vdare--2020-07-19--John Derbyshire: THE ECONOMIST Magazine Behind Curve—Race Racketeers Have Rejected Color-Blindness I

John Derbyshire: THE ECONOMIST Magazine Behind Curve—Race Racketeers Have Rejected Color-Blindness In Favor Of Arrogant Extortion

[ Excerpted from the latest Radio Derb , now available exclusively through VDARE.com ] I greeted my July 11th issue of The Economist magazine with mixed feelings : For a fleeting moment I thought the `` new ideology '' that The Economist was talking about might be honest race realism , and that what 's wrong with it from The Economist 's viewpoint , which is , of course , that THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS RACE !
No such luck .
The `` new ideology '' it ’ s writing about is not race realism but Wokeness and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as found in books like Robin DiAngelo 's current bestseller White Fragility .
And no , I did n't bother to read all the article .
I glanced at the text and saw what I expected to see .
Poverty is the problem ; police brutality is the problem ; zoning rules are the problem : You do n't say !
That 's more than fifty years .
Is there anything we have n't tried in those fifty years to make the races come out equal , up to and including stuffing our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corporations with black authority figures and electing a black President ?
Still and all , with race hysteria at its current fever pitch , there 's a sort of quaint charm in The Economist 's old-fashioned liberal naivety .
Fix the schools !
Integrate our neighborhoods !
Expand the Earned-Income Tax Credit !
Everything will come right at last , black and white all equal !
Yes , say what you like about the old , Economist style of liberalism , it 's nothing like as barking crazy as this newer brand of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Smithsonian 's National Museum of African American History and Culture , opened just four years ago on Constitution Avenue in our nation 's capital .
The Museum , via its online portal , has been educating us about whiteness .
Scary , huh ?
What are these peculiar folkways that white people have imposed on our nation ?
Things like ( actual quotes ) : Good grief !
What a perverse , twisted set of values !
How people of color must suffer under the oppression of such ideas !
Click to see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's easy to laugh .
A great many people did laugh after Byron York tweeted out the image mid-week .
It seems to have since been taken down ; at least , I couldn ’ t find it on the museum 's website at week ’ s end .
The people who made that web page were n't laughing when they made it , though .
They were in earnest .
They believe this stuff .
And the authorities at the Smithsonian—one of our nation 's most prestigious cultural and educational institutions—saw nothing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jeering broke out on Twitter .
That 's how far we 've come ; that 's how wide the rot has spread .
If you think that we should maybe just scrap all this obsessing about race and try pure color-blind meritocracy — well , if you think that you are really trying to swim against the current .
The new fashion : arrogant , rent-seeking extortion .
Two cases in point here : Case One : When California voters go to the polls this November , they will see on the ballot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
What is that ?
Proposition 209 , the one they will be invited to repeal , was passed in 1996 .
It prohibits the state from discriminating against , or granting preferential treatment to , any individual or group on the basis of race , sex , color , ethnicity , or national origin in the operation of public employment , public education , or public contracting .
In other words , it bans Affirmative Action .
So California currently , over wide areas of employment , education , and commerce , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people do n't like that .
State Assemblywoman Shirley Weber , a large black lady , especially does n't like it .
Get that ?
A prohibition on discriminating by race or sex…discriminatory .
If you do n't understand the logic of that it 's probably because you 've succumbed to objective , rational linear thinking , you White Supremacist , you !
Case Two : This one 's from the world of classical music .
The headline explains itself : New York Times , July 16th , headline : To Make Orchestras @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( By music critic Anthony Tomassini—Tweet him . )
The back story : Fifty years ago , after charges of discrimination from some black musicians , the New York Philharmonic , soon followed by other American orchestras , began to hold auditions behind a screen , so that judgment was strictly on musical quality , not influenced by the player 's race or sex— '' Blind auditions.
” Alas , it 's not working very well .
That is to say , it ’ s not producing a Politically Correct result : What @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tomassini of course knows : See that ?
Color-blindness is racist !
Here 's a brief footnote to that second case , also from the world of classical music ; and also from July 16th , although this story is from the Washington Post of that date .
Headline : That Sound You 're Hearing Is Classical Music 's Long Overdue Reckoning With Racism .
( By Michael Andor Brodeur—Tweet him . )
So we 're in the same territory here we were in with that New York Times piece : the appalling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ companies against blacks and Latinos .
This one , though , includes a curious little arithmetical oddity that a keen-eyed reader spotted and emailed in to me about .
Thank you , Sir !
Here is the oddity .
Listen carefully .
WaPo reporter Brodeur tells us that from 2002 to 2014 , the proportion of black musicians in American orchestras `` languished at around 1.8 percent . ''
That 's the same proportion as given in the New York Times story : 1.8 percent .
Probably both reporters read the same study—Racial/Ethnic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , by James Doeser , Ph .
D. September 2016 .
Hold that in your mind : black musicians in our orchestras , 1.8 percent .
Then , just two sentences later in the same paragraph we get this , quote : OK , let 's do arithmetic .
Two divided by 1.8 is 1.11 .
Six divided by 1.8 is 3.33 .
Since black musicians as a whole are languishing at 1.8 percent , if 2 to 6 percent of conductors and music directors are black , that means blacks are being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those more prestigious slots two or three times more than their overall representation would lead you to expect .
But wait .
I did some math to reach that conclusion .
And math is , as I 'm sure the Smithsonian 's National Museum of African American History and Culture would be glad to confirm , white man 's ju-ju—a style of objective , rational linear thinking .
John Derbyshire [ email him ] writes an incredible amount on all sorts of subjects for all kinds of outlets .
( This no longer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ VDARE.com can do so here .

