vdare--2020-10-10--WASHINGTON POST Wields Occam's Butterknife To Attribute Murder Surge To Lifting Lockdowns (Rather Th

WASHINGTON POST Wields Occam's Butterknife To Attribute Murder Surge To Lifting Lockdowns (Rather Than To BLM)

In other words , lifting stay-at-home orders was racist against blacks , causing gun violence to racistly descend upon black neighborhoods more than gun violence descended upon white neighborhoods .
While crime remained stable in White-majority areas , it peaked in Black-majority neighborhoods during the summer months after stay-at-home orders were lifted .
At least 17 children have died violently in St. Louis this year , a tally that has shocked residents and underscored a widening racial crime disparity in that city and others amid the coronavirus pandemic .
As the upward trajectory of crime continues , the gulf between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ White communities widened by 106 percent in the nation ’ s largest cities .
A Washington Post analysis of 27 cities showed the rolling rate [ they are using a 21 day rolling average ] of violent crime in majority-White neighborhoods fell by 30 percent while stay-at-home orders were in effect , dipping to its lowest point in two years .
Once the orders were lifted , violent crime in those neighborhoods returned to pre-pandemic levels , but stayed below average when compared with 2018 and 2019 .
In majority-Black neighborhoods , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stay-at-home orders were in effect , but rose dramatically after orders were lifted , peaking at 133 crimes per 100,000 residents in July , the highest level in the past three years .
Seriously , as I ’ ve been saying , the media demanding from the death of George Floyd ( Rest in Power ) on Memorial Day onward that blacks get extremely enraged in the name of Black Lives Matter appears to have helped induce enraged blacks to shoot each other over the summer in vast numbers .
But you aren @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Occam ’ s Razor explanation , so the media is putting in a lot of effort into various Occam ’ s Butterknife narratives to explain away their complicity in black violence since May 25 .
And murder rates , the traditional gold standard for well-counted crimes , are up way more , with interestingly shootings up even more due to a proliferation of black-on-black mass shootings at funerals , block parties , and the like , which leave lots of wounded .
They keep depicting the lockdowns on their graphs , which didn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on crime rates , but they refuse to show on their graph the May 25th death of George Floyd , so as to push their explanation that the rise in black on black violence was due to the end of lockdowns , not the rise of BLM .
But , who can remember such an obscure event as the death of George Floyd now that the message has gone out from Narrative Central that it ’ s better for the Biden campaign to talk about COVID rather than about George Floyd ?
Murder @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since the BLM riot over Freddie Gray on 4/25/2015 , so Baltimore has been like the whole country in 2020 after BLM ’ s triumph in 2015 .
At the time of this analysis , data for Nashville was only available through early August .
… The crimes analyzed include homicide , sexual assault and rape , robbery , aggravated assault , arson , burglary , theft , auto theft and thefts from vehicles .
The analysis shows crime rates dropped in March after stay-at-home orders were imposed to combat the pandemic .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ orders began to lift in May , violent crime rose in majority-Black neighborhoods , surging past levels in 2018 and 2019 .
The Post ’ s findings come as debate rages over policing , crime and unrest in the nation ’ s cities .
President Trump and some Republicans have seized upon violence and occasional looting that followed the shooting of a Black man by Kenosha , Wis. , police and the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis officers to portray cities as dangerously chaotic and Democratic leaders as ineffectual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ linked a rise in homicides in a number of big cities to the Floyd protests and activists ’ efforts to cut funding for police departments , a contention for which criminologists say there is little evidence .
In July , the president deployed federal agents to nine cities affected by crime increases , often over the objections of local officials .
St. Louis was one of them .
“ There ’ s not just one pattern that ’ s really leading to divergent trends in cities , ” said Patrick Sharkey , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ You have the lockdowns and then you have the response to the George Floyd incident and the proliferation of demonstrations against police brutality and racial justice , and the resulting response from police departments.
” No , actually , looking at the data collected by the Post , Occam ’ s Razor says that it ’ s obvious that the pandemic had little impact on crime , but the George Floyd Black Lives Matter excitement had a huge incitement effect on blacks to commit more crimes , but not on everybody else .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ have pushed for shifting funds away from police departments to services like mental health and drug treatment , arguing that minority communities have been overpoliced for too long and that social services are a better way to address the root causes of crime .
… Children with gunshot wounds are arriving in unprecedented numbers at St. Louis Children ’ s Hospital , carried by wailing ambulances or cradled in the arms of desperate parents .
The hospital has already treated 114 children through Oct. 8 — more than all of 2019 — and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ amid a surging murder rate .
Lindsay Clukies , co-director of emergency medical services at the hospital , said the average age of victims is dropping and that more are arriving with high-caliber gunshot wounds .
In July , she treated an infant hit by a bullet .
More than 90 percent of the victims this year have been Black .
The young victims are the tragic edge of a wave of violence in the city .
While serious crime is down slightly overall , through mid-August homicides were up 34 percent compared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police .
But the toll has fallen unevenly across the city .
In mid-March , ahead of stay-at-home orders in the city , majority-Black neighborhoods were averaging about one homicide every four days .
By the end of July , those same neighborhoods were averaging about two homicides a day .
Meanwhile , the rate of homicides in White-majority neighborhoods in St. Louis held stable , at about one every seven days .
It ’ s almost as if this article ’ s obsession with the pandemic is intended to distract from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ orgy of blacks shooting blacks , which is the media promoting the BLM Narrative .
Uh , I realize the pandemic was and is the Biggest Story in the History of the World this year , but I also remember that from Memorial Day through George Floyd ’ s burial on July 9 , the Biggest Story in the History of the World was George Floyd ’ s MURDER by White Racism .
As part of its analysis , The Post analyzed crime in 2018 and 2019 to see how current trends compare @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the disparity between violent crime in White and Black neighborhoods is wider than it ’ s been at any time during that period .
Criminologists and police officials said pinpointing the causes of the divergence is difficult given the complexity of the forces driving crime , especially in a year of unprecedented upheaval .
Still , they offered a range of theories .
Richard B. Rosenfeld , a criminologist at the University of Missouri-St. Louis , said the rise in crime in Black neighborhoods is concerning , but the largely unchanged numbers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s argument that crime is rampant and out of control in cities .
He said it ’ s possible that trends that emerged during the pandemic and after Floyd ’ s killing may have converged to leave Black neighborhoods more exposed to crime .
First , he said , minority communities may have suffered more from a decrease in proactive efforts to fight crime as police departments shifted to battling the pandemic , instituted social distancing and quarantined sick officers .
Rosenfeld surmised that Floyd ’ s death might also have led Black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ less in investigations , leaving problems to fester .
“ Those are communities that have already had a fraught relationship with police , and the alienation seems to have grown even more , ” Rosenfeld said .
Other experts said Black neighborhoods could be home to more essential workers who were out and about , making them more vulnerable to street crime during the pandemic .
White neighborhoods could have more office workers who are working from home , leaving them safer and making their homes less enticing targets for crime .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only 3 % in black neighborhoods during the lockdown .
In Chicago , police spokesman Howard Ludwig said officers were told to limit contact with the public and focus on violent offenders to slow the spread of the virus .
According to the department , the three police districts with the most criminal complaints are within predominantly minority communities on the city ’ s south and west sides .
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said it makes sense that public safety problems that arrived with the pandemic would fall most heavily on already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ effects of the coronavirus did .
“ [ When people have ] lost their jobs , and when people , you know , lose hope , that ’ s when we start seeing the increase in assaults because people are just on pins and needles , ” he said .
“ It ’ s an unprecedented era in modern history .
You put all that together — that ’ s a lot for society to deal with .
And I think when you add it all up , that ’ s [ why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” It ’ s been about six months since much of the nation was forced to stay home , with residents urged to distance themselves amid a pandemic linked to more than 7.5 million infections and more than 212,000 deaths in the United States .
Amid ongoing conversations about reforming policing in light of Floyd ’ s death , experts say the pandemic shows that no single action can universally affect crime across jurisdictions .
Actually , we have seen that a single action—the media falling hook line and sinker for BLM ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crime rates among blacks .
As jurisdictions have reopened , most cities ’ crime rates have rebounded at or above pre-pandemic levels , based on The Post ’ s analysis .
Several of the nation ’ s largest cities have experienced increased bloodshed , although experts aren ’ t sure of the cause .
It ’ s also too early to know how the pandemic could affect crime in the long term , experts said .
The pandemic is an exceptionally rare instance of entire societies being simultaneously shuttered , a scenario with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Matthew Ashby , a criminologist at University College London who has studied crime in the United States during the pandemic , said future studies using data still being collected could lead police departments and criminologists to understand how smaller-scale events — such as floods , hurricanes and protests — affect crime levels .
“ It ’ s really hard to come up with national solutions or even statewide solutions for crime problems that are inherently very local , ” he said .
“ Preventing crime is always about being specific about a particular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But in the Summer of George , we had a nationwide crime phenomena : angry blacks shooting blacks .
A national solution might be for the national media not to hype Black Rage 24×7 , like they did this summer .
Finally , thousands of words into this article , the Post reveals the truth for the handful of readers still reading : But don ’ t Say His Name .
Kriesmann said it ’ s likely that the uptick in crime that came during the summer was partially driven by weeks of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were also pulled away from their regular beats to work protests and guard shops during that period .
Kriesmann said she hasn ’ t seen any change in how willing Black communities are to report crime in the wake of Floyd ’ s killing .
She said the number of children killed in St. Louis could be tied to more of them being home during the pandemic , as well as the suspension of programs to help at-risk youth and traditional activities that keep kids busy , such as school and sports .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ crime data from several cities in mid-March .
The Post selected 27 cities to create an aggregate rate of major crimes , which includes aggravated assault , rape , robbery , homicide , burglary , auto theft and thefts from vehicles .
Data for this analysis is current as of Sept. 5 , 2020 .
The data was collected via open web portals from each city .
It was standardized using the statistical program R and UCR definitions to categorize violent and property crimes .
More than 800,000 reported crimes were collected from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were collected for 2018 and 2019 to compare trends and create a yearly average .
The crimes were geocoded to Census tracts and merged with data on demographics .
A rolling 21-day average was calculated by dividing the total crimes in neighborhoods with a majority Asian , Black , Latino or White population by the sum population of those Census tracts .
The location of some crimes like sexual assaults or homicides were suppressed to protect a victim ’ s privacy or because the crime was still under investigation , bringing small limitations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a metro data reporter for The Washington Post .
He joined The Post after four years working for the Houston Chronicle as a data and breaking news reporter .
Justin Jouvenal covers courts and policing in Fairfax County and across the nation .

