vdare--2020-02-07--VICE: It's Racist That Nordic Dwarf Greta Thunberg Is the Face of Climate Change Activism Instead of

VICE: It's Racist That Nordic Dwarf Greta Thunberg Is the Face of Climate Change Activism Instead of a Woman of Color, Such As, Say, Me

Why I Quit Being a Climate Activist The climate movement is overwhelmingly white .
So I walked away .
By Karin Louise Hermes Feb 6 2020 , I FEEL TIRED WHEN MY STORIES ARE USED FOR INSPIRATION , BUT I ‘ M NOT WANTED IN THE ROOM FOR NEGOTIATIONS .
In 2013 , Typhoon Haiyan battered Southeast Asia , killing 6,300 people in the Philippines alone .
… My aunt , like many women in the Philippines—a country made up of 7,000 islands—can ’ t swim .
She , my uncle , and cousin were missing or presumed dead .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ three grief-ridden days … As a climate activist in Berlin , I felt required to tell my Filipino family ’ s experience during speeches and rallies because this form of “ storytelling ” was the only thing that would move a mostly white European audience to an emotional response of climate urgency—even though it was exhausting telling the story , especially since any mention of hurricanes in the news gives me anxiety .
I would hear “ great speech , ” “ so emotional when your voice cracked.
” But after a while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ upon when climate organizations needed an inspiring story or a “ diverse ” voice , contacts for a campaign , or to participate in a workshop for “ fun ” when everyone else on the ( all-white ) project was getting paid .
Whenever I would question the whiteness of these spaces and how strategies didn ’ t take race into account , I would be met with uncomfortable silences .
… So I decided not to be there anymore .
… I stopped talking to people who didn ’ t relate , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come join them now that the marches were becoming more popular .
I was also in bed sick a lot .
I stayed at home from climate marches telling people my knee was injured and kept to myself , needing to regain all the energy I had put into organizing… .
At the same time , because I am Filipino-German and look ethnically ambiguous , it ’ s hard for me to emphasize the urgency or danger of climate activism as a Filipina—I am German too after all .
… When I voiced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a 21-year-old activist with Youth Strike 4 Climate Philippines , replied , “ People are expecting us to do so many things , but when we ask for support no one hears us .
White activists can protest whenever they want because they have homes , jobs , a huge amount of freedom of expression .
BELIEVE ME , WE WANT TO DO BIG THINGS , but what ’ s stopping us ?
A future and life that is at risk.
” Climate activism in Germany is mainstream thanks to the longevity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which was formed in 1980 .
But generally the German climate movement is a white space , where there is little awareness of global inequality in the climate crisis .
… Sometimes it ’ s being asked time and again what whiteness , capitalism , and inequality have to do with climate change .
… If “ Green ” policies fail to consider anti-racism and migrant rights , how is any person of colour supposed to feel voting for them or organizing in the same spaces ?
Fortunately , there is now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Collective in Berlin , where we share these experiences of being silenced or tokenized and work together on how to link anti-racism and inequality in climate justice .
As Sherwood-O ’ Regan said , “ As we grow and climate change becomes a harsher reality , privileged activists need to learn to de-centre themselves and meaningfully support Indigenous , disabled , queer , global south , POC , and other marginalized people who are on the frontlines of climate change.
” We need to feel respected and feel valued in our climate activism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ understands that our stories may also provide solutions , I am sharing my activism on my own terms .
Karin Louise Hermes has lived in Indonesia , Papua New Guinea , Hawai ‘ i , and the Philippines .
She is currently a PhD Candidate in American Studies based in Berlin , Germany .
Follow her on Twitter .

Earlier: Children’s Crusade: Alien Kang Figures Out The Greta Thunberg Cult
From Vice:
Why I Quit Being a Climate Activist
The climate movement is overwhelmingly white. So I walked away.
By Karin Louise Hermes
Feb 6 2020,
I FEEL TIRED WHEN MY STORIES ARE USED FOR INSPIRATION, BUT I‘M NOT WANTED IN THE ROOM FOR NEGOTIATIONS.
In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan battered Southeast Asia, killing 6,300 people in the Philippines alone. … My aunt, like many women in the Philippines—a country made up of 7,000 islands—can’t swim. She, my uncle, and cousin were missing or presumed dead.
We only found out they survived after three grief-ridden days …
As a climate activist in Berlin, I felt required to tell my Filipino family’s experience during speeches and rallies because this form of “storytelling” was the only thing that would move a mostly white European audience to an emotional response of climate urgency—even though it was exhausting telling the story, especially since any mention of hurricanes in the news gives me anxiety.
I would hear “great speech,” “so emotional when your voice cracked.”
But after a while I realized I would only be called upon when climate organizations needed an inspiring story or a “diverse” voice, contacts for a campaign, or to participate in a workshop for “fun” when everyone else on the (all-white) project was getting paid.
Whenever I would question the whiteness of these spaces and how strategies didn’t take race into account, I would be met with uncomfortable silences. …
So I decided not to be there anymore. … I stopped talking to people who didn’t relate, including friends who were telling me to come join them now that the marches were becoming more popular. I was also in bed sick a lot. I stayed at home from climate marches telling people my knee was injured and kept to myself, needing to regain all the energy I had put into organizing….
At the same time, because I am Filipino-German and look ethnically ambiguous, it’s hard for me to emphasize the urgency or danger of climate activism as a Filipina—I am German too after all. …
When I voiced my exasperation on Twitter, Jefferson Estela, a 21-year-old activist with Youth Strike 4 Climate Philippines, replied, “People are expecting us to do so many things, but when we ask for support no one hears us. White activists can protest whenever they want because they have homes, jobs, a huge amount of freedom of expression. BELIEVE ME, WE WANT TO DO BIG THINGS, but what’s stopping us? A future and life that is at risk.”
Climate activism in Germany is mainstream thanks to the longevity and popularity of the German Green Party, which was formed in 1980. But generally the German climate movement is a white space, where there is little awareness of global inequality in the climate crisis.
… Sometimes it’s being asked time and again what whiteness, capitalism, and inequality have to do with climate change.
… If “Green” policies fail to consider anti-racism and migrant rights, how is any person of colour supposed to feel voting for them or organizing in the same spaces?
Fortunately, there is now a growing BIPOC Environmental & Climate Justice Collective in Berlin, where we share these experiences of being silenced or tokenized and work together on how to link anti-racism and inequality in climate justice.
As Sherwood-O’Regan said, “As we grow and climate change becomes a harsher reality, privileged activists need to learn to de-centre themselves and meaningfully support Indigenous, disabled, queer, global south, POC, and other marginalized people who are on the frontlines of climate change.”
We need to feel respected and feel valued in our climate activism. Until the rest of the movement understands that our stories may also provide solutions, I am sharing my activism on my own terms.
Karin Louise Hermes has lived in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Hawai‘i, and the Philippines. She is currently a PhD Candidate in American Studies based in Berlin, Germany. Follow her on Twitter.


vdare--2020-02-07--John Derbyshire: Still 90% Chance Coronavirus Not Catastrophic—But Chinese (And Western) Censors Are

John Derbyshire: Still 90% Chance Coronavirus Not Catastrophic—But Chinese (And Western) Censors Aren’t Helping