[Excerpted from the latest Radio Derb, now available exclusively through VDARE.com]
I greeted my July 11th issue of The Economist magazine with mixed feelings:
For a fleeting moment I thought the "new ideology" that The Economist was talking about might be honest race realism, and that what's wrong with it from The Economist's viewpoint, which is, of course, that THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS RACE! No such luck. The "new ideology" it’s writing about is not race realism but Wokeness and the cranky anti-white obsessions of the Wokesters as found in books like Robin DiAngelo's current bestseller White Fragility.
And no, I didn't bother to read all the article. I glanced at the text and saw what I expected to see. Poverty is the problem; police brutality is the problem; zoning rules are the problem:
The household income gap is the same as it was in 1968.
You don't say! That's more than fifty years. Is there anything we haven't tried in those fifty years to make the races come out equal, up to and including stuffing our courts, schools, police departments and corporations with black authority figures and electing a black President?
Still and all, with race hysteria at its current fever pitch, there's a sort of quaint charm in The Economist's old-fashioned liberal naivety. Fix the schools! Integrate our neighborhoods! Expand the Earned-Income Tax Credit! Everything will come right at last, black and white all equal!
Yes, say what you like about the old, Economist style of liberalism, it's nothing like as barking crazy as this newer brand of race-racketeering.
Case in point: the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, opened just four years ago on Constitution Avenue in our nation's capital. The Museum, via its online portal, has been educating us about whiteness.
White dominant culture, or whiteness, refers to the ways white people and their traditions, attitudes, and ways of life have been normalized over time and are now considered standard practices in the United States. Byron York's Daily Memo: 'Whiteness' and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington Examiner, July 16, 2020
Scary, huh? What are these peculiar folkways that white people have imposed on our nation? Things like (actual quotes):
Rugged Individualism … self-reliance … the nuclear family … objective, rational linear thinking … history based on Northern European immigrants' experience … the Protestant work ethic … hard work is the key to success …
Good grief! What a perverse, twisted set of values! How people of color must suffer under the oppression of such ideas!
Another sample:
Click to see the whole thing.
Well, it's easy to laugh. A great many people did laugh after Byron York tweeted out the image mid-week. It seems to have since been taken down; at least, I couldn’t find it on the museum's website at week’s end.
The people who made that web page weren't laughing when they made it, though. They were in earnest. They believe this stuff. And the authorities at the Smithsonian—one of our nation's most prestigious cultural and educational institutions—saw nothing wrong with it until the laughing and jeering broke out on Twitter.
That's how far we've come; that's how wide the rot has spread.
If you think that we should maybe just scrap all this obsessing about race and try pure color-blind meritocracy — well, if you think that you are really trying to swim against the current. The new fashion: arrogant, rent-seeking extortion.
Two cases in point here:
Case One: When California voters go to the polls this November, they will see on the ballot sheet a proposition to repeal Proposition 209.
What is that? Proposition 209, the one they will be invited to repeal, was passed in 1996. It prohibits the state from discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.
In other words, it bans Affirmative Action. So California currently, over wide areas of employment, education, and commerce, is constitutionally colorblind.
A lot of people don't like that. State Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, a large black lady, especially doesn't like it.
She says:
Proposition 209 [that's the one she wants to repeal] has cost women and minority-owned businesses $1.1 billion each year … and has allowed discriminatory hiring and contracting processes to continue unhindered. Lawmakers Push to Repeal California’s Ban on Affirmative Action, TheIEvoice.com, March 16, 2020
Get that? A prohibition on discriminating by race or sex…discriminatory.
If you don't understand the logic of that it's probably because you've succumbed to objective, rational linear thinking, you White Supremacist, you!
Case Two: This one's from the world of classical music. The headline explains itself: New York Times, July 16th, headline: To Make Orchestras More Diverse, End Blind Auditions. (By music critic Anthony Tomassini—Tweet him.)
The back story: Fifty years ago, after charges of discrimination from some black musicians, the New York Philharmonic, soon followed by other American orchestras, began to hold auditions behind a screen, so that judgment was strictly on musical quality, not influenced by the player's race or sex—"Blind auditions.”
Alas, it's not working very well. That is to say, it’s not producing a Politically Correct result:
In a 2014 study, only 1.8 percent of the players in top ensembles were Black; just 2.5 percent were Latino.
What to do? The NYT’s Tomassini of course knows:
If things are to change, ensembles must be able to take proactive steps to address the appalling racial imbalance that remains in their ranks. Blind auditions are no longer tenable.
See that? Color-blindness is racist!
Here's a brief footnote to that second case, also from the world of classical music; and also from July 16th, although this story is from the Washington Post of that date. Headline: That Sound You're Hearing Is Classical Music's Long Overdue Reckoning With Racism. (By Michael Andor Brodeur—Tweet him.)
Perspective: That sound you’re hearing is classical music’s long overdue reckoning with racism https://t.co/bQk9EZv66i — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 16, 2020
So we're in the same territory here we were in with that New York Times piece: the appalling racism being practiced by orchestras and opera companies against blacks and Latinos.
This one, though, includes a curious little arithmetical oddity that a keen-eyed reader spotted and emailed in to me about. Thank you, Sir!
Here is the oddity. Listen carefully. WaPo reporter Brodeur tells us that from 2002 to 2014, the proportion of black musicians in American orchestras "languished at around 1.8 percent." That's the same proportion as given in the New York Times story: 1.8 percent. Probably both reporters read the same study—Racial/Ethnic and Gender Diversity in the Orchestra Field, by James Doeser, Ph. D., September 2016.
Hold that in your mind: black musicians in our orchestras, 1.8 percent.
Then, just two sentences later in the same paragraph we get this, quote:
Between 2010 and 2016, black conductors and music directors have accounted for just 2 to 6 percent of the field.
OK, let's do arithmetic. Two divided by 1.8 is 1.11. Six divided by 1.8 is 3.33.
Since black musicians as a whole are languishing at 1.8 percent, if 2 to 6 percent of conductors and music directors are black, that means blacks are being promoted out of the orchestra pit into those more prestigious slots two or three times more than their overall representation would lead you to expect.
But wait. I did some math to reach that conclusion. And math is, as I'm sure the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture would be glad to confirm, white man's ju-ju—a style of objective, rational linear thinking.
Down with white dominant culture! Black lives matter!
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--2020-07-19--Murders Of Paul And Lidia Marino By Black Gunman: Down the Memoryhole

Why did Sheldon C. Francis murder octogenarians Paul and Lidia Marino while they were visiting their son ’ s grave at a veteran ’ s cemetery in Delaware on May 8 , 2020 ?
Did it have anything to do with the vastly publicized arrest of two white men the day before in the death of jogger/prowler Ahmaud Arbery after he grabbed the man ’ s gun ?
Ten weeks later , nobody seems to know or even care about the motives of Francis , who was subsequently killed in a spectacular firefight with police .
Did he act out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ asked on May 13 : Imagine that the circumstances were reversed and if on Friday a young white man had hunted down an elderly black couple visiting their son ’ s grave at a veterans ’ cemetery .
The national media would be in full cry over this racist atrocity .
President Trump would attend the funeral .
The prestige press would demand that whatever web sources of information and opinion the gunman had followed should be , First Amendment or not , permanently exterminated .
But what happens when it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the killer ?
For example , a search of the New York Times archives finds 104 articles mentioning the name of Ahmaud Arbery so far just in the month of May .
… If your Party controls the media , you can have all these unfortunate events memory-holed , so that you never get confronted with tiresome questions about just how much blood you have on your hands in the murders of elders visiting their son ’ s grave .
But controlling the media means that you also don ’ t learn @ @ @ @

Why did Sheldon C. Francis murder octogenarians Paul and Lidia Marino while they were visiting their son’s grave at a veteran’s cemetery in Delaware on May 8, 2020?
Did it have anything to do with the vastly publicized arrest of two white men the day before in the death of jogger/prowler Ahmaud Arbery after he grabbed the man’s gun?
Ten weeks later, nobody seems to know or even care about the motives of Francis, who was subsequently killed in a spectacular firefight with police. Did he act out of media-motivated racial revenge? As I asked on May 13:
Imagine that the circumstances were reversed and if on Friday a young white man had hunted down an elderly black couple visiting their son’s grave at a veterans’ cemetery. The national media would be in full cry over this racist atrocity. President Trump would attend the funeral. The prestige press would demand that whatever web sources of information and opinion the gunman had followed should be, First Amendment or not, permanently exterminated. But what happens when it’s The Megaphone itself that may have egged on the killer? For example, a search of the New York Times archives finds 104 articles mentioning the name of Ahmaud Arbery so far just in the month of May. … If your Party controls the media, you can have all these unfortunate events memory-holed, so that you never get confronted with tiresome questions about just how much blood you have on your hands in the murders of elders visiting their son’s grave. But controlling the media means that you also don’t learn from your mistakes.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-07-19--The Violent and Racist Trauma That Wasn't

Last week , I told you about the unwelcome reception @ amarshallbrown , a Black woman , got when she @ @ @ @ @ lawn .
Today I tell you about what ’ s been happening at that church @ @ @ @ @ .
https : //t.co/4q6UQhfwO4 Please read .
# mydayinla — Nita Lelyveld ( @ LATimescitybeat @ @ @ @ @ Well , except that this brouhaha over a black actress/stuntwoman ’ s act/stunt of planting @ @ @ @ @ preschool ’ s private lawn ( the blanket serving as a signal to the homeless @ @ @ @ @ the lawn was now open for “ eyeing little girls with bad intent ” ) @ @ @ @ @ racist , or a trauma ( at least not for her ) .
Here ’ @ @ @ @ @ Magazine column on the incident “ Our New Religion of Race .
”

From the Los Angeles Times:
Last week, I told you about the unwelcome reception @amarshallbrown, a Black woman, got when she sat on an LA church lawn. Today I tell you about what’s been happening at that church since it became viral news. https://t.co/4q6UQhfwO4 Please read. #mydayinla — Nita Lelyveld (@mydayinmaine) July 18, 2020
Well, except that this brouhaha over a black actress/stuntwoman’s act/stunt of planting a blanket on a church preschool’s private lawn (the blanket serving as a signal to the homeless Aqualungs in the neighborhood that the lawn was now open for “eyeing little girls with bad intent”) wasn’t violent, racist, or a trauma (at least not for her).
Here’s my Taki’s Magazine column on the incident “Our New Religion of Race.”


vdare--2020-07-19--In Peoria, Some People Did Something, Gun Violence Broke Out (13 Shot, No Deaths)

Earlier : The “ Leaded Law ” And Mass Shootings—Poor Black Marksmanship Is Saving Lives Dispute between groups of people @ @ @ @ @ Peoria Riverfront LOCAL NEWS All victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries .
PEORIA , Ill. ( WMBD @ @ @ @ @ a.m. ) Peoria Police confirmed Sunday morning ’ s shooting was the result of a @ @ @ @ @ .
Spokeswoman Amy Dotson said there were multiple shooters , but they do not have @ @ @ @ @ a lot of people are getting enthusiastic about dividing the country up into two parts @ @ @ @ @ have come up with any kind of map .
One obvious problem is that both @ @ @ @ @ would like to draw the map to hand the USA ’ s big Hot Potato—poor @ @ @ @ @ Peoria would seem like it would naturally fit in Red America and Chicago in Blue @ @ @ @ @ 27 % black and Chicago is 30 % black .