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From the Washington Post news pages:
In other words, lifting stay-at-home orders was racist against blacks, causing gun violence to racistly descend upon black neighborhoods more than gun violence descended upon white neighborhoods.
While crime remained stable in White-majority areas, it peaked in Black-majority neighborhoods during the summer months after stay-at-home orders were lifted. By John D. Harden and Justin Jouvenal
Oct. 9, 2020 At least 17 children have died violently in St. Louis this year, a tally that has shocked residents and underscored a widening racial crime disparity in that city and others amid the coronavirus pandemic. As the upward trajectory of crime continues, the gulf between the rates of violence in Black and White communities widened by 106 percent in the nation’s largest cities. A Washington Post analysis of 27 cities showed the rolling rate [they are using a 21 day rolling average] of violent crime in majority-White neighborhoods fell by 30 percent while stay-at-home orders were in effect, dipping to its lowest point in two years. Once the orders were lifted, violent crime in those neighborhoods returned to pre-pandemic levels, but stayed below average when compared with 2018 and 2019. In majority-Black neighborhoods, the rate of violence remained relatively steady while stay-at-home orders were in effect, but rose dramatically after orders were lifted, peaking at 133 crimes per 100,000 residents in July, the highest level in the past three years.
Seriously, as I’ve been saying, the media demanding from the death of George Floyd (Rest in Power) on Memorial Day onward that blacks get extremely enraged in the name of Black Lives Matter appears to have helped induce enraged blacks to shoot each other over the summer in vast numbers. But you aren’t supposed to go for the Occam’s Razor explanation, so the media is putting in a lot of effort into various Occam’s Butterknife narratives to explain away their complicity in black violence since May 25.
Crime in White and Black neighborhoods fluctuates month-to-month, historically spiking in summer. But this year, the rate of increase in Black neighborhoods has been most dramatic, peaking higher than in 2018 and 2019 by about 10 and 8 percent, respectively.
And murder rates, the traditional gold standard for well-counted crimes, are up way more, with interestingly shootings up even more due to a proliferation of black-on-black mass shootings at funerals, block parties, and the like, which leave lots of wounded.
Meanwhile, violent crime rates in predominantly Asian, Hispanic and White neighborhoods have fluttered beneath their recent summer peaks.
They keep depicting the lockdowns on their graphs, which didn’t seem to have much effect on crime rates, but they refuse to show on their graph the May 25th death of George Floyd, so as to push their explanation that the rise in black on black violence was due to the end of lockdowns, not the rise of BLM. But, who can remember such an obscure event as the death of George Floyd now that the message has gone out from Narrative Central that it’s better for the Biden campaign to talk about COVID rather than about George Floyd?
In most cities, the violent crime rate in Black-majority areas was above average throughout the summer, while crime rates in White-majority areas remained relatively stable. There were exceptions though. In Baltimore, there is still a wide gap between Black and White neighborhoods, but crime rates overall are down this year.
Murder rates in Baltimore have been skyhigh ever since the BLM riot over Freddie Gray on 4/25/2015, so Baltimore has been like the whole country in 2020 after BLM’s triumph in 2015.
At the time of this analysis, data for Nashville was only available through early August. … The crimes analyzed include homicide, sexual assault and rape, robbery, aggravated assault, arson, burglary, theft, auto theft and thefts from vehicles. The analysis shows crime rates dropped in March after stay-at-home orders were imposed to combat the pandemic. Rates flattened in April, but when orders began to lift in May, violent crime rose in majority-Black neighborhoods, surging past levels in 2018 and 2019. The Post’s findings come as debate rages over policing, crime and unrest in the nation’s cities. President Trump and some Republicans have seized upon violence and occasional looting that followed the shooting of a Black man by Kenosha, Wis., police and the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis officers to portray cities as dangerously chaotic and Democratic leaders as ineffectual at restoring order. Trump has also linked a rise in homicides in a number of big cities to the Floyd protests and activists’ efforts to cut funding for police departments, a contention for which criminologists say there is little evidence. In July, the president deployed federal agents to nine cities affected by crime increases, often over the objections of local officials. St. Louis was one of them. “There’s not just one pattern that’s really leading to divergent trends in cities,” said Patrick Sharkey, a Princeton University professor and criminologist. “You have the lockdowns and then you have the response to the George Floyd incident and the proliferation of demonstrations against police brutality and racial justice, and the resulting response from police departments.”
No, actually, looking at the data collected by the Post, Occam’s Razor says that it’s obvious that the pandemic had little impact on crime, but the George Floyd Black Lives Matter excitement had a huge incitement effect on blacks to commit more crimes, but not on everybody else.
Meanwhile, protesters and some big-city leaders have pushed for shifting funds away from police departments to services like mental health and drug treatment, arguing that minority communities have been overpoliced for too long and that social services are a better way to address the root causes of crime. … Children with gunshot wounds are arriving in unprecedented numbers at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, carried by wailing ambulances or cradled in the arms of desperate parents. The hospital has already treated 114 children through Oct. 8 — more than all of 2019 — and the onslaught shows no sign of slowing amid a surging murder rate. Lindsay Clukies, co-director of emergency medical services at the hospital, said the average age of victims is dropping and that more are arriving with high-caliber gunshot wounds. In July, she treated an infant hit by a bullet. More than 90 percent of the victims this year have been Black. The young victims are the tragic edge of a wave of violence in the city. While serious crime is down slightly overall, through mid-August homicides were up 34 percent compared with 2019, according to St. Louis police. But the toll has fallen unevenly across the city. In mid-March, ahead of stay-at-home orders in the city, majority-Black neighborhoods were averaging about one homicide every four days. By the end of July, those same neighborhoods were averaging about two homicides a day. Meanwhile, the rate of homicides in White-majority neighborhoods in St. Louis held stable, at about one every seven days.
It’s almost as if this article’s obsession with the pandemic is intended to distract from the real cause of the post George Floyd orgy of blacks shooting blacks, which is the media promoting the BLM Narrative.
The trend is similar in several cities examined by The Post. The Post’s analysis of the 27 cities showed that the rolling rate of violent crime in majority-White neighborhoods fell from 31 crimes per 100,000 residents in mid-March to 21 in early May, when stay-at-home orders were in effect. Crime in majority-Black neighborhoods increased slightly during that time, from 62 to 64 incidents. But as stay-at-home orders were lifted, crime rates began to rise.
Uh, I realize the pandemic was and is the Biggest Story in the History of the World this year, but I also remember that from Memorial Day through George Floyd’s burial on July 9, the Biggest Story in the History of the World was George Floyd’s MURDER by White Racism.
Theories for crime divergence As part of its analysis, The Post analyzed crime in 2018 and 2019 to see how current trends compare with recent years. The analysis found that the disparity between violent crime in White and Black neighborhoods is wider than it’s been at any time during that period. Criminologists and police officials said pinpointing the causes of the divergence is difficult given the complexity of the forces driving crime, especially in a year of unprecedented upheaval. Still, they offered a range of theories. Richard B. Rosenfeld, a criminologist at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, said the rise in crime in Black neighborhoods is concerning, but the largely unchanged numbers in White neighborhoods nationwide undercut Trump’s argument that crime is rampant and out of control in cities. He said it’s possible that trends that emerged during the pandemic and after Floyd’s killing may have converged to leave Black neighborhoods more exposed to crime. First, he said, minority communities may have suffered more from a decrease in proactive efforts to fight crime as police departments shifted to battling the pandemic, instituted social distancing and quarantined sick officers. Rosenfeld surmised that Floyd’s death might also have led Black communities to report fewer crimes and participate less in investigations, leaving problems to fester. “Those are communities that have already had a fraught relationship with police, and the alienation seems to have grown even more,” Rosenfeld said. Other experts said Black neighborhoods could be home to more essential workers who were out and about, making them more vulnerable to street crime during the pandemic. White neighborhoods could have more office workers who are working from home, leaving them safer and making their homes less enticing targets for crime.
But you just said that crime was up only 3% in black neighborhoods during the lockdown.
In Chicago, police spokesman Howard Ludwig said officers were told to limit contact with the public and focus on violent offenders to slow the spread of the virus. According to the department, the three police districts with the most criminal complaints are within predominantly minority communities on the city’s south and west sides. Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said it makes sense that public safety problems that arrived with the pandemic would fall most heavily on already struggling communities, just as the health effects of the coronavirus did. “[When people have] lost their jobs, and when people, you know, lose hope, that’s when we start seeing the increase in assaults because people are just on pins and needles,” he said. “It’s an unprecedented era in modern history. You put all that together — that’s a lot for society to deal with. And I think when you add it all up, that’s [why] we’re seeing an increase.” It’s been about six months since much of the nation was forced to stay home, with residents urged to distance themselves amid a pandemic linked to more than 7.5 million infections and more than 212,000 deaths in the United States. Amid ongoing conversations about reforming policing in light of Floyd’s death, experts say the pandemic shows that no single action can universally affect crime across jurisdictions.
Actually, we have seen that a single action—the media falling hook line and sinker for BLM’s anti-white blood libel narrative—can severely boost crime rates among blacks.
As jurisdictions have reopened, most cities’ crime rates have rebounded at or above pre-pandemic levels, based on The Post’s analysis. Several of the nation’s largest cities have experienced increased bloodshed, although experts aren’t sure of the cause. It’s also too early to know how the pandemic could affect crime in the long term, experts said. The pandemic is an exceptionally rare instance of entire societies being simultaneously shuttered, a scenario with little precedent for criminologists to study. Matthew Ashby, a criminologist at University College London who has studied crime in the United States during the pandemic, said future studies using data still being collected could lead police departments and criminologists to understand how smaller-scale events — such as floods, hurricanes and protests — affect crime levels. “It’s really hard to come up with national solutions or even statewide solutions for crime problems that are inherently very local,” he said. “Preventing crime is always about being specific about a particular type of crime and being local.”
But in the Summer of George, we had a nationwide crime phenomena: angry blacks shooting blacks. A national solution might be for the national media not to hype Black Rage 24×7, like they did this summer.
Finally, thousands of words into this article, the Post reveals the truth for the handful of readers still reading:
… St. Louis police Capt. Renee Kriesmann said the pandemic, protests and unrest that followed Floyd’s killing fundamentally reshaped policing and crime in the city. “We went for a two- or three-month period on what we considered no self-initiated activity, trying to keep the workforce safe and trying to keep the community safe,” Kriesmann said of the period that ended in early August. She said that may have been one factor driving the increase in homicides in the city. Kriesmann said the drop in crime after the pandemic was noticeable, but she called violence that erupted following the Floyd protests on June 1 a “turning point.” Early the next morning, four police officers were shot and dozens of businesses were looted.
E.g., David Dorn.
But don’t Say His Name.


