vdare--2020-06-15--NATIONAL DATA: Covid Crash Flushes Out Immigrants, Gives Trump Great Opportunity — If Locked In With

NATIONAL DATA: Covid Crash Flushes Out Immigrants, Gives Trump Great Opportunity — If Locked In With Immigration Moratorium

It ’ s an ill crash that blows no-one any good .
The U.S. job market unexpectedly sprang to life in May as employers added 2.5 million jobs and the unemployment rate plummeted .
It was , by a gigantic margin , the biggest payroll surprise in history .
But even more significantly from VDARE.com ’ s point of view , the immigrant workforce population has continued to fall , and immigrant displacement of American workers is back down to levels not seen since way back in the Obama Administration .
This presents Donald Trump with a great opportunity : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s benefits for the American worker — and stem recent immigration ’ s damage to the GOP — if he acts on his instincts and imposes an immigration moratorium .
Our analysis of the “ other ” employment survey , of Households rather than businesses , uncovers an even more robust picture : Total Household employment jumped by 3.8 million in May .
If monthly job gains continue at this rate , we will recover all the pandemic-related job losses within 6 months .
• Immigrants ( legal and illegal , government data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a 1.9 % increase from April .
• VDARE.com ’ s immigrant employment index , set at 100.0 in January 2009 , rose to 103.5 from April ’ s 101.5 , a 1.9 % gain .
• The native-born American employment index rose to 95.2 from 92.4 in April , a gain of 3.1 % .
At 95.2 , the American employment index indicates that 4.8 % fewer native-born workers held jobs in May than in Obama ’ s last year in office .
Accordingly , the New VDARE American Worker Displacement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the ratio of immigrant to native-born American employment growth indexes since Jan. 2009 , fell to 108.6 in May , a decline of 1.1 % from April ’ s 109.8 .
Not since July 2013 has VDARE.com ’ s Displacement Index been this low .
Displacement is down partly because immigrants are leaving in record numbers , and because those who remain are losing jobs at even faster rates than native-born Americans .
A bittersweet benefit of Covid-19 catastrophe : In percentage terms , job losses suffered by native-born workers during Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those endured by immigrants .
From January 2017 through May 2020 native-born Americans lost 11.25 million jobs , an 8.9 % decline , while immigrants lost 3.59 million , a 13.8 % reduction .
Thanks , in part , to his ( relatively ) hard line on immigration , expressed basically via administrative measures , the Trump years saw a labor market where native-born Americans lost relatively fewer jobs than immigrants .
This is not quite what Trump supporters had in mind in November 2016 .
But it ’ s something .
Another @ @ @ @ @ @ @ share of total employment .
Our analysis of the May BLS report shows the immigrant share fell to 16.32 % , its lowest level since July 2013 .
In March 2020 immigrants held 17.06 % of all jobs .
Each 1 % decline in immigrant employment share represents a transfer of about 1.4 million jobs from immigrants to native-born workers .
May also saw another near record year-over-year decline in the foreign-born working-age population ( 16 years+ ) .
It fell by 912,000 from May 2019—the ninth straight month of year-over-year decline .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ immigrant workforce growth that can be traced back to early 2018 .
This current immigrant workforce decline is more than double that seen in the 2008 Great Recession .
Back then immigrants were leaving at the rate of 300,000 to 400,000 a month , year-over-year .
And it exceeds the “ Trump Effect ” seen in the early months of the administration , when illegals apparently self-deported out of fear .
This process was underway well before the pandemic hit .
It has to be counted as a significant Trump achievement—a “ Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on our featured chart .
A detailed picture of how American workers have fared vis-à-vis immigrants over the past year is published in Table A-7 of the monthly BLS Report : From May 2019 to May 2020 : • The native-born American working-age population grew by 2.098 million , a gain of 0.97 % ; the corresponding immigrant population fell by 912,000— the third largest decline since the government started publishing this figure in 2007 .
For the ninth consecutive month , the number of working age immigrants declined , year-over-year .
• @ @ @ @ @ @ @ job losses ; Native-born lost 14.45 million positions , an 11.2 % job reduction ; foreign-born workers were hit harder , losing 5.2 million jobs , a 19 % loss .
On a year-over-year basis , both groups did better in May than in April , i.e.
, their percentage job losses were significantly lower .
• The immigrant work force ( working or looking for work ) fell by 1.9 million , a 6.5 % decline ; the native-born American labor force fell by 2.8 million , a 2.1 % drop • @ @ @ @ @ @ @ native-born .
But the native-born rate rose 254.3 % ( from 3.5 % last year to 12.4 % ) while the immigrant unemployment rate rose 460.7 % ( from 2.8 % to 15.7 % . )
• The data also show that 16.3 million native-born and 4.2 million immigrants were unemployed in May , but over the last year the number of unemployed immigrants rose by 426.8 % , while the number of native-born jobless rose by “ only ” 246.9 % .
• Labor force Participation Rates declined for both immigrants and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ falling by 4.6 % vs. a 3.0 % decline in the native-born American LPR .
Immigrant LPRs remain above that of natives , although , unlike the case in good times , this factoid reflects an immigrant labor force that is contracting three-times faster than that of native-born Americans rather than increased confidence in the job market .
President Trump displayed his usual humility : “ This is better than a V , ” he proclaimed .
“ This is a rocket ship !
” “ We ’ ll go back to having @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” he said from the Rose Garden [ Unexpected Drop in U.S. Unemployment Helps Markets Rally , NYT , June 5 , 2020 Updated June 8 , 2020 ] .
Warning to DT : The benefits of that “ greatest economy anywhere in the world ” will go to immigrants from everywhere in the world , as in the rebound from the 2008 Great Recession , unless they are channeled to American workers via an immigration moratorium NOW .
More evidence : illegal immigration on the southern border has started to pick @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chart puts some alarmist headlines ( Illegal immigration rose nearly 40 % amid coronavirus reopenings , Washington Times , June 15 , 2020 ) in perspective .
Border crossings are still very low in absolute terms .
But it ’ s all the more reason for a moratorium on legal immigration — and , of course , a wall .
Edwin S. Rubenstein ( email him ) is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants

edwin@esrresearch.com (Edwin S. Rubenstein)