Earlier: The “Leaded Law” And Mass Shootings—Poor Black Marksmanship Is Saving Lives
From CentralIllinoisProud.com:
Dispute between groups of people, 13 people shot at Peoria Riverfront
LOCAL NEWS
All victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries. by: Brittni Clemons Posted: Jul 19, 2020 / 08:17 AM CDT / Updated: Jul 19, 2020 / 11:55 AM CDT PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — (Update 10:50 a.m.) Peoria Police confirmed Sunday morning’s shooting was the result of a dispute between groups of people. Spokeswoman Amy Dotson said there were multiple shooters, but they do not have a suspect.
An enigma …
Anyway, a lot of people are getting enthusiastic about dividing the country up into two parts. But nobody seems to have come up with any kind of map. One obvious problem is that both Blue American and Red America would like to draw the map to hand the USA’s big Hot Potato—poor blacks—to the other side. Peoria would seem like it would naturally fit in Red America and Chicago in Blue America, but Peoria is 27% black and Chicago is 30% black.
Many such conundrums …
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-07-20--Patrick J. Buchanan: Rising Diversity Is Joe Biden's Worry, Too

So we are told .
Yet , even before America becomes a majority-minority nation , 25 years from now , recent changes in the composition of the country are going to impact both parties in 2020 .
According to Brookings Institution demographer William Frey , between 2010 and 2020 , while America 's population grew by 20 million , our white population fell for the first time since the 1790 census .
White Americans fell as a share of the population in all 50 states , in 358 of 364 metropolitan areas , in 3,012 of 3,141 counties .
During @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grew by 3 million , our Asian population by 4 million and our Hispanic population by 10 million .
What 's the significance of those numbers ?
In presidential elections , Hispanics and Asians vote 70 % Democratic and African Americans vote 90 % .
White folks , who made up 69 % of the U.S. population in 2000 when George W. Bush was elected , have fallen today to 60 % .
For children under 16 , the white share has fallen to less than half .
Minority kids are now the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mexico , Arizona , Texas , Florida , Georgia , Hawaii , Mississippi and Maryland .
Whites are also the oldest Americans , with a median age of 44 .
For Asian Americans , it is 37 , for Black Americans , it is 35 , and for Latinos , it is 30 .
Bottom line : The pool of Democratic voters is growing inexorably while the largest pool of potential GOP voters is aging , stagnating and shrinking .
For the GOP , this is an existential crisis .
If demography is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ either increase its share of the white vote or attract millions more Black , Asian or Hispanic voters , then its national fate and future are sealed .
All one need do is look to California .
There , Democrats occupy every statewide office and two-thirds of both houses of the legislature .
Both senators are Democrats as are 45 of the 52 members of the U.S. House .
Nor are Democrats unaware of the opportunity demography offers .
As persons of color in America—Asians , Blacks , Hispanics , Native Americans and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Democrats ' job is a simple one .
Get more people of color registered and voting .
So , today , Democrats are pushing for amnesty and a path to citizenship not only for the DACA `` Dreamers '' but also the 11 million to 22 million other immigrants here illegally .
Democrats may be found enlarging the electorate anywhere they can , even if it means allowing convicted felons and prison inmates to vote .
If Democrats capture the White House and Senate , the `` Muslim ban '' on immigration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be opened anew .
But Joe Biden and his generation of Democrats have their own problem .
Even as people of color make up a growing share of the nation , around 40 % , they are an even larger , and still growing , share of the Democratic base .
Without the huge majorities Asians , Blacks and Hispanics give them , Democrats could not win the White House .
Yet , in this year 's primaries , the six top finishers in delegates were Biden , Bernie Sanders , Mike @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Amy Klobuchar .
All are white , as are the two top Democratic leaders in the House , Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer ; the two top Democratic leaders in the Senate , Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin ; and the overwhelming majority of the 47 Democratic senators and 24 Democratic governors .
Democrats may prattle on about their glorious `` diversity , '' but a closer look reveals a predominantly white senior officer corps , atop an army of minorities , whose shock troops are the Black Caucus , Black Lives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the latter consisting of four women of color .
There is something else of interest here .
While the statues being torn down in the revolution of the Democratic left are a variety of explorers , conquerors , colonists , missionaries , Confederates and presidents , all appear to have one thing in common .
The Democratic left wants to terminate the succession of white folks making the history of the country .
Thus the Democrats ' problem that comes with Biden 's choice of a running mate .
Though demands are being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of all Democratic votes , be represented on the ticket , Biden is said to be leaning toward a white woman , Elizabeth Warren .
Choosing Warren would make this Democratic ticket like every other one in 220 years , save for Barack Obama's—an all-white ticket .
It would pass over half a dozen women of color and put a white woman first in the line of succession to the presidency .
And the 77-year-old Biden is promising to be a transition president .
If Biden overlooks the women of color being considered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ woman , the rumbling of the coming rebellion of the minorities inside the Democratic Party will be heard loud and clear .
Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers ; his books State of Emergency : The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America , and Suicide of a Superpower : Will America Survive to 2025 ?
are available from Amazon.com .
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “ The Greatest Comeback : How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority .
His latest book , published @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s White House Wars : The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.
” See Peter Brimelow ’ s review : “ Wheel And Fight ” —Pat Buchanan ’ s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump .

Is her racial diversity America's greatest strength?
So we are told. Yet, even before America becomes a majority-minority nation, 25 years from now, recent changes in the composition of the country are going to impact both parties in 2020.
According to Brookings Institution demographer William Frey, between 2010 and 2020, while America's population grew by 20 million, our white population fell for the first time since the 1790 census.
White Americans fell as a share of the population in all 50 states, in 358 of 364 metropolitan areas, in 3,012 of 3,141 counties. During that same decade, our Black population grew by 3 million, our Asian population by 4 million and our Hispanic population by 10 million.
What's the significance of those numbers? In presidential elections, Hispanics and Asians vote 70% Democratic and African Americans vote 90%.
White folks, who made up 69% of the U.S. population in 2000 when George W. Bush was elected, have fallen today to 60%.
For children under 16, the white share has fallen to less than half.
Minority kids are now the majority in California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi and Maryland.
Whites are also the oldest Americans, with a median age of 44. For Asian Americans, it is 37, for Black Americans, it is 35, and for Latinos, it is 30.
Bottom line: The pool of Democratic voters is growing inexorably while the largest pool of potential GOP voters is aging, stagnating and shrinking.
For the GOP, this is an existential crisis. If demography is destiny, and the party does not either increase its share of the white vote or attract millions more Black, Asian or Hispanic voters, then its national fate and future are sealed.
All one need do is look to California. There, Democrats occupy every statewide office and two-thirds of both houses of the legislature. Both senators are Democrats as are 45 of the 52 members of the U.S. House.
Nor are Democrats unaware of the opportunity demography offers.
As persons of color in America—Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans and people of mixed race—grow in number, the Democrats' job is a simple one.
Get more people of color registered and voting.
So, today, Democrats are pushing for amnesty and a path to citizenship not only for the DACA "Dreamers" but also the 11 million to 22 million other immigrants here illegally. Democrats may be found enlarging the electorate anywhere they can, even if it means allowing convicted felons and prison inmates to vote.
If Democrats capture the White House and Senate, the "Muslim ban" on immigration is history, and America's doors will be opened anew.
But Joe Biden and his generation of Democrats have their own problem.
Even as people of color make up a growing share of the nation, around 40%, they are an even larger, and still growing, share of the Democratic base.
Without the huge majorities Asians, Blacks and Hispanics give them, Democrats could not win the White House. Yet, in this year's primaries, the six top finishers in delegates were Biden, Bernie Sanders, Mike Bloomberg, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar.
All are white, as are the two top Democratic leaders in the House, Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer; the two top Democratic leaders in the Senate, Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin; and the overwhelming majority of the 47 Democratic senators and 24 Democratic governors.
Democrats may prattle on about their glorious "diversity," but a closer look reveals a predominantly white senior officer corps, atop an army of minorities, whose shock troops are the Black Caucus, Black Lives Matter, antifa and The Squad, the latter consisting of four women of color.
There is something else of interest here.
While the statues being torn down in the revolution of the Democratic left are a variety of explorers, conquerors, colonists, missionaries, Confederates and presidents, all appear to have one thing in common.
All are white men.
The Democratic left wants to terminate the succession of white folks making the history of the country.
Thus the Democrats' problem that comes with Biden's choice of a running mate. Though demands are being made that minorities, who deliver half of all Democratic votes, be represented on the ticket, Biden is said to be leaning toward a white woman, Elizabeth Warren.
Choosing Warren would make this Democratic ticket like every other one in 220 years, save for Barack Obama's—an all-white ticket. It would pass over half a dozen women of color and put a white woman first in the line of succession to the presidency. And the 77-year-old Biden is promising to be a transition president.
If Biden overlooks the women of color being considered as running mates and picks a white woman, the rumbling of the coming rebellion of the minorities inside the Democratic Party will be heard loud and clear.
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Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers; his books State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America, and Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025? are available from Amazon.com. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.
His latest book, published May, 2018, is “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”
See Peter Brimelow’s review: “Wheel And Fight”—Pat Buchanan’s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump.


