vdare--2020-08-04--Peacefulness Intensifies at Hollywood Hills Rent-a-Party

When I went out for a walk at dusk , there were three news helicopters hovering over Mulholland Drive near @ @ @ @ @ of the Hollywood Hills a few miles to the south .
Back in the old @ @ @ @ @ likely meant Charlie Sheen getting into a spat with Denise Richards , but lately it @ @ @ @ @ house and throws a giant party .
This one had something to do with NFL @ @ @ @ @ LAPD went by for lack of social distancing , but failed to break it up @ @ @ @ @ guess .
Later on in the night , lots of gunfire , which you can @ @ @ @ @ 6:05 mark on this Instagram video .
At least three people were shot .
One @ @ @ @ @ block down in the flatlands ( much smaller ) is being rented out on Air @ @ @ @ @ I ’ m not crazy about .
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When I went out for a walk at dusk, there were three news helicopters hovering over Mulholland Drive near Coldwater Canyon at the top of the Hollywood Hills a few miles to the south. Back in the old days, helicopters over Mulholland likely meant Charlie Sheen getting into a spat with Denise Richards, but lately it’s somebody rents a house and throws a giant party. This one had something to do with NFL players and/or rappers.
The LAPD went by for lack of social distancing, but failed to break it up: black privilege, I guess.
Later on in the night, lots of gunfire, which you can hear at the 4:25 and 6:05 mark on this Instagram video. At least three people were shot.
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One of the houses on my block down in the flatlands (much smaller) is being rented out on Air B-n-B for parties, which I’m not crazy about.
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vdare--2020-08-04--Leftist Robert Reich Is Slightly To The Right Of J.R.R. Tolkien When It Comes To His Own Berkeley Ne

Leftist Robert Reich Is Slightly To The Right Of J.R.R. Tolkien When It Comes To His Own Berkeley Neighborhood

A real estate developer in ultra-expensive Berkeley wants to tear down an old , rather ramshackle house to put 10 units on its big lot .
Here ’ s the 73 page historical preservation report on the house , a report that probably cost more than a small house in Oklahoma .
And here ’ s the street view showing there is already 3-story apartment complex right across the street .
Not surprisingly , the ultra-progressive neighbors are explaining that the sacred principle of community preservation means that this kind of demographic progress must be slowed and managed , preferably @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Robert Reich , secretary of labor in the Clinton Administration and a Berkeley professor of economics has written to the planning board to explain the progressive principle : If historic preservation means anything , it means maintaining enough of the character of an older neighborhood to remind people of its history and provide continuity with the present .
Development for the sake of development makes no sense when it imposes social costs like Of course , many ordinary Americans feel much the same way about the community that is the United States @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the community that is his Berkeley neighborhood .
But has it ever dawned on Reich to extend some sympathy to his fellow American citizens over immigration policy ?
Nah .
They are racists and deserve what they have coming to them .

A real estate developer in ultra-expensive Berkeley wants to tear down an old, rather ramshackle house to put 10 units on its big lot. Here’s the 73 page historical preservation report on the house, a report that probably cost more than a small house in Oklahoma. And here’s the street view showing there is already 3-story apartment complex right across the street.
Not surprisingly, the ultra-progressive neighbors are explaining that the sacred principle of community preservation means that this kind of demographic progress must be slowed and managed, preferably for a few eons. For example, Robert Reich, secretary of labor in the Clinton Administration and a Berkeley professor of economics, has written to the planning board to explain the progressive principle:
If historic preservation means anything, it means maintaining enough of the character of an older neighborhood to remind people of its history and provide continuity with the present. Development for the sake of development makes no sense when it imposes social costs like
[Tweet deleted, see archived version, also PDF link]
Of course, many ordinary Americans feel much the same way about the community that is the United States of America as Prof. Reich feels about the community that is his Berkeley neighborhood. But has it ever dawned on Reich to extend some sympathy to his fellow American citizens over immigration policy?
Nah. They are racists and deserve what they have coming to them.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-08-04--BLM's White Female Fanatics: Big Sister Is Watching Us. But Why?