Adapted from the latest Radio Derb , available exclusively at VDARE.com I 'm going to bring you right in to the Derb household , actually Tuesday evening in the quiet lull after dinner .
Mrs. Derbyshire is sitting in her favorite armchair fiddling with her smartphone .
She has an account at WeChat , which is a mainland-Chinese social medium .
Her relatives in China , and her high-school and college classmates , now middle-class or retired fifty- and sixty-somethings , are all on WeChat .
She likes to keep up with them .
I 'm in the adjacent study @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my computer trying to catch up on email .
Mrs D calls out to me : `` I 'm sending you a link by email .
Would you print it out for me right away , please ? ''
I leap to obey .
For reasons I have never inquired into , my lady 's smartphone ca n't send stuff to our printer .
I open the email , click on the link , and print .
The durn thing is 13 pages , all in Chinese .
To spare myself a brain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I hit the Google `` Translate '' button .
Headline : A little shaky on the word order there , Google , but I get the idea .
Xu Zhangrun—surname first , of course—is a law professor at Tsinghua University , a big and prestigious institution in Peking .
These 13 pages are an essay he 's just published ; a long angry diatribe against the ChiCom system of government and media control : The political system has collapsed under the tyranny , and a governance system [ made up ] of bureaucrats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] more than 30 years to build has floundered … The mess in Hubei [ that 's the center of the coronavirus outbreak ] is only the tip of the iceberg and it 's the same with every province … All chances of public discussions have been smothered , and so was the original alarm mechanism in society … The anger of the people has erupted like a volcano , and the angry people will no longer be afraid .
Chinese scholar blames Xi Jinping , Communist Party for not controlling coronavirus outbreak @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , February 6 , 2020 I lifted the English there from the South China Morning Post , an English-language newspaper in Hong Kong .
I do n't agree with `` floundered '' as a translation of 终结 .
I suppose they mean `` foundered , '' but I do n't even agree with that .
终结 just means `` come to an end '' … all right , I 'm being pedantic .
Professor Xu is a brave man .
He was suspended from teaching at his university back in 2018 , after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to make himself President-for-Life .
A law professor having classes suspended for Political Incorrectness—Amy Wax at U. Penn .
might have a comment on that .
With all proper respect to Prof. Wax , though , the political environment in China is still somewhat harsher than ours .
Along with losing his classes , Prof. Xu was forbidden to leave China .
Now , after this latest essay , his friends fear he will be disappeared .
Oh , I forgot to explain why Mrs Derbyshire was in such a hurry to get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like that on Chinese-language outlets get taken down as soon as the ChiCom authorities notice them .
The editors at YouTube and Twitter could explain how it 's done .
Prof. Xu 's essay , as it happens , was published on an overseas-Chinese platform , so it 's harder for the censors to put the screws on , although they generally manage to sooner or later by making threats .
`` Nice little offshore website you 've got there .
Be a shame if anything happened to it … '' Well , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We 're in the Derb family living-room after dinner again .
I 'm crossing the room to get something from the kitchen .
Passing Mrs Derb in her armchair , from her smartphone I hear a bagpipe band playing `` Amazing Grace . ''
No , says my lady , it 's someone on WeChat mourning the death of Li Wenliang , the doctor in Wuhan who sounded the alarm over coronavirus back in December .
He was arrested for his trouble and forced to sign a statement confessing he had made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the social order . ''
Dr Li died on Wednesday or Thursday from exposure to the coronavirus .
He leaves behind a pregnant wife and a young child .
He is being dramatically mourned on social media sites , faster than the censors can scrub them .
[ Widespread Outcry in China Over Death of Coronavirus Doctor , by Li Yuan , NYT , February 7 , 2020 ] There have even been demands he be given a state funeral .
That bagpipe band playing `` Amazing Grace '' that I heard while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way to mourn .
The censors rely on keywords in text ; it takes them longer to figure out nonverbal protests .
So there is real , widespread public anger in China against the authorities .
Will it come to anything ?
I wish it would .
I 'm bound to say , though , as I enter my sixth decade of amateur China-watching , I doubt it .
VDARE.com is not a neoliberal website ; so when I quote The Economist magazine at you , please understand that I read the damn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Even neoliberals get things right once in a while , though .
In this case I agree with The Economist 's pseudonymous China correspondent `` Chaguan '' : As a footnote to that , let me direct your attention to our own Lance Welton 's very striking article here at VDARE.com last weekend , putting some race-realist spin on the coronavirus scare .
Lance noted that , so far as he could tell at that point , all the victims of the virus were East Asian—including the cases outside China .
.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of view of evolutionary biology , it is entirely possible that the coronavirus is race-specific : The No-Such-Thing-As-Race crowd are all swooning and clutching their pearls at that .
But Lance references serious studies , and there is nothing scientifically implausible in what he 's saying .
Lance admits of course that at this point he does n't know the virus is race-specific , and it may well not be .
The Black Death , back in the 14th century , had no trouble crossing from Asia to Europe .
His point is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ refusal to admit that such an obvious feature of the natural world is real—hinders us from thinking about coronavirus in ways that might help us deal with it … Or with the next new infection that comes along .
And reduce panic .
Panic about AIDs sharply reduced after it became clear it would not break massively into the heterosexual community .
As a thoughtful race realist , well-educated in the sciences , and with a Chinese spouse , am I worried about coronavirus ?
I still say no .
It is of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those infected in China .
The ChiComs have been putting out lots of numbers , to be sure ; but given that every word they say is a lie , including `` and '' and `` the , '' their numbers mean nothing .
So far as I can judge from the on-site stories coming through Mrs. Derbyshire 's WeChat account , this is more a phenomenon of mass hysteria than of mass infection—more a social crisis than an epidemiological one .
Much of the hysteria has , as Prof. Xu says in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cack-handed responses and clumsy misinformation of the ChiCom authorities .
That could be all wrong , though .
Mother Nature is not mocked , and she has some nasty tricks up her sleeves .
There is a nonzero possibility , down at the ten percent level , that we are facing a worldwide medical crisis .
I have bought a pack of surgical face masks in case the stores run out .
email him ] writes an incredible amount on all sorts of subjects for all kinds of outlets .
( This no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had some kind of tantrum and fired him . )
He is the author of We Are Doomed : Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism and several other books .
He has had two books published by VDARE.com com : FROM THE DISSIDENT RIGHT ( also available in Kindle ) and FROM THE DISSIDENT RIGHT II : ESSAYS 2013 .
For years he ’ s been podcasting at Radio Derb , now available at VDARE.com for no charge .
His writings are archived at JohnDerbyshire.com .
Readers who wish to donate ( tax deductible ) funds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at VDARE.com can do so here .

Adapted from the latest Radio Derb, available exclusively at VDARE.com
Earlier by John Derbyshire: America Catches Coronavirus Panic
I'm going to bring you right in to the Derb household, actually Tuesday evening in the quiet lull after dinner.
Mrs. Derbyshire is sitting in her favorite armchair fiddling with her smartphone. She has an account at WeChat, which is a mainland-Chinese social medium. Her relatives in China, and her high-school and college classmates, now middle-class or retired fifty- and sixty-somethings, are all on WeChat. She likes to keep up with them.
I'm in the adjacent study with my door open, sitting at my computer trying to catch up on email.
Mrs. D calls out to me: "I'm sending you a link by email. Would you print it out for me right away, please?"
I leap to obey. For reasons I have never inquired into, my lady's smartphone can't send stuff to our printer. I open the email, click on the link, and print.
The durn thing is 13 pages, all in Chinese. To spare myself a brain aneurism trying to read the Chinese, I hit the Google "Translate" button. Headline:
A little shaky on the word order there, Google, but I get the idea. Xu Zhangrun—surname first, of course—is a law professor at Tsinghua University, a big and prestigious institution in Peking. These 13 pages are an essay he's just published; a long angry diatribe against the ChiCom system of government and media control:
The political system has collapsed under the tyranny, and a governance system [made up] of bureaucrats, which has taken [the party] more than 30 years to build has floundered … The mess in Hubei [that's the center of the coronavirus outbreak] is only the tip of the iceberg and it's the same with every province … All chances of public discussions have been smothered, and so was the original alarm mechanism in society … The anger of the people has erupted like a volcano, and the angry people will no longer be afraid. Chinese scholar blames Xi Jinping, Communist Party for not controlling coronavirus outbreak, by Jun Mai and Mimi Lau, February 6, 2020
I lifted the English there from the South China Morning Post, an English-language newspaper in Hong Kong. I don't agree with "floundered" as a translation of 终结. I suppose they mean "foundered," but I don't even agree with that. 终结 just means "come to an end" … all right, I'm being pedantic.
Professor Xu is a brave man. He was suspended from teaching at his university back in 2018, after he publicly criticized Xi Jinping's move to make himself President-for-Life. A law professor having classes suspended for Political Incorrectness—Amy Wax at U. Penn. might have a comment on that.
With all proper respect to Prof. Wax, though, the political environment in China is still somewhat harsher than ours. Along with losing his classes, Prof. Xu was forbidden to leave China. Now, after this latest essay, his friends fear he will be disappeared.
Oh, I forgot to explain why Mrs. Derbyshire was in such a hurry to get the essay printed off. Dissident opinions like that on Chinese-language outlets get taken down as soon as the ChiCom authorities notice them. The editors at YouTube and Twitter could explain how it's done.
Prof. Xu's essay, as it happens, was published on an overseas-Chinese platform, so it's harder for the censors to put the screws on, although they generally manage to sooner or later by making threats. "Nice little offshore website you've got there. Be a shame if anything happened to it …"
Well, that was Tuesday. Forward to Thursday. We're in the Derb family living-room after dinner again. I'm crossing the room to get something from the kitchen. Passing Mrs. Derb in her armchair, from her smartphone I hear a bagpipe band playing "Amazing Grace."
"What's that," I ask, "a cop funeral?"
No, says my lady, it's someone on WeChat mourning the death of Li Wenliang, the doctor in Wuhan who sounded the alarm over coronavirus back in December. He was arrested for his trouble and forced to sign a statement confessing he had made "false comments" that "disturbed the social order."
Dr Li died on Wednesday or Thursday from exposure to the coronavirus. He leaves behind a pregnant wife and a young child. He is being dramatically mourned on social media sites, faster than the censors can scrub them. [Widespread Outcry in China Over Death of Coronavirus Doctor, by Li Yuan, NYT, February 7, 2020] There have even been demands he be given a state funeral.
That bagpipe band playing "Amazing Grace" that I heard while crossing my living-room was a popular nonverbal way to mourn. The censors rely on keywords in text; it takes them longer to figure out nonverbal protests.
So there is real, widespread public anger in China against the authorities.
Will it come to anything? I wish it would. I'm bound to say, though, as I enter my sixth decade of amateur China-watching, I doubt it.
VDARE.com is not a neoliberal website; so when I quote The Economist magazine at you, please understand that I read the damn thing so you don't have to.
Even neoliberals get things right once in a while, though. In this case I agree with The Economist's pseudonymous China correspondent "Chaguan":
Mr. Xi's China is two things at once. It is a secretive, techno-authoritarian one-party state, ruled by grey men in unaccountable councils and secretive committees. It also claims to be a nation-sized family headed by a patriarch of unique wisdom and virtue, in a secular, 21st-century version of the mandate of Heaven. If forced to choose between those competing models, bet on cold, bureaucratic control to win out. For Mr. Xi and his team learned their own lesson from the Soviet Union's fall, five years after the Chernobyl disaster. Expressions of public love for Mr. Xi, the "People's Leader", are all very well. But keeping power is what counts.
Xi Jinping has a great deal at stake in the coronavirus crisis https://t.co/B469se7rnb — The Economist (@TheEconomist) February 6, 2020
Xi Jinping wants to be both feared and loved by China’s people | The coronavirus may change that, January 30, 2020
As a footnote to that, let me direct your attention to our own Lance Welton's very striking article here at VDARE.com last weekend, putting some race-realist spin on the coronavirus scare.
Lance noted that, so far as he could tell at that point, all the victims of the virus were East Asian—including the cases outside China. As Lance wrote, from the point of view of evolutionary biology, it is entirely possible that the coronavirus is race-specific:
Because [different races] were exposed to different pathogens in prehistory, there are very likely to be race differences in susceptibility to the pathogens and in how well the immune system can fight them.
The No-Such-Thing-As-Race crowd are all swooning and clutching their pearls at that. But Lance references serious studies, and there is nothing scientifically implausible in what he's saying.
Lance admits of course that at this point he doesn't know the virus is race-specific, and it may well not be. The Black Death, back in the 14th century, had no trouble crossing from Asia to Europe.
His point is only that our absurd neurosis about race—our refusal to admit that such an obvious feature of the natural world is real—hinders us from thinking about coronavirus in ways that might help us deal with it … Or with the next new infection that comes along.
And reduce panic. Panic about AIDs sharply reduced after it became clear it would not break massively into the heterosexual community.
Willful stupidity has a price.
As a thoughtful race realist, well-educated in the sciences, and with a Chinese spouse, am I worried about coronavirus?
I still say no. It is of course difficult to know the numbers of those infected in China. The ChiComs have been putting out lots of numbers, to be sure; but given that every word they say is a lie, including "and" and "the," their numbers mean nothing.
So far as I can judge from the on-site stories coming through Mrs. Derbyshire's WeChat account, this is more a phenomenon of mass hysteria than of mass infection—more a social crisis than an epidemiological one.
Much of the hysteria has, as Prof. Xu says in his essay, been caused by the cack-handed responses and clumsy misinformation of the ChiCom authorities.
That could be all wrong, though. Mother Nature is not mocked, and she has some nasty tricks up her sleeves. There is a nonzero possibility, down at the ten percent level, that we are facing a worldwide medical crisis.
I have bought a pack of surgical face masks in case the stores run out.
John Derbyshire [ email him] writes an incredible amount on all sorts of subjects for all kinds of outlets. (This no longer includes National Review, whose editors had some kind of tantrum and fired him.) He is the author of We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism and several other books. He has had two books published by VDARE.com com: FROM THE DISSIDENT RIGHT (also available in Kindle) and FROM THE DISSIDENT RIGHT II: ESSAYS 2013.
For years he’s been podcasting at Radio Derb, now available at VDARE.com for no charge. His writings are archived at JohnDerbyshire.com.
Readers who wish to donate (tax deductible) funds specifically earmarked for John Derbyshire's writings at VDARE.com can do so here.


