglary , forgery , trespassing , and domestic battery , was arrested for theft last year , but released in defiance of an ICE request to hold him .
After release , he sexually assaulted a 3-year-old girl in a McDonald 's bathroom .
[ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with sexually assaulting toddler , by Emma Colton , Washington Examiner , March 3 , 2020 ] • Back in New York , Guatemalan national Miguel Ajqui-Ajtzalam was arrested last week for statutory rape on a 13-year-old girl .
A judge allowed him out on supervised release , ignoring a request from ICE that he be held for deportation .
[ Brooklyn DA defends no-bail decision on illegal immigrant charged with rape , by Andrew Denney , Gabrielle Fonrouge and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon , , NY Post , March 4 , 2020 ] Exhibit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up to a value of $ 950 .
This has generated a rash of flagrant store robberies , gangs of robbers calmly walking into stores , loading up plastic garbage bags with merchandise , then strolling out : In Eureka , California , a man smashed the windows , stole property , and seems to have attempted arson against a local Republican Party headquarters .
He was arrested and spent the night in jail , but then released .
[ Suspect back out on the street after arrest for attempted arson at Eureka @ @ @ @ @ @ @ KRCR , February 10 , 2020 ] This was the sixth time in two years the office had been vandalized .
The attacks are plainly political : anti-Trump slogans were left in some of the attacks , and the local office of the Democratic Party has never been touched .
Notwithstanding that , the local police department has dismissed the attacks as `` random vandalism . ''
[ A Two-Year Terror Campaign Against One Small GOP Office , by Daniel Greenfield , Sultan Knish Blog , February 25 , 2020 ] In Brooklyn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gang of a dozen or more high-schoolers attacked a lone 15-year-old girl in the street , leaving her badly hurt—badly enough to need hospitalizing .
The whole thing was caught on security cameras .
When the girl had been kicked unconscious , one of the assailants stole the sneakers from her feet .
One thing you see from all these Exhibits : law enforcement and the judicial system are now all thoroughly taken over by CultMarx who-whom ideology .
Their responses are shaped by who is doing the law-breaking , and to whom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in that last example were all black , of course .
Tiffany Harris and Charles Barry in my bail-reform exhibit , are also black .
So are the store robbers in California .
The beneficiaries of Sanctuary City policies are of course illegal aliens .
The guy who vandalized the GOP office in Eureka is plainly an Antifa nutcase .
Those are all protected , favored groups , who must be dealt with leniently .
The laws do n't apply to them ; at least , nothing like as severely as they apply @ @ @ @ @ @ @ does our Ruling Class respond when a member of the favored groups commits violence against the oppressors ?
With silence , of course .
Or , if the atrocity is too serious for silence , they twist it around to make it the victims ' fault .
The most recent instance of this : the February 26th massacre at Coors brewery in Milwaukee .
Anthony Ferrill , a disgruntled black employee , murdered five co-workers , all white .
A long news story March 4th at the Washington Post carefully explained that Mr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incessant anti-black racism at the plant , including—can you guess ?
—yes , nooses .
[ Noose found on gunman ’ s locker at Milwaukee Coors facility years before deadly shooting , by Annie Gowen and Katie Zezima , March 4 , 2020 ] Nooses !
So those five victims had it coming .
We are fish , and this is the water we swim in .
Equality under the law is a fading memory .
Mere application of the law against members of favored groups—blacks , illegal aliens , Antifa activists—is frowned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on behalf of favored groups is no law ; it 's lawlessness .
Millions of Americans must be just as fed up with this as I am .
There has to be a political opportunity in addressing the issue .
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Adapted from the latest Radio Derb, available exclusively at VDARE.com
If I were advising the Trump campaign, I'd tell them to lean hard on the law-and-order issue. Increasingly, it seems to me, on several different fronts, we are a lawless society.
Exhibit A: The bail-reform laws passed by the New York State legislature last year.
The local news outlets now regularly feature stories about criminals set free under the new rules, who promptly commit new crimes.
Exhibit B: Sanctuary Cities releasing illegal aliens so they can't be deported.
Exhibit C: California's de-criminalizing of theft up to a value of $950.
This has generated a rash of flagrant store robberies, gangs of robbers calmly walking into stores, loading up plastic garbage bags with merchandise, then strolling out:
Exhibit D: Political violence.
In Eureka, California, a man smashed the windows, stole property, and seems to have attempted arson against a local Republican Party headquarters. He was arrested and spent the night in jail, but then released. [Suspect back out on the street after arrest for attempted arson at Eureka GOP office, by Nazy Javid, KRCR, February 10, 2020]
This was the sixth time in two years the office had been vandalized. The attacks are plainly political: anti-Trump slogans were left in some of the attacks, and the local office of the Democratic Party has never been touched.
Notwithstanding that, the local police department has dismissed the attacks as "random vandalism." [A Two-Year Terror Campaign Against One Small GOP Office, by Daniel Greenfield, Sultan Knish Blog, February 25, 2020]
Exhibit E: Street mobs.
In Brooklyn, New York the other day a gang of a dozen or more high-schoolers attacked a lone 15-year-old girl in the street, leaving her badly hurt—badly enough to need hospitalizing. The whole thing was caught on security cameras.
OUTRAGE:this is sickening video of a 15 year old girl viciously attacked by a group of school children. One young man takes the sneakers right off the unconscious victim’s feet. The teenager is in the hospital recovering. We CAN NOT allow this behavior in our community. #Speakup pic.twitter.com/VLLb91fDOM — NYPDBrooklynNorth (@NYPDBklynNorth) March 6, 2020
When the girl had been kicked unconscious, one of the assailants stole the sneakers from her feet.
One thing you see from all these Exhibits: law enforcement and the judicial system are now all thoroughly taken over by CultMarx who-whom ideology. Their responses are shaped by who is doing the law-breaking, and to whom they are doing it.
The high-schoolers in that last example were all black, of course. Tiffany Harris and Charles Barry, in my bail-reform exhibit, are also black. So are the store robbers in California. The beneficiaries of Sanctuary City policies are of course illegal aliens. The guy who vandalized the GOP office in Eureka is plainly an Antifa nutcase.
Those are all protected, favored groups, who must be dealt with leniently. The laws don't apply to them; at least, nothing like as severely as they apply to the white Oppressor Class.
How does our Ruling Class respond when a member of the favored groups commits violence against the oppressors? With silence, of course.
Or, if the atrocity is too serious for silence, they twist it around to make it the victims' fault. The most recent instance of this: the February 26th massacre at Coors brewery in Milwaukee. Anthony Ferrill, a disgruntled black employee, murdered five co-workers, all white. A long news story March 4th at the Washington Post carefully explained that Mr. Ferrill was driven to his act by incessant anti-black racism at the plant, including—can you guess?—yes, nooses. [Noose found on gunman’s locker at Milwaukee Coors facility years before deadly shooting, by Annie Gowen and Katie Zezima, March 4, 2020]
Nooses! So those five victims had it coming.
We are fish, and this is the water we swim in. Equality under the law is a fading memory. Mere application of the law against members of favored groups—blacks, illegal aliens, Antifa activists—is frowned on.
This is lawlessness. Law on behalf of favored groups is no law; it's lawlessness.
Millions of Americans must be just as fed up with this as I am. There has to be a political opportunity in addressing the issue.
John Derbyshire [ email him] writes an incredible amount on all sorts of subjects for all kinds of outlets. (This no longer includes National Review, whose editors had some kind of tantrum and fired him.) He is the author of We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism and several other books. He has had two books published by VDARE.com com: FROM THE DISSIDENT RIGHT (also available in Kindle) and FROM THE DISSIDENT RIGHT II: ESSAYS 2013.
For years he’s been podcasting at Radio Derb, now available at VDARE.com for no charge. His writings are archived at JohnDerbyshire.com.
Readers who wish to donate (tax deductible) funds specifically earmarked for John Derbyshire's writings at VDARE.com can do so here.


vdare--2020-03-07--Coronavirus Reminds The Planet That Borders Are A Great Idea

As the coronavirus spreads around the world , we should notice how the openness of travel has been facilitated the spread of the illness .
Borders are our friends when contagion is on the loose — even though the current panic is largely an overblown media concoction , according to Dr. Drew Pinsky .
But the next communicable disease may be more deadly , so returning to a more orderly , borderly world would be a good idea .
President Trump ’ s shutdown of foreigner travel from Red China to the US was definitely the right move to block @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was accused of xenophobia for protecting the American people at the time .
China watcher Gordon Chang agreed with Gregg Jarrett that border restrictions are a good idea during an interview on Fox Business last week : GREGG JARRETT : Do more countries need to start closing their borders ?
GORDON CHANG : I think so .
You know , President Trump at the end of January imposed those travel restrictions on China and the quarantine , and that ’ s the only reason why we do not have an emergency today .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ won ’ t spread in the US because it is , but at least we ’ ve bought some time .
And I think we can do the same thing with some other countries , preventing some travelers from coming here .
That will help us a lot .