Leftist women seem to be emerging as the “ New Church Ladies ” , as Jim Goad has called them .
In an extraordinary expose , American Conservative columnist Rod Dreher recently reported that even Democrat operatives worry privately that “ hard left women ” incensed by Hillary Clinton ’ s defeat have “ completely taken over the middle management of the party ” and are “ allowing their rage to guide them , ” for example forcing the firing of a young data analyst , David Shor , simply for reporting evidence that the Martin Luther King riots damaged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sister is Watching You , June 24 , 2020 ] .
And watched any of the coverage of Black Lives Matter riots will be struck by one unavoidable question : Why are so many of the participants women—especially young women ?
I reported a while ago on the evidence that more than 50 % of young , extremely liberal females have been diagnosed with depression .
There is also evidence that females are far more socially conformist than males .
But according to a new study , published by the National Policy Institute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whole of host of factors which help to explain why such a large percentage of BLM protestors are young women .
The study—entitled “ The Next Great Awakening ” [ June 27 , 2020 ] and researched by independent academic Edward Dutton—argues that BLM should be understood as a kind of “ religious revival.
” It notes that it has all of the central components of traditional Christianity ( dogmas , group-orientation , despising the outgroup , even over-detecting agency—evil racists though , rather than God ’ s presence ) except metaphysical belief @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which is significantly genetic , became selected for partly because it reduced stress in the face of “ mortality salience ” —the realisation that you might die .
Charting twentieth-century British history , the author shows that periods of “ elevated mortality salience ” —such as wars or the possibility of destitution—are always followed by “ religious revivals ” in which people become intensely devout and have overwhelming religious experiences , which reduce their feelings of stress .
Dutton presents evidence indicating that the kind of people who have such religious experiences , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ religiosity , tend to be high in Neuroticism ( mental instability , intense negative feelings ) and thus prone to depression and anxiety .
In such people , these feelings are pushed to such extremes , that they become profoundly religious ; an adaptive trait to calm the person down .
Fearing exclusion and ostracism , Neurotic people also tend to be easily caught up in mass movements , such as religious revivals .
And these revivals are always dominated by young females .
According to Dutton , part of the reason for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ general , more religious than males , Pew Research finding that 70 % of American women are “ absolutely certain ” that God exists , compared to 57 % of men .
And why are women more religious than men ?
• Firstly , they are higher in empathy—in reading signals of internal states from external markers .
This means they see evidence of feelings in the world itself in a way that autistics , who lack empathy and are usually male and irreligious , can not .
• Secondly , traditional religion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , including rules about sexual faithfulness .
So , to avoid being cuckolded , men would have selected for religious women .
• Thirdly , for most of our history wealth has predicted how many surviving children you have , causing females to want high status males .
This would set off a competition to be religious—as a marker of faithfulness—specifically among women .
These women would be adapted to a religious-patriarchal system in which they were controlled by men because females who deviated from this did not pass on their genes .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ young women have been inculcated is Multiculturalism , not traditional Christianity .
And , as I have reported before and as the Dutton study also argues , accepting Leftist ideas—rather than conservative ideas and traditional religion—is associated with mental instability .
The result , argues Dutton , is that we would expect females who espoused Multiculturalism to undergo a kind of religious revival in the wake of the Covid-19 mortality salience , in a way that the “ traditionally religious ” would not .
These Leftist females would have all of these religious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ via “ Multiculturalism ” and , thus , via “ Black Lives Matter.
” Dutton further notes the evidence that females are higher in mental instability than males and are particularly high in it , relative to males , when they are in the late teens and twenties .
This is supposed to adaptive , because it means that they are likely to be anxious about the welfare of their children .
But it also means that females—in this specific age group—would be attracted to Leftist ideas ( as they are associated with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to periods of intense religious fervor ; and would very high in “ extrinsic religiousness ” —that is outward conformity to the dominant religion .
In other words , young females would be especially prone to being sucked into revivals .
It is simply that the nature of the dominant religion has changed .
Dutton shows that women born in the 1920s were more religious than men and thus more right-wing , because Christianity inculcated them with traditionalist vales .
Women born in the 1960s were still more religious than men , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ influence of the churches had broken down , meaning that female generalized empathy was no longer directed towards traditionalism .
Dutton argues that this breakdown of patriarchal religion will have terrible consequences for females , because they have been selected to live in a patriarchy : In other words , white females would be attracted to religion that claims that “ White Lives Don ’ t Matter.
” Females do not tend to create and lead religions .
But they are religion ’ s most fanatical enforcers .
And is this nowhere better @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lance Welton [ email him ] is the pen name of a freelance journalist living in New York .