vdare--2020-07-20--It’s Down To This—Self-Preservation For Trump And The Historic American Nation. It Probably Means Du

It’s Down To This—Self-Preservation For Trump And The Historic American Nation. It Probably Means Dumping Jared Kushner

President Donald J. Trump is still trailing former vice president Joe Biden in the polls ( with the curiously unreported exception of the gap-closing bounce-back detected last week by Rasmussen ) but his administration has finally shown signs of life by cracking down on Leftist rioting in Portland , Oregon .
The furious reaction from local Democrat officials and their Journofa enablers shows that Trump is over the target .
[ Portland Mayor To Trump Administration : We Want You To Leave , by David Cohen , Politico , July 19 , 2020 ] He may actually be on a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his Law And Order rhetoric with action—but that may require dumping First Son-In-Law Jared Kushner .
After weeks of resurrected Jacobin Terror , America is ready for Thermidor .
Ironically for a man targeted by Never Trump Republicans under the “ Lincoln Project ” banner , President Trump ’ s action in Portland is the most Lincolnite thing he ’ s ever done [ Portland mayor demands Trump remove federal agents from city , Associated Press , July 18 , 2020 ] .
Federal officers arrested some of those suspected of being behind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Detaining Protesters in Portland , by Adam Raymond and Chas Danner , Intelligencer , July 17 , 2020 ] .
Local Democrats , including Mayor Ted Wheeler and the Oregon state government , condemned the action [ ‘ Like Adding Gasoline ’ : Oregon Officials Blast Trump Response To Portland Protests , by Matthew Schwartz , NPR , July 19 , 2020 ] .
The state government is even suing to stop it .
Speaker Nancy Pelosi referred to federal law enforcement as “ stormtroopers ” [ Pelosi Blasts Trump and ‘ His @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tells Troops to Get Out , by Zen Read , Haaretz , July 19 , 2020 ] .
Of course this is craziness .
These riots in Portland , Oregon have continued for almost two months .
Local law enforcement is obviously unable , unwilling or simply banned from stopping them [ Portland ’ s unrest continues for six straight weeks , by Danielle Wallace , Fox News , July 14 , 2020 ] .
Significantly , The New York Times is upset that federal officers didn ’ t have “ riot control @ @ @ @ @ @ @ riots [ Federal agents deployed to Portland did not have training in riot control : NYT , by Marty Johnson and Lauren Vella , The Hill , July 18 , 2020 ] .
Simply put , this is sedition .
But the mayhem has been greeted by the Main Stream Media with the same indifference that it did to two elderly whites murdered by a black man while visiting their son ’ s grave .
And Journofa doesn ’ t fear a repeat of the murder that ended the anarchist social experiment in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ ongoing ” with no arrests .
Instead , they ’ re trying to whip the nation into hysteria about Trump ’ s “ fascism , ” instead reporting on the actual street violence that ’ s happening right now .
One could make the argument that Trump has been letting his foes reveal themselves by not taking action , at least until very recently .
But his poll numbers have declined since the Black Lives Matter protests began .
It ’ s hard to know how much of this is due to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ handling ( or non-handling ) of the riots .
Either way , the root cause is the same .
For a supposed authoritarian nationalist , Trump is far too hands-off .
Thus Trump has somehow failed to take advantage of a foreign pandemic , a scared population , and large-scale urban riots .
Instead , he ’ s been too naïve , trusting to the wisdom of the stock market and the fair-mindedness of journalists .
The results aren ’ t surprising .
The Washington Post , evidently quite seriously , posted a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ fascist ” in his second term [ Twelve signs Trump would try to run a fascist dictatorship in a second term , by Jonathan Greenberg , Washington Post , July 10 , 2020 ] .
As for the Donor Class , Joe Biden and the DNC outraised President Trump and the RNC for two straight months [ Joe Biden tops Donald Trump in fundraising for second straight month , by Joey Garrison , USA Today , July 2 , 2020 ] .
While some Wall Street investors may want Trump to stay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to back Biden , whom they assume is going to win [ Biden ’ s Rise Spooks Wall Street .
But its Donors Back Him Over Trump.
, by Shane Croucher , Newsweek , July 8 , 2020 ] .
The corporate tax cuts , regulatory rollbacks , and general deference to Big Tech displayed by the Trump Administration hasn ’ t given the White House any advantages .
President Trump just held a major event at the White House where he attacked Joe Biden ’ s attempt to destroy “ our very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was in the context of de-regulation [ Remarks by President Trump on Rolling Back Regulations to Help All Americans , Donald J. Trump , White House , July 16 , 2020 ] .
Looking at the various firms where Trump Administration White House staff ultimately end up will no doubt prove enlightening about whose interests they were really serving when they were in office .
Is there hope ?
Yes .
President Trump ’ s actions in Portland is one sign .
And his apparently-unscripted promise during the de-regulation event to talk about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Suburbs is another Still , these are fundamentally defensive actions .
Opposing lawlessness and new diversity programs are the minimum of what we should expect .
To actually change the election , President Trump needs to show his voters that they stand to gain with him in power .
• First , he needs to push back against his advisors who want him to cut off unemployment benefits [ Trump allies weigh in on phase four coronavirus relief funding , by Alayna Treene , Axios , July 19 , 2020 ] .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Americans , with checks signed by him , not money funneled through a confusing , arbitrary process that rewards some groups at the expense of others .
• Second , Trump needs to cancel “ cancel culture.
” The way to do this is by including political ideology as a protected category under the Civil Rights Act .
Of course , it would be far better if we still had freedom of association , but that ship has apparently sailed .
Now there need to be material costs for companies that purge those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a far-Left political agenda , as is happening right now [ Cisco fires employees for comments made during virtual diversity conference , by Ryan Fernandez , Silicon Valley Business Journal , July 17 , 2020 ] .
• “ Hate crime ” legislation is another thing that should go .
But if we can ’ t do that , faking hate crimes should come with the same punishment as committing them .
After all , fake hate crimes incite the same racial divisions and social tension that real ones do .
• @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and permanent crackdown on immigration .
After some vacillation , Trump has imposed a temporary anti-unemployment immigration moratorium , although strangely he isn ’ t talking about it .
But subsequently there have been mixed signals coming from the White House on the immigration issue , with President Trump reportedly mulling unilateral action to both impose a DACA Amnesty ( something he ’ s always been squishy about ) and tighten up immigration in other ways [ Scoop : Trump ’ s license to skirt the law , by Alayna Treene and Stef @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 ] .
Plus incredibly , astonishingly , we still aren ’ t hearing anything about a remittance tax to pay for the Wall and immigration enforcement .
It ’ s tempting to blame all these failures on Jared Kushner .
He appears to be culturally and even ideologically a New York liberal .
( Why else would he even imagine that his jail-break bill would help Trump ? )
His brief has reportedly included Middle East peace , building a border wall , “ criminal justice reform , ” diplomatic relations with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all of which have been either failures or complete disasters [ Inside Jared Kushner ’ s Unusual White House Role , by Brian Bennett , Time , January 16 , 2020 ] .
Jared Kushner was reportedly the one who told President Trump to fire FBI Director James Comey , thus sparking the Russia investigation and impeachment [ ‘ Gung-ho ’ Jared Kushner Pushed Donald Trump to Fire James Comey , Book Claims , by Chantal Da Silva , Time , March 21 , 2019 ] .
It was reportedly Kushner who told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the beginning of the pandemic , because the stock market might suffer , arguably the single most important misjudgment that could cost Trump re-election [ Jared Kushner Reportedly Convinced Trump in March That Coronavirus Testing Was a Bad Idea , by Luke Darby , GQ , May 14 , 2020 ] .
Yet incredibly , Trump ’ s flailing re-election campaign apparently isn ’ t leading to less influence for Prince Jared , but more [ Inside Trump ’ s Virus-hobbled Campaign , Kushner Takes Helm After Parscale Demotion , by Bill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 ] .
Trump is responsible for staffing and the buck stops with him .
We can only hope his instinct for personal political survival will allow him to see what everyone else already has .
Of course , patriots also shouldn ’ t automatically assume our cause is President Trump ’ s .
Whether we should decide “ worse is better ” in this case , or settle for “ the lesser of two evils , ” is beyond the scope of today ’ s column .
I ’ d personally like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new rise in its place .
But I just don ’ t know if that ’ s even possible .
I ’ m not even sure if it ’ s possible , or even desirable , for the country to remain in one piece .
What I do know with absolute certainty is that the main argument for Trump now is fear of what Democrats will do once in power .
Unlike felons , Historically Black Colleges , and Israel , American patriots haven ’ t seen much from President Trump .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voters in 2016 .
Maybe fear of Biden and his Leftist handlers will work in 2020 .
Ideally , however , President Trump needs to give his supporters something to work for rather than something to rally against if he ’ s serious about staying in the White House .
But I believe that process can only start if Jared Kushner is no longer running the campaign .
James Kirkpatrick [ Email him |Tweet him @ VDAREJamesK ] is a Beltway veteran and a refugee from Conservatism Inc. His latest book is Conservatism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Right .
Read VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow 's Preface here .