As the coronavirus spreads around the world, we should notice how the openness of travel has been facilitated the spread of the illness. Borders are our friends when contagion is on the loose — even though the current panic is largely an overblown media concoction, according to Dr. Drew Pinsky.
But the next communicable disease may be more deadly, so returning to a more orderly, borderly world would be a good idea. President Trump’s shutdown of foreigner travel from Red China to the US was definitely the right move to block the coronavirus entry here, although he was accused of xenophobia for protecting the American people at the time.
China watcher Gordon Chang agreed with Gregg Jarrett that border restrictions are a good idea during an interview on Fox Business last week:
GREGG JARRETT: Do more countries need to start closing their borders? GORDON CHANG: I think so. You know, President Trump at the end of January imposed those travel restrictions on China and the quarantine, and that’s the only reason why we do not have an emergency today. That’s not to say it won’t spread in the US because it is, but at least we’ve bought some time. And I think we can do the same thing with some other countries, preventing some travelers from coming here. That will help us a lot.


vdare--2020-03-07--Black Woman, White Woman, Argue Over Who Has The Right To Quote MLK; Weak And Stupid Fredo Paralyzed

This is hilarious ... unintentionally , of course .
Here we have two leftist women—black Bernie Sanders mouthpiece Nina Turner @ @ @ @ @ Hillary Rosen , in the # MeToo era , arguing over who has the standing @ @ @ @ @ a plagiarized `` letter '' from MLK , who reportedly laughed , encouraged , and @ @ @ @ @ `` minister '' as he , the minister , raped a woman .
[ The @ @ @ @ @ King | Newly-revealed FBI documents portray the great civil rights leader as a sexual libertine @ @ @ @ @ a forcible rape took place , by David J. Garrow , StandPointMag , May 30 @ @ @ @ @ Martin Luther King was an accomplice to rape .
And FBI documents suggest he tried @ @ @ @ @ .
And these two are fighting over who has the right to quote him .
@ @ @ @ @ is in the middle , wondering what do , then regains control and admits that @ @ @ @ @ candidates

This is hilarious ... unintentionally, of course.
Here we have two leftist women—black Bernie Sanders mouthpiece Nina Turner and white Joe Biden mouthpiece Hillary Rosen, in the #MeToo era, arguing over who has the standing to criticize whom, using a plagiarized "letter" from MLK, who reportedly laughed, encouraged, and offered advice to a fellow "minister" as he, the minister, raped a woman [The troubling legacy of Martin Luther King | Newly-revealed FBI documents portray the great civil rights leader as a sexual libertine who ‘laughed’ as a forcible rape took place, by David J. Garrow, StandPointMag, May 30, 2019]
That means Martin Luther King was an accomplice to rape. And FBI documents suggest he tried to rape a woman himself.
And these two are fighting over who has the right to quote him.
Chris "Fredo" Cuomo is in the middle, wondering what do, then regains control and admits that Trump might crush both their candidates.


vdare--2020-03-07--Kritarchs Block Remain In Mexico: Trump Should Close The Border

The kritarchs in the 9th Circus Court of Appeals has ruled that the Remain In Mexico policy for asylum seekers arriving at the Mexico-US border is illegal .
I , of course , am responsible for this Trump Administration policy .
I was the one who advised the Administration that they had a number of alternatives to stop this wave of fraudulent asylum claims deliberately organized by alien smugglers , including arresting the smugglers who are here in the United States running their conspiracy , deploying the Brown Water Navy , closing the border by holding Mexico responsible for this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just enforcing current law that says any alien applying for admission at a land border who is found inadmissible must wait outside the United States for their immigration court hearing .
[ More Options For Trump On The Caravan : Make Applicants For Asylum Wait IN MEXICO , by Federale , VDare , October 20 , 2018 ] To summarize , the Immigration and Nationality Act is quite specific on aliens who apply for admission at the border and are found inadmissible .
They must wait in either Canada or Mexico , depending @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There is no question as to if this is legal , it is the law .
( d ) Service custody .
The Service will assume custody of any alien subject to detention under paragraph ( b ) or ( c ) of this section .
In its discretion , the Service may require any alien who appears inadmissible and who arrives at a land border port-of-entry from Canada or Mexico , to remain in that country while awaiting a removal hearing .
Such alien shall be considered detained for a proceeding within @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) of the Act and may be ordered removed in absentia by an immigration judge if the alien fails to appear for the hearing .
But some strange assortment of kritarchs says the law as written by Congress is illegal .
On Wednesday , the court said it remains “ very clear ” that a lower court was correct in ruling that the Trump administration program — technically called the Migrant Protection Protocols , or MPP — may violate the law .
“ It is equally clear , ” the court added , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and irreversible harm to plaintiffs , ” many of whom are asylum-seekers themselves .
Judges were not certain , however , about the scope of their injunction .
Because such a legal question is “ a matter of intense and active controversy , ” they said , the program can continue in regions “ outside the geographical boundaries of the Ninth Circuit.
” The court said it will wait until March 12 for its order to take effect to see “ if the Supreme Court has not in the meantime acted to reverse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Court Blocks Trump ’ s ‘ Remain In Mexico ’ Policy Along Part Of The Border , by Colin Dwyer , NPR , March 5 , 2020 ] The Trump Administration is preparing for a failure of SCOTUS to overturn this obviously illegal decision .
But there are options the Administration has other than sending in the military police .
The U.S. government says it is sending 160 military police and engineers to two official border crossings to deal with asylum seekers in case a federal appeals court strikes down one of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Senior Customs and Border Protection officials said Friday that active duty personnel will be in place by Saturday at ports of entry in El Paso and San Diego , where a large caravan attempted to cross the border in 2018 , resulting in chaos and the closure of the San Ysidro port , the nation ’ s busiest land crossing .
Officials say 80 service members will be sent to that port and another 80 to the El Paso one .
The deployment is in response to a crowd of asylum-seekers that gathered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after the 9th U.S .
Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily struck down the program known as “ Remain in Mexico , ” which forces asylum seekers to stay in Mexico while their cases wind through court in the U.S. Officials shut down that border crossing for several hours that evening before the court reversed itself .
[ US Sending Military Police To Two Border Crossings , by Astrid Galvan , AP/Yahoo News , March 6 , 2020 ] This decision by the 9th Circus kritarchs is illegal .
The Trump Administration has a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and most desirable , is the Andrew Jackson Option ; ignore the order and continue on with Remain In Mexico , publicly claiming that the law is quite clear that the policy is legal and that the Supreme Court has already ruled that the President can exclude any alien under Section 212 ( f ) of the Immigration and Nationality Act .
Put the kritarchs in their place .
An object lesson to the usurpers .
The second option is the give the kritarchs a little jujitsu : follow my recommendations to Stephen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it and its citizens will be held responsible for any third-country alien who enters or attempts to enter the United States .
The consequences will be restricted entry of Mexican government officials , halting new visa issuance to Mexicans , a slowdown at border posts where third-country nationals attempt to enter , and , eventually , the closing of the land border Ports-of-Entry ( POE ) on the Mexican border in California and Arizona to any traffic .
That means if the kritarchs want illegal aliens to be able to apply for asylum @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if there are POEs to apply at .
A closed POE is effectively not a POE at all .
The best option would , of course , be that Mexico decides to act in its own best interest and immediately deports all the third-country nationals so there is no problem caused to Mexican nationals Undoubtedly pretty boy Chad Wolf is behind the policy of not using initiative and imagination in responding to illegal impositions of the kritarchy , but I think Ken The Knife and Stephen Miller are looking for imaginative solutions .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Defiance , close the borders , or have the Mexicans deport the asylum seekers .
The solutions to this kritarch problem are very simple .
I don ’ t object to sending the Military Police to the border , but there are better solutions .

The kritarchs in the 9th Circus Court of Appeals have ruled that the Remain In Mexico policy for asylum seekers arriving at the Mexico-US border is illegal. I, of course, am responsible for this Trump Administration policy. I was the one who advised the Administration that they had a number of alternatives to stop this wave of fraudulent asylum claims deliberately organized by alien smugglers, including arresting the smugglers who are here in the United States running their conspiracy, deploying the Brown Water Navy, closing the border by holding Mexico responsible for this flood, and, of course, just enforcing current law that says any alien applying for admission at a land border who is found inadmissible must wait outside the United States for their immigration court hearing. [More Options For Trump On The Caravan: Make Applicants For Asylum Wait IN MEXICO, by Federale, VDare, October 20, 2018]
To summarize, the Immigration and Nationality Act is quite specific on aliens who apply for admission at the border and are found inadmissible. They must wait in either Canada or Mexico, depending on which country they applied from. There is no question as to whether this is legal; it is the law.
(d) Service custody. The Service will assume custody of any alien subject to detention under paragraph (b) or (c) of this section. In its discretion, the Service may require any alien who appears inadmissible and who arrives at a land border port-of-entry from Canada or Mexico, to remain in that country while awaiting a removal hearing. Such alien shall be considered detained for a proceeding within the meaning of section 235(b) of the Act and may be ordered removed in absentia by an immigration judge if the alien fails to appear for the hearing. [Code of Federal Regulations, Title 8, Immigration and Nationality, Section 235.3(d), Legal Information Institute]
But some strange assortment of kritarchs says the law as written by Congress is illegal.
On Wednesday, the court said it remains “very clear” that a lower court was correct in ruling that the Trump administration program — technically called the Migrant Protection Protocols, or MPP — may violate the law. “It is equally clear,” the court added, “that the MPP is causing extreme and irreversible harm to plaintiffs,” many of whom are asylum-seekers themselves. Judges were not certain, however, about the scope of their injunction. Because such a legal question is “a matter of intense and active controversy,” they said, the program can continue in regions “outside the geographical boundaries of the Ninth Circuit.” The court said it will wait until March 12 for its order to take effect to see “if the Supreme Court has not in the meantime acted to reverse or otherwise modify our decision.” [Court Blocks Trump’s ‘Remain In Mexico’ Policy Along Part Of The Border, by Colin Dwyer, NPR, March 5, 2020]
The Trump Administration is preparing for a failure of SCOTUS to overturn this obviously illegal decision. But there are options the Administration has other than sending in the military police.
The U.S. government says it is sending 160 military police and engineers to two official border crossings to deal with asylum seekers in case a federal appeals court strikes down one of the Trump administration’s key policies.
Senior Customs and Border Protection officials said Friday that active duty personnel will be in place by Saturday at ports of entry in El Paso and San Diego, where a large caravan attempted to cross the border in 2018, resulting in chaos and the closure of the San Ysidro port, the nation’s busiest land crossing. Officials say 80 service members will be sent to that port and another 80 to the El Paso one. The deployment is in response to a crowd of asylum-seekers that gathered at an El Paso crossing last Friday after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily struck down the program known as “Remain in Mexico,” which forces asylum seekers to stay in Mexico while their cases wind through court in the U.S. Officials shut down that border crossing for several hours that evening before the court reversed itself. [US Sending Military Police To Two Border Crossings, by Astrid Galvan, AP/Yahoo News, March 6, 2020]
This decision by the 9th Circus kritarchs is illegal. The Trump Administration has a number of options. The first, and most desirable, is the Andrew Jackson Option; ignore the order and continue on with Remain In Mexico, publicly claiming that the law is quite clear that the policy is legal and that the Supreme Court has already ruled that the President can exclude any alien under Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Put the kritarchs in their place. An object lesson to the usurpers.
The second option is the give the kritarchs a little jujitsu: follow my recommendations to Stephen Miller. Notify the Mexican government that it and its citizens will be held responsible for any third-country alien who enters or attempts to enter the United States. The consequences will be restricted entry of Mexican government officials, halting new visa issuance to Mexicans, a slowdown at border posts where third-country nationals attempt to enter, and, eventually, the closing of the land border Ports-of-Entry (POE) on the Mexican border in California and Arizona to any traffic.
That means if the kritarchs want illegal aliens to be able to apply for asylum at POEs, that can only occur if there are POEs to apply at. A closed POE is effectively not a POE at all. The best option would, of course, be that Mexico decides to act in its own best interest and immediately deports all the third-country nationals so there is no problem caused to Mexican nationals
Undoubtedly pretty boy Chad Wolf is behind the policy of not using initiative and imagination in responding to illegal impositions of the kritarchy, but I think Ken The Knife and Stephen Miller are looking for imaginative solutions. Well, I have those solutions. Defiance, close the borders, or have the Mexicans deport the asylum seekers. The solutions to this kritarch problem are very simple. I don’t object to sending the Military Police to the border, but there are better solutions.