It’s an ill crash that blows no-one any good. The U.S. job market unexpectedly sprang to life in May as employers added 2.5 million jobs and the unemployment rate plummeted. It was, by a gigantic margin, the biggest payroll surprise in history. But even more significantly from VDARE.com’s point of view, the immigrant workforce population has continued to fall, and immigrant displacement of American workers is back down to levels not seen since way back in the Obama Administration. This presents Donald Trump with a great opportunity: he can lock in the recovery’s benefits for the American worker — and stem recent immigration’s damage to the GOP — if he acts on his instincts and imposes an immigration moratorium.
Our analysis of the “other” employment survey, of Households rather than businesses, uncovers an even more robust picture: Total Household employment jumped by 3.8 million in May. If monthly job gains continue at this rate, we will recover all the pandemic-related job losses within 6 months.
In May
Immigrants (legal and illegal, government data does not distinguish) gained 425,000 jobs, a 1.9% increase from April.
Native-born Americans gained 3.414 million jobs, a 3.1% rise.
VDARE.com’s immigrant employment index, set at 100.0 in January 2009, rose to 103.5 from April’s 101.5, a 1.9% gain.
The native-born American employment index rose to 95.2 from 92.4 in April, a gain of 3.1%. At 95.2, the American employment index indicates that 4.8% fewer native-born workers held jobs in May than in Obama’s last year in office.
Accordingly, the New VDARE American Worker Displacement Index (NVDAWDI), our name for the ratio of immigrant to native-born American employment growth indexes since Jan. 2009, fell to 108.6 in May, a decline of 1.1% from April’s 109.8.
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Not since July 2013 has VDARE.com’s Displacement Index been this low.
Displacement is down partly because immigrants are leaving in record numbers, and because those who remain are losing jobs at even faster rates than native-born Americans.
A bittersweet benefit of Covid-19 catastrophe: In percentage terms, job losses suffered by native-born workers during Trump’s tenure are now less than those endured by immigrants. From January 2017 through May 2020 native-born Americans lost 11.25 million jobs, an 8.9% decline, while immigrants lost 3.59 million, a 13.8% reduction.
Thanks, in part, to his (relatively) hard line on immigration, expressed basically via administrative measures, the Trump years saw a labor market where native-born Americans lost relatively fewer jobs than immigrants.
This is not quite what Trump supporters had in mind in November 2016. But it’s something.
Another way of measuring displacement: the immigrant share of total employment. Our analysis of the May BLS report shows the immigrant share fell to 16.32%, its lowest level since July 2013. In March 2020 immigrants held 17.06% of all jobs.
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Each 1% decline in immigrant employment share represents a transfer of about 1.4 million jobs from immigrants to native-born workers.
May also saw another near record year-over-year decline in the foreign-born working-age population (16 years+). It fell by 912,000 from May 2019—the ninth straight month of year-over-year decline. This contraction follows a protracted slowing of immigrant workforce growth that can be traced back to early 2018.
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This current immigrant workforce decline is more than double that seen in the 2008 Great Recession. Back then immigrants were leaving at the rate of 300,000 to 400,000 a month, year-over-year. And it exceeds the “Trump Effect” seen in the early months of the administration, when illegals apparently self-deported out of fear.
This process was underway well before the pandemic hit. It has to be counted as a significant Trump achievement—a “Trump Triumph,” as we label it on our featured chart.
A detailed picture of how American workers have fared vis-à-vis immigrants over the past year is published in Table A-7 of the monthly BLS Report:
Employment Status by Nativity, May 2019-May 2020 (numbers in 1000s; not seasonally adjusted) May-19 May-20 Change % Change Foreign born, 16 years and older Civilian population 43,408 42,496 -912 -2.10% Civilian labor force 28,473 26,622 -1,851 -6.50% Participation rate (%) 65.6 62.6 -3.0 pts. -4.57% Employed 27,678 22,434 -5,244 -18.95% Employment/population (%) 63.8 52.8 -11.0pts -17.24% Unemployed 795 4,188 3,393 426.79% Unemployment rate (%) 2.8 15.7 12.9pts. 460.71% Not in labor force 14,935 15,874 939 6.29% Native born, 16 years and older Civilian population 215,453 217,551 2,098 0.97% Civilian labor force 134,182 131,353 -2,829 -2.11% Participation rate (%) 62.3 60.4 -1.9 pts. -3.05% Employed 129,474 115,027 -14,447 -11.16% Employment/population (%) 60.1 52.9 -7.2 pts. -11.98% Unemployed 4,707 16,326 11,619 246.85% Unemployment rate (%) 3.5 12.4 8.9 pts. 254.29% Not in labor force 81,271 86,198 4,927 6.06% Source: BLS, The Employment Situation, May 2020. Table A-7, June 5, 2020. PDF
From May 2019 to May 2020:
The native-born American working-age population grew by 2.098 million, a gain of 0.97%; the corresponding immigrant population fell by 912,000— the third largest decline since the government started publishing this figure in 2007. For the ninth consecutive month, the number of working age immigrants declined, year-over-year.
Both native-born American and immigrants suffered large job losses; Native-born lost 14.45 million positions, an 11.2% job reduction; foreign-born workers were hit harder, losing 5.2 million jobs, a 19% loss. On a year-over-year basis, both groups did better in May than in April, i.e., their percentage job losses were significantly lower.
The immigrant work force (working or looking for work) fell by 1.9 million, a 6.5% decline; the native-born American labor force fell by 2.8 million, a 2.1% drop . Advantage native-born Americans.
Unemployment rates skyrocketed for both immigrants and native-born. But the native-born rate rose 254.3% (from 3.5% last year to 12.4%) while the immigrant unemployment rate rose 460.7% (from 2.8% to 15.7%.) Advantage native-born Americans .
The data also show that 16.3 million native-born and 4.2 million immigrants were unemployed in May, but over the last year the number of unemployed immigrants rose by 426.8%, while the number of native-born jobless rose by “only” 246.9%. Advantage native-born Americans .
Labor force Participation Rates declined for both immigrants and native-born Americans, with the immigrant LPR falling by 4.6% vs. a 3.0% decline in the native-born American LPR. Immigrant LPRs remain above that of natives, although, unlike the case in good times, this factoid reflects an immigrant labor force that is contracting three-times faster than that of native-born Americans rather than increased confidence in the job market.
President Trump displayed his usual humility: “This is better than a V,” he proclaimed. “This is a rocket ship!” “We’ll go back to having the greatest economy anywhere in the world,” he said from the Rose Garden [Unexpected Drop in U.S. Unemployment Helps Markets Rally, NYT, June 5, 2020 Updated June 8, 2020].
Warning to DT: The benefits of that “greatest economy anywhere in the world” will go to immigrants from everywhere in the world, as in the rebound from the 2008 Great Recession, unless they are channeled to American workers via an immigration moratorium NOW.
More evidence: illegal immigration on the southern border has started to pick up:
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To be fair, our chart puts some alarmist headlines ( Illegal immigration rose nearly 40% amid coronavirus reopenings, Washington Times, June 15, 2020) in perspective. Border crossings are still very low in absolute terms.
But it’s all the more reason for a moratorium on legal immigration — and, of course, a wall.
Edwin S. Rubenstein (email him) is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants


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vdare--2020-06-25--Caldwell Is Right—The New “Civil Rights” Constitution Has Displaced The U.S. Constitution. What Now?

Recent disastrous decisions by our “ conservative ” U.S. Supreme Court shows that , if Ann Coulter ’ s Adios America !
was the most important book of the 2016 election , Christopher Caldwell ’ s The Age of Entitlement is the most important book of the 2020 cycle .
He argues that the new constitution effectively created by the misnamed Civil Rights Act has displaced the old Constitution that the Framers gave us .
Now it appears the “ conservative movement ” is submitting to this Cultural Marxist revolution .
There ’ s nothing left to “ conserve.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strategy to safeguard our liberties .
Thanks to immigration policy , nonwhites are now the majority of Americans under age 16 [ Census shows white decline , nonwhite majority among youngest , by Mike Schneider , Associated Press , June 25 , 2020 ] .
The Supreme Court is apparently making decisions establishing the new legal order for this emerging Third World America .
“ Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained , ” said Aaron Burr .
It ’ s hard to believe SCOTUS made its two recent decisions in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ likely that a majority in each case envisioned the outcome they wanted in advance and then reasoned backwards .
In the first decision , the Main Stream Media is reporting that the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects homosexuals and transsexuals [ Supreme Court Delivers Major Victory To LGBTQ Employees , by Nina Totenberg , NPR , June 15 , 2020 ] .
This doesn ’ t quite cover it .
The decision , written by President Trump Supreme Court appointee Neil Gorsuch , admitted that those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ might not have anticipated their work would lead to this particular result.
” Nonetheless , Gorsuch and the majority decided that “ sex ” did cover transgenders .
“ Only the written word is the law , ” he thundered , “ and all persons are entitled to its benefit.
” Yet “ sex ” has been redefined from a biological reality into a social construct dependent on a person ’ s feelings and self-determined “ identity.
” As we know from the constant lawsuits against Christian businesses by liberal activists , this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to seek out “ discrimination ” and file lawsuits .
A Washington Post hack smirked that the Christian conservatives “ still wield an extraordinary degree of power ” that “ won ’ t last , ” even as he simultaneously pretended that religious groups would be able to win exceptions so they wouldn ’ t be forced to betray their beliefs [ Why the religious right is so freaked out by the Supreme Court ’ s LGBTQ ruling , by Paul Waldman , June 16 , 2020 ] .
However , if the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of words based on current context , it means that prior decisions , legislation , and even the Bill of Rights can simply be handwaved away .
This is especially ominous at a time when powerful people make serious claims that property destruction is not violence [ In Defense of Destroying Property , by R.H. Lossin , The Nation , June 10 , 2020 ] .
In contrast , they declare Politically Incorrect speech is violence [ ‘ Words are violence ’ is the slogan of tyranny , by David Harsanyi , New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] .
While American cities are gripped by continuing anarchy , the State Department has actually released a report claiming , on the basis of a few isolated incidents , that “ white supremacist terrorism ” is a “ serious challenge for the global community ” [ Country Reports on Terrorism 2019 , U.S. Department of State , 2019 ] .
It simply remains for speech that the powerful don ’ t like to be redefined “ terrorism ” and First Amendment protections will be removed .
Nothing can be taken for granted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ swept away if words can just mean whatever Leftists want them to .
The second decision had less sweeping constitutional implications but was more directly offensive to immigration patriots .
Led by “ conservative ” Chief Justice John Roberts , the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump could not use an Executive Order to undo Barack Obama ’ s DACA Executive Order Amnesty .
The rationale for this was utterly bizarre .
Roberts wrote that the Administration needed to explore other options , such as allowing illegals to remain in the country while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In his decision , Roberts built an elaborate imaginary maze that the Administration failed to travel through .
The Acting Secretary of Homeland Security should have “ considered a broader renewal period , ” or “ more accommodating termination dates , ” or weighed the “ reliance interests ” of DACA recipients against “ competing policy concerns ” [ Department of Homeland Security Et Al .
v. Regents of the University of California Et .
Al.
, October Term 2019 , p. 26 ] .
By not doing this , the Trump Administration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and thus could not revoke an Executive Order that the Court itself admitted is illegal .
This is anarcho-tyranny in its worst form .
The Court simply invents a procedure that an Administration must follow to revoke a possibly illegal Executive Order and then faults the Executive Branch for not following it .
It ’ s demanding the Administration anticipate the Court ’ s own thought exercises for hypothetical policies before it can make any decision .
This essentially means our entire system of government is backwards , because now the Court is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the justices .
The Court didn ’ t rule DACA was legal , it simply ruled that the Trump Administration ’ s method for undoing it was illegal .
Of course , as the Dissent notes , this means that every president has a motive to assert new and possibly illegal Executive Orders , because future presidents will be tied down in legislation .
Justice Sonia Sotomayor sided with the majority , but dissented in part .
Her remarkably crude argument : The President ’ s DACA repeal wasn ’ t just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through enough procedural hoops , but because it violated the “ Equal Protection ” clause .
Her rationale : She didn ’ t like President Trump ’ s campaign speeches .
After citing several Politically Incorrect remarks , she wrote : She also complains about the “ disproportionate impact ” DACA repeal would have on Latinos .
Obviously , Justice Sotomayor is in the minority of justices in this case .
However , her dissent shares the reasoning of the Supreme Court ’ s majority decision on transgenders .
She claims the original @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the law do not matter .
Instead , what matters is how justices feel about what the law says and the people who wrote it .
If they don ’ t like those people , either the old white males who wrote the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or the President Trump who proposed DACA repeal , well , they can just change the meaning of the law or throw it out entirely .
Note that there ’ s no reason that this rationale can ’ t be applied to the Constitution @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dead white males , some of whom owned slaves .
This is precisely what Christopher Caldwell argues in his book : Caldwell ends his book by implicitly suggesting that Republicans , Caldwell admits would be is “ terrible ” because of the social tensions that will occur .
But he implicitly suggests that President Trump ’ s election heralded a possible reaction .
His last sentences recount Ann Coulter ’ s June 2015 famous appearance on Bill Maher ’ s show , when she was greeted with laughter for predicting Donald Trump would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the greatest calls in American political history .
But has President Trump truly repealed any of the post-1964 “ new constitution ?
” He has not .
He picked Justice Gorsuch who helped set the terrible precedent with this transgender decision .
Despite bold tweets , Trump has not cracked down on Leftist violence nor the Democrat officials who enable it .
He has not displaced the MSM elites who shape opinion , instead protecting Big Tech companies that suppress the guerilla Dissident Right influencers who memed him to victory in 2016 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cancel culture ” is stronger than ever , and everyone from George Washington to Ulysses S. Grant to Theodore Roosevelt is a target .
What is the solution ?
One would be to use the “ Civil Rights ” constitution against itself .
President Trump and the GOP could push for making “ ideology ” a protected category under federal civil rights law , thus protecting their supporters from being fired from online mobs and Journofa .
( This is already arguably the case in California law under the Unruh Act—see .
Some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by David Bernstein , Volokh Conspiracy , May 25 , 2010 .
Of course , this isn ’ t likely to happen unless Conservatism Inc. gets out of the way .
After all , Conservatism Inc. ’ s entire history is one of purges of its own truth-tellers and of failed efforts at “ respectability.
” Still , if President Trump and grassroots Republicans can summon the will and direction , they can overcome Conservatism Inc. just as they did in 2016 .
However , if they can ’ t , then American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their own nation .
At that point , it is time to start looking for a way out through secession .
That could simply redividing existing states .
But in the furthest extreme , it could mean exiting altogether from this terrible post-America that increasingly resembles an open-air prison and an insane asylum .
The irony is that , while the Confederate statues are coming down , their ideas suddenly seem more relevant than ever .
James Kirkpatrick [ Email him |Tweet him @ VDAREJamesK ] is a Beltway veteran and a refugee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Conservatism Inc. : The Battle for the American Right .
Read VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow 's Preface here .