vdare--2020-02-07--Life in Yang Gang's Wokeplace

Life in Yang Gang's Wokeplace

As America transitions from having workers to having wokers , the Democratic campaigns have come in for criticism from former employees wanting to kvetch .
Thus , from the New York Times : What It Was Like to Work for Andrew Yang He has called his campaign “ the journey of my life.
” But what got lost in the novelty of his bid , former employees say , was scrutiny of his life before this particular journey .
MANCHESTER , N.H. — The Andrew Yang on the presidential debate stage , the one who spoke about the need for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of racial diversity among top-tier Democratic candidates , was the same person they ’ d once worked for .
But for some of his former employees , it seemed almost impossible to believe how far he ’ d come since a moment a few years ago when he told everyone at his nonprofit about a horror movie he ’ d read about .
Mr. Yang had been struck by an article about the film , “ The Babadook , ” which was written and directed by a woman and explores themes of motherhood @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” he told his employees , were in short supply and thus filled a gap in the market .
If only more women were given opportunities , he continued — echoing an argument he made publicly around the same time in a 2015 essay — they would identify different problems than men and similarly help address market demands with their endeavors .
Members of the mostly female team recalled exchanging glances .
To some , it felt as if Mr. Yang were discovering sexism for the first time and explaining it to them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of whom attended this talk , discussed the episode and other staff meetings in interviews with The New York Times , describing the conversations in general and the movie discussion in particular as emblematic of Mr. Yang ’ s behavior as a boss .
In his life before politics , they said they saw in Mr. Yang a man who was smart , had good ideas , was a persuasive speaker and was occasionally inspiring .
But he sometimes stumbled in his dealings with gender and race , expressing what the former employees @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a presidential candidate seeking the nomination from a Democratic Party that has been moving to the left .
… Some of his former employees see , in Mr. Yang ’ s unlikely staying power into the early 2020 nominating contests , not just an odd embrace of an outsider , but a casual disregard for allegations about how he treated women who worked for him .
It is a collective shrug , they say , that they find all the more disconcerting given how explosive and relevant gender has become in the race @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yang ’ s cavalier use of racial stereotypes about Asian-Americans and what his former employees say is a surprising lack of attention to his record as a chief executive have also gnawed at those who say they watched their boss similarly fumble delicate topics and conversations for years .
… several women allege that he treated them unfairly when it came to compensation and employment ; he once offhandedly remarked that the nonprofit fellowship program , Venture for America , might simply not be the best fit for black applicants ; Several people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a close-knit office of about 15 full-time staff members and several other part-time employees .
It ’ s like I pointed out about how the Gulen Cult had taken over the Turkish police via running test prep centers where they taught their members how to ace the police hiring exam , or how Chuck Schumer got his start working for Kaplan Test Prep : He who controls the test prep controls the future !
Mr. Yang ’ s support among men tends to outpace his support among women .
And in recent months @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have surfaced among campaign volunteers , some of whom wrote a letter to Mr. Yang in which they warned of a “ bro-culture problem.
” The Yang campaign said it was assessing the allegations , and would bring in an expert to conduct anti-harassment training .
… But not all of the women at Manhattan Prep felt that way .
In September , a woman who worked for Mr. Yang there alleged that he had fired her because she had gotten married and he thought her work would suffer .
Mr. Yang and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yang engaged in gender discrimination when he fired the employee , saying she was let go because of her job performance .
In an interview , the woman , Kimberly Watkins , said she was “ not at all surprised ” by what she said was Mr. Yang ’ s “ knee-jerk ” impulse to call her a liar .
“ There is no data that I was not executing my job properly , ” she said .
“ He promoted me and I hit every revenue goal , every marker set out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ second woman who worked at Manhattan Prep alleged that Mr. Yang had engaged in wrongful termination and discrimination when he let her go after multiple discussions about her pay not being in line with that of male colleagues doing commensurate work .
Her recollection was broadly confirmed by documents and by a co-worker to whom she relayed conversations about the situation at the time .
At various points , she said Mr. Yang had acknowledged that her pay was inequitable , but refused to increase her salary .
In a statement , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said : “ Andrew Yang has had the unfortunate task of letting staff go who did not meet the organization ’ s standards .
The information provided by the letter-writer does not reflect the reality of the situation.
” His embrace of stereotypes that perpetuate the model-minority myth about Asian-Americans was sharply criticized in the fall over a proclamation he made during a nationally televised debate : “ I am Asian , so I know a lot of doctors.
” Several former employees described being struck by the awkward and sometimes aloof way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Venture for America had been forced to grapple with diversity and inclusion issues from the outset ; the former employees said — and an analysis of information on the organization ’ s website confirms — that about 60 of the 100 people in the first two classes of fellows were white men , though over the years , the diversity of subsequent fellowship classes improved .
The employees spoke of a perennial tension around how strongly to prioritize diversity and inclusion when it came to selecting fellows .
Five former V.F.A .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ concerns over black fellows ’ struggles to procure job placements , Mr. Yang suggested offhandedly that the program might simply not be the best fit for black applicants — a remark that enraged some team members who say he later walked the remark back .
Some also said that Mr. Yang vacillated on whether to categorize Asian-Americans as people of color , an underrepresented minority or underprivileged minority , given that he said they were overrepresented in the start-up and tech worlds .
Mr. Yang confirmed the recollections of his former employees regarding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , NYT , don ’ t you know “ black fellows ” is problematic ?
He also confirmed that he had told his team it should not herald the diversity of its fellowship classes if the diversity amounted mostly to “ a bunch of Asian-Americans who are overrepresented in the space.
” Speaking more generally on how to discuss the subject of identity in the workplace and on the campaign trail , Mr. Yang told The Times : “ I do have very strong feelings and points of view on race .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But , ” he added , “ I ’ m not sure if leading with that is necessarily the most helpful way to move any community forward .
”

As America transitions from having workers to having wokers, the Democratic campaigns have come in for criticism from former employees wanting to kvetch. Thus, from the New York Times:
What It Was Like to Work for Andrew Yang
He has called his campaign “the journey of my life.” But what got lost in the novelty of his bid, former employees say, was scrutiny of his life before this particular journey. By Matt Stevens
Feb. 7, 2020 MANCHESTER, N.H. — The Andrew Yang on the presidential debate stage, the one who spoke about the need for more women in leadership and the lack of racial diversity among top-tier Democratic candidates, was the same person they’d once worked for. But for some of his former employees, it seemed almost impossible to believe how far he’d come since a moment a few years ago when he told everyone at his nonprofit about a horror movie he’d read about. Mr. Yang had been struck by an article about the film, “The Babadook,” which was written and directed by a woman and explores themes of motherhood. Movies like “The Babadook,” he told his employees, were in short supply and thus filled a gap in the market. If only more women were given opportunities, he continued — echoing an argument he made publicly around the same time in a 2015 essay — they would identify different problems than men and similarly help address market demands with their endeavors. Members of the mostly female team recalled exchanging glances. To some, it felt as if Mr. Yang were discovering sexism for the first time and explaining it to them. Seven former staff members, some of whom attended this talk, discussed the episode and other staff meetings in interviews with The New York Times, describing the conversations in general and the movie discussion in particular as emblematic of Mr. Yang’s behavior as a boss. In his life before politics, they said they saw in Mr. Yang a man who was smart, had good ideas, was a persuasive speaker and was occasionally inspiring. But he sometimes stumbled in his dealings with gender and race, expressing what the former employees said were antiquated and unnerving views for a presidential candidate seeking the nomination from a Democratic Party that has been moving to the left. … Some of his former employees see, in Mr. Yang’s unlikely staying power into the early 2020 nominating contests, not just an odd embrace of an outsider, but a casual disregard for allegations about how he treated women who worked for him. It is a collective shrug, they say, that they find all the more disconcerting given how explosive and relevant gender has become in the race. At the same time, Mr. Yang’s cavalier use of racial stereotypes about Asian-Americans and what his former employees say is a surprising lack of attention to his record as a chief executive have also gnawed at those who say they watched their boss similarly fumble delicate topics and conversations for years. … several women allege that he treated them unfairly when it came to compensation and employment; he once offhandedly remarked that the nonprofit fellowship program, Venture for America, might simply not be the best fit for black applicants; Several people who worked at the test-prep company described a close-knit office of about 15 full-time staff members and several other part-time employees.
It’s like I pointed out about how the Gulen Cult had taken over the Turkish police via running test prep centers where they taught their members how to ace the police hiring exam, or how Chuck Schumer got his start working for Kaplan Test Prep: He who controls the test prep controls the future!
Mr. Yang’s support among men tends to outpace his support among women. And in recent months, claims of gender-based discrimination and harassment have surfaced among campaign volunteers, some of whom wrote a letter to Mr. Yang in which they warned of a “bro-culture problem.” The Yang campaign said it was assessing the allegations, and would bring in an expert to conduct anti-harassment training. … But not all of the women at Manhattan Prep felt that way. In September, a woman who worked for Mr. Yang there alleged that he had fired her because she had gotten married and he thought her work would suffer. Mr. Yang and Mr. Vanderhoek have forcefully denied that Mr. Yang engaged in gender discrimination when he fired the employee, saying she was let go because of her job performance. In an interview, the woman, Kimberly Watkins, said she was “not at all surprised” by what she said was Mr. Yang’s “knee-jerk” impulse to call her a liar. “There is no data that I was not executing my job properly,” she said. “He promoted me and I hit every revenue goal, every marker set out for me.” In November, a second woman who worked at Manhattan Prep alleged that Mr. Yang had engaged in wrongful termination and discrimination when he let her go after multiple discussions about her pay not being in line with that of male colleagues doing commensurate work. Her recollection was broadly confirmed by documents and by a co-worker to whom she relayed conversations about the situation at the time. At various points, she said Mr. Yang had acknowledged that her pay was inequitable, but refused to increase her salary. In a statement, a spokesman for Mr. Yang’s campaign said: “Andrew Yang has had the unfortunate task of letting staff go who did not meet the organization’s standards. The information provided by the letter-writer does not reflect the reality of the situation.” His embrace of stereotypes that perpetuate the model-minority myth about Asian-Americans was sharply criticized in the fall over a proclamation he made during a nationally televised debate: “I am Asian, so I know a lot of doctors.” Several former employees described being struck by the awkward and sometimes aloof way they said Mr. Yang talked about race. Venture for America had been forced to grapple with diversity and inclusion issues from the outset; the former employees said — and an analysis of information on the organization’s website confirms — that about 60 of the 100 people in the first two classes of fellows were white men, though over the years, the diversity of subsequent fellowship classes improved. The employees spoke of a perennial tension around how strongly to prioritize diversity and inclusion when it came to selecting fellows. Five former V.F.A. employees recalled that as they were expressing concerns over black fellows’ struggles to procure job placements, Mr. Yang suggested offhandedly that the program might simply not be the best fit for black applicants — a remark that enraged some team members who say he later walked the remark back. Some also said that Mr. Yang vacillated on whether to categorize Asian-Americans as people of color, an underrepresented minority or underprivileged minority, given that he said they were overrepresented in the start-up and tech worlds. Mr. Yang confirmed the recollections of his former employees regarding the discussions about black fellows.
Hey, NYT, don’t you know “black fellows” is problematic?
He also confirmed that he had told his team it should not herald the diversity of its fellowship classes if the diversity amounted mostly to “a bunch of Asian-Americans who are overrepresented in the space.” Speaking more generally on how to discuss the subject of identity in the workplace and on the campaign trail, Mr. Yang told The Times: “I do have very strong feelings and points of view on race. I understand my identity very acutely.” “But,” he added, “I’m not sure if leading with that is necessarily the most helpful way to move any community forward.”
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-02-07--Jorge Ramos Berserk Over AMLO Cooperating with Trump to Block Central American Caravan at Mexico's S