vdare--2020-03-08--Liberal Ladies Are The Real Misogynists—They Sure Didn't Vote For Elizabeth Warren!

Elizabeth Warren on how sexism sunk her campaign ( just listen for eight seconds ) : Warren : “ If you say , 'No , there was no sexism , ' about a bazillion women think , 'What planet do you live on ? '
” A bazillion , huh ?
Among women who participated in a Democrat primary or caucus through Super Tuesday , more than 4-in-5 voted for a man , while fewer than 1-in-5 voted for a woman .
There is not a single state where anything close to a majority of Democrat women put their support @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , despite there having been several of them to choose from : There is one female candidate remaining yet to suspend her campaign .
By Democrat party rules established before the election season began , she is eligible to participate in the next debate which is scheduled to take place on the Ides of March .
We ’ ll be looking forward to Warren vociferously demanding said woman not be shut out .
For her to be shut out , the party must stick to the arbitrary last minute rule change that has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a pair of old white men .
Bernie Sanders will surely call on the DNC to follow its own rules and allow the woman to participate as well .
She ’ s had his back time and time again when virtually no one else in the party has , and he has assured and reassured us that he is not a sexist himself .
This will be a great opportunity for him to prove it .
Sardonicism off , it wouldn ’ t be a bad move for Joe Biden to call for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anything Biden is able to do to reduce the amount of time he has to speak in a debate is good for him .
This would put Bernie Sanders in a tough spot .
On principle and on account of all Gabbard has done for him , he should call for her inclusion .
But her participation is tactically disastrous , since she ’ ll reduce both his and Biden ’ s speaking times and , to the extent that she is able to steal any votes from the two of them , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anti-war flank .
Fortunately for Sanders , the DNC isn ’ t going to allow her on the stage no matter what Biden or Sanders say .
The last thing the War Party wants to hear is the phrase “ regime change wars ” again .
* Exit polling was not conducted in Utah or Arkansas .
Figures for the Super Tuesday states that still had yet to report full results at the time of this posting were extrapolated from the results that have been reported up to this point .

Elizabeth Warren on how sexism sunk her campaign (just listen for eight seconds):
Warren: “If you say, 'No, there was no sexism,' about a bazillion women think, 'What planet do you live on?'”
A bazillion, huh? Among women who participated in a Democrat primary or caucus through Super Tuesday, more than 4-in-5 voted for a man, while fewer than 1-in-5 voted for a woman. There is not a single state where anything close to a majority of Democrat women put their support behind a Democrat woman running for president,* despite there having been several of them to choose from:
Sweet home Alabama!
There is one female candidate remaining yet to suspend her campaign. By Democrat party rules established before the election season began, she is eligible to participate in the next debate, which is scheduled to take place on the Ides of March. We’ll be looking forward to Warren vociferously demanding said woman not be shut out. For her to be shut out, the party must stick to the arbitrary last minute rule change that has been made to restrict the debate to a pair of old white men.
Bernie Sanders will surely call on the DNC to follow its own rules and allow the woman to participate as well. She’s had his back time and time again when virtually no one else in the party has, and he has assured and reassured us that he is not a sexist himself. This will be a great opportunity for him to prove it.
Sardonicism off, it wouldn’t be a bad move for Joe Biden to call for Tulsi Gabbard to be allowed in. Anything Biden is able to do to reduce the amount of time he has to speak in a debate is good for him.
This would put Bernie Sanders in a tough spot. On principle and on account of all Gabbard has done for him, he should call for her inclusion. But her participation is tactically disastrous, since she’ll reduce both his and Biden’s speaking times and, to the extent that she is able to steal any votes from the two of them, they will primarily come from Sanders’ anti-war flank.
Fortunately for Sanders, the DNC isn’t going to allow her on the stage no matter what Biden or Sanders say. The last thing the War Party wants to hear is the phrase “regime-change wars” again.
* Exit polling was not conducted in Utah or Arkansas. Figures for the Super Tuesday states that still had yet to report full results at the time of this posting were extrapolated from the results that have been reported up to this point.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-03-08--NYT: What Would a World Without Prisons Look Like?

From the NYT ’ s Art & Design section an article that brings together several favorite iSteve topics : What Would a World Without Prisons Look Like ?
The architect Deanna Van Buren designs civic spaces that are healing alternatives to correctional facilities .
Vicente Martinez , 18 , was apprehensive the first time he visited the former drug house in Syracuse , N.Y .
The building had been transformed into the Center for Court Innovation ’ s peacemaking program , where issues can bubble up and be resolved outside of the traditional criminal justice system .
“ I was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Martinez recalled of his two previous stints in jail for driving a stolen vehicle across county lines .
“ I was doing dumb kid ’ s stuff.
” The Syracuse peacemaking project encourages a non-adversarial approach .
Joining Mr. Martinez in chairs arranged in a circle was his father , Robert , who was incarcerated for bank robbery at roughly the same age as his son .
He was desperate for Vicente to avoid the same downward trajectory .
For nearly a year , difficult conversations between son , father and other family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with sky-blue walls , pine floors , a communal kitchen and lots of natural light .
Uh , anybody represent the folks whose cars the kid stole ?
Okay , here is Ms. Van Buren ’ s big design breakthrough : some plastic chairs around a round wooden table with a mobile above of pillows to imitate clouds .
Judging from this picture , A World Without Prisons would chiefly differ from our world in being more color-coordinated in shades of blue .
Intelligent selection of furniture .
If the table ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be picked up and used to smash someone ’ s head .
Looks to be about 40 inch diameter , too wide for one person to pick up .
Flimsy plastic chairs can be picked up but too flimsy to do much harm They also look very uncomfortable .
So participants will be eager to leave .
These touches came out of a community design process led by Deanna Van Buren , an architect who has dedicated her career to rethinking the architecture of justice .
… Ms. Van Buren , 47 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Designing Justice/Designing Spaces , has committed her architecture practice to the question of “ what a world without prisons could look like , ” the title of her popular TED Talk .
… Ms. Van Buren ’ s path to Designing Justice/Designing Spaces was circuitous : Growing up in a split-level house in a white gated community , she recalls as a young woman feeling “ tribeless.
” not feeling fully at home in either white or black culture .
In 21st Century American culture , our natural rulers are assumed to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who grew up in nice white neighborhoods , but who have enough black body so that they no doubt have tragic stories about white children touching their hair .
She was five years old when her family moved into a segregated neighborhood in rural Virginia .
Ms. Van Buren ’ s father , a retired pipe organist and music professor , would drive past the imposing white-porticoed courthouse with his daughter and warn his little girl to stay out of trouble because the justice system was a perilous trap if you were black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
… Her efforts have dovetailed with growing public acknowledgment of racial bias inherent in the criminal justice system .
… … “ The intensity of her focus has allowed her to become a leader , ” said Deborah Berke , the dean of the Yale School of Architecture , which has brought criminal and restorative justice issues into its core curriculum .
The restorative justice space is a sun-filled aerie that can safely accommodate emotionally wrenching conversations .
Cases will be referred by the district attorney and deal with crimes committed by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ theft , robbery or assault .
The design goes a step further than Syracuse by offering “ cooling off ” areas , separate entrances for sensitive cases and a blackboard for tussling out reparations .
It looks like the reparations are supposed to come not from the car thief but from YT .
… Not all the projects function exactly as planned : Her firm designed a $ 250,000 mobile classroom for the nonprofit Five Keys Schools and Programs in San Francisco that provides free education in neighborhoods marked by poverty , violence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The classroom is a retrofitted municipal bus outfitted with Wi-Fi , desks and a library .
But the old bus was retired for a reason : it is prone to breakdowns , temperature swings and mold .
If the windshield wipers or turn signal go on the fritz , the classroom winds up in the shop .
“ Like a model home , the first impression is what they ’ re going for , ” John Beiser , a teacher , said .
… Beyond architecture , Ms. Van Buren retains an activist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an apartment with two roommates — one Jewish and the other Palestinian .
Yet she can — on occasion — step away from the intensity of her work .
She marched in costume in last year ’ s 1811 Slave Rebellion Re-enactment organized by the New York artist Dread Scott .
“ In acting out the story , there was real healing there , ” she said .
Partial to immersive experiences , she is a regular at Burning Man and celebrated her 47th birthday at the “ Wizarding World of Harry Potter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a wand ) .
After all , she knows that rethinking the architecture of justice is a long game .
“ I think of her as a phoenix , ” said Ms. Winn of Atlanta .
“ The passion of the work is in her genes .
”