vdare--2020-10-10--Did The SPLC's 2019 Scandals Sap Its Vast Hoard Of Lucre?

Earlier : NYT : Morris Dees Was Fired by SPLC for What Joe Biden Does During His Average Prayer Breakfast 2019 was a year of shame and tumult for the Southern Poverty Law Center , America ’ s most lucrative hate group and conspiracy theorists , as it fired its legendary co-founder Morris Dees in March of that year .
Morris , who was on his 6th wife at last count , is the junk mail genius who got the SPLC started in 1971 by picking an acronym easily confused with the late Martin Luther King ’ s SCLC and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the SPLC fired Morris and its veteran president Richard Cohen suddenly resigned , the SPLC hired Michelle Obama ’ s chief of staff Tina Tchen ( the Democratic Party insider who put the call in to to Cook County state ’ s attorney Kim Foxx to let Jussie Smollett off the hook ) to issue a report on what is going on inside the SPLC .
But more than a year and a half later , nothing has been publicly released .
You might think that such a bad 2019 might put a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lavish finances .
But the 2019 financial report has been released , and as of October 31 , 2019 ( more than 7 months after the scandals ) … the SPLC has smashed the half-billion dollar barrier , adding over $ 50 million in net assets despite the bad publicity :

Earlier: NYT: Morris Dees Was Fired by SPLC for What Joe Biden Does During His Average Prayer Breakfast
2019 was a year of shame and tumult for the Southern Poverty Law Center, America’s most lucrative hate group and conspiracy theorists, as it fired its legendary co-founder Morris Dees in March of that year. Morris, who was on his 6th wife at last count, is the junk mail genius who got the SPLC started in 1971 by picking an acronym easily confused with the late Martin Luther King’s SCLC and John Lewis’s SNCC.
After the SPLC fired Morris and its veteran president Richard Cohen suddenly resigned, the SPLC hired Michelle Obama’s chief of staff Tina Tchen (the Democratic Party insider who put the call in to to Cook County state’s attorney Kim Foxx to let Jussie Smollett off the hook) to issue a report on what is going on inside the SPLC. But more than a year and a half later, nothing has been publicly released.
You might think that such a bad 2019 might put a dent in the SPLC’s famously lavish finances. But the 2019 financial report has been released, and as of October 31, 2019 (more than 7 months after the scandals) … the SPLC has smashed the half-billion dollar barrier, adding over $50 million in net assets despite the bad publicity:
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-10-10--Asian-Americans Also Pulling Away On ACT Test

Earlier : Judge Bans U. of California from Using SAT/ACT Tests Because Racism Less famous than the SAT college admissions test , but comparably popular is the ACT .
The SAT is concocted in Princeton , New Jersey while the ACT is from Iowa City , Iowa .
Both have become considerably more national in recent decades , but retain to some extent their regional biases : the SAT is more popular on the coasts , the ACT in middle America .
But Asian dominance is growing on both the SAT and ACT .
In this graph from ACT.org ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Asians averaged 23.6 while whites averaged 22.4 for an Asian advantage of 1.2 points .
( The ACT is scored on a 12 to 36 scale with a mean for all races in 2019 of 20.7 with a standard deviation between 5 and 6 points . )
I ’ m using 2011 rather than 2010 as the starting point because Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders were lumped in with Asians through 2010 . )
By 2019 ( the latest year available until later this month ) , Asians had grown 1.2 points @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 0.2 points to 22.1 .
The Asian-white gap had grown from 1.2 points to 2.5 points in just eight years .