Recent disastrous decisions by our “conservative” U.S. Supreme Court shows that, if Ann Coulter’s Adios America! was the most important book of the 2016 election, Christopher Caldwell’s The Age of Entitlement is the most important book of the 2020 cycle. He argues that the new constitution effectively created by the misnamed Civil Rights Act has displaced the old Constitution that the Framers gave us. Now it appears the “conservative movement” is submitting to this Cultural Marxist revolution. There’s nothing left to “conserve.” Americans need to take a more proactive strategy to safeguard our liberties.
Thanks to immigration policy, nonwhites are now the majority of Americans under age 16 [Census shows white decline, nonwhite majority among youngest, by Mike Schneider, Associated Press, June 25, 2020]. The Supreme Court is apparently making decisions establishing the new legal order for this emerging Third World America.
“Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained,” said Aaron Burr. It’s hard to believe SCOTUS made its two recent decisions in good faith. It seems far more likely that a majority in each case envisioned the outcome they wanted in advance and then reasoned backwards.
In the first decision, the Main Stream Media is reporting that the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects homosexuals and transsexuals [Supreme Court Delivers Major Victory To LGBTQ Employees, by Nina Totenberg, NPR, June 15, 2020].
This doesn’t quite cover it. The decision, written by President Trump Supreme Court appointee Neil Gorsuch, admitted that those who wrote the Civil Rights Act “might not have anticipated their work would lead to this particular result.” Nonetheless, Gorsuch and the majority decided that “sex” did cover transgenders. “Only the written word is the law,” he thundered, “and all persons are entitled to its benefit.”
Yet “sex” has been redefined from a biological reality into a social construct dependent on a person’s feelings and self-determined “identity.” As we know from the constant lawsuits against Christian businesses by liberal activists, this simply opens the door for professional victims to seek out “discrimination” and file lawsuits.
A Washington Post hack smirked that the Christian conservatives “still wield an extraordinary degree of power” that “won’t last,” even as he simultaneously pretended that religious groups would be able to win exceptions so they wouldn’t be forced to betray their beliefs [Why the religious right is so freaked out by the Supreme Court’s LGBTQ ruling, by Paul Waldman, June 16, 2020]. However, if the Supreme Court can simply reinterpret the meaning of words based on current context, it means that prior decisions, legislation, and even the Bill of Rights can simply be handwaved away.
This is especially ominous at a time when powerful people make serious claims that property destruction is not violence [In Defense of Destroying Property, by R.H. Lossin, The Nation, June 10, 2020]. In contrast, they declare Politically Incorrect speech is violence [‘Words are violence’ is the slogan of tyranny, by David Harsanyi, New York Post, June 21, 2020]. While American cities are gripped by continuing anarchy, the State Department has actually released a report claiming, on the basis of a few isolated incidents, that “white supremacist terrorism” is a “serious challenge for the global community” [Country Reports on Terrorism 2019, U.S. Department of State, 2019].
It simply remains for speech that the powerful don’t like to be redefined “terrorism” and First Amendment protections will be removed. Nothing can be taken for granted. The very concept of law is swept away if words can just mean whatever Leftists want them to.
The second decision had less sweeping constitutional implications but was more directly offensive to immigration patriots. Led by “conservative” Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump could not use an Executive Order to undo Barack Obama’s DACA Executive Order Amnesty.
The rationale for this was utterly bizarre. Roberts wrote that the Administration needed to explore other options, such as allowing illegals to remain in the country while not allowing them to receive benefits. In his decision, Roberts built an elaborate imaginary maze that the Administration failed to travel through. The Acting Secretary of Homeland Security should have “considered a broader renewal period,” or “more accommodating termination dates,” or weighed the “reliance interests” of DACA recipients against “competing policy concerns” [Department of Homeland Security Et Al. v. Regents of the University of California Et. Al., October Term 2019, p. 26]. By not doing this, the Trump Administration violated the “Administrative Procedure Act” and thus could not revoke an Executive Order that the Court itself admitted is illegal.
This is anarcho-tyranny in its worst form. The Court simply invents a procedure that an Administration must follow to revoke a possibly illegal Executive Order and then faults the Executive Branch for not following it. It’s demanding the Administration anticipate the Court’s own thought exercises for hypothetical policies before it can make any decision. This essentially means our entire system of government is backwards, because now the Court is claiming that the policy process should start with the justices. The Court didn’t rule DACA was legal, it simply ruled that the Trump Administration’s method for undoing it was illegal.
Of course, as the Dissent notes, this means that every president has a motive to assert new and possibly illegal Executive Orders, because future presidents will be tied down in legislation.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor sided with the majority, but dissented in part. Her remarkably crude argument: The President’s DACA repeal wasn’t just illegal because it didn’t jump through enough procedural hoops, but because it violated the “Equal Protection” clause. Her rationale: She didn’t like President Trump’s campaign speeches.
After citing several Politically Incorrect remarks, she wrote:
Taken together, “the words of the President” help to “create the strong perception” that the rescission decision was “contaminated by impermissible discriminatory animus.” 585 U. S., at ___ (opinion of SOTOMAYOR, J.) (slip op., at 13). This perception provides respondents with grounds to litigate their equal protection claims further.
She also complains about the “disproportionate impact” DACA repeal would have on Latinos.
Obviously, Justice Sotomayor is in the minority of justices in this case. However, her dissent shares the reasoning of the Supreme Court’s majority decision on transgenders. She claims the original intent of the law and the language of the law do not matter. Instead, what matters is how justices feel about what the law says and the people who wrote it. If they don’t like those people, either the old white males who wrote the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or the President Trump who proposed DACA repeal, well, they can just change the meaning of the law or throw it out entirely.
Note that there’s no reason that this rationale can’t be applied to the Constitution as a whole—written as it was by dead white males, some of whom owned slaves.
This is precisely what Christopher Caldwell argues in his book:
As enacted in 1964, civil rights had meant a partial repeal of the First Amendment. It had withdrawn the right to freedom of association long implicit in the freedom of assembly. But now, when authorities and judges hit difficulties or resistance in advancing civil rights, they were tempted to insist on ever-larger derogations of First Amendment rights, perhaps believing themselves to be working in the ‘spirit’ of civil rights.
Caldwell ends his book by implicitly suggesting that Republicans,
loyal to the pre-1964 constitution, could not acknowledge (or even see) that the only way back to the free country of their ideals was through the repeal of civil rights laws.
Caldwell admits would be is “terrible” because of the social tensions that will occur.
But he implicitly suggests that President Trump’s election heralded a possible reaction. His last sentences recount Ann Coulter’s June 2015 famous appearance on Bill Maher’s show, when she was greeted with laughter for predicting Donald Trump would win the GOP nomination and the presidency—one of the greatest calls in American political history.
But has President Trump truly repealed any of the post-1964 “new constitution?” He has not. He picked Justice Gorsuch who helped set the terrible precedent with this transgender decision. Despite bold tweets, Trump has not cracked down on Leftist violence nor the Democrat officials who enable it. He has not displaced the MSM elites who shape opinion, instead protecting Big Tech companies that suppress the guerilla Dissident Right influencers who memed him to victory in 2016 rather than breaking them up. “Cancel culture” is stronger than ever, and everyone from George Washington to Ulysses S. Grant to Theodore Roosevelt is a target.
What is the solution? One would be to use the “Civil Rights” constitution against itself. President Trump and the GOP could push for making “ideology” a protected category under federal civil rights law, thus protecting their supporters from being fired from online mobs and Journofa. (This is already arguably the case in California law under the Unruh Act—see Some Strange Consequences of Public Accommodations Laws, by David Bernstein, Volokh Conspiracy, May 25, 2010.
Of course, this isn’t likely to happen unless Conservatism Inc. gets out of the way. After all, Conservatism Inc.’s entire history is one of purges of its own truth-tellers and of failed efforts at “respectability.”
Still, if President Trump and grassroots Republicans can summon the will and direction, they can overcome Conservatism Inc. just as they did in 2016.
However, if they can’t, then American nationalists really have no place left in their own nation.
At that point, it is time to start looking for a way out through secession. That could simply redividing existing states. But in the furthest extreme, it could mean exiting altogether from this terrible post-America that increasingly resembles an open-air prison and an insane asylum.
The irony is that, while the Confederate statues are coming down, their ideas suddenly seem more relevant than ever.
James Kirkpatrick [Email him |Tweet him @VDAREJamesK] is a Beltway veteran and a refugee from Conservatism Inc. His latest book is Conservatism Inc.: The Battle for the American Right. Read VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow's Preface here.