Jorge Ramos Berserk Over AMLO Cooperating with Trump to Block Central American Caravan at Mexico's Southern Border

One of my more random predictions was that Trump and the new leftist president of Mexico , AMLO , were going to get along constructively .
So far , they are , and it ’ s driving Conquistador-American Spanish language newscaster Jorge Ramos crazy .
On the NYT opinion page , His Translucentness writes : Mexico , Don ’ t Stand in the Way of Central American Migrants Headed for the U.S .
The American immigration system needs a complete makeover , but López Obrador ’ s government shouldn ’ t act as an extension of the Border Patrol .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ contributing opinion writer and an anchor for the Univision network .
Mexico is now the wall .
President Trump got his wish .
The heart-wrenching images documenting a recent confrontation in the state of Chiapas , near the border with Guatemala , are evidence of this .
Dozens of Mexican National Guard troops equipped with helmets , batons and transparent shields coalesced on the highway connecting the Mexican cities of Ciudad Hidalgo and Tapachula to stop a caravan of migrants heading to the United States from Central America .
The guardsmen used pepper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of mid-January included about 4,000 people , many of them women and children .
In the end , hundreds were detained , sent back to Guatemala or deported to Honduras .
A spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights condemned the actions of the National Guard , saying that the use of force to stop and disperse immigrants should be avoided .
Mexico has effectively turned into an extension of Mr. Trump ’ s immigration police beyond American territory .
And this is the case on multiple fronts : On the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Central American migrants from coming into Mexico ; on the northern one , they block those seeking entry to the United States from leaving .
The decision of Mexico ’ s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador , also known as AMLO , to follow this approach is misguided .
He should let migrants continue their journey north .

One of my more random predictions was that Trump and the new leftist president of Mexico, AMLO, were going to get along constructively. So far, they are, and it’s driving Conquistador-American Spanish language newscaster Jorge Ramos crazy. On the NYT opinion page, His Translucentness writes:
Mexico, Don’t Stand in the Way of Central American Migrants Headed for the U.S.
The American immigration system needs a complete makeover, but López Obrador’s government shouldn’t act as an extension of the Border Patrol.
By Jorge Ramos
Mr. Ramos is a contributing opinion writer and an anchor for the Univision network.
Feb. 7, 2020
Mexico is now the wall. President Trump got his wish.
The heart-wrenching images documenting a recent confrontation in the state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala, are evidence of this. Dozens of Mexican National Guard troops equipped with helmets, batons and transparent shields coalesced on the highway connecting the Mexican cities of Ciudad Hidalgo and Tapachula to stop a caravan of migrants heading to the United States from Central America.
The guardsmen used pepper spray on the caravan, which as of mid-January included about 4,000 people, many of them women and children. In the end, hundreds were detained, sent back to Guatemala or deported to Honduras. A spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights condemned the actions of the National Guard, saying that the use of force to stop and disperse immigrants should be avoided.
Mexico has effectively turned into an extension of Mr. Trump’s immigration police beyond American territory. And this is the case on multiple fronts: On the southern border with Guatemala, they prevent Central American migrants from coming into Mexico; on the northern one, they block those seeking entry to the United States from leaving. The decision of Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, also known as AMLO, to follow this approach is misguided. He should let migrants continue their journey north.


vdare--2020-02-09--Sanders Emerges As Post-1965 Immigrants’ Choice—Which Means Trump Will Beat Him

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders heads into Tuesday ’ s New Hampshire primary as the new Democratic frontrunner .
Iowa was a mess , but he now seem to have finished a strong second in a virtual dead heat and he ’ s leading the Real Clear average of New Hampshire polls .
Main Stream Media pundits may attribute a Sanders ’ victory in New Hampshire to his being a neighbor from an unequally “ unrepresentative ” a.k.a .
white state and to his established appeal to white working class Democrats .
But that story is so 2016 : Iowa showed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is now also emerging as the favorite of the non-white electorate imported by the disastrous 1965 Immigration Act .
New Hampshire voters are noticing the change in Sanders : in a viral video , one woman called out his immigration flip-flop and wondered why he now supports Open Borders .
Significantly , Sanders had no coherent answer ( that he could admit ) [ ‘ You Have Not Been Consistent ’ : Voter Confronts Sanders On Immigration Flip-Flop , by Jason Hopkins , The Daily Caller , February 6 , 2020 ] In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white holdouts in the Democratic Party—the non-college educated , the elderly , the guys who still saw the Democrats as the worker ’ s party .
That has disappeared along with Sanders ’ s opposition to cheap foreign labor .
Now Bernie is the man for foreigners and anti-white socialists , ready to dole out the assets of the Historic American Nation to the wretched refuse coming to our shores .
Sanders ’ s new coalition showed its face in Iowa last week .
Non-white Iowans overwhelmingly favored Sanders , with 43 percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Buttigieg , the nearest competitor , only received 15 percent of the non-white vote .
But the mayor did edge out Sanders when it came to the white vote , 23 percent to 21 percent .
[ NBC Iowa Caucus Results , February 4 , 2020 ] Many Sanders supporters in Iowa appeared to have just got off the boat .
Translators were needed at multiple caucus sites to help supposed American citizens vote for Sanders .
Pretty much all mosque caucus sites went overwhelmingly for him [ At one Iowa mosque @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bernie Sanders , by Ali Harb , Middle East Eye , February 4 , 2020 ] .
The same happened at the many “ satellite sites ” designed to cater to immigrant populations .
The Sanders campaign demanded these sites and it appeared to pay off [ In the Middle of the Night , Bernie Was Tipped Toward Iowa Victory by Working-Class Immigrant Votes , by David Goodner , In These Times , February 6 , 2020 ] To get a sense , here are scenes of Sanders ’ s base from Monday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ World than the heartland .
And it ’ s not just in Iowa .
A January CNN poll ( which includes blacks , who generally favor Biden ) showed Sanders as the overall non-white favorite at 30 percent .
The same poll found that nonwhites believe Sanders understands their problems more than former Vice President Joe Biden , by a nine-point margin .
Eighty-two percent of non-whites say they would be enthusiastic or satisfied by Sanders winning the nomination versus 74 percent saying the same about Biden .
Another survey found that non-white @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do white Democrats .
The New York Times has rhapsodized that these factors , along with Sanders ’ s “ more diverse staff ” and increased focus on “ racial justice , ” make him an appealing candidate to “ voters of color ” [ Bernie Sanders ’ s Surge Owes a Lot to Voters of Color , by Giovanni Russonello , The New York Times , January 31 , 2020 ] Sanders is doing particularly well among specific minority groups .
He ’ s the preferred candidate among Hispanics nationally at 36 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s support .
In California , Sanders ’ support from households where Spanish is the primary language is tellingly higher than his overall support among California Hispanics—41 percent to 38 percent [ Bernie Sanders grabs lead in California presidential primary poll , by David Lauter , Los Angeles Times , January 28 , 2020 ] Muslims reportedly treat Sanders like a rock star .
One Muslim woman told the Los Angeles Times that Sanders “ supports Muslims like no other candidate.
” His campaign manager is a Muslim named Faiz Shakir , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Omar , and he heavily engages with the Muslim community .
Muslim Sanders fans are fond of saying “ Inshallah , Bernie !
” [ Why many Muslims treat Bernie Sanders like a rock star , by Jaweed Kaleem , Los Angeles Times , September 22 , 2019 ] A poll released recently by the Council on American-Islamic Relations shows Sanders the favorite candidate among Muslim voters at 39 percent , 12 points higher than Biden .
[ CAIR Pre-Iowa Caucus Poll : Muslim Voters Prefer Bernie Sanders +13 Over Joe Biden , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ still not the favorite candidate among blacks [ Washington Post-Ipsos poll of black Americans , Jan. 2-8 , 2020 ] or Asians .
But he is a solid second choice for both groups .
[ Asian American and Pacific Islander voters favor Biden , Sanders and Warren , according to new poll , by Shirley Wang , NBC News , September 9 , 2019 ] Among blacks , Sanders is the only candidate , besides Biden , in the double-digits at 20 percent .
This stands in stark contrast to Sanders ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when Sanders was the favorite candidate of working class white Democrats , he lost nearly every state where Hispanics and/or blacks were at least 10 percent of the vote [ How Bernie Sanders Exposed the Democrats ’ Racial Rift , by Isaac J. Bailey , Politico Magazine , June 8 , 2016 ] .
But Sanders himself now claims his 2016 campaign was “ too white ” : And Sanders certainly did change .In 2016 , Sanders was more sensible on immigration than Hillary Clinton .
He had called open borders a “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ would make everybody in America poorer ” and erase the nation-state .
During the campaign , he did eschew his past opposition to Amnesty and to guest worker programs , But he was better than Clinton ’ s Full-Merkel Amnesty/ Immigration Surge agenda .
But now Sanders ' agenda is even more blatantly anti-American than Clinton ’ s .
He wants to decriminalize illegal immigration , abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol , impose a moratorium on deportations , provide healthcare to illegal aliens , “ dismantle ” detention facilities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ America ’ s refugee intake by welcoming “ climate refugees , ” and scrap Trump ’ s travel ban and other immigration restrictions .
His immigration plan touts itself as a “ welcoming and safe America for all.
” Making foreigners feel welcome is the priority—not protecting the interests of Americans .
It ’ s no surprise Sanders calls Trump ’ s mild immigration policies racist and receives the support of immigration boosters [ National immigrant rights group endorses Sanders , by Laura Barron-Lopez , Politico , January 15 , 2020 ] And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ non-whites at the expense of the Historic American Nation .
For instance , his Green New Deal would redistribute wealth from white Americans to non-white communities for the ostensible purpose of environmental clean-up .
[ The Green New Deal Is a Racial Scam , by Robert Hampton , American Renaissance , October 4 , 2019 ] Additionally , Sanders vows to go to war against “ white nationalism and racism.
” He promises that his administration will eradicate “ systemic racism ” and deliver “ racial justice ” to non-whites .
[ In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Holly Otterbein , Politico , March 3 , 2019 ] .
Will he institute Gulags , as his campaign operatives fantasize ?
Sanders ’ appeals to non-whites appear to be working .
It also helps that he ’ s backed by three-fourths of the anti-white Squad , who all tout him as the candidate to radically transform America .
[ Bernie Sanders Is Banking On the Power of the Squad , by Tim Marcin , Cameron Joseph , Daniel Newhauser and Liz Landers , Vice News , October 16 , 2019 ] This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nomination .
But it will cost him the White House .
Bernie ’ s new immigration priorities are wildly unpopular with most Americans .
Sixty-six percent of Americans oppose decriminalizing illegal immigration , 62 percent oppose government healthcare for illegals , and 54 percent oppose abolishing ICE .
[ Poll : Voters oppose abolishing ICE , by Steven Shepard , Politico , July 11 , 2018 ] And this new Democrat emphasis on minority Identity Politics and Open Borders will inevitably increase white support for Trump .
Already , the low turnout for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ low popularity with Middle America .
[ The biggest problem for Democrats wasn ’ t the vote count , by David Siders , Politico , February 4 , 2020 ] Sanders at the head of the ticket will only further alienate these voters .
In Sanders ’ America , whites will be just “ pay pigs ” for the Great Replacement .
The Sanders message only resonates with non-whites and self-hating whites .
Every normal white American will pull the lever for Trump .
Washington Watcher II [ Email him ] is an @ @ @ @