From the NYT’s Art & Design section an article that brings together several favorite iSteve topics:
What Would a World Without Prisons Look Like? The architect Deanna Van Buren designs civic spaces that are healing alternatives to correctional facilities. By Patricia Leigh Brown
March 6, 2020 Vicente Martinez, 18, was apprehensive the first time he visited the former drug house in Syracuse, N.Y. The building had been transformed into the Center for Court Innovation’s peacemaking program, where issues can bubble up and be resolved outside of the traditional criminal justice system. “I was messing up a lot,” Mr. Martinez recalled of his two previous stints in jail for driving a stolen vehicle across county lines. “I was doing dumb kid’s stuff.” The Syracuse peacemaking project encourages a non-adversarial approach. Joining Mr. Martinez in chairs arranged in a circle was his father, Robert, who was incarcerated for bank robbery at roughly the same age as his son. He was desperate for Vicente to avoid the same downward trajectory. For nearly a year, difficult conversations between son, father and other family members took place in a serene setting with sky-blue walls, pine floors, a communal kitchen and lots of natural light.
Uh, anybody represent the folks whose cars the kid stole?
Okay, here is Ms. Van Buren’s big design breakthrough: some plastic chairs around a round wooden table with a mobile above of pillows to imitate clouds.
Judging from this picture, A World Without Prisons would chiefly differ from our world in being more color-coordinated in shades of blue.
iSteve commenter Alden notes:
Intelligent selection of furniture. If the table’s solid wood it’s too heavy to be picked up and used to smash someone’s head. Looks to be about 40 inch diameter, too wide for one person to pick up. Flimsy plastic chairs can be picked up but too flimsy to do much harm They also look very uncomfortable. So participants will be eager to leave.
Back to the NYT:
These touches came out of a community design process led by Deanna Van Buren, an architect who has dedicated her career to rethinking the architecture of justice. … Ms. Van Buren, 47, co-founder of the Oakland-based nonprofit firm Designing Justice/Designing Spaces, has committed her architecture practice to the question of “what a world without prisons could look like,” the title of her popular TED Talk. … Ms. Van Buren’s path to Designing Justice/Designing Spaces was circuitous: Growing up in a split-level house in a white gated community, she recalls as a young woman feeling “tribeless.” not feeling fully at home in either white or black culture.
In 21st Century American culture, our natural rulers are assumed to be those from the Obama-like Biracial Elite, who grew up in nice white neighborhoods, but who have enough black body so that they no doubt have tragic stories about white children touching their hair.
She was five years old when her family moved into a segregated neighborhood in rural Virginia. Ms. Van Buren’s father, a retired pipe organist and music professor, would drive past the imposing white-porticoed courthouse with his daughter and warn his little girl to stay out of trouble because the justice system was a perilous trap if you were black. His words instilled her with fear. … Her efforts have dovetailed with growing public acknowledgment of racial bias inherent in the criminal justice system. … … “The intensity of her focus has allowed her to become a leader,” said Deborah Berke, the dean of the Yale School of Architecture, which has brought criminal and restorative justice issues into its core curriculum. The restorative justice space is a sun-filled aerie that can safely accommodate emotionally wrenching conversations. Cases will be referred by the district attorney and deal with crimes committed by adolescents, such as vehicle and laptop theft, robbery or assault. The design goes a step further than Syracuse by offering “cooling off” areas, separate entrances for sensitive cases and a blackboard for tussling out reparations.
Here’s the blackboard:
It looks like the reparations are supposed to come not from the car thief but from YT.
… Not all the projects function exactly as planned: Her firm designed a $250,000 mobile classroom for the nonprofit Five Keys Schools and Programs in San Francisco that provides free education in neighborhoods marked by poverty, violence and low high school graduation rates. The classroom is a retrofitted municipal bus outfitted with Wi-Fi, desks and a library. But the old bus was retired for a reason: it is prone to breakdowns, temperature swings and mold. If the windshield wipers or turn signal go on the fritz, the classroom winds up in the shop. “Like a model home, the first impression is what they’re going for,” John Beiser, a teacher, said. … Beyond architecture, Ms. Van Buren retains an activist spirit. In Oakland, she shares an apartment with two roommates — one Jewish and the other Palestinian. Yet she can — on occasion — step away from the intensity of her work. She marched in costume in last year’s 1811 Slave Rebellion Re-enactment organized by the New York artist Dread Scott. “In acting out the story, there was real healing there,” she said. Partial to immersive experiences, she is a regular at Burning Man and celebrated her 47th birthday at the “Wizarding World of Harry Potter” at Universal Studios (she bought a wand). After all, she knows that rethinking the architecture of justice is a long game. “I think of her as a phoenix,” said Ms. Winn of Atlanta. “The passion of the work is in her genes.”
iSteve commenter Alden notes:
I keep having to remind myself it’s 2020, not 1970. All this was effected starting around 1965. It didn’t work and by 1985 it was tough on crime again. These things go on cycles and we’re in for a long 30 year high crime cycle.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-03-08--Never Fear, Gloria Allred Is Tirelessly Suing Over A Teacher Sending A Coughing Asian Student To The

Never Fear, Gloria Allred Is Tirelessly Suing Over A Teacher Sending A Coughing Asian Student To The Nurse

Life in North Hollywood remains full of interest .
From the Los Angeles Times : Amid coronavirus outbreak , Vietnamese @ @ @ @ @ him out for coughing in class Amid worries about the global coronavirus outbreak , a @ @ @ @ @ Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood is alleging that he was singled out by @ @ @ @ @ forced to transfer classes — after coughing in his honors science class .
The student @ @ @ @ @ said his teacher sent him to the nurse ’ s office in early February after @ @ @ @ @ of swallowing water .
Muriano said that the unnamed teacher refused to answer when he @ @ @ @ @ he is Asian .
The teacher subsequently sent him to the dean ’ s or @ @ @ @ @ times , said attorney Gloria Allred , who is filing a complaint on Muriano ’ @ @ @ @ @ rights office of the U.S. Department of Education .

Life in North Hollywood remains full of interest. From the Los Angeles Times:
Amid coronavirus outbreak, Vietnamese American student alleges teacher singled him out for coughing in class
By CHRISTOPHER GOFFARD STAFF WRITER
MARCH 6, 20205:53 PM
Amid worries about the global coronavirus outbreak, a 13-year-old Vietnamese American student at Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood is alleging that he was singled out by his teacher — and ultimately forced to transfer classes — after coughing in his honors science class.
The student, eighth-grader Dylan Muriano, said his teacher sent him to the nurse’s office in early February after he coughed as a result of swallowing water. Muriano said that the unnamed teacher refused to answer when he asked whether it was because he is Asian.
The teacher subsequently sent him to the dean’s or principal’s office multiple times, said attorney Gloria Allred, who is filing a complaint on Muriano’s behalf with the civil rights office of the U.S. Department of Education.


vdare--2020-03-08--NYT: I’m Chinese. That Doesn’t Mean I Have Coronavirus.