Leftist women seem to be emerging as the “New Church Ladies,” as Jim Goad has called them. In an extraordinary expose, American Conservative columnist Rod Dreher recently reported that even Democrat operatives worry privately that “hard left women” incensed by Hillary Clinton’s defeat have “completely taken over the middle management of the party” and are “allowing their rage to guide them,” for example forcing the firing of a young data analyst, David Shor, simply for reporting evidence that the Martin Luther King riots damaged Democrats in the 1968 election [Big Sister is Watching You, June 24, 2020]. And anyone who has watched any of the coverage of Black Lives Matter riots must be struck by one unavoidable question: Why are so many of the participants women—especially young women?
I reported a while ago on the evidence that more than 50% of young, extremely liberal females have been diagnosed with depression. There is also evidence that females are far more socially conformist than males. But according to a new study, published by the National Policy Institute, these are but two of a whole of host of factors which help to explain why such a large percentage of BLM protestors are young women.
The study—entitled “The Next Great Awakening” [June 27, 2020] and researched by independent academic Edward Dutton—argues that BLM should be understood as a kind of “religious revival.” It notes that it has all of the central components of traditional Christianity (dogmas, group-orientation, despising the outgroup, even over-detecting agency—evil racists though, rather than God’s presence) except metaphysical belief.
According to Dutton, religiousness, which is significantly genetic, became selected for partly because it reduced stress in the face of “mortality salience”—the realization that you might die. Charting twentieth-century British history, the author shows that periods of “elevated mortality salience”—such as wars or the possibility of destitution—are always followed by “religious revivals” in which people become intensely devout and have overwhelming religious experiences, which reduce their feelings of stress.
Dutton presents evidence indicating that the kind of people who have such religious experiences, or who go through phases of extreme religiosity, tend to be high in Neuroticism (mental instability, intense negative feelings) and thus prone to depression and anxiety. In such people, these feelings are pushed to such extremes, that they become profoundly religious; an adaptive trait to calm the person down.
Fearing exclusion and ostracism, Neurotic people also tend to be easily caught up in mass movements, such as religious revivals. And these revivals are always dominated by young females.
According to Dutton, part of the reason for this is that females are, in general, more religious than males, Pew Research finding that 70% of American women are “absolutely certain” that God exists, compared to 57% of men.
And why are women more religious than men?
Firstly, they are higher in empathy—in reading signals of internal states from external markers.
This means they see evidence of feelings in the world itself in a way that autistics, who lack empathy and are usually male and irreligious, cannot.
Secondly, traditional religion has long been a marker of rule-following, including rules about sexual faithfulness.
So, to avoid being cuckolded, men would have selected for religious women.
This would set off a competition to be religious—as a marker of faithfulness—specifically among women. These women would be adapted to a religious-patriarchal system in which they were controlled by men because females who deviated from this did not pass on their genes.
But the new religion with which these young women have been inculcated is Multiculturalism, not traditional Christianity. And, as I have reported before and as the Dutton study also argues, accepting Leftist ideas—rather than conservative ideas and traditional religion—is associated with mental instability.
The result, argues Dutton, is that we would expect females who espoused Multiculturalism to undergo a kind of religious revival in the wake of the Covid-19 mortality salience, in a way that the “traditionally religious” would not. These Leftist females would have all of these religious impulses, but they would be expressed via “Multiculturalism” and, thus, via “Black Lives Matter.”
As Dutton puts it:
“Multiculturalism is the “new religion”—the “new morality”—and thus females would be evolved to want to signal the extent of their adherence to it, being ultimately psychologically adapted to polygamous societies in which they must compete for the highest status males by strongly signalling their religiosity and sexual faithfulness.”
Dutton further notes the evidence that females are higher in mental instability than males and are particularly high in it, relative to males, when they are in the late teens and twenties. This is supposed to adaptive, because it means that they are likely to be anxious about the welfare of their children. But it also means that females—in this specific age group—would be attracted to Leftist ideas (as they are associated with mental instability); would be prone to periods of intense religious fervor; and would very high in “extrinsic religiousness”—that is outward conformity to the dominant religion.
In other words, young females would be especially prone to being sucked into revivals. It is simply that the nature of the dominant religion has changed.
Dutton shows that women born in the 1920s were more religious than men and thus more right-wing, because Christianity inculcated them with traditionalist vales. Women born in the 1960s were still more religious than men, but they were more left-wing, because the influence of the churches had broken down, meaning that female generalized empathy was no longer directed towards traditionalism.
Dutton argues that this breakdown of patriarchal religion will have terrible consequences for females, because they have been selected to live in a patriarchy:
Females are also evolved to a patriarchal society in which decisions tend to be made for them by their fathers and husbands. With the breakdown of patriarchy, it has been argued that we would expect females—especially young females—to make particularly maladaptive decisions. These would include strongly aligning with a religion that seeks to destroy their ethnic group and effectively encouragers them to be childless.
In other words, white females would be attracted to religion that claims that “White Lives Don’t Matter.”
Females do not tend to create and lead religions. But they are religion’s most fanatical enforcers.
And this is nowhere better illustrated than in the BLM movement.
Lance Welton [email him] is the pen name of a freelance journalist living in New York.


vdare--2020-08-04--His Name Is Officer Johnathan Shoop: While Trying To Make Routine Traffic Stop, White Police Officer

His Name Is Officer Johnathan Shoop: While Trying To Make Routine Traffic Stop, White Police Officer Murdered By Black Lives Matter Supporter

Earlier : White Death By Traffic Stop—Four Dead White Cops Murdered By Black Motorists and White Death By Traffic Stop—Three More Black Motorists , SIX More Dead White Cops During the nationwide insanity surrounding the fentanyl-induced ( perhaps meth-inspired also ) death of George Floyd , a Black Lives Matter-inspired murder of a white cop occurred in Bothell , Washington .
It received virtually zero coverage from the corporate media and was barely a blip in even so-called “ conservative ” digital media .
His name is Officer Johnathan Shoop .
Revealed : Officer was murdered by Black Lives Matter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media ignores , Law Enforcement Today , July 15 , 2020 : BOTHELL , WA – Another officer was murdered attempting to protect the citizens of his community on Monday evening .
Officer Johnathan Shoop , 32 , was gunned down as he attempted to make a traffic stop on a Black , Pontiac G6 driving on Highway 522 in Bothell , Washington at approximately 9:40 pm on the evening of Monday , July 13 , 2020 .
The traffic stop gave way to a short car chase in which the driver , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on a scooter in a crosswalk and then barreled through the center median and stopped along the 10300 block of Woodinville Dr. At this time , according to details written in a press release by Officer Aaron Snell of the Snohomish County Multiple Agency Response Team , who is currently investigating the incident , stated : “ According to video footage and witnesses , a male exited the Pontiac and walked towards the police SUV while firing a handgun at it .
The male then ran from the scene as the police SUV @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and rolled several hundred yards before coming to a stop against a tree.
” Assisting officers arrived on the scene to find both officers in the SUV had been shot , with Shoop in the driver ’ s seat .
He was pronounced dead at the scene .
He was taken to King County jail at approximately 3:04 AM and booked into jail on Investigation of Homicide , Felony Assault , and Vehicular Assault .
Officer Shoop was , of course , white .
Reports say that the suspect is black .
Given @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one would think the media would be swarming on that topic .
Yet , a white cop was murdered by a black suspect and almost 48 hours later main stream media is silent .
Why is this particular murder not receiving continuous news coverage ?
Could it be because the suspect is a Black Lives Matter “ activist , ” and it doesn ’ t quite fit the narrative currently being pushed all over the mainstream media ?
Online screen grabs shared by noqeport.com show the suspect , Henry Eugene Washington , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , multiple types of drugs , and firearms and a clear depiction of his alignment with the Black Lives Matter movement by way of a banner on his profile picture and multiple posts supporting their cause .
Washington is allegedly supporting a “ peaceful ” movement for the Black Lives Matter Organization , yet he was quick to gun down an officer in cold blood .
An officer who was simply attempting to make a traffic stop ?
Oh , and let ’ s not forget the completely innocent bystander that was mowed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police .