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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders heads into Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary as the new Democratic frontrunner. Iowa was a mess, but he now seem to have finished a strong second in a virtual dead heat and he’s leading the Real Clear average of New Hampshire polls. Main Stream Media pundits may attribute a Sanders’ victory in New Hampshire to his being a neighbor from an unequally “unrepresentative” a.k.a. white state and to his established appeal to white working class Democrats. But that story is so 2016: Iowa showed that this self-proclaimed “democratic socialist” is now also emerging as the favorite of the non-white electorate imported by the disastrous 1965 Immigration Act.
New Hampshire voters are noticing the change in Sanders: in a viral video, one woman called out his immigration flip-flop and wondered why he now supports Open Borders. Significantly, Sanders had no coherent answer (that he could admit) [‘You Have Not Been Consistent’: Voter Confronts Sanders On Immigration Flip-Flop, by Jason Hopkins, The Daily Caller, February 6, 2020] In 2016, Sanders did appeal to the white holdouts in the Democratic Party—the non-college educated, the elderly, the guys who still saw the Democrats as the worker’s party. That has disappeared along with Sanders’s opposition to cheap foreign labor. Now Bernie is the man for foreigners and anti-white socialists, ready to dole out the assets of the Historic American Nation to the wretched refuse coming to our shores.
Sanders’s new coalition showed its face in Iowa last week. Non-white Iowans overwhelmingly favored Sanders, with 43 percent supporting the democratic socialist in the caucus. Buttigieg, the nearest competitor, only received 15 percent of the non-white vote. But the mayor did edge out Sanders when it came to the white vote, 23 percent to 21 percent. [NBC Iowa Caucus Results, February 4, 2020]
Many Sanders supporters in Iowa appeared to have just got off the boat. Translators were needed at multiple caucus sites to help supposed American citizens vote for Sanders. Pretty much all mosque caucus sites went overwhelmingly for him [At one Iowa mosque, almost all caucus votes went to Bernie Sanders, by Ali Harb, Middle East Eye, February 4, 2020]. The same happened at the many “satellite sites” designed to cater to immigrant populations. The Sanders campaign demanded these sites and it appeared to pay off [In the Middle of the Night, Bernie Was Tipped Toward Iowa Victory by Working-Class Immigrant Votes, by David Goodner, In These Times, February 6, 2020]
To get a sense, here are scenes of Sanders’s base from Monday:
Voting now. Very difficult given the many languishes in this room and lack of translators. Biden Is on the verge of viability, but might not make it. It’s chaos but it’s beautiful. pic.twitter.com/22Vg7CtQ4J — latweetx (@latweetx) February 4, 2020
Turns out everyone here is from Bhutan and speaks Nepali. Just unbelievable organizing in this community. Hats off! pic.twitter.com/yHq4Zf1S54 — latweetx (@latweetx) February 4, 2020
[Tweets since deleted, archive version.]
This looks more like the Third World than the heartland.
And it’s not just in Iowa. A January CNN poll (which includes blacks, who generally favor Biden) showed Sanders as the overall non-white favorite at 30 percent. The same poll found that nonwhites believe Sanders understands their problems more than former Vice President Joe Biden, by a nine-point margin. Eighty-two percent of non-whites say they would be enthusiastic or satisfied by Sanders winning the nomination versus 74 percent saying the same about Biden. Another survey found that non-white Democrats—including blacks—want a more radical candidate than do white Democrats. The New York Times has rhapsodized that these factors, along with Sanders’s “more diverse staff” and increased focus on “racial justice,” make him an appealing candidate to “voters of color” [Bernie Sanders’s Surge Owes a Lot to Voters of Color, by Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times, January 31, 2020]
Sanders is doing particularly well among specific minority groups. He’s the preferred candidate among Hispanics nationally at 36 percent, 12 points higher than Biden’s support. In California, Sanders’ support from households where Spanish is the primary language is tellingly higher than his overall support among California Hispanics—41 percent to 38 percent [Bernie Sanders grabs lead in California presidential primary poll, by David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, January 28, 2020]
Muslims reportedly treat Sanders like a rock star. One Muslim woman told the Los Angeles Times that Sanders “supports Muslims like no other candidate.” His campaign manager is a Muslim named Faiz Shakir, he relies on Muslim surrogates like Ilhan Omar, and he heavily engages with the Muslim community. Muslim Sanders fans are fond of saying “Inshallah, Bernie!” [Why many Muslims treat Bernie Sanders like a rock star, by Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, September 22, 2019] A poll released recently by the Council on American-Islamic Relations shows Sanders the favorite candidate among Muslim voters at 39 percent, 12 points higher than Biden. [CAIR Pre-Iowa Caucus Poll: Muslim Voters Prefer Bernie Sanders +13 Over Joe Biden, February 3, 2020]
Sanders is still not the favorite candidate among blacks [Washington Post-Ipsos poll of black Americans, Jan. 2-8, 2020] or Asians. But he is a solid second choice for both groups. [Asian American and Pacific Islander voters favor Biden, Sanders and Warren, according to new poll, by Shirley Wang, NBC News, September 9, 2019] Among blacks, Sanders is the only candidate, besides Biden, in the double-digits at 20 percent.
This stands in stark contrast to Sanders’s 2016 base. In that race, when Sanders was the favorite candidate of working class white Democrats, he lost nearly every state where Hispanics and/or blacks were at least 10 percent of the vote [How Bernie Sanders Exposed the Democrats’ Racial Rift, by Isaac J. Bailey, Politico Magazine, June 8, 2016].
But Sanders himself now claims his 2016 campaign was “too white”:
We were criticized for being too white, that was a correct criticism. We were criticized for being too male, that was a correct criticism. That’s going to change. [Bernie Sanders admits 2016 presidential campaign was ‘too white’, by Troy L. Smith, Cleveland.com, March 5, 2019]
And Sanders certainly did change .In 2016, Sanders was more sensible on immigration than Hillary Clinton. He had called open borders a “Koch Brothers proposal” and said it “would make everybody in America poorer” and erase the nation-state. During the campaign, he did eschew his past opposition to Amnesty and to guest worker programs, But he was better than Clinton’s Full-Merkel Amnesty/ Immigration Surge agenda.
But now Sanders' agenda is even more blatantly anti-American than Clinton’s. He wants to decriminalize illegal immigration, abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, impose a moratorium on deportations, provide healthcare to illegal aliens, “dismantle” detention facilities, amnesty all illegals, dramatically increase America’s refugee intake by welcoming “climate refugees,” and scrap Trump’s travel ban and other immigration restrictions. His immigration plan touts itself as a “welcoming and safe America for all.” Making foreigners feel welcome is the priority—not protecting the interests of Americans.
It’s no surprise Sanders calls Trump’s mild immigration policies racist and receives the support of immigration boosters [National immigrant rights group endorses Sanders, by Laura Barron-Lopez, Politico, January 15, 2020]
And many of Sanders other policies would enrich non-whites at the expense of the Historic American Nation. For instance, his Green New Deal would redistribute wealth from white Americans to non-white communities for the ostensible purpose of environmental clean-up. [The Green New Deal Is a Racial Scam, by Robert Hampton, American Renaissance, October 4, 2019]
Additionally, Sanders vows to go to war against “white nationalism and racism.” He promises that his administration will eradicate “systemic racism” and deliver “racial justice” to non-whites. [In Chicago, Sanders talks race, by Holly Otterbein, Politico, March 3, 2019]. Will he institute Gulags, as his campaign operatives fantasize?
Sanders’ appeals to non-whites appear to be working. It also helps that he’s backed by three-fourths of the anti-white Squad, who all tout him as the candidate to radically transform America. [Bernie Sanders Is Banking On the Power of the Squad, by Tim Marcin, Cameron Joseph, Daniel Newhauser and Liz Landers, Vice News, October 16, 2019]
This strategy may well deliver Sanders the Democratic nomination. But it will cost him the White House. Bernie’s new immigration priorities are wildly unpopular with most Americans. Sixty-six percent of Americans oppose decriminalizing illegal immigration, 62 percent oppose government healthcare for illegals, and 54 percent oppose abolishing ICE. [Poll: Voters oppose abolishing ICE, by Steven Shepard, Politico, July 11, 2018]
And this new Democrat emphasis on minority Identity Politics and Open Borders will inevitably increase white support for Trump. Already, the low turnout for the Iowa caucuses signals the Democrats’ low popularity with Middle America. [The biggest problem for Democrats wasn’t the vote count, by David Siders, Politico, February 4, 2020] Sanders at the head of the ticket will only further alienate these voters.
In Sanders’ America, whites will be just “pay pigs” for the Great Replacement. The Sanders message only resonates with non-whites and self-hating whites. Every normal white American will pull the lever for Trump.
Washington Watcher II [Email him] is an anonymous DC insider.