vdare--2020-06-25--Patrick J. Buchanan: Biden's Basement Strategy: Just Say Nothing

Earlier , by Steve Sailer : Biden 's First Public Appearance in Two Months Was at Veterans ' Cemetery Where Paul and Lidia Marino Were Murdered by a BLM Terrorist .
Biden Said , `` Never , Ever Forget '' —But Didn ’ t Mention The Marinos Some polls now have Joe Biden running ahead of Donald Trump by 10 points and sweeping the battleground states of Michigan , Wisconsin and Pennsylvania .
This vindicates the strategy Biden 's advisers have adopted : Confine Joe to his basement , no press conferences .
Trot him out to recite carefully scripted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him back to his stall .
This enables Biden to avoid the blazing questions that are dividing not only Democrats and Republicans but liberals and leftists .
And most of these issues touch on the explosive subject of race .
Consider .
California 's legislature just voted to put to a statewide ballot in November a return to the racial preferences that were banned as discriminatory in a statewide referendum , 25 years ago .
The proposal would reverse the 1995 constitutional amendment , approved by 55 % of voters , which outlawed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ race , sex , color , ethnicity , or national origin . ''
If the measure carries , California returns to a racial spoils system .
Race preferences are being pushed because they are needed to bring about greater representation of Blacks and Hispanics in the student bodies of elite schools of the state university system like UCLA and the University of California , Berkeley .
Asian students are today `` overrepresented '' in these prestigious schools , because of their superior test scores .
Where does Biden stand on anti-Asian discrimination ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ voted to establish a task force to make recommendations for reparations for slavery .
Now , California did not enter the Union until 1850 , and slavery was outlawed in the state constitution , though several thousand slaves were brought there during the 1849 Gold Rush .
Where does Biden stand on reparations for slavery ?
Many of the recent protests in the wake of George Floyd 's death have involved the desecration and destruction of monuments .
What does Biden think about tearing down statues of Christopher Columbus and Robert E. Lee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statues of Presidents Washington , Jefferson , Andrew Jackson , Lincoln , Grant and Theodore Roosevelt ?
What did Biden think of the removal of the statue of Caesar Rodney , Delaware statesman and slave owner , who , despite a grave illness , rode to Philadelphia to sign Jefferson 's Declaration of Independence and cast his lot with the American Revolution ?
Understandably , Biden would prefer not having to choose between Caesar Rodney and BLM .
Black men are arrested and incarcerated more often than whites because of the systemic racism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told .
Does Biden believe white cops are congenital racists ?
In the great cities where the killing of Black men is today all too common , the regimes that have ruled them for decades have been almost wholly Democratic .
Does Biden believe there is systemic racism in the ruling circles of all these Democratic-run cities ?
Over the last month , there has been an explosion of shootings and killings .
In Chicago , over Memorial Day , 84 people were shot , 24 mortally .
Last weekend in Chicago , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
New York City is experiencing the worst shooting violence in a quarter century .
Is there systemic racism in the police departments of our great cities ?
Again , who has been running those cities , if not Democrats ?
Is there inequality in wealth between Black and white America because of systemic racism ?
If so , why did that inequality persist through two terms of our first Black president , with Biden as his VP ?
Does Biden believe , with Elizabeth Warren , in wealth taxes on the rich @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wealth gap ?
Is there systemic racism in American media ?
Our dominant media institutions include The Washington Post , New York Times , ABC , CBS and NBC .
All are controlled by liberals .
Is there systemic racism in our great universities and colleges ?
Yet , Harvard , Yale , Princeton , Columbia , and the rest of the Ivy League have long been run by an entrenched liberal elite .
Is our huge federal workforce permeated by racism ?
Though African Americans are 13 % of the U.S. population @ @ @ @ @ @ @ federal jobs .
Is there systemic racism in our public schools ?
Who controls the teachers unions ?
Who fills almost all of the teaching positions ?
Is there systemic racism in California ?
If so , who is at fault ?
The governor , both senators , both houses of the legislature , all statewide offices , and 46 of 53 U.S. House seats in California are held by Democrats .
If Biden emerges , then he will have to answer why all these institutions where his party and people are predominant—the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , public schools , big-city governments , the big foundations , the federal bureaucracy—are apparently shot through with systemic racism after decades of Democratic dominance .
And , more precisely , what he intends to do about it .
Perhaps it 's better to shelter in place in the basement .
Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers ; his books State of Emergency : The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America , and Suicide of a Superpower : Will America Survive to 2025 ?
are available from Amazon.com .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The Greatest Comeback : How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority .
His latest book , published May , 2018 , is “ Nixon ’ s White House Wars : The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.
” See Peter Brimelow ’ s review : “ Wheel And Fight ” —Pat Buchanan ’ s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump .

Earlier, by Steve Sailer: Biden's First Public Appearance in Two Months Was at Veterans' Cemetery Where Paul and Lidia Marino Were Murdered by a BLM Terrorist. Biden Said, "Never, Ever Forget"—But Didn’t Mention The Marinos
Some polls now have Joe Biden running ahead of Donald Trump by 10 points and sweeping the battleground states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. This vindicates the strategy Biden's advisers have adopted:
Confine Joe to his basement, no press conferences. Trot him out to recite carefully scripted messages for the cameras. Then lead him back to his stall.
This enables Biden to avoid the blazing questions that are dividing not only Democrats and Republicans but liberals and leftists. And most of these issues touch on the explosive subject of race.
Consider. California's legislature just voted to put to a statewide ballot in November a return to the racial preferences that were banned as discriminatory in a statewide referendum, 25 years ago.
The proposal would reverse the 1995 constitutional amendment, approved by 55% of voters, which outlawed "preferential treatment" based on "race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin."
If the measure carries, California returns to a racial spoils system.
Race preferences are being pushed because they are needed to bring about greater representation of Blacks and Hispanics in the student bodies of elite schools of the state university system like UCLA and the University of California, Berkeley.
Asian students are today "overrepresented" in these prestigious schools, because of their superior test scores.
Where does Biden stand on anti-Asian discrimination?
Earlier this June, the California Assembly voted to establish a task force to make recommendations for reparations for slavery.
Now, California did not enter the Union until 1850, and slavery was outlawed in the state constitution, though several thousand slaves were brought there during the 1849 Gold Rush.
Where does Biden stand on reparations for slavery?
Many of the recent protests in the wake of George Floyd's death have involved the desecration and destruction of monuments.
What does Biden think about tearing down statues of Christopher Columbus and Robert E. Lee? Where does Biden stand on destroying statues of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Lincoln, Grant and Theodore Roosevelt?
What did Biden think of the removal of the statue of Caesar Rodney, Delaware statesman and slave owner, who, despite a grave illness, rode to Philadelphia to sign Jefferson's Declaration of Independence and cast his lot with the American Revolution?
Understandably, Biden would prefer not having to choose between Caesar Rodney and BLM.
Black men are arrested and incarcerated more often than whites because of the systemic racism of law enforcement officials, we are told.
Does Biden believe white cops are congenital racists?
In the great cities where the killing of Black men is today all too common, the regimes that have ruled them for decades have been almost wholly Democratic.
Does Biden believe there is systemic racism in the ruling circles of all these Democratic-run cities?
Over the last month, there has been an explosion of shootings and killings. In Chicago, over Memorial Day, 84 people were shot, 24 mortally.
Last weekend in Chicago, 106 people were shot and 14 killed. New York City is experiencing the worst shooting violence in a quarter century.
Is there systemic racism in the police departments of our great cities? Again, who has been running those cities, if not Democrats?
Is there inequality in wealth between Black and white America because of systemic racism? If so, why did that inequality persist through two terms of our first Black president, with Biden as his VP?
Does Biden believe, with Elizabeth Warren, in wealth taxes on the rich and wealth transfers to close the Black-white wealth gap?
Is there systemic racism in American media?
Our dominant media institutions include the Washington Post, New York Times, ABC, CBS and NBC. All are controlled by liberals.
Is there systemic racism in our great universities and colleges? Yet, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and the rest of the Ivy League have long been run by an entrenched liberal elite.
Is our huge federal workforce permeated by racism?
Though African Americans are 13% of the U.S. population, they occupy 18% of all federal jobs.
Is there systemic racism in our public schools? Who controls the teachers unions? Who fills almost all of the teaching positions?
Is there systemic racism in California? If so, who is at fault? The governor, both senators, both houses of the legislature, all statewide offices, and 46 of 53 U.S. House seats in California are held by Democrats.
If Biden emerges, then he will have to answer why all these institutions where his party and people are predominant—the media, Hollywood, the academic community, public schools, big-city governments, the big foundations, the federal bureaucracy—are apparently shot through with systemic racism after decades of Democratic dominance.
And, more precisely, what he intends to do about it.
Perhaps it's better to shelter in place in the basement.
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Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers; his books State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America, and Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025? are available from Amazon.com. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.
His latest book, published May, 2018, is “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”
See Peter Brimelow’s review: “Wheel And Fight”—Pat Buchanan’s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump.