Earlier: White Death By Traffic Stop—Four Dead White Cops Murdered By Black Motorists and White Death By Traffic Stop—Three More Black Motorists, SIX More Dead White Cops
During the nationwide insanity surrounding the fentanyl-induced (perhaps meth-inspired also) death of George Floyd, a Black Lives Matter-inspired murder of a white cop occurred in Bothell, Washington. It received virtually zero coverage from the corporate media and was barely a blip in even so-called “conservative” digital media.
His name is Officer Johnathan Shoop.
Revealed: Officer was murdered by Black Lives Matter supporter involved with drugs and guns; media ignores, Law Enforcement Today, July 15, 2020:
BOTHELL, WA – Another officer was murdered attempting to protect the citizens of his community on Monday evening.
Officer Johnathan Shoop, 32, was gunned down as he attempted to make a traffic stop on a Black, Pontiac G6 driving on Highway 522 in Bothell, Washington at approximately 9:40 pm on the evening of Monday, July 13, 2020.
The traffic stop gave way to a short car chase in which the driver, 37-year-old Henry E. Washington hit a pedestrian on a scooter in a crosswalk and then barreled through the center median and stopped along the 10300 block of Woodinville Dr.
At this time, according to details written in a press release by Officer Aaron Snell of the Snohomish County Multiple Agency Response Team, who is currently investigating the incident, stated:
“According to video footage and witnesses, a male exited the Pontiac and walked towards the police SUV while firing a handgun at it. The male then ran from the scene as the police SUV continued forward, glanced off the Pontiac and rolled several hundred yards before coming to a stop against a tree.”
Assisting officers arrived on the scene to find both officers in the SUV had been shot, with Shoop in the driver’s seat. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
He was taken to King County jail at approximately 3:04 AM and booked into jail on Investigation of Homicide, Felony Assault, and Vehicular Assault.
Officer Shoop was, of course, white. Reports say that the suspect is black.
Given all the racial tension right now, one would think the media would be swarming on that topic.
Yet, a white cop was murdered by a black suspect and almost 48 hours later main stream media is silent.
Why is this particular murder not receiving continuous news coverage?
Could it be because the suspect is a Black Lives Matter “activist,” and it doesn’t quite fit the narrative currently being pushed all over the mainstream media?
Online screen grabs shared by noqeport.com show the suspect, Henry Eugene Washington, in several pictures holding large amounts of cash, multiple types of drugs, and firearms and a clear depiction of his alignment with the Black Lives Matter movement by way of a banner on his profile picture and multiple posts supporting their cause.
Washington is allegedly supporting a “peaceful” movement for the Black Lives Matter Organization, yet he was quick to gun down an officer in cold blood. An officer who was simply attempting to make a traffic stop?
Oh, and let’s not forget the completely innocent bystander that was mowed down in his attempt to flee from police.


vdare--2020-08-03--Chicago-Area (Black) Leaders Call for Illinois to Abolish History Classes

The people who say that history textbooks overlook the contributions of women and minorities are people who can ’ t remember what was in their history textbooks .
Heck , I can remember Harriet Tubman ’ s Underground Railroad was in my grade school reading textbook in the 1960s when I was so young I assumed it was a real underground railroad and kept waiting for the part where the slaves dig a tunnel to Canada .
Leaders in education , politics and other areas gathered in suburban Evanston Sunday to ask that the Illinois State Board of Education change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and temporarily halt instruction until an alternative is decided upon .
At a news conference , State Rep. LaShawn K. Ford said current history teachings lead to a racist society and overlook the contributions of women and minorities .
Before the event Sunday , Rep. Ford ’ s office distributed a news release “ Rep .
Ford Today in Evanston to Call for the Abolishment of History Classes in Illinois Schools , ” in which Ford asked the ISBOE and school districts to immediately remove history curriculum and books that “ unfairly communicate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is developed.
” … The state representative is sponsoring a bill that would require elementary schools to teach students about the civil rights movement .
See what I said about not remembering his textbooks ?