vdare--2020-02-09--Automation: AI-enhanced Smart Machines and Software Will Endanger White-Collar Jobs

It ’ s certainly the case that low-skilled immigrants will not be employable in the coming automated economy when robots can perform simple tasks cheaply 24/7 with no coffee breaks .
But it ’ s also true that higher skilled persons won ’ t be needed in many fields as artificial intelligence ( AI ) develops more capability .
Immigration in general should be dialed down severely with the automated future in mind .
When technology experts say 30 to 40 million American jobs are at risk of being eliminated , we should pay attention even though the employment economy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ planning careers and middle-aged persons considering a change should understand that some of today ’ s jobs may not exist in a decade or so .
But as a recent Time article notes , employment will certaInly not disappear entirely .
AI Is About to Spark a Radical Shift in White Collar Work .
But There ’ s Still ‘ Plenty of Work for People to Do ’ , Time magazine , January 23 , 2020 The story of automation in America has long been told in shuttered factories and declining Midwestern cities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in artificial intelligence may be bring the prospect of machine replacement beyond blue collar work .
Developers are creating algorithms that promise to take over vast amounts of work in white collar fields like law and medicine , potentially upending traditionally high-status fields .
For people in those once-secure positions , the questions are whose jobs may be changed , how soon , and what new opportunities may arise to take their place .
Knowledge work that involves repetitive tasks or large amounts of data , such as lawyers ’ often arduous document @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disruption from AI , experts say .
Tasks that require human-to-human interaction or some element of creativity are likely to be safer .
“ Pattern recognition in general is something that these technologies seem good at , ” says Mark Muro , one of the authors of a recent Brookings Institution report that suggests high-paid , educated workers will be highly exposed to new AI technology .
“ That is a contribution to a lot of white collar activities.
” MIT economics professor David Autor says middle management positions are particularly susceptible to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in fields like finance and inventory management , where humans are in charge of translating data into concrete business decisions .
But he also argues that displacement from machine learning is likely to create new opportunities .
“ Historically , tons of new work comes into existence as a result of automation , ” Autor says .
“ The whole industrial revolution came about as a result of the automation of artisanal tasks , but it would have been impossible for anyone at the dawn of that period to foresee where that would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cold comfort for the artisans of 2020 : the millions of paralegals , human resource managers , IT professionals and other knowledge industry workers whose positions are prime targets for a new wave of automation .
McKinsey predicts across-the-board cuts in such fields over the next decade .
Some fields , like office financial support personnel , are likely to lose more than one in four positions .
Some economists predict even more dramatic changes in the coming years , including a radical shift in top-tier white collar work .
Richard Baldwin of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ AI , coupled with outsourcing enabled by new advances in telecommunications , will sharply reduce white collar employment .
He believes those twin drivers could displace professionals in elite sectors from media and finance to architecture and law , at least until people find new ways to put themselves to work .
“ What we have is displacement being driven at the pace of digital technology , but job creation being driven at the pace of human ingenuity , ” Baldwin says .
“ What I ’ m worried about is that job @ @ @ @ @ @ @ creation driven by ingenuity.
” ( Continues )

It’s certainly the case that low-skilled immigrants will not be employable in the coming automated economy when robots can perform simple tasks cheaply 24/7 with no coffee breaks.
But it’s also true that higher skilled persons won’t be needed in many fields as artificial intelligence (AI) develops more capability. Immigration in general should be dialed down severely with the automated future in mind. When technology experts say 30 to 40 million American jobs are at risk of being eliminated, we should pay attention even though the employment economy is quite healthy today.
Young people planning careers and middle-aged persons considering a change should understand that some of today’s jobs may not exist in a decade or so.
But as a recent Time article notes, employment will certaInly not disappear entirely.


vdare--2020-02-09--Dems Not Debating Immigration—Are All Agreed On Stealth Open Borders Campaign?

With the exception of Buttiegieg 's stupid joke that Trump was `` relying on 17th century security technologies like a moat full of alligators or a big wall '' ( which was actually about Trump and foreign policy ) there was no mention of immigration in the recent Democrat debate .
If you click on New Hampshire Democratic Debate Transcript , February 7 , 2020 , and control+F the text string `` migr '' you get nothing .
No mention of immigration , immigrants , migrants , emigration ... nothing .
It 's like they 're all agreed on Open @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to know .
Buttiegieg 's joke , by the way , was the kind of thing that if Trump said it , the NYT would headline with language like `` Trump 's false claim '' .
It 's false to say that Trump has no foreign policy ; many of his critics feel he has too much , although his demarche to North Korea is so far more successful than previous Presidents , and he has manage to get the OTHER members of NATO to contribute to their own defence .
It 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a `` moat full of alligators '' —that 's just something someone leaked to the New York Times .
It 's false to say that a big wall is a `` 17th century security technology '' —walls date back millennia ( Hadrian 's Wall , Great Wall of China ) and have been of major importance in the 20th Century Cold War ( Berlin Wall ) and have been increasing all over the world in the 21st century a trend known around here as `` The New Muralism '' .
See Border Walls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for examples .
It would be great , for example , if Trump were able to build something like Israel 's 21st Century fence .
It 's false to say that America 's security is enhanced more by sending gay McKinsey employees to play soldier in Afghanistan than it is by defending America 's Southern Border .
Defending borders is what armies are for .
But how could any of these candidates defend the country from an invasion of illegal immigrants when they wo n't even admit it 's happening ?

With the exception of Buttiegieg's stupid joke that Trump was "relying on 17th century security technologies like a moat full of alligators or a big wall" (which was actually about Trump and foreign policy) there was no mention of immigration in the recent Democrat debate.
If you click on New Hampshire Democratic Debate Transcript, February 7, 2020, and control+F the text string "migr" you get nothing. No mention of immigration, immigrants, migrants, emigration...nothing.
It's like they're all agreed on Open Borders but don't want the voters to know.
Buttiegieg's joke, by the way, was the kind of thing that if Trump said it, the NYT would headline with language like "Trump's false claim".
Mayor Buttigieg: "We do not have a 21st century strategy coming from this president. After all, he's relying on 17th century security technologies like a moat full of alligators or a big wall." #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/JXrkZjm6Jj — NBC News (@NBCNews) November 21, 2019
It's false to say that Trump has no foreign policy; many of his critics feel he has too much, although his demarche to North Korea is so far more successful than previous Presidents, and he has manage to get the OTHER members of NATO to contribute to their own defence.
It's false to say that Trump seriously wants a "moat full of alligators"—that's just something someone leaked to the New York Times.
It's false to say that a big wall is a "17th century security technology"—walls date back millennia (Hadrian's Wall, Great Wall of China) and have been of major importance in the 20th Century Cold War (Berlin Wall) and have been increasing all over the world in the 21st century a trend known around here as "The New Muralism".
See Border Walls Work...All Over The World, for examples. It would be great, for example, if Trump were able to build something like Israel's 21st Century fence.
It's false to say that America's security is enhanced more by sending gay McKinsey employees to play soldier in Afghanistan than it is by defending America's Southern Border.
Pete Buttigieg is misleading voters about his ‘military’ record. He pulled some strings and got in with no training, no boot camp, no anything and very briefly did office work in a cubicle on a base in Afghanistan for a few weeks and quickly left: https://t.co/tSBqJEgBzK — MARK SIMONE (@MarkSimoneNY) February 9, 2020
Defending borders is what armies are for.
But how could any of these candidates defend the country from an invasion of illegal immigrants when they won't even admit it's happening?