President Donald J. Trump is still trailing former vice president Joe Biden in the polls (with the curiously unreported exception of the gap-closing bounce-back detected last week by Rasmussen) but his administration has finally shown signs of life by cracking down on Leftist rioting in Portland, Oregon. The furious reaction from local Democrat officials and their Journofa enablers shows that Trump is over the target [Portland Mayor To Trump Administration: We Want You To Leave, by David Cohen, Politico, July 19, 2020]. He may actually be on a path to victory if he backs up his Law And Order rhetoric with action—but that may require dumping First Son-In-Law Jared Kushner.
After weeks of resurrected Jacobin Terror, America is ready for Thermidor. Ironically for a man targeted by Never Trump Republicans under the “Lincoln Project” banner, President Trump’s action in Portland is the most Lincolnite thing he’s ever done [Portland mayor demands Trump remove federal agents from city, Associated Press, July 18, 2020]. Federal officers arrested some of those suspected of being behind the riots [Unidentified Federal Agents Are Detaining Protesters in Portland, by Adam Raymond and Chas Danner, Intelligencer, July 17, 2020]. Local Democrats, including Mayor Ted Wheeler and the Oregon state government, condemned the action [‘Like Adding Gasoline’: Oregon Officials Blast Trump Response To Portland Protests, by Matthew Schwartz, NPR, July 19, 2020]. The state government is even suing to stop it. Speaker Nancy Pelosi referred to federal law enforcement as “stormtroopers” [Pelosi Blasts Trump and ‘His Stormtroopers’ as Portland’s Mayor Tells Troops to Get Out, by Zen Read, Haaretz, July 19, 2020].
Of course this is craziness. These riots in Portland, Oregon have continued for almost two months. Local law enforcement is obviously unable, unwilling or simply banned from stopping them [Portland’s unrest continues for six straight weeks, by Danielle Wallace, Fox News, July 14, 2020]. Significantly, the New York Times is upset that federal officers didn’t have “riot control” training—conceding the point that these are riots [Federal agents deployed to Portland did not have training in riot control: NYT, by Marty Johnson and Lauren Vella, The Hill, July 18, 2020]. Simply put, this is sedition.
But the mayhem has been greeted by the Main Stream Media with the same indifference that it did to two elderly whites murdered by a black man while visiting their son’s grave. And Journofa doesn’t fear a repeat of the murder that ended the anarchist social experiment in Seattle, a case that is still “ongoing” with no arrests. Instead, they’re trying to whip the nation into hysteria about Trump’s “fascism,” instead reporting on the actual street violence that’s happening right now.
One could make the argument that Trump has been letting his foes reveal themselves by not taking action, at least until very recently. But his poll numbers have declined since the Black Lives Matter protests began. It’s hard to know how much of this is due to the coronavirus spread or Trump’s handling (or non-handling) of the riots. Either way, the root cause is the same. For a supposed authoritarian nationalist, Trump is far too hands-off.
Thus Trump has somehow failed to take advantage of a foreign pandemic, a scared population, and large-scale urban riots. Instead, he’s been too naïve, trusting to the wisdom of the stock market and the fair-mindedness of journalists.
The results aren’t surprising. The Washington Post, evidently quite seriously, posted a warning that Trump would govern as a “fascist” in his second term [Twelve signs Trump would try to run a fascist dictatorship in a second term, by Jonathan Greenberg, Washington Post, July 10, 2020]. As for the Donor Class, Joe Biden and the DNC outraised President Trump and the RNC for two straight months [Joe Biden tops Donald Trump in fundraising for second straight month, by Joey Garrison, USA Today, July 2, 2020]. While some Wall Street investors may want Trump to stay in office, they are more willing to back Biden, whom they assume is going to win [Biden’s Rise Spooks Wall Street. But its Donors Back Him Over Trump, by Shane Croucher, Newsweek, July 8, 2020].
The corporate tax cuts, regulatory rollbacks, and general deference to Big Tech displayed by the Trump Administration hasn’t given the White House any advantages. President Trump just held a major event at the White House where he attacked Joe Biden’s attempt to destroy “our very way of life,” but it was in the context of de-regulation [Remarks by President Trump on Rolling Back Regulations to Help All Americans, Donald J. Trump, White House, July 16, 2020]. Looking at the various firms where Trump Administration White House staff ultimately end up will no doubt prove enlightening about whose interests they were really serving when they were in office.
Is there hope? Yes. President Trump’s actions in Portland is one sign. And his apparently unscripted promise during the de-regulation event to talk about Joe Biden’s War On The Suburbs is another.
Still, these are fundamentally defensive actions. Opposing lawlessness and new diversity programs are the minimum of what we should expect. To actually change the election, President Trump needs to show his voters that they stand to gain with him in power.
First, he needs to push back against his advisors who want him to cut off unemployment benefits [Trump allies weigh in on phase four coronavirus relief funding, by Alayna Treene, Axios, July 19, 2020].
He should be offering more direct help to Americans, with checks signed by him, not money funneled through a confusing, arbitrary process that rewards some groups at the expense of others.
Second, Trump needs to cancel “cancel culture.” The way to do this is by including political ideology as a protected category under the Civil Rights Act.
Of course, it would be far better if we still had freedom of association, but that ship has apparently sailed. Now there need to be material costs for companies that purge those who don’t get on board with a far-Left political agenda, as is happening right now [Cisco fires employees for comments made during virtual diversity conference, by Ryan Fernandez, Silicon Valley Business Journal, July 17, 2020].
After all, fake hate crimes incite the same racial divisions and social tension that real ones do.
Finally, there must be a real and permanent crackdown on immigration.
After some vacillation, Trump has imposed a temporary anti-unemployment immigration moratorium, although strangely he isn’t talking about it. But subsequently there have been mixed signals coming from the White House on the immigration issue, with President Trump reportedly mulling unilateral action to both impose a DACA Amnesty (something he’s always been squishy about) and tighten up immigration in other ways [Scoop: Trump’s license to skirt the law, by Alayna Treene and Stef Knight, Axios, July 19, 2020].
Plus incredibly, astonishingly, we still aren’t hearing anything about a remittance tax to pay for the Wall and immigration enforcement.
It’s tempting to blame all these failures on Jared Kushner. He appears to be culturally and even ideologically a New York liberal. (Why else would he even imagine that his jail-break bill would help Trump?) His brief has reportedly included Middle East peace, building a border wall, “criminal justice reform,” diplomatic relations with China, and the re-election campaign, all of which have been either failures or complete disasters [Inside Jared Kushner’s Unusual White House Role, by Brian Bennett, Time, January 16, 2020].
Jared Kushner was reportedly the one who told President Trump to fire FBI Director James Comey, thus sparking the Russia investigation and impeachment [‘Gung-ho’ Jared Kushner Pushed Donald Trump to Fire James Comey, Book Claims, by Chantal Da Silva, Time, March 21, 2019]. It was reportedly Kushner who told the president not to take aggressive action at the beginning of the pandemic, because the stock market might suffer, arguably the single most important misjudgment that could cost Trump re-election [Jared Kushner Reportedly Convinced Trump in March That Coronavirus Testing Was a Bad Idea, by Luke Darby, GQ, May 14, 2020].
Yet incredibly, Trump’s flailing re-election campaign apparently isn’t leading to less influence for Prince Jared, but more [Inside Trump’s Virus-hobbled Campaign, Kushner Takes Helm After Parscale Demotion, by Bill Powell, Newsweek, July 18, 2020].
Trump is responsible for staffing and the buck stops with him. We can only hope his instinct for personal political survival will allow him to see what everyone else already has.
Of course, patriots also shouldn’t automatically assume our cause is President Trump’s. Whether we should decide “worse is better” in this case, or settle for “the lesser of two evils,” is beyond the scope of today’s column. I’d personally like to see the GOP collapse and something new rise in its place. But I just don’t know if that’s even possible. I’m not even sure if it’s possible, or even desirable, for the country to remain in one piece.
What I do know with absolute certainty is that the main argument for Trump now is fear of what Democrats will do once in power.
Unlike felons, Historically Black Colleges, and Israel, American patriots haven’t seen much from President Trump. It was hope that drove Trump’s voters in 2016. Maybe fear of Biden and his Leftist handlers will work in 2020.
Ideally, however, President Trump needs to give his supporters something to work for rather than something to rally against if he’s serious about staying in the White House.
But I believe that process can only start if Jared Kushner is no longer running the campaign.
James Kirkpatrick [Email him |Tweet him @VDAREJamesK] is a Beltway veteran and a refugee from Conservatism Inc. His latest book is Conservatism Inc.: The Battle for the American Right. Read VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow's Preface here.