vdare--2020-06-25--Black Football Players At University Of Texas Want "The  Eyes Of Texas" Retired Because The Past Is

Black Football Players At University Of Texas Want "The  Eyes Of Texas" Retired Because The Past Is Racist

Earlier : All Statues to White Men Are Coming Down : Texas A & M Black Quarterback Leads Push to Tear Down `` Sully '' Statue on Campus Celebrating a Dead White Male There ’ s no need to reinvent the wheel .
The same script applies to every major university or college in America that , until 50 -60 years ago , enrolled only white students .
Integration of Predominately White Institutions ( PWI ) was always going to end with the latter assimilating to the former .
Despite absolute no supporting evidence to the origins of the University @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” chant being racist , the school dropped it with hardly any protest .
Why ?
We can ’ t make the black players on the roster—sometimes accounting for almost all of the black males on campus , as the University of Alabama-Birmingham found out when they dropped football but quickly brought it back—upset , or else who would run with the football , pass the football , catch the football , and play defense for our alma mater on fall Saturday ’ s ( if you said white people , don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) ?
And now black football players at the University of Texas are pushing to have buildings renamed and the traditional “ Eyes of Texas ” removed because of racism in the past .
Or something like that .
Basically , because the school has a history that was once unapologetically white ( like all of American history ) .
University of Texas athletes want traditional ‘ Eyes of Texas ’ song replaced due to racist history : UT has previously attempted to address racist policies in its history , KSAT.com , June @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you may have seen posts trending on social media over the weekend about the University of Texas song “ Eyes of Texas.
” A group of University of Texas football players and athletes across several sports called on the school Friday to rename several campus buildings , change the traditional school song and donate a percentage of athletic department revenue to organizations supporting the Black Lives Matter movement .
The letter said it was sent on behalf of the Longhorn “ student athlete body.
” It said the football team will participate in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ upcoming season , but players would not aid in recruiting future players or participate in alumni events .
The two-page , unsigned note posted on social media accounts of dozens of Longhorns athletes noted the school ’ s motto of “ What starts here changes the world.
” It said the group was moved to issue its call for campus changes after protests erupted nationwide following the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police .
“ The recent events across the country regarding racial injustice have brought to light @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prevalent in our country as well as the racism that has historically plagued our campus , ” the statement said .
“ We aim to hold the athletic department and university to a higher standard by not only asking them to keep their promise of condemning racism on our campus , but to go beyond this by taking action to make Texas more comfortable and inclusive for the black athletes and the black community that has so fervently supported this program , ” the letter said .
Dozens of football players marched with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campus stadium to the state Capitol in honor of Floyd .
The players said they want the school to address their concerns with campus action or a plan by the start of the fall semester on Aug. 26 .
It wasn ’ t immediately clear if the group has a leader or spokesman .
“ I am always willing to have meaningful conversations regarding any concerns our student-athletes have , ” athletic director Chris Del Conte said .
“ We will do the same in this situation and look forward to having those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want the school to rename several campus buildings named after state and school officials with ties to Texas era of Jim Crow laws and segregation .
The players also want Texas , which has one of the wealthiest athletic departments in the country , to contribute 0.5 % of annual revenue , slightly more than $ 1 million based on most recent figures , to black organizations and the Black Lives Matter movement .
The letter also called for Texas to stop using its traditional song “ The Eyes of Texas , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to minstrel shows with characters in blackface in the early 1900s .
The song is regularly sung at nearly every organized campus event and players in all sports gather as a team to sing it after every game .
“ I think people are amazed that the past isn ’ t really so much the past , ” associate professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at UT Edmund T. Gordon said Friday , according to HookEm.com .
“ It ’ s right there in front of us , but we just don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to explain that Former UT President William Lambdin Prather , who served from 1899-1905 , began saying ‘ The eyes of Texas are upon you ’ as a sign off during his speeches on campus .
The quote is a variation of civil-war era Confederate general Robert E. Lee ’ s saying “ The eyes of the South are upon you.
” “ Students , as students will do , decided to make fun of that and created a satirical song that have words that were appropriate to the University of Texas , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the words of the song , and they put it to the tune of a well-known song , which was ‘ I ’ ve Been Working on the Railroad.
’ ” The lyrics are as follows : The Eyes of Texas are upon you The Eyes of Texas are upon you Do not think you can escape them At night or early in the morn The Eyes of Texas are upon you The group of student-athletes also wants a portion of Royal-Memorial Stadium to be named after Julius Whittier , the first black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who died in 2018 , was a freshman on the 1969 national championship team , the last all-white squad team to win a national title .
Whittier didn ’ t play that season because freshmen were ineligible under NCAA rules .
Texas has previously attempted to address issues surrounding some of the Confederate figures and racist policies in its history .
In 2010 , the school removed the name of a former Ku Klux Klan leader from a dormitory and in 2015 removed a statue of former Confederate president Jefferson Davis .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ more statues of Confederate figures , including Gen. Robert E. Lee .
All statues of white men are coming down .
Every one of them .
All our traditions must be reimagined or retired , because the claim of racism is far greater than adhering to tradition or truth .
And to think , it ’ s all so Texas can go 7-5 , 8-4 or maybe 9-3 ( perhaps battle for a conference title and win the Red River Shootout… excuse me , Red River Showdown with Oklahoma ) and not compete @ @ @ @ @ @ @ civilization and we lost our history because we were too afraid of being called racist and yearned to watch black athletes—who otherwise have no business being enrolled in college or the university—wear our school colors and cosplay as college students on fall Saturdays .
Because of this , we have lost our future .

Earlier: All Statues to White Men Are Coming Down: Texas A&M Black Quarterback Leads Push to Tear Down "Sully" Statue on Campus Celebrating a Dead White Male
There’s no need to reinvent the wheel. The same script applies to every major university or college in America that, until 50-60 years ago, enrolled only white students.
Integration of Predominantly White Institutions (PWI) was always going to end with the latter assimilating to the former. Despite absolute no supporting evidence to the origins of the University of Florida’s “Gator Bait” chant being racist, the school dropped it with hardly any protest.
Why? We can’t make the black players on the roster—sometimes accounting for almost all of the black males on campus, as the University of Alabama-Birmingham found out when they dropped football but quickly brought it back—upset, or else who would run with the football, pass the football, catch the football, and play defense for our alma mater on fall Saturdays (if you said white people, don’t you know blacks are better athletes…)?
And now black football players at the University of Texas are pushing to have buildings renamed and the traditional “Eyes of Texas” removed because of racism in the past. Or something like that.
Basically, because the school has a history that was once unapologetically white (like all of American history).
University of Texas athletes want traditional ‘Eyes of Texas’ song replaced due to racist history: UT has previously attempted to address racist policies in its history, KSAT.com, June 15, 2020 Here’s why you may have seen posts trending on social media over the weekend about the University of Texas song “Eyes of Texas.” A group of University of Texas football players and athletes across several sports called on the school Friday to rename several campus buildings, change the traditional school song and donate a percentage of athletic department revenue to organizations supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. The letter said it was sent on behalf of the Longhorn “student athlete body.” It said the football team will participate in all required team activities ahead of the upcoming season, but players would not aid in recruiting future players or participate in alumni events. The two-page, unsigned note posted on social media accounts of dozens of Longhorns athletes noted the school’s motto of “What starts here changes the world.” It said the group was moved to issue its call for campus changes after protests erupted nationwide following the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police. “The recent events across the country regarding racial injustice have brought to light the systemic racism that has always been prevalent in our country as well as the racism that has historically plagued our campus,” the statement said. “We aim to hold the athletic department and university to a higher standard by not only asking them to keep their promise of condemning racism on our campus, but to go beyond this by taking action to make Texas more comfortable and inclusive for the black athletes and the black community that has so fervently supported this program,” the letter said. Dozens of football players marched with coach Tom Herman last week from the campus stadium to the state Capitol in honor of Floyd. The players said they want the school to address their concerns with campus action or a plan by the start of the fall semester on Aug. 26. It wasn’t immediately clear if the group has a leader or spokesman. “I am always willing to have meaningful conversations regarding any concerns our student-athletes have,” athletic director Chris Del Conte said. “We will do the same in this situation and look forward to having those discussions.” The letter said the players want the school to rename several campus buildings named after state and school officials with ties to Texas era of Jim Crow laws and segregation. The players also want Texas, which has one of the wealthiest athletic departments in the country, to contribute 0.5% of annual revenue, slightly more than $1 million based on most recent figures, to black organizations and the Black Lives Matter movement. The letter also called for Texas to stop using its traditional song “The Eyes of Texas,” which has been criticized for its connection to minstrel shows with characters in blackface in the early 1900s. The song is regularly sung at nearly every organized campus event and players in all sports gather as a team to sing it after every game. “I think people are amazed that the past isn’t really so much the past,” associate professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at UT Edmund T. Gordon said Friday, according to HookEm.com. “It’s right there in front of us, but we just don’t know.” Gordon went on to explain that Former UT President William Lambdin Prather, who served from 1899-1905, began saying ‘The eyes of Texas are upon you’ as a sign off during his speeches on campus. The quote is a variation of civil-war era Confederate general Robert E. Lee’s saying “The eyes of the South are upon you.” “Students, as students will do, decided to make fun of that and created a satirical song that have words that were appropriate to the University of Texas,” Gordon said. “Those are the words of the song, and they put it to the tune of a well-known song, which was ‘I’ve Been Working on the Railroad.’” The lyrics are as follows: The Eyes of Texas are upon you All the livelong day The Eyes of Texas are upon you You cannot get away Do not think you can escape them At night or early in the morn The Eyes of Texas are upon you ‘Til Gabriel blows his horn The group of student-athletes also wants a portion of Royal-Memorial Stadium to be named after Julius Whittier, the first black varsity football player at Texas. Whittier, who died in 2018, was a freshman on the 1969 national championship team, the last all-white squad team to win a national title. Whittier didn’t play that season because freshmen were ineligible under NCAA rules. Texas has previously attempted to address issues surrounding some of the Confederate figures and racist policies in its history. In 2010, the school removed the name of a former Ku Klux Klan leader from a dormitory and in 2015 removed a statue of former Confederate president Jefferson Davis. In 2017, the school removed several more statues of Confederate figures, including Gen. Robert E. Lee.
All statues of white men are coming down. Every one of them.
All our traditions must be reimagined or retired, because the claim of racism is far greater than adhering to tradition or truth.
And to think, it’s all so Texas can go 7-5, 8-4 or maybe 9-3 (perhaps battle for a conference title and win the Red River Shootout… excuse me, Red River Showdown with Oklahoma) and not compete for a national title…
We lost our civilization and we lost our history because we were too afraid of being called racist and yearned to watch black athletes—who otherwise have no business being enrolled in college or the university—wear our school colors and cosplay as college students on fall Saturdays.
Because of this, we have lost our future.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-06-25--Supreme Court Does Something Right: Rules In Favor Of Common Sense Immigration Enforcement