Earlier: Judge Bans U. of California from Using SAT/ACT Tests Because Racism
Less famous than the SAT college admissions test, but comparably popular is the ACT. The SAT is concocted in Princeton, New Jersey while the ACT is from Iowa City, Iowa. Both have become considerably more national in recent decades, but retain to some extent their regional biases: the SAT is more popular on the coasts, the ACT in middle America. But Asian dominance is growing on both the SAT and ACT.
In this graph from ACT.org’s data visualization tool, in 2011 Asians averaged 23.6 while whites averaged 22.4 for an Asian advantage of 1.2 points. (The ACT is scored on a 12 to 36 scale with a mean for all races in 2019 of 20.7 with a standard deviation between 5 and 6 points.) I’m using 2011 rather than 2010 as the starting point because Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders were lumped in with Asians through 2010.)
By 2019 (the latest year available until later this month), Asians had grown 1.2 points to 24.6, while whites had fallen 0.2 points to 22.1.
The Asian-white gap had grown from 1.2 points to 2.5 points in just eight years.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-10-09--John Derbyshire: The Mathematical Association Of America Defiles The Altar Of Math

See also : “ They Might As Well Put Bones Through Their Noses ” — John Derbyshire On The Corruption Of Scientific America Posting on the contents of my email bag earlier in the week , I mentioned that many , many listeners and readers had directed my attention to the October 2nd statement by a committee of the Mathematical Association of America , the MAA , urging `` all members of our profession '' —so I guess that means mathematicians—to embrace social-justice activism .
I promised to pass comment .
Let me just clarify my own approach to math @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in my sleep , as I 've been doing it for seventeen years , since I published the first of my two books about math .
If you write books about math , you get regular emails—I 'm still getting them—from people who want you to read and pass opinions about their eighteen-page paper on Chebyshev polynomials or Morse Theory ( which , trust me , has nothing whatever to do with dots and dashes ) .
My boilerplate reply is : `` I am not a mathematician , only a journalist with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ math department of your nearest university . ''
There 's a bit more to be said than that .
I love math , but it 's an unrequited love .
Math does n't love me .
I 'm not much good at it .
I discovered that when I took my degree .
Still the old affection lingers .
I belong to both of the professional associations in Math , the Mathematical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society .
I mingle with real mathematicians any chance I get .
I still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ n't love me back .
I moon about in the street under her balcony , hoping for a glimpse , occasionally playing a mournful love song on my lute .
That 's how I feel about math .
So now , this October 2nd statement from the MAA Committee on Minority Participation in Mathematics .
Title : Anti-Science Policy and the Censure of Discourse on Race and Racism .
Members of the stone-kicker fraternity might respond positively to that heading .
`` The Censure of Discourse on Race and Racism . ''
Hey @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stand against the suppression and outlawing of race realism !
`` Anti-Science Policy '' ?
Yay , let 's have more respect for careful empirical inquiry , no matter where it leads .
You might object that math is a rational inquiry , not an empirical one ; and that there is no need for the MAA to take any position at all on race realism .
Sure , yeah , but the heading as it stands is open to a positive interpretation .
Vain are the hopes of man !
In fact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ denunciation of the Trump administration 's bans on the anti-white indoctrination of the federal workforce .
I 'll just quote the last paragraph to give you the flavor : '' Community '' … `` critical '' … `` conversations '' … `` racism '' … `` justice '' … I do n't think they 've omitted a single buzzword from the CultMarx lexicon .
And is it actually true that `` mathematics is created by humans '' ?
If the human race were to be wiped out by a rogue solar flare next @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be equal to four ?
If two stars in our galaxy went supernova , and then two more , would that be four supernovas altogether ?
Some very smart people indeed have been ruminating on such matters for a couple of thousand years .
They still are : If you want to take up the topic , I recommend starting with Lakoff and Núñez 's 2001 book Where Mathematics Comes From .
One thing that is indisputably the case is that the math we have today was created by , or stands on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or West Asian stock , well-nigh all of them male .
I do n't think … Sorry , sorry , sorry .
Never mind .
So how do I feel about this MAA statement ?
For a person like me , who reveres math , it is crapping on the altar .
Or to revert to my original metaphor : Here I am in the street under the balcony of my one true love , playing a melancholy ballad on my lute in hopes of touching her heart .
And there she is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hippie doped up on meth , some lowlife she picked up in a bar , and they are making the Beast with Two Backs .
That 's how I feel .
I am seriously contemplating canceling my MAA subscription .
A footnote to the preceding : A friend to whom I showed the MAA statement spotted a thing I 'd missed .
Of the eighteen signatories to the statement , twelve are female .
( It looks like thirteen at first glance , but `` Kamuela '' is a male name , from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : a little math tells me that is precisely two-thirds .
Draw your own conclusions .
More demographic info on the signers So the only people on this list who would actually qualify as minority are Kamuela Yong , the Hawaiian , and Omayra Ortega—unless you ’ re unaware that many white people in Spain , Italy , and South America have vowels on the ends of their names .
Yun Kang , from Mainland China , is a minority in the U.S. general population , but not an underrepresented minority in math @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are currently 1,439,323,776 people in China .
James A. M. Álvarez , [ Pictured right ] , has a story of historical discrimination on his MAA page : What it amounts to is that Alvarez ’ s family has been in America since the 19th century , they owned their own farm , both his parents were teachers , and you ca n't tell from his picture he 's Mexican .
The MAA Congress Minority Interests people need to try harder .
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Posting on the contents of my email bag earlier in the week, I mentioned that many, many listeners and readers had directed my attention to the October 2nd statement by a committee of the Mathematical Association of America, the MAA, urging "all members of our profession"—so I guess that means mathematicians—to embrace social-justice activism. I promised to pass comment.
Let me just clarify my own approach to math. I can pretty much do this in my sleep, as I've been doing it for seventeen years, since I published the first of my two books about math.
If you write books about math, you get regular emails—I'm still getting them—from people who want you to read and pass opinions about their eighteen-page paper on Chebyshev polynomials or Morse Theory (which, trust me, has nothing whatever to do with dots and dashes).
My boilerplate reply is: "I am not a mathematician, only a journalist with a math degree. Please contact the math department of your nearest university."
There's a bit more to be said than that. I love math, but it's an unrequited love. Math doesn't love me. I'm not much good at it. I discovered that when I took my degree.
Still the old affection lingers. I belong to both of the professional associations in Math, the Mathematical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society. I mingle with real mathematicians any chance I get.
I still love math, although math still doesn't love me back. I moon about in the street under her balcony, hoping for a glimpse, occasionally playing a mournful love song on my lute.
That's how I feel about math. So now, this October 2nd statement from the MAA Committee on Minority Participation in Mathematics. Title: Anti-Science Policy and the Censure of Discourse on Race and Racism.
Members of the stone-kicker fraternity might respond positively to that heading. "The Censure of Discourse on Race and Racism." Hey, maybe the MAA is taking a stand against the suppression and outlawing of race realism! "Anti-Science Policy"? Yay, let's have more respect for careful empirical inquiry, no matter where it leads.
You might object that math is a rational inquiry, not an empirical one; and that there is no need for the MAA to take any position at all on race realism. Sure, yeah, but the heading as it stands is open to a positive interpretation.
Vain are the hopes of man! In fact, the statement is mainly an angry denunciation of the Trump administration's bans on the anti-white indoctrination of the federal workforce.
I'll just quote the last paragraph to give you the flavor:
It is time for all members of our profession to acknowledge that mathematics is created by humans and therefore inherently carries human biases. Until this occurs, our community and our students cannot reach full potential. Reaching this potential in mathematics relies upon the academy and higher education engaging in critical, challenging, sometimes uncomfortable conversations about the detrimental effects of race and racism on our community. The time is now to move mathematics and education forward in pursuit of justice.
"Community" … "critical" … "conversations" … "racism" … "justice" … I don't think they've omitted a single buzzword from the CultMarx lexicon.
And is it actually true that "mathematics is created by humans"? If the human race were to be wiped out by a rogue solar flare next Tuesday, would two plus two still be equal to four? If two stars in our galaxy went supernova, and then two more, would that be four supernovas altogether?
Some very smart people indeed have been ruminating on such matters for a couple of thousand years.
They still are: If you want to take up the topic, I recommend starting with Lakoff and Núñez's 2001 book Where Mathematics Comes From.
One thing that is indisputably the case is that the math we have today was created by, or stands on foundations created by, persons of white-European or West Asian stock, well-nigh all of them male. I don't think …
Sounds of screaming.
Sorry, sorry, sorry. Never mind.
So how do I feel about this MAA statement? For a person like me, who reveres math, it is crapping on the altar.
Or to revert to my original metaphor: Here I am in the street under the balcony of my one true love, playing a melancholy ballad on my lute in hopes of touching her heart.
And there she is in her chamber with a dirty ignorant hippie doped up on meth, some lowlife she picked up in a bar, and they are making the Beast with Two Backs.
That's how I feel. I am seriously contemplating canceling my MAA subscription.
A footnote to the preceding: A friend to whom I showed the MAA statement spotted a thing I'd missed. Of the eighteen signatories to the statement, twelve are female. (It looks like thirteen at first glance, but "Kamuela" is a male name, from Hawaiian.) Twelve out of eighteen: a little math tells me that is precisely two-thirds. Draw your own conclusions.
More demographic info on the signers
So the only people on this list who would actually qualify as minority are Kamuela Yong, the Hawaiian, and Omayra Ortega—unless you’re unaware that many white people in Spain, Italy, and South America have vowels on the ends of their names. Yun Kang, from Mainland China, is a minority in the U.S. general population, but not an underrepresented minority in math, or in the world: there are currently 1,439,323,776 people in China.
James A. M. Álvarez, [Pictured right], has a story of historical discrimination on his MAA page:
James A. M. Alvarez was born in San Antonio, Texas. He grew up near Saspamco, Texas, on a farm originally purchased by his great grandparents after they immigrated to Texas in 1890 from Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. His pursuit of higher education was encouraged by his parents, in particular by his mother Olga Mendoza Alvarez and his father Jonas Alvarez. His mother grew up in an era of intense discrimination against Mexican Americans, but managed to graduate from high school at the age of fifteen, eventually receive both a bachelor's and a master's degree, and teach elementary school for forty years. His father, who immigrated to the United States in 1963, is also a teacher.
What it amounts to is that Alvarez’s family has been in America since the 19th century, they owned their own farm, both his parents were teachers, and you can't tell from his picture he's Mexican.
The MAA Congress Minority Interests people need to try harder.
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vdare--2020-10-09--Bye-Bye To Donna Zuckerberg's Eidolon Classics Mag