vdare--2020-07-20--A New York Legal Professional Says Pandemic School Pods Will Be Attacked By "Civil Rights" Enforcers

From : An Anonymous Legal Professional [ Email him ] Self-organizing parents concerned about letting their children go back to schools in the age of the China Virus are thinking of organizing `` pandemic school pods '' bringing the teachers to the children .
Interesting idea , but it 's inherently racist because it appeals to smart , literate , motivated people ( as opposed to Keisha Lance Bottoms , London Breed , Muriel Bowser , Lori Lightfoot , LaToya Cantrell , Kamala Harris , Danielle Outlaw , Stacey Abrams , and Carmen Best ) .
The litmus test : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on `` People of color '' than whites , it 's racist .
1 .
The DNC will assign 500 SJW attorneys to destroy the legality of home schooling as systemic racism , based on disparate results ( white children educated by their parents are arrested less frequently than gang-bangers of color ) .
2 .
The DNC will attack the pod plan since a paid tutor in your home is not a `` home school '' , and must meet the same requirements as a private school ( certification , inspection , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They will win this one eventually , despite the poor quality of legal expertise they 've demonstrated so far .
A Temporary Restraining Order will appear instantly to prevent any implementation of a pod variant ... until they win .
3 .
When `` pod school '' does not equal `` home school '' , children opting out will be subject to fail promotion and criminal prosecution of the parents : education is compulsory .
4 .
A pre-emptive strike against the entrenched masses of perpetual outrage ( by inviting a black child @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unconscious white racism , but it does introduce a non COVID-compliant child with a far greater propensity toward violence than your own child .
How would you expel little Le'Maricus McMcMickins after he breaks your daughter 's nose ?
Wake up—this is happening faster than you can react .
See earlier letters from the same reader .

From: An Anonymous Legal Professional [Email him]
Self-organizing parents concerned about letting their children go back to schools in the age of the China Virus are thinking of organizing "pandemic school pods" bringing the teachers to the children.
For parents who can afford it, a solution for fall: Bring the teachers to them https://t.co/4ZZl0Q7TEA — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 17, 2020
Interesting idea, but it's inherently racist because it appeals to smart, literate, motivated people (as opposed to Keisha Lance Bottoms, London Breed, Muriel Bowser, Lori Lightfoot, LaToya Cantrell, Kamala Harris, Danielle Outlaw, Stacey Abrams, and Carmen Best). The litmus test: If it does not bestow more benefits on "people of color" than whites, it's racist.
What will happen?
1. The DNC will assign 500 SJW attorneys to destroy the legality of home schooling as systemic racism, based on disparate results (white children educated by their parents are arrested less frequently than gang-bangers of color).
2. The DNC will attack the pod plan since a paid tutor in your home is not a "home school", and must meet the same requirements as a private school (certification, inspection, zoning, licenses, insurance). They will win this one eventually, despite the poor quality of legal expertise they've demonstrated so far. A Temporary Restraining Order will appear instantly to prevent any implementation of a pod variant... until they win.
3. When "pod school" does not equal "home school," children opting out will be subject to fail promotion and criminal prosecution of the parents: Education is compulsory.
4. A pre-emptive strike against the entrenched masses of perpetual outrage (by inviting a black child into the pod) cannot reduce unconscious white racism, but it does introduce a non COVID-compliant child with a far greater propensity toward violence than your own child. How would you expel little Le'Maricus McMcMickins after he breaks your daughter's nose?
Wake up—this is happening faster than you can react.
See earlier letters from the same reader.


vdare--2020-07-20--July 20, 1969: The Historic American Nation Lands On The Moon

In his discussion of the Smithsonian African-American Museum 's attack on white culture for its belief in `` Rugged Individualism … self-reliance … the nuclear family … objective , rational linear thinking … history based on Northern European immigrants ' experience … the Protestant work ethic … hard work is the key to success … '' and so , including the Scientific Method and punctuality , Steve Sailer wrote : Well , of course , the Historic American nation , as it had evolved by 1969 , did make it to the Moon .
Below , NASA 's Apollo 11 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ maleness : If you look very closely , you 'll see one lady , and possibly a man whose slightly darker skin is n't an artifact of black and white photography .
Steve Sailer called it `` Non-Diversity before Diversity '' .
They said `` the Eagle has landed '' when the module hit the moon .
This is the reverse of the Eisenhower silver dollar , issued 1971 .
When you see it actual size , you have to look close to see that the American Eagle is on cratered surface , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Does the current America have the civilization self-confidence to do this again ?
Good question .
Here are some VDARE.com headlines on the current space effort : • NYT : `` To Make It to the Moon , Women Have to Escape Earth ’ s Gender Bias '' • NYT : `` That 'Giant Leap for Mankind ' Happened Thanks to Plenty of Women . ''
• WaPo : `` From Space , Everyone Is a Citizen '' Says Latino/Asian Immigrant That does n't sound good .
A while back , they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ryan Gosling .
Here 's VDARE.com 's coverage : • Sailer Review Of FIRST MAN In TakiMag • White America 's Flag on the Moon No Longer Worth Celebrating in `` First Man '' • Paul Kersey : See FIRST MAN This Weekend !
It Depicts A Time Before America Had To Be Made Great Again—When Whitey Was Indeed On The Moon Some people might think the Moon landing was n't only about white America , because America was diverse , even then .
Well , America was divided into basically two races @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blacks were opposed to the space program , because the money could , they thought , be better spent on black single mothers and housing projects : • HIDDEN FIGURES Myth Dissolves—It Was n't Blacks Who Got America To The Moon , They Actually Wanted To Stop It Below , Gil Scott-Heron recites a poem called `` Whitey on the Moon '' making the point that blacks had problems of poverty and drugs , but white people had decided to go to the moon .
By the way , I almost did n't @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some black women who worked as `` computers '' —I.E .
doing arithmetical calculations by hand , before electronic computers were invented , a form of mathematical drudgery—because it was bout the 1961 Mercury program , but a lot of the hype about that said that black women helped America get to the Moon , IE .
'Hidden Figures ' : How Black Women Did The Math That Put Men On The Moon , September 25 , 2016 .
• Hyped Figures : John Glenn And The PC Myth Of Katherine Johnson–Unsung Black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Moon • Why Not A Movie About Jack Crenshaw ?
—The White Man Who Actually Did What HIDDEN FIGURES Credits To Black Women • An Asian Cultural Marxist Demands We Delete A Paul Kersey Article For Wrongthink So here 's the man , and here 's the flag , the ultimate in Social Distancing , July 20 , 1969 .

In his discussion of the Smithsonian African-American Museum's attack on white culture for its belief in "Rugged Individualism … self-reliance … the nuclear family … objective, rational linear thinking … history based on Northern European immigrants' experience … the Protestant work ethic … hard work is the key to success …" and so, including the Scientific Method and punctuality, Steve Sailer wrote:
Obviously, this is intended with hostility … but if you subtitled it “How to Get to the Moon by 1969” and tacked it up on a college bulletin board, there’d be a nationwide freakout over secret white supremacists running amok on campus.
Well, of course, the Historic American nation, as it had evolved by 1969, did make it to the Moon.
Below, NASA's Apollo 11 Mission Control in all its whiteness and maleness:
If you look very closely, you'll see one lady, and possibly a man whose slightly darker skin isn't an artifact of black and white photography. Steve Sailer called it "Non-Diversity before Diversity."
They said "the Eagle has landed" when the module hit the moon.
This is the reverse of the Eisenhower silver dollar, issued 1971. When you see it actual size, you have to look close to see that the American Eagle is on a cratered surface, with the Earth visible in the sky:
Does the current America have the civilizational self-confidence to do this again? Good question. Here are some VDARE.com headlines on the current space effort:
That doesn't sound good. A while back, they made a movie about the moon-landing with Ryan Gosling. Here's VDARE.com's coverage:
Some people might think the Moon landing wasn't only about white America, because America was diverse, even then.
Well, America was divided into basically two races, white and black, and many blacks were opposed to the space program, because the money could, they thought, be better spent on black single mothers and housing projects:
Below, Gil Scott-Heron recites a poem called "Whitey on the Moon" making the point that blacks had problems of poverty and drugs, but white people had decided to go to the moon.
By the way, I almost didn't mention the movie Hidden Figures, about some black women who worked as "computers"—i.e., doing arithmetical calculations by hand, before electronic computers were invented, a form of mathematical drudgery—because it was about the 1961 Mercury program, but a lot of the hype about that said that black women helped America get to the Moon, IE. 'Hidden Figures': How Black Women Did The Math That Put Men On The Moon, NPR, September 25, 2016.
So here's the man, and here's the flag, the ultimate in Social Distancing, July 20, 1969.