Previously : The DACA Disgrace : Judicial Nominees Must Now Face An Immigration Litmus Test The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that so-called asylum seekers can not challenge their removal in federal court , bolstering the Trump administration ’ s America First immigration policies [ Supreme Court rules asylum seeker can not challenge removal , by Ariane de Vogue and Priscilla Alvarez , CNN , June 25 , 2020 ] .
The court ruled 7-2 in favor of the Trump administration .
All five conservative justices signed on to the majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito .
Liberal justices Stephen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ separate , concurring opinion .
The case centered on a Sri Lankan illegal immigrant who was apprehended 25 yards north of the Mexican border .
The illegal , Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam , said he fled his country after a group of men beat him .
He could not say who the men were or why they targeted him , but he felt this was a credible reason to stay in America .
Authorities determined that this wasn ’ t a credible fear of persecution and ordered his expedited removal .
This decision was affirmed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which sued the government on Thuraissigiam ’ s behalf , argued “ Every person within US territory is entitled to due process ” and that their client should stay in the U.S .
This ridiculous argument was upheld by the notorious Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals .
If the Supreme Court had upheld the illegal ’ s claim , it would have undermined current immigration law that requires all illegal aliens caught within 100 miles of the border and within 14 days of their arrival to undergo expedited removal .
Only asylum @ @ @ @ @ @ @ persecution may be exempt from expedited removal .
Thuraissigiam was well within 100 miles of the border and did not establish a credible fear principle for staying .
Alito ruled that allowing the Sri Lankan to stay “ would place an unacceptable burden on our immigration system ” by setting a precedent of letting all asylum seekers stay in the U.S. while their appeals were heard .
The Trump administration wants to expand the expedited removal policy to include all illegal aliens in America who can not prove they ’ ve lived in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That policy is blocked in the court system , but the latest ruling indicates the Supreme Court may uphold it .
After the disappointing DACA decision and the refusal to hear a challenge to sanctuary laws , it ’ s a positive sign to see an overwhelming majority of the court to rule in favor of common sense immigration policy .

washingtonwatcherii@protonmail.com (Washington  Watcher II)

Previously: The DACA Disgrace: Judicial Nominees Must Now Face An Immigration Litmus Test
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that so-called asylum seekers cannot challenge their removal in federal court, bolstering the Trump administration’s America First immigration policies [Supreme Court rules asylum seeker cannot challenge removal, by Ariane de Vogue and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN, June 25, 2020].
The court ruled 7-2 in favor of the Trump administration. All five conservative justices signed on to the majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito. Liberal justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg filed a separate, concurring opinion.
The case centered on a Sri Lankan illegal immigrant who was apprehended 25 yards north of the Mexican border. The illegal, Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam, said he fled his country after a group of men beat him. He could not say who the men were or why they targeted him, but he felt this was a credible reason to stay in America. Authorities determined that this wasn’t a credible fear of persecution and ordered his expedited removal. This decision was affirmed by an immigration judge.
The ACLU, which sued the government on Thuraissigiam’s behalf, argued “Every person within US territory is entitled to due process” and that their client should stay in the U.S. This ridiculous argument was upheld by the notorious Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
If the Supreme Court had upheld the illegal’s claim, it would have undermined current immigration law that requires all illegal aliens caught within 100 miles of the border and within 14 days of their arrival to undergo expedited removal. Only asylum seekers who establish a credible fear of persecution may be exempt from expedited removal. Thuraissigiam was well within 100 miles of the border and did not establish a credible fear principle for staying.
Alito ruled that allowing the Sri Lankan to stay “would place an unacceptable burden on our immigration system” by setting a precedent of letting all asylum seekers stay in the U.S. while their appeals were heard.
The Trump administration wants to expand the expedited removal policy to include all illegal aliens in America who cannot prove they’ve lived in the country for more than two years. That policy is blocked in the court system, but the latest ruling indicates the Supreme Court may uphold it.
After the disappointing DACA decision and the refusal to hear a challenge to sanctuary laws, it’s a positive sign to see an overwhelming majority of the court rule in favor of common sense immigration policy.


vdare--2020-06-25--Gainesville, GA Fire Dept. Employee Suspended After His WIFE Asked On Facebook If Hispanic Floyd Rio

Gainesville, GA Fire Dept. Employee Suspended After His WIFE Asked On Facebook If Hispanic Floyd Rioters Were Illegals

See also , by James Fulford : Diversity Is Strength ...
It 's Also `` Rainbow Riots '' In Gaineville , Georgia , a fire department employee was supended for a week because his wife made a post on Facebook about the local George Floyd rioters .
The City Manager of Gainesville , a white guy who is actually named Lackey , has made all kinds of tearful statements about how Gainesville , which is now 42 % ( ! )
Hispanic considers itself a `` melting pot '' .
[ Georgia Fire Dept .
Employee Suspended for Post About @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Newsweek , June 24 , 2020 ] What did this employee 's wife ( they have a joint Facebook account ) say about the rioters ?
Well , we do n't know , because the comment was deleted , and tearful Bryan Lackey [ Email him ] right , could n't bring himself to quote it .
But apparently it is now a hate crime to say that Hispanic rioters might be illegal aliens .
However , in a May 31 Facebook post , he wrote Saturday evening , the city of Gainesville @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demonstration , which we understand remained peaceful for the most part .
The activities were streamed publicly via Facebook Live on a number of social media pages , enabling participation – including commentary – by those watching .
It was brought to our attention early Sunday that a commenter identified as a member of the Gainesville Fire Department made an inappropriate , distasteful and baseless remark regarding the citizenship status of some demonstrators .
We ’ ve also been told this comment has since been deleted .
We want the public to know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one individual do not , in any way , shape or form , reflect the views or position of the Gainesville Fire Department , nor city of Gainesville government .
The city prides itself on being a melting pot , and has zero tolerance for comments such as these .
City and department leaders are in the process of addressing this personnel issue at this time .
The city also wishes to thank those who made their voices heard for doing so in a peaceful and meaningful way , and not threatening the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the demonstrators themselves , bystanders and public safety personnel .
So in a Kafkaesque way , they wo n't say what they said , or what was offensive , but reading between the lines , presumably the fireman 's wife asked if any of the Hispanic rioters were illegal , and could be deported .
But the unnamed fireman—who must be a white male—was suspended for a week .
“ During our investigation , both the employee and his spouse both stated that the spouse had typed and posted the remarks on Facebook @ @ @ @ @ @ @ together when the post was made , ” Lackey said in an email .
“ The employee stated he was not aware of the post until the next day when another employee contacted him about this post.
” The city has not identified the employee , who Lackey said was suspended for a week without pay and “ strongly advised ” to no longer have joint social media accounts .
Gainesville Fire Department employee suspended following comment from shared social media account , by Jeff Gill , Gainesville Times , June 22 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ peaceful for the most part '' is a lie .
Googling `` gainesville ga riots 2020 '' brings up a lot of stories about what happened on May 31 in Gainesville .
• Gainesville protests Saturday ranged from peaceful to tense throughout the night ; 9 arrested • Demonstrators block Jesse Jewell , fill Gainesville square on second night of protests Second , it 's wrong to say that it 's `` inappropriate , distasteful and baseless '' to ask if Hispanic rioters are illegal .
Gainesville is full of illegal aliens , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( like the May 31 Gainesville riot ) it 's a good idea to find out if the rioters are illegal , so they can be deported .
And finally , Gainesville is not in any sense a `` melting pot '' , it 's the chicken processing ( by illegal aliens ) capital of the country !
Presumably , in shutting down talk of how illegal the rioting Hispanics might be , Mr. Lackey is acting not in the the name of `` decency '' , or whatever , but in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ course Hispanic rioters should be deported ; they 're criminals .
This never seems to be done , though .
VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow 's June 1992 , article Time To Rethink Immigration was published during the Presidency of the late George H. W. Bush .
It was also at the time of the Rodney King Riots , which you probably think of as black thing , but which happened in Los Angeles , which has a lot of riotous Mexicans .
Here 's the quote that ended Peter 's article , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ better , now , but Bryan Lackey does n't .