The New York Times continues to deliver 100 octane iSteve content from extremely self-pitying young women of quasi-color .
Granted , this might possibly be a Godfrey Elfwick/Titania McGrath-style parody , but Celine Tien appears to be an actual adventuress with sizable web presences as an actress and businesswoman .
I ’ m Chinese .
That Doesn ’ t Mean I Have Coronavirus .
“ If you ’ re scared of me , get up and leave.
” By Celine Tien Ms. Tien is an entrepreneur .
Because of misplaced fear , Asians may be facing something more contagious than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ANGELES — I turned 24 last month .
The day before my birthday , I walked into a nail salon to get myself a birthday manicure .
After I was seated , a nail technician walked over .
She was an Asian woman in her 50s .
She sat down and I smiled at her .
I couldn ’ t see if she smiled back because she was wearing a face mask .
NYT editor : “ Are you sure your manicurist wasn ’ t a beefy middle aged white man wearing a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
” The technician looked at my hands , as if considering their shape , and then suddenly asked , “ Are you Chinese ?
” “ No , ” she said quickly , “ I am Vietnamese .
We all are in the salon .
But are you from-China Chinese ?
” She raised an eyebrow , her tone like the edge of a blade , sharp and cold .
I shifted uncomfortably in the seat , suddenly very aware she was holding my hands .
“ I ’ m from mainland @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , we are scared of you Chinese people , ” she said loudly , because you eat “ weird ” food “ and bring it here .
Chinese people , I don ’ t like you , you are so bad , so bad and so gross.
” “ Also , my dad died defending Vietnam when you Chinese invaded in 1978.
” Generally speaking , these NYT op-eds in which a young lady of color quotes something racist somebody said to the author are awfully improbable .
But who knows what some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ … Then I ripped off her mask and sneezed in her face .
The manager , who had been listening nearby , ran over to intervene .
When I looked up , I realized everyone in the salon had been listening .
I turned to the woman on my right , then to the other workers who were to my left .
Each person I turned to looked away .
The room was silent .
The manager made my nail technician leave and apologized quietly , offering a free manicure .
I bit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This past month , I ’ ve made less eye contact with people when I ’ ve walked outside .
When I felt like coughing , I smothered the urge by biting my tongue .
When I went to shake someone ’ s hand at a party , I instinctively scanned their arm for the tiniest jerk back , a moment of hesitation .
When I went to a restaurant in Santa Monica , Calif. , the awareness of my being the only Chinese person sat heavier in my gut than anything I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are of course notorious for the heaviness of their cuisine .
Santa Monica is whiter than most other places in Southern California at 64 % non-Hispanic white , but it ’ s 10 % Asian .
So it ’ s not like Chinese persons are so rare that white people are constantly rushing up to them to touch their long , silken tresses .
Have you ever noticed that a major theme in NYT Young-Lady-of-Color opeds is the intolerable ignominy of not being in the majority ?
It ’ s almost as YLOC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ All the while , I watched news headlines snowball from unforgiving takedowns about Chinese people and their supposed “ hygiene problems ” to random pictures of Asian-Americans walking down the street splayed as cover art for articles about non-Asian coronavirus patients .
It dawned on me : Sensational reporting and social media were making fear more contagious than the virus itself .
I realized my friends in the United States read only the headlines about the coronavirus but knew nothing about the stories behind them .
They didn ’ t hear from our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , flew from Guangdong Province to Wuhan to volunteer with thousands of other hospital workers .
To be precise , I didn ’ t personally fly to Wuhan to volunteer with thousands of other hospital workers .
I would have , but I was too busy updating my Instagram account .
But racially , I did do that , more or less .
They didn ’ t see the lines etched into doctors ’ and nurses ’ faces from wearing face masks and goggles nonstop for weeks .
My non-Asian friends don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ration their meals into daily slivers because supermarket shelves are empty .
They don ’ t see the internet activity in cities across Asia , where people come together to comfort one another during quarantine , to be together even when they are apart .
People in America aren ’ t sharing enough of these stories because what they really want to share is fear .
Fear generated by the headlines that my friends whisper about over every meal .
Fear arouses us more .
Fear is viral .
When fear is coursing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , news headline , people don ’ t stop to ask : Are we hurting anyone by perpetuating it ?
After I rushed home from the nail salon that day , my mother and I called the owner .
We asked her to let us come into her store and speak to her staff .
The owner agreed .
The next morning , my mother , two friends and I gathered in a circle with the entire salon staff of Asian women .
At first , no one said anything .
But slowly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ asking questions that revealed their foremost fear : the coronavirus death rate .
I brought up a report by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention : It had the Covid-19 fatality rate at 2.3 percent .
The latest report from the World Health Organization shows the global fatality rate at 3.4 percent , but the rate varies from country to country .
In South Korea , where thousands have been tested and 35 have died , the rate is currently about 0.6 percent .
And considering that the number cases that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ symptoms — is probably high , epidemiologists believe that the death rate could be under 1 percent , and even lower in China once you look outside of Wuhan .
About 80 percent of Covid-19 cases appear to be mild and do not require medical treatment .
They resolve on their own .
Chinese analysts have found that 1.2 percent of Covid-19 cases are completely asymptomatic .
We also talked about how perpetuating harmful stereotypes that Chinese people eat “ weird ” food can be detrimental not just to Chinese people but also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to many Americans , we all look the same .
My voice a little unsteady , I shared with the women that the incident in the salon left me shaky for the rest of the day .
That by nighttime , my anger had melted away to tears , leaving me collapsed on the couch .
But something haunted me more than the nail technician ’ s rant : The silence in the room when everyone heard it .
Silence is deafening .
Silence is enabling .
In my family people call me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the first to fight back if someone attacks my people .
In the one moment I tried and failed to be my own pit bull , no one stepped in to be mine .
At the end of our conversation , there was a brief silence , and then a woman stepped forward .
She said quietly : “ This has happened to me too .
People said bad things to me , too , because of virus.
” The manager , who had been profusely apologizing , stopped .
Her face softened @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and ask me again and again , am I Chinese , have I been to China , do I have the virus , ” she said .
“ I didn ’ t know what to say before when people say bad things .
Now I know.
” The moral of the story : All of us billions of Asians must band together against the Real Enemy : Fear , fear and White People .
You Vietnamese Jungle Asians will of course be glad that you enjoy the leadership of us Chinese Fancy Asians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is worth taking protective measures against .
I am also wary of it .
But in the past few weeks , I ’ ve learned to be fearful of things possibly more contagious than Covid-19 : racism and the silence of those who witness it .
If you see someone like me being harassed or attacked , step in .
Say something .
If you can ’ t say something , at least check on the person afterward .
Share facts on social media about Covid-19 , not fear .
I have a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parents who I hope can walk into a store and not be made to feel inhuman .
With every word I write , I think : We can not forsake love even in fear , because that ’ s when we need it most .
Celine Tien is the founder and chief executive of Flowly : Relaxation Training , a mobile virtual reality app for chronic pain and anxiety management .
Ms. Tien is clearly an expert at managing anxiety in order to relax .

The New York Times continues to deliver 100 octane iSteve content from extremely self-pitying young women of quasi-color. Granted, this might possibly be a Godfrey Elfwick/Titania McGrath-style parody, but Celine Tien appears to be an actual adventuress with sizable web presences as an actress and businesswoman.
I’m Chinese. That Doesn’t Mean I Have Coronavirus.
“If you’re scared of me, get up and leave.” By Celine Tien
Ms. Tien is an entrepreneur. March 7, 2020 Because of misplaced fear, Asians may be facing something more contagious than Covid-19: harassment and racism. LOS ANGELES — I turned 24 last month. The day before my birthday, I walked into a nail salon to get myself a birthday manicure. After I was seated, a nail technician walked over. She was an Asian woman in her 50s. She sat down and I smiled at her. I couldn’t see if she smiled back because she was wearing a face mask.
NYT editor: “Are you sure your manicurist wasn’t a beefy middle aged white man wearing a MAGA hat and a Confederate flag t-shirt?”
The technician looked at my hands, as if considering their shape, and then suddenly asked, “Are you Chinese?” “I am,” I responded. “Are you?” “No,” she said quickly, “I am Vietnamese. We all are in the salon. But are you from-China Chinese?” She raised an eyebrow, her tone like the edge of a blade, sharp and cold. I shifted uncomfortably in the seat, suddenly very aware she was holding my hands. “I’m from mainland China and Taiwan.” “You know, we are scared of you Chinese people,” she said loudly, because you eat “weird” food “and bring it here. Chinese people, I don’t like you, you are so bad, so bad and so gross.”
“Also, my dad died defending Vietnam when you Chinese invaded in 1978.”
Generally speaking, these NYT op-eds in which a young lady of color quotes something racist somebody said to the author are awfully improbable. But who knows what some impoverished indentured servant/manicurist/sex slave might have said …
There was a moment when I couldn’t even hear what she was saying anymore. I could only focus on the slight shifts in her face mask as she continued to rant. Finally, my voice cracking, I said: “I just came back from China in January. If you’re scared of me, get up and leave.” The technician went silent.
Then I ripped off her mask and sneezed in her face.
The manager, who had been listening nearby, ran over to intervene. When I looked up, I realized everyone in the salon had been listening. I turned to the woman on my right, then to the other workers who were to my left. Each person I turned to looked away. The room was silent. The manager made my nail technician leave and apologized quietly, offering a free manicure. I bit my lips to stop the trembling. This past month, I’ve made less eye contact with people when I’ve walked outside. When I felt like coughing, I smothered the urge by biting my tongue. When I went to shake someone’s hand at a party, I instinctively scanned their arm for the tiniest jerk back, a moment of hesitation. When I went to a restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif., the awareness of my being the only Chinese person sat heavier in my gut than anything I ate at lunch.
Santa Monica restaurants are of course notorious for the heaviness of their cuisine.
Santa Monica is whiter than most other places in Southern California at 64% non-Hispanic white, but it’s 10% Asian. So it’s not like Chinese persons are so rare that white people are constantly rushing up to them to touch their long, silken tresses.
Have you ever noticed that a major theme in NYT Young-Lady-of-Color opeds is the intolerable ignominy of not being in the majority? It’s almost as YLOC op-edists don’t like diversity.
All the while, I watched news headlines snowball from unforgiving takedowns about Chinese people and their supposed “hygiene problems” to random pictures of Asian-Americans walking down the street splayed as cover art for articles about non-Asian coronavirus patients. It dawned on me: Sensational reporting and social media were making fear more contagious than the virus itself. I realized my friends in the United States read only the headlines about the coronavirus but knew nothing about the stories behind them. They didn’t hear from our family friend whose mother, a doctor, flew from Guangdong Province to Wuhan to volunteer with thousands of other hospital workers.
To be precise, I didn’t personally fly to Wuhan to volunteer with thousands of other hospital workers. I would have, but I was too busy updating my Instagram account. But racially, I did do that, more or less.
They didn’t see the lines etched into doctors’ and nurses’ faces from wearing face masks and goggles nonstop for weeks. My non-Asian friends don’t have friends in China who carefully ration their meals into daily slivers because supermarket shelves are empty. They don’t see the internet activity in cities across Asia, where people come together to comfort one another during quarantine, to be together even when they are apart. People in America aren’t sharing enough of these stories because what they really want to share is fear. Fear generated by the headlines that my friends whisper about over every meal. Fear arouses us more. Fear is viral. When fear is coursing through every group chat, Instagram story, news headline, people don’t stop to ask: Are we hurting anyone by perpetuating it? After I rushed home from the nail salon that day, my mother and I called the owner. We asked her to let us come into her store and speak to her staff. The owner agreed. The next morning, my mother, two friends and I gathered in a circle with the entire salon staff of Asian women. At first, no one said anything. But slowly, one by one, they started asking questions that revealed their foremost fear: the coronavirus death rate. I brought up a report by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention: It had the Covid-19 fatality rate at 2.3 percent. The latest report from the World Health Organization shows the global fatality rate at 3.4 percent, but the rate varies from country to country. In South Korea, where thousands have been tested and 35 have died, the rate is currently about 0.6 percent. And considering that the number cases that are not reported — because of mild symptoms — is probably high, epidemiologists believe that the death rate could be under 1 percent, and even lower in China once you look outside of Wuhan. About 80 percent of Covid-19 cases appear to be mild and do not require medical treatment. They resolve on their own. Chinese analysts have found that 1.2 percent of Covid-19 cases are completely asymptomatic. We also talked about how perpetuating harmful stereotypes that Chinese people eat “weird” food can be detrimental not just to Chinese people but also to all Asians. After all, to many Americans, we all look the same. My voice a little unsteady, I shared with the women that the incident in the salon left me shaky for the rest of the day. That by nighttime, my anger had melted away to tears, leaving me collapsed on the couch. But something haunted me more than the nail technician’s rant: The silence in the room when everyone heard it. Silence is deafening. Silence is enabling. In my family people call me the pit bull because I’m the first to fight back if someone attacks my people. In the one moment I tried and failed to be my own pit bull, no one stepped in to be mine. At the end of our conversation, there was a brief silence, and then a woman stepped forward. She said quietly: “This has happened to me too. People said bad things to me, too, because of virus.” The manager, who had been profusely apologizing, stopped. Her face softened to sadness. “Customers come in and ask me again and again, am I Chinese, have I been to China, do I have the virus,” she said. “I didn’t know what to say before when people say bad things. Now I know.”
The moral of the story: All of us billions of Asians must band together against the Real Enemy: fear, fear and White People. You Vietnamese Jungle Asians will of course be glad that you enjoy the leadership of us Chinese Fancy Asians.
The coronavirus is serious. It is worth taking protective measures against. I am also wary of it. But in the past few weeks, I’ve learned to be fearful of things possibly more contagious than Covid-19: racism and the silence of those who witness it. If you see someone like me being harassed or attacked, step in. Say something. If you can’t say something, at least check on the person afterward. Share facts on social media about Covid-19, not fear. I have a little brother I want to protect and parents who I hope can walk into a store and not be made to feel inhuman. With every word I write, I think: We cannot forsake love even in fear, because that’s when we need it most. Celine Tien is the founder and chief executive of Flowly: Relaxation Training, a mobile virtual reality app for chronic pain and anxiety management.
Ms. Tien is clearly an expert at managing anxiety in order to relax.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-03-08--Based Bill Barr Continues Assault On Asylum And Other Frauds