vdare--2020-02-09--Japan Wisely Managing Foreign Workers

Japan Wisely Managing Foreign Workers

Japan has been modifying immigration policy recently related to temporary foreign workers .
Despite the fact that these foreign workers are temporary , cultural assimilation is an important part of the immigration program .
No Japanese wants to flood their nation with unassimilable foreigners , including Japan ’ s ruling elite .
Your humble correspondent was recently in the Land of the Rising Sun and can attest to that fact .
I had some experience with foreign workers in the hospitality industry in Tokyo and can attest that unlike in the United States where legal foreign workers are generally incompetent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the opposite is true in Japan .
The number of foreign residents who have received a new skilled worker visa totaled 1,621 as of Dec. 31 , the immigration agency said Friday , falling far short of the program ’ s target for the first year .
While the figure was up more than sevenfold from the end of September , it was far behind the maximum of 47,550 that the government was hoping would obtain the Specified Skilled Worker visa by the end of March .
[ Holders Of New Japan Working @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Way Off Target , Japan Times , February 8 , 2020 ] An important part of the program selects for assimilation to Japanese culture , both in language , previous successful experience in Japan as a worker , Japanese work training , and even by default , race ; the East Asian racial type is favored , with few South Asians and Blacks .
Vietnamese accounted for 910 of the visa holders , followed by Indonesians at 189 and Filipinos at 111 , according to the Immigration Services Agency , which releases the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the visa , an applicant must pass skill exams and Japanese-language tests or have participated in Japan ’ s technical intern program for at least three years .
According to the agency , 1,486 foreign nationals , or more than 90 percent of the total , used the latter route to acquire the visa .
And there is even a little Bureaucrat Game going on , while tens of thousands of visas are available , less than 1,500 were taken .
A little immigration is good , too much is bad .
Japan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its impact .
Once immigration begins to negatively affect a host nation , corrections are much more difficult .
The Japanese are managing this well .
What they should do as well is institute natalist policies like Hungary and Poland to encourage to native Japanese to increase their birth rate .

Japan has been modifying immigration policy recently related to temporary foreign workers. Despite the fact that these foreign workers are temporary, cultural assimilation is an important part of the immigration program. No Japanese wants to flood their nation with unassimilable foreigners, including Japan’s ruling elite. Your humble correspondent was recently in the Land of the Rising Sun and can attest to that fact. I had some experience with foreign workers in the hospitality industry in Tokyo and can attest that unlike in the United States where legal foreign workers are generally incompetent and cannot communicate in English, the opposite is true in Japan.
The number of foreign residents who have received a new skilled worker visa totaled 1,621 as of Dec. 31, the immigration agency said Friday, falling far short of the program’s target for the first year. While the figure was up more than sevenfold from the end of September, it was far behind the maximum of 47,550 that the government was hoping would obtain the Specified Skilled Worker visa by the end of March. [Holders Of New Japan Working Visas Surge Past 1,600, But Still Way Off Target, Japan Times, February 8, 2020]
An important part of the program selects for assimilation to Japanese culture, both in language, previous successful experience in Japan as a worker, Japanese work training, and even by default, race; the East Asian racial type is favored, with few South Asians and Blacks.
Vietnamese accounted for 910 of the visa holders, followed by Indonesians at 189 and Filipinos at 111, according to the Immigration Services Agency, which releases the figure every three months… To qualify for the visa, an applicant must pass skill exams and Japanese-language tests or have participated in Japan’s technical intern program for at least three years. According to the agency, 1,486 foreign nationals, or more than 90 percent of the total, used the latter route to acquire the visa.
And there is even a little Bureaucrat Game going on, while tens of thousands of visas are available, less than 1,500 were taken. A little immigration is good, too much is bad.
Japan is being very careful about immigration and its impact. Once immigration begins to negatively affect a host nation, corrections are much more difficult. The Japanese are managing this well.
What they should do as well is institute natalist policies like Hungary and Poland to encourage to native Japanese to increase their birth rate.


vdare--2020-02-09--POLITICO: "This Is The Electoral College On Donald Trump"—But Really It’s “Electoral College On MASS

POLITICO: "This Is The Electoral College On Donald Trump"—But Really It’s “Electoral College On MASS IMMIGRATION”

This presidential race will be fought on electoral terrain that would have been unthinkable four years ago , before everything blew up .
When President Barack Obama launched his 2012 reelection campaign , he did it with back-to-back rallies in a pair of logical places : Virginia and Ohio .
The two essential swing states , with 31 electoral votes between them , were vital to Obama ’ s chances of winning a second term .
Ohio , a traditional Midwestern bellwether , epitomized the old electoral map , from the now-distant era when presidential elections featured dozens of contested @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all of them .
Virginia , a Southern state that for decades had voted Republican for president until Obama broke the streak in 2008 , represented a new map , one in which rapid demographic change created new opportunities for Democrats .
Together , they were emblematic of the Electoral College map Obama and his diverse coalition rewired in 2008 to win the White House .
Just eight years later , though , no one is talking about Ohio and Virginia as critical battleground states .
When Democrats point to a Rust Belt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they are referring to Michigan , Pennsylvania and Wisconsin .
Ohio—along with Florida , the pivotal battleground state in recent elections—is not part of the conversation .
For the most part , both sides view it as one shade short of a red state .
Virginia—for decades part of the Republican Party ’ s solid South—now gets the silent treatment as well .
Once regarded as unreachable by the Democrats , now it ’ s broken so hard toward their camp that its brief reign as a swing state may already be over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Donald Trump .
[ More , emphasis added . ]

Politico:
How Trump Rewired the Electoral Map
This presidential race will be fought on electoral terrain that would have been unthinkable four years ago, before everything blew up.
By Charlie Mahtesian, February 7, 2020
When President Barack Obama launched his 2012 reelection campaign, he did it with back-to-back rallies in a pair of logical places: Virginia and Ohio. The two essential swing states, with 31 electoral votes between them, were vital to Obama’s chances of winning a second term.
Ohio, a traditional Midwestern bellwether, epitomized the old electoral map, from the now-distant era when presidential elections featured dozens of contested states and candidates sought to campaign in all of them. Virginia, a Southern state that for decades had voted Republican for president until Obama broke the streak in 2008, represented a new map, one in which rapid demographic change created new opportunities for Democrats. Together, they were emblematic of the Electoral College map Obama and his diverse coalition rewired in 2008 to win the White House.
Just eight years later, though, no one is talking about Ohio and Virginia as critical battleground states. When Democrats point to a Rust Belt path to the presidency in 2020, they are referring to Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Ohio—along with Florida, the pivotal battleground state in recent elections—is not part of the conversation. For the most part, both sides view it as one shade short of a red state.
Virginia—for decades part of the Republican Party’s solid South—now gets the silent treatment as well. Once regarded as unreachable by the Democrats, now it’s broken so hard toward their camp that its brief reign as a swing state may already be over.
This is the Electoral College on Donald Trump. [More, emphasis added.]


vdare--2020-02-09--During New Hampshire Democrat Debate, Elizabeth Warren Advocates for "Race-Conscious Laws" to Uplift

During New Hampshire Democrat Debate, Elizabeth Warren Advocates for "Race-Conscious Laws" to Uplift Blacks at the Expense of White America

Hate Donald Trump as President of the United States of America all you want , but he has never , ever engaged in the type of anti-white dialogue the Democrat candidates for their party ’ s nomination for POTUS did during a televised debate on February 6 , 2020 .
It isn ’ t a stretch of the imagination to state each candidate is doing their best to out anti-white the other candidates in their rhetoric , with long-time fake Amerindian Sen. Elizabeth Warren leading the way .
With all Democrats hopeful that support from communities of color can give @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Sen. Elizabeth Warren at Friday night ’ s debate pressed for “ race-conscious laws ” on a range of issues including criminal justice reform , housing and education .
Sparked by former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg trying to explain why marijuana arrests of African Americans rose under his watch , Warren said race “ has permeated our criminal justice system.
” For the same crime , she said , African Americans were far more likely to be detained , arrested , tried , wrongfully convicted and receive harsher sentences .
She @ @ @ @ @ @ @ African Americans by blocking them from buying homes in certain neighborhoods until 1965 , and “ you can ’ t just repeal that and say everything is even .
It ’ s not.
” She called for adjustments in legislation and investments that could boost education , employment and entrepreneurship in communities of color .
Warren was challenged by businessman Andrew Yang , who said “ you can ’ t legislate away racism.
” Yang and billionaire Tom Steyer called for reparations programs , with Yang specifically pushing for a guaranteed minimum income @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help “ reshape our communities of color .
We can ’ t regulate ( racism ) away through any other means except by ” giving black and Latino people “ buying power.
” Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont , who has led recent New Hampshire polls and is neck-and-neck with Buttigieg with Iowa results still contested , said he agreed with Warren .
Sanders described a “ system that is broken and racist ” and called for investments in health care , young people , jobs and education , not “ more jails @ @ @ @ @ @ @ end the war on drugs which disproportionally impacted African Americans and Latinos , ” he said , adding that he called for an end to private prisons .
“ There ’ s no excuse that white families have 10 times more wealth than black families , ” Sanders said .
“ No excuse for black women dying in child birth at three times the rate that white women do.
” Former Vice President Joe Biden , who has led in national polls and has strong support among African American voters , said “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the black community for granted.
” Biden pushed for investments in rehabilitation centers , not prisons , and mandatory treatment instead of mandatory prison time .
“ We should be investing our money in communities that haven ’ t gotten help for a long time , ” Biden said .
Might be wrong , but candidate Donald Trump in 2015-2016 never once spoke of going directly for the white vote , but instead utilized so-called dog-whistling on topics the dwindling white majority in America were uniquely interested in ; meanwhile Democrats in 2019/2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white America every chance they get , promising all types of programs and monetary gains ( paid for by the white taxpayer ) exclusively to non-whites if they are elected .
Biden is right , though , as we should be investing U.S. taxpayer money in communities that haven ’ t gotten help for a long time , but he is entirely wrong in identifying which community has been denied this capital ( for it has been redistributed to every community save their own ) : White America .
Trump will continue to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ candidates will ceaselessly advocate for greater restrictions upon the freedoms white America is allocated , all in the name of fighting for Diversity , Inclusion , and Equity .
And as Steve Sailer has duly noted , this advocacy clearly translates to one clear future for whites in America , an all-too-easy to understand acronym : D.I.E .
We can not just say that criminal justice is the only time we want to talk about race .
We need race-conscious laws .
# DemDebate pic.twitter.com/FA0BeuPYYv — Elizabeth Warren ( @ ewarren ) February @ @ @