See also, by James Fulford: Diversity Is Strength...It's Also "Rainbow Riots"
In Gainesville, Georgia, a fire department employee was suspended for a week because his wife made a post on Facebook about the local George Floyd rioters.
The City Manager of Gainesville, a white guy who is actually named Lackey, has made all kinds of tearful statements about how Gainesville, which is now 42% (!) Hispanic, considers itself a "melting pot" [Georgia Fire Dept. Employee Suspended for Post About Protesters Immigration Status, by Eddy Rodriguez, Newsweek, June 24, 2020].
What did this employee's wife (they have a joint Facebook account) say about the rioters? Well, we don't know, because the comment was deleted, and tearful Bryan Lackey [Email him], right, couldn't bring himself to quote it. But apparently it is now a hate crime to say that Hispanic rioters might be illegal aliens.
However, in a May 31 Facebook post, he wrote
Saturday evening, the city of Gainesville served as the backdrop of an impassioned demonstration, which we understand remained peaceful for the most part. The activities were streamed publicly via Facebook Live on a number of social media pages, enabling participation – including commentary – by those watching. It was brought to our attention early Sunday that a commenter identified as a member of the Gainesville Fire Department made an inappropriate, distasteful and baseless remark regarding the citizenship status of some demonstrators. We’ve also been told this comment has since been deleted. We want the public to know the comment(s) of this one individual do not, in any way, shape or form, reflect the views or position of the Gainesville Fire Department, nor city of Gainesville government. The city prides itself on being a melting pot, and has zero tolerance for comments such as these. City and department leaders are in the process of addressing this personnel issue at this time. The city also wishes to thank those who made their voices heard for doing so in a peaceful and meaningful way, and not threatening the safety of those in attendance, including the demonstrators themselves, bystanders and public safety personnel. – GAINESVILLE CITY MANAGER BRYAN LACKEY
[Emphases added]
So in a Kafkaesque way, they won't say what they said, or what was offensive, but reading between the lines, presumably the fireman's wife asked if any of the Hispanic rioters were illegal, and could be deported.
But the unnamed fireman—who must be a white male—was suspended for a week.
“During our investigation, both the employee and his spouse both stated that the spouse had typed and posted the remarks on Facebook. Both stated that they were not together when the post was made,” Lackey said in an email. “The employee stated he was not aware of the post until the next day when another employee contacted him about this post.” The city has not identified the employee, who Lackey said was suspended for a week without pay and “strongly advised” to no longer have joint social media accounts. Gainesville Fire Department employee suspended following comment from shared social media account, by Jeff Gill, Gainesville Times, June 22, 2020
First of all, his "peaceful for the most part" is a lie. Googling "gainesville ga riots 2020" brings up a lot of stories about what happened on May 31 in Gainesville.
Second, it's wrong to say that it's "inappropriate, distasteful and baseless" to ask if Hispanic rioters are illegal. Gainesville is full of illegal aliens, and during a massive outbreak of crime (like the May 31 Gainesville riot) it's a good idea to find out if the rioters are illegal, so they can be deported.
And finally, Gainesville is not in any sense a "melting pot," it's the chicken processing (by illegal aliens) capital of the country!
In the country's chicken processing capital, undocumented immigrants live in fear Univision News visited Gainesville, Georgia, the city with the highest concentration of undocumented immigrants in the country. It is one of the few counties where local law enforcement has free rein to act as immigration police. This report is the first in a series called Immigration Lab. By Ronny Rojas, Almudena Toral y Antonio Cucho, Univision, November 1, 2017.
Presumably, in shutting down talk of how illegal the rioting Hispanics might be, Mr. Lackey is acting not in the the name of "decency," or whatever, but in the service of powerful local interests. Of course Hispanic rioters should be deported; they're criminals.
This never seems to be done, though. VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow's June 1992 article Time To Rethink Immigration was published during the Presidency of the late George H. W. Bush. It was also at the time of the Rodney King Riots, which you probably think of as a black thing, but which happened in Los Angeles, which has a lot of riotous Mexicans.
Here's the quote that ended Peter's article, with emphasis newly added:
POSTSCRIPT: "At a Cabinet meeting today, Attorney General William P. Barr [Barr is the 77th and 85th United States Attorney General, he was 42 in 1992] said nearly one-third of the first 6,000 [Los Angeles] riot suspects arrested and processed through the court system were illegal aliens, according to a senior Administration official. Barr has not proposed any special effort to have them deported, a Justice Department spokesman said." [Tape Shows L.A. Police Abandoning Area Where Riot Began, by Paul Taylor, May 6, 1992]
Maybe Barr knows better, now, but Bryan Lackey doesn't.


vdare--2020-06-25--How the NYT Spins NASCAR's Wild Noose Chase

n the New York Times news section , the NYT spins as fast as it can : Although investigators determined that the knot was not meant as a hate crime targeting Bubba Wallace , the auto racing giant has long had complaints of racist behavior from people within the sport .
By Juliet Macur and Alan Blinder June 24 , 2020 Updated 8:21 p.m .
ET Darrell Wallace Jr. said he was relieved to hear the F.B.I .
say he had not been the target of a hate crime at Talladega Superspeedway last weekend , after a noose hanging in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been there since at least last fall .
It was never even a noose .
A noose is intended to tighten as it ’ s pulled on .
This was a fixed-size loop at the end of the garage door pull rope that would not tighten .
In a statement on Twitter on Wednesday , Wallace , known as Bubba , thanked NASCAR and the F.B.I .
for taking the threat seriously .
“ We ’ ll gladly take a little embarrassment over what the alternatives could have been , ” said Wallace @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s top series .
The national turmoil over race and serial injustice has complicated both Wallace ’ s reaction and the public ’ s response to the F.B.I.
’ s findings .
With the government ’ s investigation closed and no charges filed , Wallace has found himself all but forced to defend himself from baseless speculation that he or his supporters staged the incident to garner publicity .
While NASCAR characterized the noose as a pull rope for a garage door that was “ fashioned like a noose , ” some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rope with a handle , and that Wallace and stock-car racing executives had overreacted .
Wallace said on NBC ’ s “ Today ” show on Wednesday that the noose was not functional , but that the sight of it “ makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up.
” The debate over the episode was hardly deterred by the timeline of the case , the Justice Department ’ s conclusions or the history of a sport that long has battled racism both inside and outside of the garage , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Confederate flag at competitions until Wallace called for NASCAR to ban it on June 8 .
NASCAR barred the battle flag two days later .
Well , sure , the NASCAR officials accused their fans of racism in this giant Wild Noose Chase fiasco were being prejudiced , but they had good reasons for their bigotry .
Good reasons !
Wallace wasn ’ t the first person to notice the noose in his garage , or even the fourth .
The accounts of Wallace and others within NASCAR indicated that he was at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aware of the noose after it was found on Sunday , and that he first learned about it from Steve Phelps , NASCAR ’ s president .
According to racing officials , a member of Wallace ’ s crew noticed the suspicious rope and reported it to Jerry Baxter , the crew chief and a fixture of the sport .
Baxter alerted Jay Fabian , a senior NASCAR official .
Ultimately , Phelps met Wallace at the driver ’ s motor home and tearfully told him what had been found .
Tom Wolfe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ part over the top .
F.B.I .
agents traveled to Talladega , less than an hour ’ s drive from Birmingham , and began reviewing evidence .
A crucial clue was an assertion on Monday morning by an employee of Wood Brothers Racing , another NASCAR team , that he had noticed the tied rope at a race last fall , long before Wallace had been assigned to the garage stall for this week ’ s Geico 500 .
Through a spokeswoman , the United States attorney for the Northern District of Alabama @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be interviewed on Wednesday .
But the Justice Department said Tuesday that officials were certain that the noose had been in the garage since at least October , and that “ nobody could have known Mr. Wallace would be assigned to garage No .
4 ” that far in advance .
“ The 43 team had nothing to do with this , ” Phelps said in a teleconference , referring to Wallace ’ s Richard Petty Motorsports team .
He said that NASCAR was still investigating who might have tied the noose last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Video from last year shows a similar loop tied on the garage door pull rope last year .
And if they wouldn ’ t mislead you , who would ?
But researchers said that when potential hate crimes , reported in good faith , are found not to have been plainly motivated by bias or malevolence , observers are often quick to react with skepticism — and sometimes false arguments — particularly online .
“ We are now in a world today where conspiracy theories have greater currency than facts and patience , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York City police officer who is now the director of the San Bernardino center .
“ This has become a game of gotcha rather than an earnest search for truth.
” There was good reason for Wallace and his team to be sensitive to anything that could be perceived as racist .
His own parents were concerned for his safety after he spoke out this month , saying the Confederate flag was a symbol of hate , and not heritage .
Those safety concerns were focused on the reaction of fans in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has shown that racism also exists inside the stock-car circuit .
In early 1999 , David Scott , one of two black crew members in NASCAR , described in a news report that other crew members often called him names like Leroy and Lemont , and also called him racial slurs .
“ I expected that coming here , ” Scott , who drove the motor home for a top owner , told The Orlando Sentinel .
“ I just figure that ’ s the way it is.
” That harassment culminated with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hampshire Motor Speedway , according to a lawsuit Scott filed against NASCAR in 2006 .
Two white employees of top NASCAR drivers showed up at the door of his motor home , and one had pulled a pillowcase over his head to impersonate a Ku Klux Klan member , the suit said .
When Scott opened the door , the two men screamed .
One of the men said , “ Hey , Scotty , we wanted to light the grass on fire so it would give it a better effect.
” About @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incident and laughed , the lawsuit said .
Scott feared for his life .
“ What happened with Bubba is bringing back a lot of bad memories for both of us , ” Scott said on Wednesday , adding that his wife , Deirdre , worked for NASCAR in the licensing department until 2003 .
“ We ’ ve lost a lot of sleep over the last few days.
” The two white men involved in the incident were fired , and NASCAR reminded teams that it had a zero-tolerance policy for racism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claimed that the association had not given him a job he had been promised , which was supposed to protect him from the harassment he had faced working for a team in the garage area .
A judge dismissed the case in 2008 , the same year NASCAR settled a separate lawsuit involving the first black woman to work as a NASCAR technical official .
That official , Mauricia Grant , sued NASCAR for $ 225 million for racial discrimination , sexual harassment and wrongful termination .
In her lawsuit , Grant , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , said she endured “ virulently racist comments ” and “ ugly racist bigotry ” by co-workers who called her names like “ Nappy Headed Mo , ” “ Mohammed ” and “ Simpleton.
” Some fellow officials discussed the Ku Klux Klan , she said , and it scared her .
Her colleagues often made her work outside , the suit said , telling her that she would not sunburn because she was black , and would say she was “ on colored-people time ” if she was late .
Grant , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , once rode in a car with another official at Talladega who told her to duck .
According to court documents , he said , “ I don ’ t want to start a riot when these fans see a black woman in my car.
” Another official at Talladega , according to the lawsuit , “ jokingly ” threatened to sic the garage ’ s bomb-sniffing dog on Grant because she could be perceived as a criminal .
While Wallace hasn ’ t directly faced similar daily racism within NASCAR , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says will be placed under a microscope and criticized by fans who might not want him to be in the sport .
While enduring the backlash from the noose episode , he has had to remind himself that he can ’ t please everybody .
“ I will always have haters , ” Wallace said on CNN .