The small ball victories are racking up under Based Bill .
In two moves , Based Bill has shown he has done more on immigration issues than Jeff Sessions ever did .
This is not to say either are perfect , neither has done anything on Antifa terrorism , racial discrimination against Whites , nor protected the Second Amendment .
And worst of all , Jeff Sessions gave us the bump-stock ban .
But back to small ball immigration victories—I say `` small ball '' not to denigrate these important actions , these are important issues for those who know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the bureaucracy .
The public knows about the wall and the Caravans of Death To America By Demographic Displacement , and it is important , but insiders know about issues like asylum fraud and , more importantly , what asylum really is .
Based Bill ’ s Knowing Smile , You ’ re Going To Be Deported Does the public know about revocation of naturalization , or as it is called in immigration law enforcement , denaturalization ?
Even my Google spell-check did not recognize denaturalization .
Unlikely , but Based Bill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dealing with the issue .
Denaturalization is the process by which a naturalized citizen of the United States has their U.S. citizenship overturned in a legal proceeding in a U.S. District Court .
Previously , persons were denaturalized in an administrative proceeding , but in an unappealed District Court decision , it was required that such proceedings be done in a District Court .
This is separate from deportation , as upon denaturalization , the now-again alien reverts to their previous immigration status , usually legal permanent resident , but is then usually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reason for denaturalization is usually , though not always , related to an offense or series of offences or frauds that if known would have precluded admission as a legal permanent resident .
Those cases are then handled in the usual manner of administrative decision making and review before the Executive Office for Immigration Review ( EOIR ) , the immigration courts .
In most cases of denaturalization , the underlying cause is fraud at the time of naturalization , usually based on some fraud related to obtaining legal permanent residence , unknown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ while an alien in the United States—or , most rarely , some offense or behavior committed after naturalization .
Based Bill has seen the problem , which is usually inattentiveness , incompetence , or sabotage by U.S .
Citizenship and Immigration Services ( USCIS ) employees who fail to adequately review applications for legal permanent residence and naturalization , consequently allowing ineligible applicants to obtain legal permanent residence and subsequently citizenship .
The usual case is criminal aliens , aliens involved in immigration fraud schemes , and aliens who made false statements about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terrorist involvement and human rights violators in foreign governments , like Ilhan Omar , whose father was ineligible for immigration to the United States and for naturalization because he was a member of a Communist government .
So , Based Bill has created and staffed up an office at the Department of Justice ( DOJ ) to support the Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) denaturalization investigations .
Just for the record , I object to involvement of the DOJ in denaturalization , as naturalization is an administrative procedure solely within DHS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ denaturalization process .
The Justice Department said Wednesday that it had created an official section in its immigration office to strip citizenship rights from naturalized immigrants , a move that gives more heft to the Trump administration ’ s broad efforts to remove from the country immigrants who have committed crimes .
As usual , the Lying Press is trying to associated denaturalization with petty criminal offenses , as if people who have smoked marijuana once will be denaturalized , though that would be entirely legal .
Denaturalization is a time-consuming and expensive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ each commit to each case .
By its very nature it will not be used either on a large scale or for minor offenses , especially as only certain serious offenses can result in denaturalization if committed after naturalization .
The main offense resulting in denaturalization will be either failing to provide material information in a naturalization application or making false statements on a naturalization application .
As usual , the reporter here , Katie Benner , seems to be running interference for immigration fraud perpetrators , insinuating any lie on a naturalization @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than a lie , minimizing any offense .
Now , even a minor lie , or misstatement as she so delicately describes , does not automatically result in possible denaturalization .
The government must prove that any “ misstatement ” is material to the naturalization outcome .
1 .
Concealment of Material Fact or Willful Misrepresentation A person is subject to revocation of naturalization if there is deliberate deceit on the part of the person in misrepresenting or failing to disclose a material fact or facts on his or her naturalization application and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ person is subject to revocation of naturalization on this basis if : • The naturalized U.S. citizen misrepresented or concealed some fact ; • The misrepresentation or concealment was willful ; • The misrepresented or concealed fact or facts were material ; and • The naturalized U.S. citizen procured citizenship as a result of the misrepresentation or concealment .
This ground of revocation includes omissions as well as affirmative misrepresentations .
The misrepresentations can be oral testimony provided during the naturalization interview or can include information contained on the application submitted by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ misrepresented or concealed fact or facts were material .
The test for materiality is whether the misrepresentations or concealment had a tendency to affect the decision .
It is not necessary that the information , if disclosed , would have precluded naturalization .
So , sadly , there will be no widespread denaturalizations , just targeted cases that will grind slowly through the Federal courts and the EOIR .
But this is not Based Bill ’ s only small ball victory .
He also took major action against asylum fraud and put EOIR @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the big dog in the immigration court bureaucracy .
Attorney General William P. Barr quietly intervened in an immigration asylum case last week when he issued a decision that narrowed the definition of torture for asylum seekers who invoke it as a grounds for staying in the United States .
Barr used a process known as “ certification , ” a historically little-used power of the attorney general that allows him to overrule decisions made by the Board of Immigration Appeals and set binding precedent .
Immigration lawyers and judges say the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ greater frequency — to the point of abuse — as it seeks to severely limit the number of immigrants who can remain in the United States .
The administration is also using it as a check on immigration judges whose decisions don ’ t align with the administration ’ s immigration agenda , experts say .
The decision to intervene in a Mexican national ’ s otherwise unremarkable asylum case is a warning to immigration board members that even their unpublished decisions are being scrutinized , former immigration judge Jeffrey Chase told The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Immigration , Attorney General Barr Is His Own Supreme Court .
Judges And Lawyers Say That ’ s A Problem , by Kim Bellware , WaPo , March 5 , 2020 ] In the case in question , a Mexican national escaped a mental institution in Mexico , and was claiming that he could not be deported because the Convention Against Torture ( CAT ) prohibited him from being deported back to Mexico because Mexican mental hospitals are as bad as one could imagine .
Based Bill overturned a decision by the Board @ @ @ @ @ @ @ appellate body for the EOIR , in favor of the mentally-ill Mexican .
Based Bill determined that the BIA had erred in determining that the bad conditions in Mexican mental hospitals was deliberate torture by Mexican government officials .
This considerably narrows asylum-like claims under the CAT .
This would seem to similarly affect other claimants under CAT that your correspondent has addressed .
It appears that finally the United States is starting to deal with the massive fraud that is the asylum system .
Thanks Based Bill .
No let ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ border .