iSteve commenter Elephant in the Wash Room points out that iSteve content generator Donna Zuckerberg is exhausted from the emotional labor of publishing her Woke Ancient Greece and Rome website : Maybe someone else has already mentioned this , but it appears that the horrors of the Trump regime has gotten the better of Sailer ’ s favorite Classicist , Donna Zuckerberg , who ’ s closing down her Eidolon journal .
Apparently , life can wear down even the sister of somebody worth $ 100 billion .
Go figure .
How can I spend my energy reading Greek and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of thousands of Americans ?
How can I read and think slowly and carefully when there ’ s no justice for the murderers of Breonna Taylor and countless others , and when the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg means that our judicial system will be even more an enemy of real justice in the future ?
How can I write coherent sentences when I think about the growing danger of an autocratic coup by the Trump administration ?
But I ’ m also exhausted .
Running Eidolon is a lot of ( largely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my team .
With our rigorous editing process , publishing between 50 and 100 essays a year has been fairly labor-intensive , although it ’ s been a labor of love .
But the past six months have sapped my emotional reserves and put extraordinary demands on my time and energy , and my work has suffered as a result .
I didn ’ t feel that I could handle this job and my other responsibilities .
Apparently , running leftist journals is yet another job that even American plutocrats are unwilling to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about the intersection of Classical studies and critical race theory that are now being left to rot on the vine .
Surely , among all those unwashed masses flooding across the border , there ’ s one with the pluck and drive to keep the rigorous editing process of leftist scholarship going ?
Hopefully , Donna can find some other useful outlet for her myriad talents , whatever they may be .

iSteve commenter Elephant in the Wash Room points out that iSteve content generator Donna Zuckerberg is exhausted from the emotional labor of publishing her Woke Ancient Greece and Rome website:
Maybe someone else has already mentioned this, but it appears that the horrors of the Trump regime has gotten the better of Sailer’s favorite Classicist, Donna Zuckerberg, who’s closing down her Eidolon journal. Apparently, life can wear down even the sister of somebody worth $100 billion. Go figure.
How can I spend my energy reading Greek and Latin when a pandemic has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans? How can I read and think slowly and carefully when there’s no justice for the murderers of Breonna Taylor and countless others, and when the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg means that our judicial system will be even more an enemy of real justice in the future? How can I write coherent sentences when I think about the growing danger of an autocratic coup by the Trump administration?
How indeed?
But I’m also exhausted. Running Eidolon is a lot of (largely uncompensated) work for me and for my team. With our rigorous editing process, publishing between 50 and 100 essays a year has been fairly labor-intensive, although it’s been a labor of love. But the past six months have sapped my emotional reserves and put extraordinary demands on my time and energy, and my work has suffered as a result. I didn’t feel that I could handle this job and my other responsibilities.
Apparently, running leftist journals is yet another job that even American plutocrats are unwilling to do. Think of all those articles about the intersection of Classical studies and critical race theory that are now being left to rot on the vine. Surely, among all those unwashed masses flooding across the border, there’s one with the pluck and drive to keep the rigorous editing process of leftist scholarship going?
Hopefully, Donna can find some other useful outlet for her myriad talents, whatever they may be.


vdare--2020-10-08--Audacious Epigone: Top and Bottom Vs Middle, Election Edition

The Democrats are increasingly the party of the rich and poor , Republicans of the middle and those at risk @ @ @ @ @ : Like other demographic trends—racial , educational , religious , marital—this bodes well for Democrat @ @ @ @ @ .
The ranks of the top are growing a little , the ranks of the @ @ @ @ @ .
The middle is hollowing out .

The Democrats are increasingly the party of the rich and poor, Republicans of the middle and those at risk of sliding out of it:
Like other demographic trends—racial, educational, religious, marital—this bodes well for Democrat electoral prospects in the future. The ranks of the top are growing a little, the ranks of the bottom are growing a lot. The middle is hollowing out.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-10-08--The Road Not Taken: A Reasonable Case For Defund the Police...Based On Good Behavior

Protesters want to defund police .
Homicides and violence are spiking .
In Oakland , ideology and practicality collide .
By Scott Wilson and Holly Bailey Oct. 7 , 2020 at 4:23 p.m. PDT Are we sure it ’ s just a “ spike ?
” Maybe it ’ s plateauing or still ramping up .
, a troubled police department is reeling from street demonstrations seeking racial justice and accountability , and the city budget is ravaged by the coronavirus economy .
The push to reshape police departments is occurring in cities across the country , but it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Oakland , where veteran activists want to sharply reduce the police budget but much of the broader community is struggling with what that could mean .
In a place that for the past decade has been dedicated to rethinking how it polices its people , the argument for a smaller force and larger social service agencies has gained momentum since George Floyd ’ s police killing in Minneapolis in May .
Floyd ’ s face and words — “ I can ’ t breathe ” — almost instantly became part of Oakland ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ve often pointed out , one reason for how strong violent black radicalism is in Oakland is because Oakland might be the nicest city to live in in the U.S. ( you can see the fog roll in over San Francisco from sunnier Oakland ) … if all the poor blacks were gentrified out to Stockton or wherever .
Hence , Oakland blacks see crime and riots as defending their turf .
The nearly immediate calls for cuts of up to half of the police department ’ s $ 300 million budget were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ municipal police force in a large city has proved highly complex at a time when the economic slowdown caused by the pandemic has greatly reduced the amount of public money to go around and crime has spiked .
Oakland has seen a surge in shootings and homicides , which in the second quarter of this year had more than doubled from the previous one .
Violence and vandalism that have come with some of the street protests have rattled a business community that supports , in principle , a more preventive approach to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ often argued , much of the mainstream support for cutting police budgets is coming from other government employees and contractors who , like Russian peasants in a sleigh pursued by wolves want to throw the police budget overboard first .
Let me try to offer a reasonable case for a moderate Defund the Police stance : In these pandemic-induced hard times to come , we are all going to have to make financial sacrifices , and that includes police budgets .
I have confidence that our urban communities will respond to any cuts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behavior , which will demonstrate that even after the economic crisis is over , our cities can be policed with a lighter touch .
Okay , but instead , the Establishment glommed on to two disastrously contradictory talking points : Not surprisingly , the interaction of the two themes has been catastrophic .