From NBC5Chicago:
Chicago-Area Leaders Call for Illinois to Abolish History Classes State Rep. LaShawn K. Ford said current history teachings overlook the contributions of women and minorities
The people who say that history textbooks overlook the contributions of women and minorities are people who can’t remember what was in their history textbooks.
Heck, I can remember Harriet Tubman’s Underground Railroad was in my grade school reading textbook in the 1960s when I was so young I assumed it was a real underground railroad and kept waiting for the part where the slaves dig a tunnel to Canada.
Published 3 hours ago • Updated 2 hours ago Leaders in education, politics and other areas gathered in suburban Evanston Sunday to ask that the Illinois State Board of Education change the history curriculum at schools statewide, and temporarily halt instruction until an alternative is decided upon. At a news conference, State Rep. LaShawn K. Ford said current history teachings lead to a racist society and overlook the contributions of women and minorities. Before the event Sunday, Rep. Ford’s office distributed a news release “Rep. Ford Today in Evanston to Call for the Abolishment of History Classes in Illinois Schools,” in which Ford asked the ISBOE and school districts to immediately remove history curriculum and books that “unfairly communicate” history “until a suitable alternative is developed.” … The state representative is sponsoring a bill that would require elementary schools to teach students about the civil rights movement.
See what I said about not remembering his textbooks?
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-08-04--The 2020 Democratic Platform on Whites and Whiteness: They Hate You, They Really Hate You!

Earlier : Democratic Platform to White People : We Hate You It does not look upon them favorably .
Excepting the proper noun “ White House ” and an instance in reference to the Ryan White fund , the following excerpts exhaustively contextualize contemporary official Democrat doctrine on whites and whiteness : The string “ white ” makes 23 appearances in the document but is notably absent from the list of “ all our citizens ” .
Some Asians ?
What about most Asians ?
There are some blacks and some Latinos who have higher median incomes and lower poverty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ word on how long it takes the typical Asian woman to earn what the typical white man earns in a year .
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic , the uninsured rate was nearly three times higher for Latinos and nearly twice as high for Black Americans as it was for whites .
Some segments of the Asian American and Pacific Islander population faced uninsured rates rivaling those of Black Americans and Latinos , and more than one in five Native Americans and Alaska Natives was uninsured .
Black children are far more likely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Latinos , Native Americans , Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders , and Black Americans are diagnosed with diabetes at higher rates than whites .
Lacking insurance , having asthma , or being diagnosed with diabetes are sad and unfortunate things .
Working to alleviate those conditions is a noble endeavor .
How about the most all-encompassing measure , life expectancy ?
On average , Hispanics live nearly four years longer than whites do .
Asians live over seven years longer .
If Asians get to put forth the Hmong for sufferance sympathy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Appalachians represent them ?
The median income in overwhelmingly white West Virginia is lower than the median income is for Latinos and American Indians nationwide .
They are also three times as likely to die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth compared to Hispanic and Asian women , who have pregnancy-related death rates at parity with white women .
Has there ever been a more pro-Jewish president than Donald Trump ?
My impression is that anti-Semites despise him .
In the context of law , “ safe harbor ” refers to a legal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ extent Trump is shielding these miscreants as they engage in illegal activity , more power to the DNC for holding him and them to account for it .
If the “ safe harbor ” being alluded to is the first amendment of the US Constitution , on the other hand… Is the gap between white and Asian Americans correspondingly helping ?
If all the other gaps were as unfavorable for whites as the white-Asian gap is , would the objective have been met ?
One wonders how “ our working class ” whites @ @ @ @ @ @ @ DNC drafting committee , that is .
Let ’ s do one better and combat crimes of all kinds perpetrated against religious minorities , religious majorities , the irreligious , and everyone in between .
Perhaps we can begin by combating crimes perpetrated against storefront businesses in many of our major cities .
Is this on a per capita basis ?
If it ’ s merely descriptive in absolute terms , it doesn ’ t clarify much since there are more “ predominantly white districts ” than there are non-white ones .
Four @ @ @ @ @ @ @ school districts in the country are in Idaho .
Of the five highest per spending school districts in the country , by contrast , three are in New Jersey , one is in New York , and one is the District of Columbia .
In any event , the US spends the fifth most money per student of all the countries in the world .
Whatever the answer , money isn ’ t it .
Are black ( they forgot to capitalize the “ b ” here ) service members twice as likely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of court-martial ?
If so , it sounds like the system is functioning well enough .
If not , then three cheers for deracination .
They ’ re the ones killing people in the streets and burning down government buildings , so this makes sense .
It wouldn ’ t have in 1995 , of course , but it does today !