The small ball victories are racking up under Based Bill. In two moves, Based Bill has shown he has done more on immigration issues than Jeff Sessions ever did. This is not to say either are perfect, neither has done anything on Antifa terrorism, racial discrimination against Whites, or protected the Second Amendment. And worst of all, Jeff Sessions gave us the bump-stock ban. But back to small ball immigration victories—I say "small ball" not to denigrate these important actions, these are important issues for those who know the details of immigration law and practice in the bureaucracy. The public knows about the wall and the Caravans of Death To America By Demographic Displacement, and it is important, but insiders know about issues like asylum fraud and, more important, what asylum really is.
Based Bill’s Knowing Smile, You’re Going To Be Deported
Does the public know about revocation of naturalization, or as it is called in immigration law enforcement, denaturalization? Even my Google spell-check did not recognize denaturalization. Unlikely, but Based Bill knows about this, and he is dealing with the issue. Denaturalization is the process by which a naturalized citizen of the United States has their U.S. citizenship overturned in a legal proceeding in a U.S. District Court.
Previously, persons were denaturalized in an administrative proceeding, but in an unappealed District Court decision, it was required that such proceedings be done in a District Court. This is separate from deportation, as upon denaturalization, the now-again alien reverts to their previous immigration status, usually legal permanent resident, but is then usually subject to deportation proceedings, as the reason for denaturalization is usually, though not always, related to an offense or series of offenses or frauds that if known would have precluded admission as a legal permanent resident.
Those cases are then handled in the usual manner of administrative decision making and review before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), the immigration courts. In most cases of denaturalization, the underlying cause is fraud at the time of naturalization, usually based on some fraud related to obtaining legal permanent residence, unknown criminal offenses at time of naturalization—usually committed while an alien in the United States—or, most rarely, some offense or behavior committed after naturalization.
Based Bill has seen the problem, which is usually inattentiveness, incompetence, or sabotage by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) employees who fail to adequately review applications for legal permanent residence and naturalization, consequently allowing ineligible applicants to obtain legal permanent residence and subsequently citizenship.
The usual case is criminal aliens, aliens involved in immigration fraud schemes, and aliens who made false statements about other behavior overseas, usually related to terrorist involvement and human rights violations in foreign governments, like Ilhan Omar, whose father was ineligible for immigration to the United States and for naturalization because he was a member of a Communist government.
So, Based Bill has created and staffed up an office at the Department of Justice (DOJ) to support the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) denaturalization investigations. Just for the record, I object to involvement of the DOJ in denaturalization, as naturalization is an administrative procedure solely within DHS, and similarly, so should the denaturalization process be.
The Justice Department said Wednesday that it had created an official section in its immigration office to strip citizenship rights from naturalized immigrants, a move that gives more heft to the Trump administration’s broad efforts to remove from the country immigrants who have committed crimes.
The Denaturalization Section “underscores the department’s commitment to bring justice to terrorists, war criminals, sex offenders and other fraudsters who illegally obtained naturalization,” Joseph H. Hunt, the head of the Justice Department’s civil division, said in a statement. “The Denaturalization Section will further the department’s efforts to pursue those who unlawfully obtained citizenship status and ensure that they are held accountable for their fraudulent conduct,” Mr. Hunt said. [Justice Dept. Establishes Office to Denaturalize Immigrants, by Katie Benner, NYT, February 27, 2020]
As usual, the Lying Press is trying to associate denaturalization with petty criminal offenses, as if people who have smoked marijuana once will be denaturalized, though that would be entirely legal.
The move promises to further expand a practice that was once used infrequently, but that the Trump administration has increasingly turned to as part of its immigration crackdown. It has raised alarms among some department lawyers who fear denaturalization lawsuits could be used against immigrants who have not committed serious crimes.
Denaturalization is a time-consuming and expensive process involving two Cabinet departments who must each commit to each case. By its very nature it will not be used either on a large scale or for minor offenses, especially as only certain serious offenses can result in denaturalization if committed after naturalization. The main offense resulting in denaturalization will be either failing to provide material information in a naturalization application or making false statements on a naturalization application.
As usual, the reporter here, Katie Benner, seems to be running interference for immigration fraud perpetrators, insinuating any lie on a naturalization application is a “misstatement” rather than a lie, minimizing any offense.
Some Justice Department immigration lawyers have expressed worries that denaturalizations could be broadly used to strip citizenship, according to two lawyers who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution. They cite the fact that the department can pursue denaturalization lawsuits against people who commit fraud, as it did against four people who lied about being related to become U.S. citizens. Fraud can be broadly defined, and include smaller infractions like misstatements on the citizenship application.[Emphasis added.]
Now, even a minor lie, or misstatement as she so delicately describes, does not automatically result in possible denaturalization. The government must prove that any “misstatement” is material to the naturalization outcome.
1. Concealment of Material Fact or Willful Misrepresentation
A person is subject to revocation of naturalization if there is deliberate deceit on the part of the person in misrepresenting or failing to disclose a material fact or facts on his or her naturalization application and subsequent examination. In general, a person is subject to revocation of naturalization on this basis if: The naturalized U.S. citizen misrepresented or concealed some fact;
The misrepresentation or concealment was willful;
The misrepresented or concealed fact or facts were material; and
The naturalized U.S. citizen procured citizenship as a result of the misrepresentation or concealment. This ground of revocation includes omissions as well as affirmative misrepresentations. The misrepresentations can be oral testimony provided during the naturalization interview or can include information contained on the application submitted by the applicant. The courts determine whether the misrepresented or concealed fact or facts were material. The test for materiality is whether the misrepresentations or concealment had a tendency to affect the decision. It is not necessary that the information, if disclosed, would have precluded naturalization. [Chapter 2 – Grounds for Revocation of Naturalization, USCIS Policy Manual, undated]
So, sadly, there will be no widespread denaturalizations, just targeted cases that will grind slowly through the Federal courts and the EOIR.
But this is not Based Bill’s only small ball victory. He also took major action against asylum fraud and put EOIR kritarchs in their place, proving he is the big dog in the immigration court bureaucracy.
Attorney General William P. Barr quietly intervened in an immigration asylum case last week when he issued a decision that narrowed the definition of torture for asylum seekers who invoke it as a grounds for staying in the United States. Barr used a process known as “certification,” a historically little-used power of the attorney general that allows him to overrule decisions made by the Board of Immigration Appeals and set binding precedent. Immigration lawyers and judges say the Trump administration is using the power with greater frequency — to the point of abuse — as it seeks to severely limit the number of immigrants who can remain in the United States. The administration is also using it as a check on immigration judges whose decisions don’t align with the administration’s immigration agenda, experts say. The decision to intervene in a Mexican national’s otherwise unremarkable asylum case is a warning to immigration board members that even their unpublished decisions are being scrutinized, former immigration judge Jeffrey Chase told The Washington Post via email. [On Immigration, Attorney General Barr Is His Own Supreme Court. Judges And Lawyers Say That’s A Problem, by Kim Bellware, WaPo, March 5, 2020]
In the case in question, a Mexican national escaped a mental institution in Mexico, and was claiming that he could not be deported because the Convention Against Torture (CAT) prohibited him from being deported back to Mexico because Mexican mental hospitals are as bad as one could imagine.
Based Bill overturned a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) the appellate body for the EOIR, in favor of the mentally ill Mexican. Based Bill determined that the BIA had erred in determining that the bad conditions in Mexican mental hospitals was deliberate torture by Mexican government officials. This considerably narrows asylum-like claims under the CAT.
This would seem to similarly affect other claimants under CAT that your correspondent has addressed. It appears that finally the United States is starting to deal with the massive fraud that is the asylum system.
Thanks, Based Bill. Now let’s get back to Zero Tolerance at the border.


vdare--2020-03-08--Chinese Scientists Find MORE Evidence That Coronavirus (a.k.a. COVID-19) Discriminates By Race