In the New York Times news section, the NYT spins as fast as it can:
Talladega Noose Incident Puts Spotlight on NASCAR’s Troubles With Racism Although investigators determined that the knot was not meant as a hate crime targeting Bubba Wallace, the auto racing giant has long had complaints of racist behavior from people within the sport. By Juliet Macur and Alan Blinder
June 24, 2020
Updated 8:21 p.m. ET Darrell Wallace Jr. said he was relieved to hear the F.B.I. say he had not been the target of a hate crime at Talladega Superspeedway last weekend, after a noose hanging in his garage stall was found to have been there since at least last fall.
It was never even a noose. A noose is intended to tighten as it’s pulled on. This was a fixed-size loop at the end of the garage door pull rope that would not tighten.
In a statement on Twitter on Wednesday, Wallace, known as Bubba, thanked NASCAR and the F.B.I. for taking the threat seriously. “We’ll gladly take a little embarrassment over what the alternatives could have been,” said Wallace, the sole black driver in NASCAR’s top series. The national turmoil over race and serial injustice has complicated both Wallace’s reaction and the public’s response to the F.B.I.’s findings. With the government’s investigation closed and no charges filed, Wallace has found himself all but forced to defend himself from baseless speculation that he or his supporters staged the incident to garner publicity.
Baseless, baseless I tell you!
While NASCAR characterized the noose as a pull rope for a garage door that was “fashioned like a noose,” some people insisted the noose was just a rope with a handle, and that Wallace and stock-car racing executives had overreacted. Wallace said on NBC’s “Today” show on Wednesday that the noose was not functional, but that the sight of it “makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up.” The debate over the episode was hardly deterred by the timeline of the case, the Justice Department’s conclusions or the history of a sport that long has battled racism both inside and outside of the garage, including by fans who proudly flew the Confederate flag at competitions until Wallace called for NASCAR to ban it on June 8. NASCAR barred the battle flag two days later.
Well, sure, the NASCAR officials who accused their fans of racism in this giant Wild Noose Chase fiasco were being prejudiced, but they had good reasons for their bigotry. Good reasons!
Wallace wasn’t the first person to notice the noose in his garage, or even the fourth. The accounts of Wallace and others within NASCAR indicated that he was at least the fifth person to be made aware of the noose after it was found on Sunday, and that he first learned about it from Steve Phelps, NASCAR’s president. According to racing officials, a member of Wallace’s crew noticed the suspicious rope and reported it to Jerry Baxter, the crew chief and a fixture of the sport. Baxter alerted Jay Fabian, a senior NASCAR official. Ultimately, Phelps met Wallace at the driver’s motor home and tearfully told him what had been found.
Tom Wolfe would have found the “tearfully” part over the top.
F.B.I. agents traveled to Talladega, less than an hour’s drive from Birmingham, and began reviewing evidence. A crucial clue was an assertion on Monday morning by an employee of Wood Brothers Racing, another NASCAR team, that he had noticed the tied rope at a race last fall, long before Wallace had been assigned to the garage stall for this week’s Geico 500. Through a spokeswoman, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, Jay E. Town, declined to be interviewed on Wednesday. But the Justice Department said Tuesday that officials were certain that the noose had been in the garage since at least October, and that “nobody could have known Mr. Wallace would be assigned to garage No. 4” that far in advance. “The 43 team had nothing to do with this,” Phelps said in a teleconference, referring to Wallace’s Richard Petty Motorsports team. He said that NASCAR was still investigating who might have tied the noose last year, or perhaps even earlier.
Video from last year shows a similar loop tied on the garage door pull rope last year.
Hate crime hoaxes are extraordinarily rare.
Sure they are…
Just 11 of more than 7,000 reported hate crimes in 2018 turned out to be deliberately false reports, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino.
And if they wouldn’t mislead you, who would?
But researchers said that when potential hate crimes, reported in good faith, are found not to have been plainly motivated by bias or malevolence, observers are often quick to react with skepticism — and sometimes false arguments — particularly online. “We are now in a world today where conspiracy theories have greater currency than facts and patience,” said Brian Levin, a former New York City police officer who is now the director of the San Bernardino center. “This has become a game of gotcha rather than an earnest search for truth.”
Shadowy online right-wingers pounce!
There was good reason for Wallace and his team to be sensitive to anything that could be perceived as racist. His own parents were concerned for his safety after he spoke out this month, saying the Confederate flag was a symbol of hate, and not heritage. Those safety concerns were focused on the reaction of fans in the predominantly white sport, but history has shown that racism also exists inside the stock-car circuit. In early 1999, David Scott, one of two black crew members in NASCAR, described in a news report that other crew members often called him names like Leroy and Lemont, and also called him racial slurs. “I expected that coming here,” Scott, who drove the motor home for a top owner, told The Orlando Sentinel. “I just figure that’s the way it is.” That harassment culminated with an incident in July 1999 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, according to a lawsuit Scott filed against NASCAR in 2006. Two white employees of top NASCAR drivers showed up at the door of his motor home, and one had pulled a pillowcase over his head to impersonate a Ku Klux Klan member, the suit said. When Scott opened the door, the two men screamed. One of the men said, “Hey, Scotty, we wanted to light the grass on fire so it would give it a better effect.” About 10 other motor home drivers witnessed the incident and laughed, the lawsuit said. Scott feared for his life. “What happened with Bubba is bringing back a lot of bad memories for both of us,” Scott said on Wednesday, adding that his wife, Deirdre, worked for NASCAR in the licensing department until 2003. “We’ve lost a lot of sleep over the last few days.” The two white men involved in the incident were fired, and NASCAR reminded teams that it had a zero-tolerance policy for racism. Scott’s lawsuit in 2006 claimed that the association had not given him a job he had been promised, which was supposed to protect him from the harassment he had faced working for a team in the garage area. A judge dismissed the case in 2008, the same year NASCAR settled a separate lawsuit involving the first black woman to work as a NASCAR technical official. That official, Mauricia Grant, sued NASCAR for $225 million for racial discrimination, sexual harassment and wrongful termination. In her lawsuit, Grant, who went by the first name Mo, said she endured “virulently racist comments” and “ugly racist bigotry” by co-workers who called her names like “Nappy Headed Mo,” “Mohammed” and “Simpleton.” Some fellow officials discussed the Ku Klux Klan, she said, and it scared her. Her colleagues often made her work outside, the suit said, telling her that she would not sunburn because she was black, and would say she was “on colored-people time” if she was late. Grant, who didn’t respond to messages, once rode in a car with another official at Talladega who told her to duck. According to court documents, he said, “I don’t want to start a riot when these fans see a black woman in my car.” Another official at Talladega, according to the lawsuit, “jokingly” threatened to sic the garage’s bomb-sniffing dog on Grant because she could be perceived as a criminal. While Wallace hasn’t directly faced similar daily racism within NASCAR, he has acknowledged that whatever he does or says will be placed under a microscope and criticized by fans who might not want him to be in the sport. While enduring the backlash from the noose episode, he has had to remind himself that he can’t please everybody. “I will always have haters,” Wallace said on CNN.
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