Hate Donald Trump as President of the United States of America all you want, but he has never, ever engaged in the type of anti-white dialogue the Democrat candidates for their party’s nomination for POTUS did during a televised debate on February 6, 2020.
It isn’t a stretch of the imagination to state each candidate is doing their best to out anti-white the other candidates in their rhetoric, with long-time fake Amerindian Sen. Elizabeth Warren leading the way.
New Hampshire Democratic debate 2020: Elizabeth Warren presses for ‘race-conscious laws,’ MassLive.com, February 7, 2020 With all Democrats hopeful that support from communities of color can give them an edge over President Donald Trump, Sen. Elizabeth Warren at Friday night’s debate pressed for “race-conscious laws” on a range of issues including criminal justice reform, housing and education. Sparked by former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg trying to explain why marijuana arrests of African Americans rose under his watch, Warren said race “has permeated our criminal justice system.” For the same crime, she said, African Americans were far more likely to be detained, arrested, tried, wrongfully convicted and receive harsher sentences. She also noted that the country discriminated against African Americans by blocking them from buying homes in certain neighborhoods until 1965, and “you can’t just repeal that and say everything is even. It’s not.” She called for adjustments in legislation and investments that could boost education, employment and entrepreneurship in communities of color. Warren was challenged by businessman Andrew Yang, who said “you can’t legislate away racism.” Yang and billionaire Tom Steyer called for reparations programs, with Yang specifically pushing for a guaranteed minimum income of $1,000 per month that would help “reshape our communities of color. We can’t regulate (racism) away through any other means except by” giving black and Latino people “buying power.” Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who has led recent New Hampshire polls and is neck-and-neck with Buttigieg with Iowa results still contested, said he agreed with Warren. Sanders described a “system that is broken and racist” and called for investments in health care, young people, jobs and education, not “more jails and incarceration.” “We need to end the war on drugs which disproportionally impacted African Americans and Latinos,” he said, adding that he called for an end to private prisons. “There’s no excuse that white families have 10 times more wealth than black families,” Sanders said. “No excuse for black women dying in child birth at three times the rate that white women do.” Former Vice President Joe Biden, who has led in national polls and has strong support among African American voters, said “We’ve got to stop taking the black community for granted.” Biden pushed for investments in rehabilitation centers, not prisons, and mandatory treatment instead of mandatory prison time. “We should be investing our money in communities that haven’t gotten help for a long time,” Biden said.
“Race-conscious laws?”
Might be wrong, but candidate Donald Trump in 2015-2016 never once spoke of going directly for the white vote, but instead utilized so-called dog-whistling on topics the dwindling white majority in America were uniquely interested in; meanwhile Democrats in 2019/2020 go out of their way to denounce white America every chance they get, promising all types of programs and monetary gains (paid for by the white taxpayer) exclusively to non-whites if they are elected.
Biden is right, though, as we should be investing U.S. taxpayer money in communities that haven’t gotten help for a long time, but he is entirely wrong in identifying which community has been denied this capital (for it has been redistributed to every community save their own): White America.
Trump will continue to tout low black unemployment, while Democrat candidates will ceaselessly advocate for greater restrictions upon the freedoms white America is allocated, all in the name of fighting for Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity.
And as Steve Sailer has duly noted, this advocacy clearly translates to one clear future for whites in America, an all-too-easy to understand acronym: D.I.E.
We cannot just say that criminal justice is the only time we want to talk about race. We need race-conscious laws. #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/FA0BeuPYYv — Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) February 8, 2020
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-02-10--Black Police Chief of Savannah, GA Admits the Truth to Local NAACP Chapter: Blacks Represent Almost

Black Police Chief of Savannah, GA Admits the Truth to Local NAACP Chapter: Blacks Represent Almost Every Nonfatal Shooting Suspect in 2019

Years ago , a Savannah debutante , Jennifer Ross ( right ) was murdered on Christmas Eve .
She was a white female , her murderers were black men .
They shot her in the back and laughed about it later in court .
It was big news for the centuries old southern city , because crime in this haunted municipality tends to be intra-racial .
This writer happened to be not far from where the inter-racial murder took place , and foolishly wondered if it would be national news .
Obviously , it would not .
Flash-forward to 2019 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Savannah is home to one of the most violent populations in America .
Any guess as to who/whom is responsible ?
One hint : President Donald Trump is constantly bragging about how low their unemployment rate is… Savannah police Chief Roy Minter stressed the importance of community involvement while discussing the city ’ s 2019 crime trends at the monthly meeting of the Savannah Branch of the NAACP on Sunday .
The police chief , entering his second year in the post , told those in attendance about the things he set out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , including raising the salaries of newly hired officers , making a more equitable pay structure for senior staff members and upgrading the technology used by officers in the field .
Minter ’ s presentation [ Audio ] comes just days after two Savannah police officers shot and killed 22-year-old Deandre Seaborough-Patterson , who the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said pointed a gun at officers .
Minter mentioned the shooting briefly in his presentation , saying it was one of “ the challenges that we face on a daily basis.
” He stressed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those in attendance to come forward with crime tips .
“ Someone once asked me , they said , ‘ You know what , chief ?
When crime goes up in the community , people are quick to blame the police chief ; they ’ re quick to blame the sheriff.
’ But they said , ‘ You know what ?
Who holds the community accountable ?
’ ” Minter said .
Minter said that this year , he hopes to have residents become a more integral part of policing the city , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Texas by Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson .
One of the strategies in Dallas ’ initiative was to “ hire and train credible messengers from within high violence neighborhoods as violence interrupters to keep resolvable conflicts from escalating into gun violence , ” Minter said .
Other facets of the Dallas task force that Minter hopes to incorporate in 2020 include adding lighting in dimly lit areas of the city and putting more cameras in high crime areas .
Shootings remained prevalent in 2019 , especially shootings involving young black men .
The chief @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Precinct saw the most nonviolent shootings .
Minter said that last year , 92 % of the victims of nonfatal shootings in Savannah were black , and 52 % of victims were between the ages of 16 and 24 .
Of those shooting victims , 83 % were black men .
Minter said the department ’ s Violent Crimes Task Force alone made 523 felony arrests , 280 misdemeanor arrests and confiscated “ almost 270 weapons ” and over $ 200,000 in currency .
“ It ’ s time for us and Savannah @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very proud anti-violence message , ” Minter said .
“ We need an anti-violence message that is not just preached , but it needs to be screamed from the pulpits in our community .
It needs to be screamed from the schools .
It needs to be screamed in the streets and it needs to be screamed in the homes .
People need to know how serious our community is about violence in the community.
” The black police chief of Savannah basically told the NAACP of this city to tell blacks to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and then blaming cops for it happening .
Jennifer Ross would be 33 today had she not been shot in the back by three black males on Christmas Eve back in 2005 .
No one remembers her name or the circumstances surrounding her death ( three black men murdered her ) , but we must constantly pretend the source of black criminality in Savannah is anyone else ’ s fault save the individual black people collectively committing it .

Years ago, a Savannah debutante, Jennifer Ross (right) was murdered on Christmas Eve.
She was a white female, her murderers were black men. They shot her in the back and laughed about it later in court.
It was big news for the centuries old southern city, because crime in this haunted municipality tends to be intra-racial.
This writer happened to be not far from where the inter-racial murder took place, and foolishly wondered if it would be national news.
Obviously, it would not.
Flash-forward to 2019, and the majority black city of Savannah is home to one of the most violent populations in America. Any guess as to who/whom is responsible? One hint: President Donald Trump is constantly bragging about how low their unemployment rate is…
Savannah police chief calls for community engagement at NAACP meeting, SavannahNow.com, January 26, 2020
Savannah police Chief Roy Minter stressed the importance of community involvement while discussing the city’s 2019 crime trends at the monthly meeting of the Savannah Branch of the NAACP on Sunday. The police chief, entering his second year in the post, told those in attendance about the things he set out to address within the department in 2019, including raising the salaries of newly hired officers, making a more equitable pay structure for senior staff members and upgrading the technology used by officers in the field. Minter’s presentation [Audio] comes just days after two Savannah police officers shot and killed 22-year-old Deandre Seaborough-Patterson, who the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said pointed a gun at officers. Minter mentioned the shooting briefly in his presentation, saying it was one of “the challenges that we face on a daily basis.” He stressed the need for community involvement, asking those in attendance to come forward with crime tips. “Someone once asked me, they said, ‘You know what, chief? When crime goes up in the community, people are quick to blame the police chief; they’re quick to blame the sheriff.’ But they said, ‘You know what? Who holds the community accountable?’” Minter said. Minter said that this year, he hopes to have residents become a more integral part of policing the city, pointing to a citizen-based initiative used in Texas by Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson. One of the strategies in Dallas’ initiative was to “hire and train credible messengers from within high violence neighborhoods as violence interrupters to keep resolvable conflicts from escalating into gun violence,” Minter said. Other facets of the Dallas task force that Minter hopes to incorporate in 2020 include adding lighting in dimly lit areas of the city and putting more cameras in high crime areas. Shootings remained prevalent in 2019, especially shootings involving young black men. The chief said the Central Precinct and East Side Precinct saw the most nonviolent shootings. Minter said that last year, 92% of the victims of nonfatal shootings in Savannah were black, and 52% of victims were between the ages of 16 and 24. Of those shooting victims, 83% were black men. Minter said the department’s Violent Crimes Task Force alone made 523 felony arrests, 280 misdemeanor arrests and confiscated “almost 270 weapons” and over $200,000 in currency. “It’s time for us and Savannah to have a very loud and a very proud anti-violence message,” Minter said. “We need an anti-violence message that is not just preached, but it needs to be screamed from the pulpits in our community. It needs to be screamed from the schools. It needs to be screamed in the streets and it needs to be screamed in the homes. People need to know how serious our community is about violence in the community.”
The black police chief of Savannah basically told the NAACP of this city to tell blacks to stop committing all of the crime, and then blaming cops for it happening.
Jennifer Ross would be 33 today had she not been shot in the back by three black males on Christmas Eve back in 2005. No one remembers her name or the circumstances surrounding her death (three black men murdered her), but we must constantly pretend the source of black criminality in Savannah is anyone else’s fault save the individual black people collectively committing it.
[Comment at Unz.com]