Earlier: Democratic Platform to White People: We Hate You
It does not look upon them favorably. Excepting the proper noun “White House” and an instance in reference to the Ryan White fund, the following excerpts exhaustively contextualize contemporary official Democrat doctrine on whites and whiteness:
We will give hate no safe harbor. We will never amplify or legitimize the voices of bigotry, racism, misogyny, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, or white supremacy. Democrats will protect and promote the equal rights of all our citizens—women, LGBTQ+ people, religious minorities, people with disabilities, Native Americans, and all who have been discriminated against in too many ways and for too many generations.
The string “white” makes 23 appearances in the document but is notably absent from the list of “all our citizens.”
Median incomes are lower and poverty rates are higher for Black Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and some Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, compared to median white households.
Some Asians? What about most Asians? There are some blacks and some Latinos who have higher median incomes and lower poverty rates than whites, too.
We cannot hope to raise wages without taking on the profound racial biases at work in our employment system. The wage gap between Black workers and white workers is higher today than it was 20 years ago. It takes a typical Black woman 19 months to earn what a typical white man earns in 12 months—and for typical Latinas and Native American women, it takes almost two years.
No word on how long it takes the typical Asian woman to earn what the typical white man earns in a year.
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the uninsured rate was nearly three times higher for Latinos and nearly twice as high for Black Americans as it was for whites. Some segments of the Asian American and Pacific Islander population faced uninsured rates rivaling those of Black Americans and Latinos, and more than one in five Native Americans and Alaska Natives was uninsured. Black children are far more likely than white children to suffer from asthma. Latinos, Native Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and Black Americans are diagnosed with diabetes at higher rates than whites.
Lacking insurance, having asthma, or being diagnosed with diabetes are sad and unfortunate things. Working to alleviate those conditions is a noble endeavor. How about the most all-encompassing measure, life expectancy? On average, Hispanics live nearly four years longer than whites do. Asians live over seven years longer.
If Asians get to put forth the Hmong for sufferance sympathy, are whites allowed to have Scots-Irish Appalachians represent them? The median income in overwhelmingly white West Virginia is lower than the median income is for Latinos and American Indians nationwide.
Black women are more than three times as likely to die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth compared to white women.
They are also three times as likely to die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth compared to Hispanic and Asian women, who have pregnancy-related death rates at parity with white women.
President Trump’s words and actions have given safe harbor and encouragement to bigots, anti-Semites, Islamophobes, and white supremacists.
Has there ever been a more pro-Jewish president than Donald Trump? My impression is that anti-Semites despise him.
In the context of law, “safe harbor” refers to a legal provision protecting against liability. To the extent Trump is shielding these miscreants as they engage in illegal activity, more power to the DNC for holding him and them to account for it. If the “safe harbor” being alluded to is the first amendment of the US Constitution, on the other hand…
The extreme gap in household wealth and income between people of color—especially Black Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans—and white families is hurting our working class and holding our country back.
Is the gap between white and Asian Americans correspondingly helping? If all the other gaps were as unfavorable for whites as the white-Asian gap is, would the objective have been met? One wonders how “our working class” whites feel about this. One outside the DNC drafting committee, that is.
We will confront white nationalist terrorism and combat hate crimes perpetrated against religious minorities.
Let’s do one better and combat crimes of all kinds perpetrated against religious minorities, religious majorities, the irreligious, and everyone in between. Perhaps we can begin by combating crimes perpetrated against storefront businesses in many of our major cities.
Each year, the United States spends $23 billion more on schools in predominantly white districts than in non-white districts.
Is this on a per capita basis? If it’s merely descriptive in absolute terms, it doesn’t clarify much since there are more “predominantly white districts” than there are non-white ones. Four of the five lowest per capita spending school districts in the country are in Idaho. Of the five highest per spending school districts in the country, by contrast, three are in New Jersey, one is in New York, and one is the District of Columbia.
In any event, the US spends the fifth most money per student of all the countries in the world. Whatever the answer, money isn’t it.
We will root out systemic racism from our military justice system, where black service members are twice as likely as white ones to face court-martial.
Are black (they forgot to capitalize the “b” here) service members twice as likely or more to engage in activities deserving of court-martial? If so, it sounds like the system is functioning well enough. If not, then three cheers for deracination.
Democrats recognize that the threat landscape has evolved dramatically since September 11. Our counterterrorism priorities, footprint, and tools should shift accordingly, including to respond to the growing threat from white supremacist and other right-wing terrorist groups.
They’re the ones killing people in the streets and burning down government buildings, so this makes sense. It wouldn’t have in 1995, of course, but it does today!
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-08-04--Heather Mac Donald's Speech Censored By YouTube In Spite Of Her Careful Non-Race Realism

Heather Mac Donald 's speech The Truth About Crime , Race and Policing in America was initially vanished by YouTube because of `` community standards '' .
They actually cut it off as she was speaking live .
It 's back ( and also on Bitchute , just in case ) but restricted to adult viewers .
In the NY Post , she writes If your 12-year-old son goes on YouTube , he can watch a porn star giving a lap dance to a happily surprised young man .
He can see nubile , naked girls spooning with a naked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pools .
Your 14-year-old daughter can watch videos on how and why to transition to the male gender .
Both your son and daughter can learn how to become an “ antifa warrior.
” Under the tutelage of an anarcho-communist YouTube host , they can celebrate the fiery destruction of a Minneapolis police precinct during the recent anti-police rioting in that city , a conflagration the anarcho-communist deems the “ high point ” of the rioting to date .
They can get tips on how to suit up for further anti-police action — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of course , personal protective equipment .
Yet your children can ’ t watch a livestreamed speech on policing I gave Thursday , arguing that US law enforcement isn ’ t engaged in systemic violence against blacks .
YouTube has deemed the speech inappropriate for children under 18 and blocked access to minors .
I suppose I should be grateful — at least it ’ s on the Web at all .
YouTube had initially wiped the speech off its servers entirely on the ground that it violated the site ’ s “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ safe place.
” No further explanation was given .
Here 's what you need to know about Heather Mac Donald : not only is she working for entirely respectable institutions—the Manhattan Institute and Minnesota 's Center For The American Experiment are part of Conservatism , Inc , in a way we 've never been—but she is very much not a race realist .
She 's a crime realist , but that 's not the same thing .
In an item about the Disparate Impact effect of enforcing jaywalking laws in New York @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as he knew , `` Sun People '' ( non-Asian minorities always did more crime , including jaywalking , than Ice People ( whites and Asians ) , and went on to say Speaking as a race realist , I assume that Sun People do misbehave more than Ice People , and that the reasons are ultimately biological .
You can disagree with me on that bit about reasons and still be a thought criminal , though .
If you think that Sun People truly do misbehave more , but for non-biological reasons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Heather Mac Donald , for example , who has written extensively and scathingly about Disparate Impact Theory is not a race realist .
She 's a race denialist .
She puts the high levels of misbehavior among Sun People down to , quote from her , `` family dysfunction and lack of socialization . ''
That does n't get her off the hook .
Heather is a thought criminal anyway : ask any Progressive .