From the Washington Post news section:
Protesters want to defund police. Homicides and violence are spiking. In Oakland, ideology and practicality collide. By Scott Wilson and Holly Bailey
Oct. 7, 2020 at 4:23 p.m. PDT OAKLAND, Calif. — The homicide rate is spiking
Are we sure it’s just a “spike?” Maybe it’s plateauing or still ramping up.
, a troubled police department is reeling from street demonstrations seeking racial justice and accountability, and the city budget is ravaged by the coronavirus economy. The push to reshape police departments is occurring in cities across the country, but it is perhaps nowhere more evident than here in Oakland, where veteran activists want to sharply reduce the police budget but much of the broader community is struggling with what that could mean. In a place that for the past decade has been dedicated to rethinking how it polices its people, the argument for a smaller force and larger social service agencies has gained momentum since George Floyd’s police killing in Minneapolis in May. Floyd’s face and words — “I can’t breathe” — almost instantly became part of Oakland’s much-muraled streetscape.
As I’ve often pointed out, one reason for how strong violent black radicalism is in Oakland is because Oakland might be the nicest city to live in in the U.S. (you can see the fog roll in over San Francisco from sunnier Oakland) … if all the poor blacks were gentrified out to Stockton or wherever.
Hence, Oakland blacks see crime and riots as defending their turf.
The nearly immediate calls for cuts of up to half of the police department’s $300 million budget were popular among protesters. But cutting a municipal police force in a large city has proved highly complex at a time when the economic slowdown caused by the pandemic has greatly reduced the amount of public money to go around and crime has spiked. Oakland has seen a surge in shootings and homicides, which in the second quarter of this year had more than doubled from the previous one. Violence and vandalism that have come with some of the street protests have rattled a business community that supports, in principle, a more preventive approach to addressing crime.
As I’ve often argued, much of the mainstream support for cutting police budgets is coming from other government employees and contractors who, like Russian peasants in a sleigh pursued by wolves want to throw the police budget overboard first.
Let me try to offer a reasonable case for a moderate Defund the Police stance:
In these pandemic-induced hard times to come, we are all going to have to make financial sacrifices, and that includes police budgets. I have confidence that our urban communities will respond to any cuts in policing by being on their best behavior, which will demonstrate that even after the economic crisis is over, our cities can be policed with a lighter touch.
Okay, but instead, the Establishment glommed on to two disastrously contradictory talking points:
Cut police budgets
Blacks ought to be ANGRY
Not surprisingly, the interaction of the two themes has been catastrophic.


vdare--2020-10-08--Another (Implicitly) White Pill: Trump Denounces 1619 Project at White House Conference On American

Another (Implicitly) White Pill: Trump Denounces 1619 Project at White House Conference On American History

See earlier : White Pill At The Right Time : Trump Expands Ban On Anti-White Critical Race Theory To Federal Contractors ( As Well As Executive Branch Agencies ) Lost in the insanity of endless stories this summer about the horror of Covid-19 and the seemingly perpetual lockdowns we are forced to endure was a powerful speech by President Trump about the need to reject the 1619 Project and embrace American history ( Steve Sailer noted that the 1619 Project was the New York Times ' “ Plan B ” for overthrowing Trump ) .
Looking at it , there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white pill .
Though he isn ’ t capable of truly articulating the anti-white nature of the 1619 Project and the implications of this hatchet job on American history ( to slice and dice every moment and every hero/heroine into just another example of the perpetuation of white privilege/systemic racism/implicit bias/structural inequality/white supremacy ) , this speech from President Trump does represent an important milestone in laying the groundwork to resurrect and ultimately protect our history on this continent .
After all , President Trump was just the bridge to the next era @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thank you very much .
Thank you , Mike .
A great Vice President .
I am truly honored to be here at the very first White House Conference on American History .
So important .
Our mission is to defend the legacy of America ’ s founding , the virtue of America ’ s heroes , and the nobility of the American character .
We must clear away the twisted web of lies in our schools and classrooms , and teach our children the magnificent truth about our country .
We want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they are the citizens of the most exceptional nation in the history of the world .
( Applause . )
To grow up in America is to live in a land where anything is possible , where anyone can rise , and where any dream can come true — all because of the immortal principles our nation ’ s founders inscribed nearly two and a half centuries ago .
That ’ s why we have come to the National Archives , the sacred home of our national memory .
In this great chamber @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Declaration of Independence , the Constitution , the Bill of Rights .
On this very day in 1787 , our Founding Fathers signed the Constitution at Independence Hall in Philadelphia .
It was the fulfillment of a thousand years of Western civilization .
Our Constitution was the product of centuries of tradition , wisdom , and experience .
No political document has done more to advance the human condition or propel the engine of progress .
Yet , as we gather this afternoon , a radical movement is attempting to demolish this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t let that happen .
( Applause . )
Left-wing mobs have torn down statues of our founders , desecrated our memorials , and carried out a campaign of violence and anarchy .
Far-left demonstrators have chanted the words “ America was never great.
” The left has launched a vicious and violent assault on law enforcement — the universal symbol of the rule of law in America .
These radicals have been aided and abetted by liberal politicians , establishment media , and even large corporations .
Whether it is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cancel culture in the boardroom , the goal is the same : to silence dissent , to scare you out of speaking the truth , and to bully Americans into abandoning their values , their heritage , and their very way of life .
We are here today to declare that we will never submit to tyranny .
We will reclaim our history and our country for citizens of every race , color , religion , and creed .
The radicals burning American flags want to burn down the principles enshrined in our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of equal justice under law .
In order to radically transform America , they must first cause Americans to lose confidence in who we are , where we came from , and what we believe .
As I said at Mount Rushmore — which they would love to rip down and it rip it down fast , and that ’ s never going to happen — two months ago , the left-wing cultural revolution is designed to overthrow the American Revolution .
As many of you testified today , the left-wing rioting and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of left-wing indoctrination in our schools .
It ’ s gone on far too long .
Our children are instructed from propaganda tracts , like those of Howard Zinn , that try to make students ashamed of their own history .
The left has warped , distorted , and defiled the American story with deceptions , falsehoods , and lies .
There is no better example than the New York Times ’ totally discredited 1619 Project .
This project rewrites American history to teach our children that we were founded on the principle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could be further from the truth .
America ’ s founding set in motion the unstoppable chain of events that abolished slavery , secured civil rights , defeated communism and fascism , and built the most fair , equal , and prosperous nation in human history .
( Applause . )
The narratives about America being pushed by the far-left and being chanted in the streets bear a striking resemblance to the anti-American propaganda of our adversaries — because both groups want to see America weakened , derided , and totally diminished .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ critical race theory .
This is a Marxist doctrine holding that America is a wicked and racist nation , that even young children are complicit in oppression , and that our entire society must be radically transformed .
Critical race theory is being forced into our children ’ s schools , it ’ s being imposed into workplace trainings , and it ’ s being deployed to rip apart friends , neighbors , and families .
A perfect example of critical race theory was recently published by the Smithsonian Institution .
This document @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , rational thinking , the nuclear family , and belief in God were not values that unite all Americans , but were instead aspects of “ whiteness.
” This is offensive and outrageous to Americans of every ethnicity , and it is especially harmful to children of minority backgrounds who should be uplifted , not disparaged .
Teaching this horrible doctrine to our children is a form of child abuse in the truest sense of those words .
For many years now , the radicals have mistaken Americans ’ silence for weakness .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ is no more powerful force than a parent ’ s love for their children .
And patriotic moms and dads are going to demand that their children are no longer fed hateful lies about this country .
American parents are not going to accept indoctrination in our schools , cancel culture at our work , or the repression of traditional faith , culture , and values in the public square .
Not anymore .
( Applause . )
Thank you .
Thank you .
Thank you very much .
We embrace the vision @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are not judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character .
The left is attempting to destroy that beautiful vision and divide Americans by race in the service of political power .
By viewing every issue through the lens of race , they want to impose a new segregation , and we must not allow that to happen .
Critical race theory , the 1619 Project , and the crusade against American history is toxic propaganda , ideological poison that , if not removed , will dissolve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It will destroy our country .
That is why I recently banned trainings in this prejudiced ideology from the federal government and banned it in the strongest manner possible .
( Applause . )
The only path to national unity is through our shared identity as Americans .
That is why it is so urgent that we finally restore patriotic education to our schools .
Under our leadership , the National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a grant to support the development of a pro-American curriculum that celebrates the truth about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( Applause . )
We are joined by some of the respected scholars involved in this project , including Professor Wilfred McClay .
Wilfred , please .
Thank you very much .
Welcome .
( Applause . )
Thank you .
Dr. Peter Wood of the National Association of Scholars .
Dr. Peter .
( Applause . )
Thank you .
Thank you .
And Ted Rebarber .
Thank you , Ted .
( Applause . )
Thank you very much , Ted .
Today , I am also pleased to announce that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ establishing a national commission to promote patriotic education .
It will be called the “ 1776 Commission.
” ( Applause . )
Thank you .
Thank you .
It will encourage our educators to teach our children about the miracle of American history and make plans to honor the 250th anniversary of our founding .
Think of that — 250 years .
Recently , I also signed an executive order to establish the National Garden of American Heroes , a vast outdoor park that will feature the statues of the greatest Americans who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ am announcing a new name for inclusion .
One of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence was a patriot from Delaware .
In July of 1776 , the Continental Congress was deadlocked during the debate over independence .
The delegation from Delaware was divided .
Caesar Rodney was called upon to break the tie .
Even though he was suffering from very advanced cancer — he was deathly ill — Rodney rode 80 miles through the night , through a severe thunderstorm , from Dover to Philadelphia to cast his vote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a statue of one of Delaware ’ s most beloved citizens stood in Rodney Square , right in the heart of Wilmington .
But this past June , Caesar Rodney ’ s statue was ordered removed by the mayor and local politicians as part of a radical purge of America ’ s founding generation .
Today , because of an order I signed , if you demolish a statue without permission , you immediately get 10 years in prison .
( Applause . )
And there have been no statues demolished for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since the time I signed that act .
Joe Biden said nothing as to his home state ’ s history and the fact that it was dismantled and dismembered .
And a Founding Father ’ s statue was removed .
Today , America will give this Founding Father , this very brave man , who was so horribly treated , the place of honor he deserves .
I am announcing that a statue of Caesar Rodney will be added to the National Garden of American Heroes .
( Applause . )
From Washington @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , America has been home to some of the most incredible people who have ever lived .
With the help of everyone here today , the legacy of 1776 will never be erased .
Our heroes will never be forgotten .
Our youth will be taught to love America with all of their heart and all of their soul .
We will save this cherished inheritance for our children , for their children , and for every generation to come .
This is a very important day .
Thank you all once again @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sign the Constitution Day Proclamation .
God Bless You .
And God Bless America .
Thank you very much .
( Applause . )
Thank you .