vdare--2020-07-20--From The Derbyshire Email Bag: Poland, Alabama, And Ukraine

Just a few arising from my July 17th podcast .
1 .
Will Poland go Irish ?
I asked any listeners who know more than I do about Poland ( which is to say , well-nigh any listeners at all ) to comment on my speculation that Poland , in spite of last week 's encouraging election victory for the conservative-nationalist party , may take a progressive turn .
I drew parallels with Ireland , which was once likewise conservative , Catholic , and in the shadow of a more powerful neighbor , but is now the Heart of Wokeness @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that such a turn is likely .
One pointed out that Rod Dreher was a year ahead of me on this speculation .
In his 7/6/19 piece at The American Conservative Rod actually quotes one of his Polish acquaintances thus : `` We all say that in ten years , Poland will be a second Ireland . ''
Another listener referred me to this Axios report by Dave Lawler , whose headline tells the tale : `` Older , rural voters tip Poland 's election to the incumbent . ''
We National Conservatives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ steadfastness of the Visegrad nations in the face of EU directives to embrace mass Third World immigration .
We may be headed for disappointment .
2 .
What 's the matter with Alabama ?
I lamented Jeff Sessions , a useful and patriotic politician , losing last Tuesday 's GOP Senate primary to Tommy Tuberville , a Uniparty glove puppet .
What on earth is the matter with Alabama Republicans ?
I wondered .
Although not born and bred in the South , I have lived in [ name of an adjacent state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I can tell you the reason Tuberville really won : football .
That is the only word you ever have to say in the South to get anything or gain approval .
Not a day goes by that I don ’ t hear something explained via a football story or metaphor .
( As if using a football analogy would actually help explain something to someone who NEVER watches football and LOATHES it because it is at the forefront of every conversation , and the reason for scheduling things like school . )
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's support , but I can guarantee the actual reason Tuberville won is because he is associated with football .
And in the South , there is no greater accolade to be bestowed .
Football is the highest endorsement/validation anyone can be given .
I suspected something of the kind , although I hesitated to charge the good people of Alabama—native place of two of my heroes , Hank Williams and E.O .
Wilson—with being so dumb .
For the grounds of my suspicion , see the notes I made on my 2003 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I omitted to record my impressions of the Bear Bryant Museum in Tuscaloosa , which I think is not much smaller than the Smithsonian and whose general interior ambience reminded me of the Sistine Chapel .
3 .
The Ukraine .
From a very seriously disappointed listener : Since you began your war against `` the '' country names , I have become a fanatical devotee to your cause .
I even suffered strange looks from others by using `` Czechia , '' such is my zeal to eliminate this definite article from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to hear you call Ukraine `` The Ukraine '' in your most recent Radio Derb .
[ At 14m55s here . ]
I work with someone from that great nation and whenever I am compelled to mention it by name , I always take the utmost care to omit the `` the . ''
This has taken significant practice on my part which I fancy my colleague appreciates very much ; though they 've never said as much .
I 'm sure they would be most distressed to learn of your indiscretion .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ man and mean no good men ill , I will refrain from mentioning this to my colleague .
I trust you will be more careful in future !
Thank you , Sir .
I am grateful for the correction .
Homer nods , and so do I. I have alerted the VDARE.com editors to the issue so that similar lapses in the future have a better chance of being caught before publication .
DROP THE `` THE '' !

Just a few arising from my July 17th podcast.
1. Will Poland go Irish? I asked any listeners who know more than I do about Poland (which is to say, well-nigh any listeners at all) to comment on my speculation that Poland, in spite of last week's encouraging election victory for the conservative-nationalist party, may take a progressive turn. I drew parallels with Ireland, which was once likewise conservative, Catholic, and in the shadow of a more powerful neighbor, but is now the Heart of Wokeness.
Readers who emailed in uniformly agreed that such a turn is likely. One pointed out that Rod Dreher was a year ahead of me on this speculation. In his 7/6/19 piece at The American Conservative Rod actually quotes one of his Polish acquaintances thus: "We all say that in ten years, Poland will be a second Ireland."
Another listener referred me to this Axios report by Dave Lawler, whose headline tells the tale: "Older, rural voters tip Poland's election to the incumbent."
We National Conservatives have been drawing much comfort from the steadfastness of the Visegrad nations in the face of EU directives to embrace mass Third World immigration. We may be headed for disappointment.
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2. What's the matter with Alabama? I lamented Jeff Sessions, a useful and patriotic politician, losing last Tuesday's GOP Senate primary to Tommy Tuberville, a Uniparty glove puppet. What on earth is the matter with Alabama Republicans? I wondered.
A listener enlightens me.
Although not born and bred in the South, I have lived in [name of an adjacent state] for almost forty years, and I can tell you the reason Tuberville really won: football. That is the only word you ever have to say in the South to get anything or gain approval. Not a day goes by that I don’t hear something explained via a football story or metaphor. (As if using a football analogy would actually help explain something to someone who NEVER watches football and LOATHES it because it is at the forefront of every conversation, and the reason for scheduling things like school.) True, Sessions may not have Trump's support, but I can guarantee the actual reason Tuberville won is because he is associated with football. And in the South, there is no greater accolade to be bestowed. Football is the highest endorsement/validation anyone can be given.
I suspected something of the kind, although I hesitated to charge the good people of Alabama—native place of two of my heroes, Hank Williams and E.O. Wilson—with being so dumb.
For the grounds of my suspicion, see the notes I made on my 2003 trip to the state. Sample:
I don't mean to imply that college football is a religion. As one Alabama friend replied when I suggested this comparison: "No, it's more important than that ..."
I omitted to record my impressions of the Bear Bryant Museum in Tuscaloosa , which I think is not much smaller than the Smithsonian and whose general interior ambience reminded me of the Sistine Chapel.
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3. The Ukraine. From a very seriously disappointed listener:
Dear Mr Derbyshire,
Since you began your war against "the" country names, I have become a fanatical devotee to your cause. I even suffered strange looks from others by using "Czechia," such is my zeal to eliminate this definite article from all nations. I was therefore horrified to hear you call Ukraine "The Ukraine" in your most recent Radio Derb. [At 14m55s here.] I work with someone from that great nation and whenever I am compelled to mention it by name, I always take the utmost care to omit the "the." This has taken significant practice on my part which I fancy my colleague appreciates very much; though they've never said as much. I'm sure they would be most distressed to learn of your indiscretion. As I know you are a good man and mean no good men ill, I will refrain from mentioning this to my colleague. I trust you will be more careful in future!
Thank you, Sir. I am grateful for the correction. Homer nods, and so do I. I have alerted the VDARE.com editors to the issue so that similar lapses in the future have a better chance of being caught before publication. DROP THE "THE"!
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vdare--2020-07-20--Rod Dreher's Escape From Being PERMANENTLY Cancelled By Sharpton's Followers In 2001