Heather Mac Donald's speech The Truth About Crime, Race and Policing in America was initially vanished by YouTube because of "community standards". They actually cut it off as she was speaking live.
Some thoughts @NYPostOpinion on YouTube's censoring of a livestreamed speech on policing I gave last week. https://t.co/boLEsD5R7a — Heather Mac Donald (@HMDatMI) August 4, 2020
It's back (and also on Bitchute, just in case)but restricted to adult viewers.
In the NY Post, she writes
If your 12-year-old son goes on YouTube, he can watch a porn star giving a lap dance to a happily surprised young man. He can see nubile, naked girls spooning with a naked male and frolicking in Las Vegas hotel pools. Your 14-year-old daughter can watch videos on how and why to transition to the male gender. Both your son and daughter can learn how to become an “antifa warrior.” Under the tutelage of an anarcho-communist YouTube host, they can celebrate the fiery destruction of a Minneapolis police precinct during the recent anti-police rioting in that city, a conflagration the anarcho-communist deems the “high point” of the rioting to date. They can get tips on how to suit up for further anti-police action — with helmets, water bottles and, of course, personal protective equipment. Yet your children can’t watch a livestreamed speech on policing I gave Thursday, arguing that US law enforcement isn’t engaged in systemic violence against blacks. YouTube has deemed the speech inappropriate for children under 18 and blocked access to minors. I suppose I should be grateful — at least it’s on the Web at all. YouTube had initially wiped the speech off its servers entirely on the ground that it violated the site’s “community guidelines” for keeping YouTube a “safe place.” No further explanation was given.
Here's what you need to know about Heather Mac Donald: not only is she working for entirely respectable institutions—the Manhattan Institute and Minnesota's Center For The American Experiment are part of Conservatism, Inc, in a way we've never been—but she is very much not a race realist. She's a crime realist, but that's not the same thing.
In an item about the Disparate Impact effect of enforcing jaywalking laws in New York, John Derbyshire said that as far as he knew, "Sun People" (non-Asian minorities always did more crime, including jaywalking, than Ice People (whites and Asians), and went on to say
Speaking as a race realist, I assume that Sun People do misbehave more than Ice People, and that the reasons are ultimately biological. You can disagree with me on that bit about reasons and still be a thought criminal, though. If you think that Sun People truly do misbehave more, but for non-biological reasons, you're still a thought criminal. Heather Mac Donald, for example, who has written extensively and scathingly about Disparate Impact Theory is not a race realist. She's a race denialist. She puts the high levels of misbehavior among Sun People down to, quote from her, "family dysfunction and lack of socialization." That doesn't get her off the hook. Heather is a thought criminal anyway: ask any Progressive.
Watch it below.


vdare--2020-07-31--Covington Catholic Kid Nick Sandmann Gets Settlement With WASHINGTON POST—Litigation Works

Hearty congratulations to Nicholas Sandmann of Park Hills , Kentucky .
Sandmann is the best-known and most-abused member of the student group from Covington High School who were in Washington , DC in January last year for an anti-abortion rally .
Sight-seeing after their rally , the students , many—including Sandmann—wearing MAGA hats , were accosted and taunted by a black-supremacist group , then by a Native American activist .
They responded with some good-natured chanting of school sports songs .
Sandmann himself just stood smiling through the whole thing .
It was all reported by the press , however @ @ @ @ @ @ @ insulting a harmless old Indian .
Sandmann sued eight media outlets—The Washington Post , CNN , ABC , CBS , The Guardian , The Hill , NBC , and Twitter—for defamation , asking for a total $ 800 million in damages .
In January this year he came to an out-of-court settlement for an undisclosed amount with CNN .
Now we 've heard that on July 24th , which as it happened is his 18th birthday , he got another settlement from The Washington Post , amount likewise undisclosed .
Addressing the sinister @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sandmann tweeted that I certainly hope the fight is n't over .
All strength to you , Nicholas .
Radio Derb is cheering you on .
Out-of-court settlements in cases like this are way smaller than the amounts being asked for , but I 'm betting Nicholas Sandmann will come out of this with enough for a very nice car , perhaps a new house for his Dad and Mom .
Jolly good luck to him !
[ Erratum added post-podcast by JD : A listener tells me the eight cases are the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NBC , CBS , ABC , NYT , Gannett , and Rolling Stone .
See this link . ]