See earlier: White Pill At The Right Time: Trump Expands Ban On Anti-White Critical Race Theory To Federal Contractors (As Well As Executive Branch Agencies)
Lost in the insanity of endless stories this summer about the horror of Covid-19 and the seemingly perpetual lockdowns we are forced to endure was a powerful speech by President Trump about the need to reject the 1619 Project and embrace American history (Steve Sailer noted that the 1619 Project was the New York Times' “Plan B” for overthrowing Trump).
Looking at it, there’s no doubt it represents a white pill. Though he isn’t capable of truly articulating the anti-white nature of the 1619 Project and the implications of this hatchet job on American history (to slice and dice every moment and every hero/heroine into just another example of the perpetuation of white privilege/systemic racism/implicit bias/structural inequality/white supremacy), this speech from President Trump does represent an important milestone in laying the groundwork to resurrect and ultimately protect our history on this continent.
After all, President Trump was just the bridge to the next era of Western Civilization.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Thank you, Mike. A great Vice President. I am truly honored to be here at the very first White House Conference on American History. So important.
Our mission is to defend the legacy of America’s founding, the virtue of America’s heroes, and the nobility of the American character. We must clear away the twisted web of lies in our schools and classrooms, and teach our children the magnificent truth about our country. We want our sons and daughters to know that they are the citizens of the most exceptional nation in the history of the world. (Applause.)
To grow up in America is to live in a land where anything is possible, where anyone can rise, and where any dream can come true — all because of the immortal principles our nation’s founders inscribed nearly two and a half centuries ago.
That’s why we have come to the National Archives, the sacred home of our national memory. In this great chamber, we preserve our glorious inheritance: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights.
On this very day in 1787, our Founding Fathers signed the Constitution at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. It was the fulfillment of a thousand years of Western civilization. Our Constitution was the product of centuries of tradition, wisdom, and experience. No political document has done more to advance the human condition or propel the engine of progress.
Yet, as we gather this afternoon, a radical movement is attempting to demolish this treasured and precious inheritance. We can’t let that happen. (Applause.) Left-wing mobs have torn down statues of our founders, desecrated our memorials, and carried out a campaign of violence and anarchy. Far-left demonstrators have chanted the words “America was never great.” The left has launched a vicious and violent assault on law enforcement — the universal symbol of the rule of law in America. These radicals have been aided and abetted by liberal politicians, establishment media, and even large corporations.
Whether it is the mob on the street, or the cancel culture in the boardroom, the goal is the same: to silence dissent, to scare you out of speaking the truth, and to bully Americans into abandoning their values, their heritage, and their very way of life.
We are here today to declare that we will never submit to tyranny. We will reclaim our history and our country for citizens of every race, color, religion, and creed.
The radicals burning American flags want to burn down the principles enshrined in our founding documents, including the bedrock principle of equal justice under law. In order to radically transform America, they must first cause Americans to lose confidence in who we are, where we came from, and what we believe. As I said at Mount Rushmore — which they would love to rip down and it rip it down fast, and that’s never going to happen — two months ago, the left-wing cultural revolution is designed to overthrow the American Revolution.
As many of you testified today, the left-wing rioting and mayhem are the direct result of decades of left-wing indoctrination in our schools. It’s gone on far too long. Our children are instructed from propaganda tracts, like those of Howard Zinn, that try to make students ashamed of their own history.
The left has warped, distorted, and defiled the American story with deceptions, falsehoods, and lies. There is no better example than the New York Times’ totally discredited 1619 Project. This project rewrites American history to teach our children that we were founded on the principle of oppression, not freedom.
Nothing could be further from the truth. America’s founding set in motion the unstoppable chain of events that abolished slavery, secured civil rights, defeated communism and fascism, and built the most fair, equal, and prosperous nation in human history. (Applause.)
The narratives about America being pushed by the far-left and being chanted in the streets bear a striking resemblance to the anti-American propaganda of our adversaries — because both groups want to see America weakened, derided, and totally diminished.
Students in our universities are inundated with critical race theory. This is a Marxist doctrine holding that America is a wicked and racist nation, that even young children are complicit in oppression, and that our entire society must be radically transformed. Critical race theory is being forced into our children’s schools, it’s being imposed into workplace trainings, and it’s being deployed to rip apart friends, neighbors, and families.
A perfect example of critical race theory was recently published by the Smithsonian Institution. This document alleged that concepts such as hard work, rational thinking, the nuclear family, and belief in God were not values that unite all Americans, but were instead aspects of “whiteness.” This is offensive and outrageous to Americans of every ethnicity, and it is especially harmful to children of minority backgrounds who should be uplifted, not disparaged.
Teaching this horrible doctrine to our children is a form of child abuse in the truest sense of those words. For many years now, the radicals have mistaken Americans’ silence for weakness. But they’re wrong.
There is no more powerful force than a parent’s love for their children. And patriotic moms and dads are going to demand that their children are no longer fed hateful lies about this country. American parents are not going to accept indoctrination in our schools, cancel culture at our work, or the repression of traditional faith, culture, and values in the public square. Not anymore. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much.
We embrace the vision of Martin Luther King, where children are not judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
The left is attempting to destroy that beautiful vision and divide Americans by race in the service of political power. By viewing every issue through the lens of race, they want to impose a new segregation, and we must not allow that to happen.
Critical race theory, the 1619 Project, and the crusade against American history is toxic propaganda, ideological poison that, if not removed, will dissolve the civic bonds that tie us together. It will destroy our country.
That is why I recently banned trainings in this prejudiced ideology from the federal government and banned it in the strongest manner possible. (Applause.)
The only path to national unity is through our shared identity as Americans. That is why it is so urgent that we finally restore patriotic education to our schools.
Under our leadership, the National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a grant to support the development of a pro-American curriculum that celebrates the truth about our nation’s great history. (Applause.)
We are joined by some of the respected scholars involved in this project, including Professor Wilfred McClay. Wilfred, please. Thank you very much. Welcome. (Applause.) Thank you. Dr. Peter Wood of the National Association of Scholars. Dr. Peter. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. And Ted Rebarber. Thank you, Ted. (Applause.) Thank you very much, Ted.
Today, I am also pleased to announce that I will soon sign an Executive Order establishing a national commission to promote patriotic education. It will be called the “1776 Commission.” (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. It will encourage our educators to teach our children about the miracle of American history and make plans to honor the 250th anniversary of our founding. Think of that — 250 years.
Recently, I also signed an executive order to establish the National Garden of American Heroes, a vast outdoor park that will feature the statues of the greatest Americans who have ever lived.
Today, I am announcing a new name for inclusion.
One of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence was a patriot from Delaware. In July of 1776, the Continental Congress was deadlocked during the debate over independence. The delegation from Delaware was divided. Caesar Rodney was called upon to break the tie.
Even though he was suffering from very advanced cancer — he was deathly ill — Rodney rode 80 miles through the night, through a severe thunderstorm, from Dover to Philadelphia to cast his vote for independence.
For nearly a century, a statue of one of Delaware’s most beloved citizens stood in Rodney Square, right in the heart of Wilmington.
But this past June, Caesar Rodney’s statue was ordered removed by the mayor and local politicians as part of a radical purge of America’s founding generation.
Today, because of an order I signed, if you demolish a statue without permission, you immediately get 10 years in prison. (Applause.) And there have been no statues demolished for the last four months, incredibly, since the time I signed that act.
Joe Biden said nothing as to his home state’s history and the fact that it was dismantled and dismembered. And a Founding Father’s statue was removed.
Today, America will give this Founding Father, this very brave man, who was so horribly treated, the place of honor he deserves. I am announcing that a statue of Caesar Rodney will be added to the National Garden of American Heroes. (Applause.)
From Washington to Lincoln, from Jefferson to King, America has been home to some of the most incredible people who have ever lived. With the help of everyone here today, the legacy of 1776 will never be erased. Our heroes will never be forgotten. Our youth will be taught to love America with all of their heart and all of their soul.
We will save this cherished inheritance for our children, for their children, and for every generation to come. This is a very important day.
Thank you all once again for being here. Now I will sign the Constitution Day Proclamation. God Bless You. And God Bless America. Thank you very much. (Applause.) Thank you.
(The proclamation is signed.) (Applause.)
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vdare--2020-10-14--Trump In Sanford, FL: Dems Want To Suspend All Alien Removals:  "Whether They're Murderers, Rapists,