Earlier , by Hubert Collins : Will Rod Dreher Ever Get Purged ?
and A Reader Has Been Watching Rod Dreher Struggle With His `` Inner Identitarian '' Rod Dreher has always been the Compleat Cuckservative , a white Southerner who is not `` self-hating '' but who hates other white Southerners .
Because he actually is a Christian conservative on social issues he is hated by the Left .
( Aside from our coverage above , Wikipedia says he 's `` been involved in multiple controversies regarding his views on race '' ) In 2012 , he was all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prosecuted ( police had originally investigated it and called it obvious self-defence ) but hated the fact that Al Sharpton was involved , because Sharpton had almost got him , Dreher , killed , by New York blacks .
A friend of mine and I were talking over the weekend about the Martin case .
Like me , he thinks an outside investigation into how this case was handled is warranted .
Like me , he ’ s upset over the bonfire of racialist outraged stoked by Sharpton and his ilk .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
“ Even if he ’ s not guilty , he will have to spend every day for the rest of his life looking over his shoulder.
” I did too , for about a week , thanks in large part to Sharpton , who is a wicked , wicked man .
In the summer of 2001 , I wrote an ill-advised column for the New York Post about the death of the pop star Aaliyah .
My editors at the paper asked me if I agreed with them that the big @ @ @ @ @ @ @ closing off a big stretch of Park Avenue , if memory serves , was over the top for a young singer .
I did agree .
They asked me to write a column about it .
I did , and used the Aaliyah excesses as a jumping off point to talk about how , in my view , we overvalued celebrity deaths ( I mentioned , for example , the hysteria over Rudolph Valentino ’ s funeral ) , and didn ’ t pay enough attention to the deaths of men and women @ @ @ @ @ @ @ good in life .
I still believe that basic point , but it was mean to have brought Aaliyah into it .
It was an insensitive column , and I regret having written it .
[ SURE , HER DEATH ’ S TRAGIC – BUT THIS IS TOO MUCH , by Rod Dreher August 31 , 2001 ] Anyway , the switchboard at the Post literally shut down for all the angry calls , stoked by black radio DJs that morning .
I had 210 voice mail messages waiting for me when I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ almost all full of profanity , and a surprise amount of anti-Semitism , including threats about what the callers , all of whom had black accents , were going to do to my Jew ass .
[ Dreher is a German-American name , but the blacks did n't know that . ]
There were several death threats , including a chilling one from a male caller who said something along the lines of , “ We know what you look like , and we know where you work .
We are going to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not see us coming .
We are going to cut your throat.
” Well , of course they knew what I looked like .
My picture ran with my column .
And of course they knew where the newspaper ’ s office was .
The paper had to beef up security outside the building .
Sharpton , of course , got involved , and started pumping the thing up on his radio show and elsewhere .
Coming to and from work on the subway over the next couple of days , I kept @ @ @ @ @ @ @ black man got within 10 feet of me , I thought , “ Could this be one of the people who made the death threat ?
” My editors suggested that I take some time off and stay at home .
I stayed in my apartment for a week , not going anywhere , hoping and praying that nobody would find out where I lived and come harm me or my family .
I listened to Al Sharpton denounce me on his radio broadcast , and announce his intention to escalate the campaign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ local cable access on night , I watched a young black man speaking to a mob inside a club , or so it looked like , telling them that he had called Rod Dreher on the phone to talk to him , and Rod Dreher said that black people could go screw themselves , or something along those lines .
Completely invented .
The crowd went wild with anger .
The man ended up by leading them in a chant of “ Kill Giuliani !
” Recounting this for you now , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the top that it must be an invention .
I assure you it was not .
The left-liberal commentator Katha Pollitt , while calling my column cruel ( a fair judgment , actually ) , snarked in her Nation column at the time , “ I can ’ t think of a more important issue than celebrity funerals for a self-described national black leader to be addressing right now !
” It was ridiculous to Pollitt , but for me , I couldn ’ t leave the house without fearing that somebody under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Fashion Mart me .
If you know Sharpton ’ s role in provoking that racially charged massacre , you know that my fears were not silly .
How was the case resolved ?
9/11 .
Seriously , the 9/11 attacks , which happened while this was going on , gave New York something else to talk about .
I don ’ t know how it would have ended otherwise .
And I had not killed a black teenager in a complicated situation , like Zimmerman has .
I had only written a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ celebrity ’ s funeral .
Yet Sharpton was turning it into a racial showdown , one involving multiple death threats , which , while not coming directly from him , he did nothing to discourage .
In fact , he turned the rhetoric up .
He ’ s an evil man .
I am sorry to see Trayvon Martin ’ s family get involved with that snake .
No good will come of this .
Even if you believe Zimmerman is guilty , you should be appalled that racists like Al Sharpton , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s okay to terrorize Zimmerman .
But Zimmerman is not the first person Sharpton , Inc. , has attempted to terrorize .
This is how he works .
It ’ s been obvious for years to anyone with eyes to see .
The Cost of Sanctimony , American Conservative , April 2 , 2012 , emphases added , and the link to Dreher 's 2001 column that

Earlier, by Hubert Collins: Will Rod Dreher Ever Get Purged? and A Reader Has Been Watching Rod Dreher Struggle With His "Inner Identitarian"
Rod Dreher has always been the Compleat Cuckservative, a white Southerner who is not "self-hating" but who hates other white Southerners. Because he actually is a Christian conservative on social issues he is hated by the Left. (Aside from our coverage above, Wikipedia says he's "been involved in multiple controversies regarding his views on race.")
In 2012, he was all in favor of the George Zimmerman being prosecuted (police had originally investigated it and called it obvious self-defense) but hated the fact that Al Sharpton was involved, because Sharpton had almost got him, Dreher, killed, by New York blacks.
A friend of mine and I were talking over the weekend about the Martin case. Like me, he thinks an outside investigation into how this case was handled is warranted. Like me, he’s upset over the bonfire of racialist outraged stoked by Sharpton and his ilk. “Zimmerman is toast,” my friend said. “Even if he’s not guilty, he will have to spend every day for the rest of his life looking over his shoulder.”
I did too, for about a week, thanks in large part to Sharpton, who is a wicked, wicked man. In the summer of 2001, I wrote an ill-advised column for the New York Post about the death of the pop star Aaliyah. My editors at the paper asked me if I agreed with them that the big public funeral they were having, including closing off a big stretch of Park Avenue, if memory serves, was over the top for a young singer. I did agree. They asked me to write a column about it. I did, and used the Aaliyah excesses as a jumping off point to talk about how, in my view, we overvalued celebrity deaths (I mentioned, for example, the hysteria over Rudolph Valentino’s funeral), and didn’t pay enough attention to the deaths of men and women who had accomplished a lot of real good in life. I still believe that basic point, but it was mean to have brought Aaliyah into it. It was an insensitive column, and I regret having written it. [SURE, HER DEATH’S TRAGIC – BUT THIS IS TOO MUCH, by Rod Dreher August 31, 2001]
Anyway, the switchboard at the Post literally shut down for all the angry calls, stoked by black radio DJs that morning. I had 210 voice mail messages waiting for me when I got to the office. They were almost all full of profanity, and a surprise amount of anti-Semitism, including threats about what the callers, all of whom had black accents, were going to do to my Jew ass. [Dreher is a German-American name, but the blacks didn't know that.] There were several death threats, including a chilling one from a male caller who said something along the lines of, “We know what you look like, and we know where you work. We are going to be waiting for you. You will not see us coming. We are going to cut your throat.”
Well, of course they knew what I looked like. My picture ran with my column. And of course they knew where the newspaper’s office was. The paper had to beef up security outside the building. Sharpton, of course, got involved, and started pumping the thing up on his radio show and elsewhere. Coming to and from work on the subway over the next couple of days, I kept my head down. Every time a black man got within 10 feet of me, I thought, “Could this be one of the people who made the death threat?” My editors suggested that I take some time off and stay at home. I stayed in my apartment for a week, not going anywhere, hoping and praying that nobody would find out where I lived and come harm me or my family. I listened to Al Sharpton denounce me on his radio broadcast, and announce his intention to escalate the campaign against me and the paper. On local cable access on night, I watched a young black man speaking to a mob inside a club, or so it looked like, telling them that he had called Rod Dreher on the phone to talk to him, and Rod Dreher said that black people could go screw themselves, or something along those lines. Completely invented. The crowd went wild with anger. The man ended up by leading them in a chant of “Kill Giuliani!”
Recounting this for you now, I think that this must sound so over the top that it must be an invention. I assure you it was not. The left-liberal commentator Katha Pollitt, while calling my column cruel (a fair judgment, actually), snarked in her Nation column at the time, “I can’t think of a more important issue than celebrity funerals for a self-described national black leader to be addressing right now!” It was ridiculous to Pollitt, but for me, I couldn’t leave the house without fearing that somebody under the influence of Sharpton would Freddie’s Fashion Mart me. If you know Sharpton’s role in provoking that racially charged massacre, you know that my fears were not silly.
How was the case resolved? 9/11. Seriously, the 9/11 attacks, which happened while this was going on, gave New York something else to talk about. I don’t know how it would have ended otherwise. And I had not killed a black teenager in a complicated situation, like Zimmerman has. I had only written a lighthearted column poking fun at a black celebrity’s funeral. Yet Sharpton was turning it into a racial showdown, one involving multiple death threats, which, while not coming directly from him, he did nothing to discourage. In fact, he turned the rhetoric up. He’s an evil man. I am sorry to see Trayvon Martin’s family get involved with that snake. No good will come of this.
Even if you believe Zimmerman is guilty, you should be appalled that racists like Al Sharpton, Spike Lee, and others think it’s okay to terrorize Zimmerman. But Zimmerman is not the first person Sharpton, Inc., has attempted to terrorize. This is how he works. It’s been obvious for years to anyone with eyes to see.
The Cost of Sanctimony, American Conservative, April 2, 2012, emphases added, and the link to Dreher's 2001 column that