Earlier : Pinker 's Wrong : With Coronavirus Going Global , Time For Nationalism , Not Globalism , To Protect Americans Well , this is getting really serious : Coronavirus ( now increasingly known as COVID-19 ) has reached Washington , DC [ , CBS , March 8 , 2020 ; CPAC chair had brief contact with coronavirus patient at conference , says he 's not alarmed , Fox News , March 8 , 2020 ] .
Global panic is in the air : Italy , which appears to be peculiarly vulnerable to COVID-19 as it was to the 1918 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arguably counter-productive ferocity [ Leaked coronavirus plan to quarantine 16m sparks chaos in Italy , Guardian , March 8 , 2020 ] .
But , although totally repressed by our race-denying Ruling Class—did you know that Kirkland WA , where the bulk of U.S. deaths have occurred , was 11.3 % Asian in the 2010 census ?
—the evidence that there may be an ethnic and/or racial dimension to the disease continues to mount .
Which could mean that the Ruling Class is frightening most people too much—and not warning some people enough @ @ @ @ @ @ @ together by Canadian blogger and independent researcher Peter Frost , who has published in such scientific journals as the Journal of Circumpolar Health , on his blog Evo and Proud [ Coevolution with the plague , by Peter Frost , Evo and Proud , March 2 , 2020 ] .
Frost reports that there have now been three studies which have attempted to test whether or not there might be genetically-based race differences in susceptibility to COVID-19 .
The first is the one which I discussed last week , [ Single-cell RNA expression @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Wuhan 2019-nCov , by Yu Zhao et al.
, bioRxiv , 2020 ] .
As Frost noted in a comment on my piece at the Unz Review : So , we can be cautiously confident that this study provides of evidence for there being race differences in susceptibility to the virus .
A second study , Frost observes , appeared to refute the first .
It did not find “ significant differences in ACE2 receptor gene expression between Asian and Caucasian lung tissue.
” [ Bulk and single-cell transcriptomics identify tobacco-use disparity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the receptor of 2019-nCov , by G. Cai , medRxiv , 2020 ] .
However , explains Frost , the problem is that the sample employed from the US and , thus , the term “ Asian ” may have conflated “ East Asian ” and “ South Asian , ” despite these being distinct races .
This is a problem I have looked at before .
The third study , which actually has been peer-reviewed and which employed different methods from the first , found that there were large differences between Asians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Asian category , with regard to the distribution of the ACE2-receptor [ Comparative genetic analysis of the novel coronavirus ( 2019-nCoV/SARS-CoV-2 ) receptor ACE2 in different populations , by Y. Cao et al.
, Cell Discovery , 2020 ] .
Specifically , the authors found that the prevalence of these receptors was greatest among Han Chinese , then “ Mixed American ” ( U.S. population , not broken-up by race ) then African , and finally European .
The difference between the Chinese and Non-Chinese samples was substantial .
So we have yet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ basis of race .
And , in that races are genetic clusters evolved to different ecologies , it probably also does so with regard to the less stark genetic clusters that constitute ethnic groups within races .
Contemporary observers actually noted this with regard to the impact of the 1918 Spanish flu on poor immigrants to the US from assorted ethnic backgrounds , when Italian-Americans were particularly vulnerable .
On Evo and Proud , Frost presents a novel argument regarding why COVID-19 has been so devastating in China .
He argues that “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cold and flu , have “ coevolved with the Chinese population.
” Repeated exposure of the lung tissue to these viruses builds up resistance to them and , by extension , increases resistance to more dangerous novel versions of them as well as to other “ serious pulmonary infections ” such as TB .
In other words , the Chinese are evolved to easily become infected by coronaviruses , such that resistance to more virulent pulmonary conditions can be accrued .
This has been their evolutionary strategy .
It follows , argues Frost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the prevalence and severity of milder viral infections , has left the Chinese—though not necessarily groups who have evolved a different strategy - with insufficient resistance to COVID-19 .
Frost shows that this process , of one virus making you more immune to a subsequent different but related virus , has been seen in mice .
Evidence for his thesis can also be seen in the modern Chinese being especially impacted by many other flu-like viruses .
Frost speculates , based on this , that : Perhaps even Italy , relatively close to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , might be in this category .
Northern Europeans , of course , urbanized rather later and adapted to crowded environments rather later .
Accordingly , it seems that they did not evolve this propensity to easily catch coronaviruses .
With flu being by prevalent in such ecologies due to the weather , and plagues not being such a problem due to sparser populations , it may be that they evolved to avoid catching the flu , specifically .
Moreover , being strongly exposed to flu , Northern Europeans may have evolved to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when they caught it at all .
It would follow that the arrival of modern medicine would present a serious flu hazard for people closer to the Fertile Crescent—because they would be evolved to catch flu as a means of rendering themselves resistant to forms of pestilence associated with large populations—but that it would not be such an issue further north ( or in the Tropics ) where people would simply be evolved to not catch flu .
Frost has certainly presented an intriguing hypothesis and our Ruling Class is certainly not going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ imply that , although members of all races and ethnic groups may die of COVID-19 , certain races and ethnic groups might be significantly worse impacted for genetic reasons .
In other words , it would imply that race is real .
And we can ’ t have that .

Earlier: Pinker's Wrong: With Coronavirus Going Global, Time For Nationalism, Not Globalism, To Protect Americans
Well, this is getting really serious: Coronavirus (now increasingly known as COVID-19) has reached Washington, DC [ Rector of prominent Washington, D.C., church tests positive for coronavirus , CBS, March 8, 2020; CPAC chair had brief contact with coronavirus patient at conference, says he's not alarmed , Fox News, March 8, 2020]. Global panic is in the air: Italy, which appears to be peculiarly vulnerable to COVID-19, as it was to the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic, has reacted with arguably counter-productive ferocity [Leaked coronavirus plan to quarantine 16m sparks chaos in Italy, Guardian, March 8, 2020]. But, although totally repressed by our race-denying Ruling Class—did you know that Kirkland WA, where the bulk of U.S. deaths have occurred, was 11.3% Asian in the 2010 census?—the evidence that there may be an ethnic and/or racial dimension to the disease continues to mount. Which could mean that the Ruling Class is frightening most people too much—and not warning some people enough.
The evidence has been helpfully brought together by Canadian blogger and independent researcher Peter Frost, who has published in such scientific journals as the Journal of Circumpolar Health, on his blog Evo and Proud [Coevolution with the plague, by Peter Frost, Evo and Proud, March 2, 2020].
Frost reports that there have now been three studies which have attempted to test whether or not there might be genetically based race differences in susceptibility to COVID-19. The first is the one which I discussed last week [Single-cell RNA expression profiling of ACE2, the putative receptor of Wuhan 2019-nCov, by Yu Zhao et al., bioRxiv, 2020]. As Frost noted in a comment on my piece at the Unz Review:
The authors found that the ACE2 receptor is concentrated in certain cells and that the number of such cells in lung tissue was five times greater in the Asian donor. There was only one Asian donor in the entire sample, and no further description is provided on this “Asian.” However, the chances are low that the same normal distribution would produce such an extreme outlier.
So, we can be cautiously confident that this study provides of evidence for there being race differences in susceptibility to the virus.
A second study, Frost observes, appeared to refute the first. It did not find “significant differences in ACE2 receptor gene expression between Asian and Caucasian lung tissue” [Bulk and single-cell transcriptomics identify tobacco-use disparity in lung gene expression of ACE2, the receptor of 2019-nCov, by G. Cai, medRxiv, 2020].
However, explains Frost, the problem is that the sample employed from the US and, thus, the term “Asian,” may have conflated “East Asian” and “South Asian,” despite these being distinct races. This is a problem I have looked at before.
The third study, which actually has been peer-reviewed and which employed different methods from the first, found that there were large differences between Asians and Non-Asians, and also within the Asian category, with regard to the distribution of the ACE2-receptor [Comparative genetic analysis of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV/SARS-CoV-2) receptor ACE2 in different populations, by Y. Cao et al., Cell Discovery, 2020].
Specifically, the authors found that the prevalence of these receptors was greatest among Han Chinese, then “Mixed American” (U.S. population, not broken out by race), then African, and finally European. The difference between the Chinese and Non-Chinese samples was substantial.
So we have yet more evidence that COVID-19 discriminates on the basis of race. And, in that races are genetic clusters evolved to different ecologies, it probably also does so with regard to the less stark genetic clusters that constitute ethnic groups within races. Contemporary observers actually noted this with regard to the impact of the 1918 Spanish flu on poor immigrants to the US from assorted ethnic backgrounds, when Italian-Americans were particularly vulnerable.
On Evo and Proud, Frost presents a novel argument regarding why COVID-19 has been so devastating in China. He argues that “coronaviruses,” such as the common cold and flu, have “coevolved with the Chinese population.” Repeated exposure of the lung tissue to these viruses builds up resistance to them and, by extension, increases resistance to more dangerous novel versions of them as well as to other “serious pulmonary infections” such as TB.
In other words, the Chinese are evolved to easily become infected by coronaviruses, such that resistance to more virulent pulmonary conditions can be accrued. This has been their evolutionary strategy.
It follows, argues Frost, that modern medicine, by reducing the prevalence and severity of milder viral infections, has left the Chinese—though not necessarily groups who have evolved a different strategy—with insufficient resistance to COVID-19.
Frost shows that this process, of one virus making you more immune to a subsequent different but related virus, has been seen in mice. Evidence for his thesis can also be seen in the modern Chinese being especially impacted by many other flu-like viruses.
Frost speculates, based on this, that:
“In particular, crowded environments, with high rates of life-threatening pulmonary infections, notably tuberculosis, pneumonia, and pneumonic plague, should have favored individuals who are more susceptible to infection by coronaviruses. Historically, such environments would encompass not only China but also other areas that have long had large urban populations and a correspondingly long coevolution with pulmonary infections. These areas would notably include the Indo-Gangetic Plain in India and the Fertile Crescent of the Middle East.” [Coevolution With the Plague, March 2, 2020].
Perhaps even Italy, relatively close to the Fertile Crescent from which civilization spread, might be in this category.
Northern Europeans, of course, urbanized rather later and adapted to crowded environments rather later. Accordingly, it seems that they did not evolve this propensity to easily catch coronaviruses. With flu being by prevalent in such ecologies due to the weather, and plagues not being such a problem due to sparser populations, it may be that they evolved to avoid catching the flu, specifically.
Moreover, being strongly exposed to flu, Northern Europeans may have evolved to be strongly resistant to it if and when they caught it at all.
It would follow that the arrival of modern medicine would present a serious flu hazard for people closer to the Fertile Crescent—because they would be evolved to catch flu as a means of rendering themselves resistant to forms of pestilence associated with large populations—but that it would not be such an issue further north (or in the Tropics) where people would simply be evolved to not catch flu.
Frost has certainly presented an intriguing hypothesis and our Ruling Class is certainly not going to talk about it.
It would imply that, although members of all races and ethnic groups may die of COVID-19, certain races and ethnic groups might be significantly worse impacted for genetic reasons.
In other words, it would imply that race is real. And we can’t have that.
Lance Welton [email him] is the pen name of a freelance journalist living in New York.