Trump In Sanford, FL: Dems Want To Suspend All Alien Removals:  "Whether They're Murderers, Rapists, Thugs, Bank Robbers, They Don't Care"

In Sanford , Florida , Trump hit at Joe Biden and his Open Borders plans , as well as reminding people of his success in get Mexico to actually block illegals from going north .
Sleepy Joe Biden and it was n't him , it 's the people that control him .
He 's controlled totally , has put forward the most radical platform in American history , including a plan to eliminate U.S. borders .
Oh , that 's wonderful .
Where 's our border ?
We do n't have one , just come in , everybody .
Come @ @ @ @ @ @ @ everybody .
If you 're a murderer , if you 're a rapist , if you 're very , very sick with a disease that can spread all over , just come on in .
[ Audience Boos ] Now , you know , we 're up to almost 400 miles of wall , nobody talks about that anymore .
And we now have the tightest , safest border in our country 's history , but we 're up to almost 400 miles , it 'll be finished very soon , and it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's exactly what Border Patrol wanted .
But by implementing nationwide catch and release , imposing deadly sanctuary cities nationwide , nationwide , they want sanctuary cities , that 's what they want .
I do n't even think—I 'll tell you , I know a lot of people in California , they do n't want sanctuary cities .
It 's like the politicians want it .
I do n't think the people want it , but they want to suspend all removals of illegals out of our country , whether they 're @ @ @ @ @ @ @ robbers , they do n't care , they want to suspend it .
[ Audience Boos ] You almost say , where the hell are they coming from ?
Where does it even—where does the thought process come ?
It 's demented .
It would mean the total nullification of all U.S. borders , overwhelming every city and town in America , including this wonderful place that we all love very much .
Under my leadership , we achieved the most secure border in U.S. history and we 're finishing that wall .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ so beautiful .
Wait until you see that , wait until you see that , a few more months .
We 're doing 10 miles a day .
And by the way , Mexico is paying—they hate to say it , Mexico is paying for it and Mexico 's been great .
You know Mexico has 27,000 of their soldiers on our border and I said you have to do that .

In Sanford, Florida, Trump hit at Joe Biden and his Open Borders plans, as well as reminding people of his success in get Mexico to actually block illegals from going north.
Sleepy Joe Biden and it wasn't him, it's the people that control him. He's controlled totally, has put forward the most radical platform in American history, including a plan to eliminate U.S. borders. Oh, that's wonderful. Where's our border? We don't have one, just come in, everybody. Come on in, come on in, everybody.
If you're a murderer, if you're a rapist, if you're very, very sick with a disease that can spread all over, just come on in. [Audience Boos] Now, you know, we're up to almost 400 miles of wall, nobody talks about that anymore. And we now have the tightest, safest border in our country's history, but we're up to almost 400 miles, it'll be finished very soon, and it's top of the line.
It's exactly what Border Patrol wanted. But by implementing nationwide catch and release, imposing deadly sanctuary cities nationwide, nationwide, they want sanctuary cities, that's what they want. I don't even think—I'll tell you, I know a lot of people in California, they don't want sanctuary cities.
It's like the politicians want it. I don't think the people want it, but they want to suspend all removals of illegals out of our country, whether they're murderers, rapists, thugs, bank robbers, they don't care, they want to suspend it. [Audience Boos] You almost say, where the hell are they coming from?
Where does it even—where does the thought process come? It's demented. It would mean the total nullification of all U.S. borders, overwhelming every city and town in America, including this wonderful place that we all love very much. Under my leadership, we achieved the most secure border in U.S. history and we're finishing that wall.
It's going to be finished and so beautiful. Wait until you see that, wait until you see that, a few more months. We're doing 10 miles a day. And by the way, Mexico is paying—they hate to say it, Mexico is paying for it and Mexico's been great. You know Mexico has 27,000 of their soldiers on our border and I said you have to do that.
Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Campaign Rally in Sanford, Florida - October 12, 2020