Hearty congratulations to Nicholas Sandmann of Park Hills, Kentucky. Sandmann is the best-known and most-abused member of the student group from Covington High School who were in Washington, DC in January last year for an anti-abortion rally.
Sightseeing after their rally, the students, many—including Sandmann—wearing MAGA hats, were accosted and taunted by a black-supremacist group, then by a Native American activist. They responded with some good-natured chanting of school sports songs. Sandmann himself just stood smiling through the whole thing. It was all reported by the press, however, as racist white-supremacist teenagers threatening and insulting a harmless old Indian.
Sandmann sued eight media outlets—the Washington Post, CNN, ABC, CBS, The Guardian, The Hill, NBC, and Twitter—for defamation, asking for a total $800 million in damages. In January this year he came to an out-of-court settlement for an undisclosed amount with CNN. Now we've heard that on July 24th, which as it happened is his 18th birthday, he got another settlement from The Washington Post, amount likewise undisclosed.
Addressing the sinister Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, Sandmann tweeted that
We have settled with WAPO and CNN.
The fight isn’t over. 2 down. 6 to go.
Don’t hold your breath @jack. — Nicholas Sandmann (@N1ckSandmann) July 24, 2020
I certainly hope the fight isn't over. All strength to you, Nicholas. Radio Derb is cheering you on. Out-of-court settlements in cases like this are way smaller than the amounts being asked for, but I'm betting Nicholas Sandmann will come out of this with enough for a very nice car, perhaps a new house for his Dad and Mom. Jolly good luck to him!
[Erratum added post-podcast by JD: A listener tells me the eight cases are the ones settled with CNN and WaPo plus NBC, CBS, ABC, NYT, Gannett, and Rolling Stone. See this link.]


vdare--2020-08-04--Social Distancing with Peter Brimelow Joined By Jim Hoft Of Gateway Pundit, Thursday,  3 PM EST

On Thursday at 3 p.m. EST , our latest episode of “ Social Distancing with Peter Brimelow ” will livestream @ @ @ @ @ joined The Gateway Pundit ’ s Founder and Editor , Jim Hoft !
They will @ @ @ @ @ the nation and why it is so important for people with convictions to stand up @ @ @ @ @ no one is coming to save us !
Hoft will discuss what ’ s happening @ @ @ @ @ the persecution of the McCloskey family and the strange news a second investigation into Officer @ @ @ @ @ with no charges filed against the policeman who defended his life against Michael Brown in @ @ @ @ @ click here to subscribe to our channel and tune in for this important conversation !
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On Thursday at 3 p.m. EST, our latest episode of “Social Distancing with Peter Brimelow” will livestream. Mr. Brimelow will be joined The Gateway Pundit’s Founder and Editor, Jim Hoft!
They will talk about the censorship sweeping the nation and why it is so important for people with convictions to stand up and defend America... because no one is coming to save us! Hoft will discuss what’s happening in St. Louis, with the persecution of the McCloskey family and the strange news a second investigation into Officer Darren Wilson was just finished with no charges filed against the policeman who defended his life against Michael Brown in 2014.
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vdare--2020-08-03--Floyd Bodycam Footage Finally Leaked: Floyd Says He Can't Breathe While Standing And Breathing

Earlier : Should Eric Holder be Indicted for Ferguson Cover-Up ?
Here it is August and Keith Ellison ’ s Minnesota office was still keeping the bodycam footage from the cops bottled up .
But now the Daily Mail has got their hands on some of it .
The amount of fentanyl in George Floyd ’ s system wasn ’ t enough to always kill him , but it was definitely in the range where it sometimes can cause users to stop breathing .
A friend who was given fentanyl during an operation says that at one point he just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was monitoring closely , so he immediately turned down the dosage , and breathing started over again .
But when you are taking it yourself like Floyd was , bad things can happen .
With our new George Floyd Memorial Principle that no black man should be arrested if he ’ s really not in the mood to be arrested because , you know , he might resist arrest and wind up dead , look for massive pushes by white liberals for population transfers of blacks from blue to red areas , all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Punishing Hateful Whites .
I can ’ t see how property values in blue urban areas can be maintained under this new regimen without clearing out poor blacks in the name of fighting racism .
Look for more citations of Raj Chetty ’ s work as proving that blacks must be transferred from , say , Brooklyn to western Pennsylvania .

Earlier: Should Eric Holder be Indicted for Ferguson Cover-Up?
Here it is August and Keith Ellison’s Minnesota office was still keeping the bodycam footage from the cops bottled up. But now the Daily Mail has got their hands on some of it.
The amount of fentanyl in George Floyd’s system wasn’t enough to always kill him, but it was definitely in the range where it sometimes can cause users to stop breathing. A friend who was given fentanyl during an operation says that at one point he just stopped breathing. Fortunately, his anesthesiologist was monitoring closely, so he immediately turned down the dosage, and breathing started over again. But when you are taking it yourself like Floyd was, bad things can happen.
With our new George Floyd Memorial Principle that no black man should be arrested if he’s really not in the mood to be arrested because, you know, he might resist arrest and wind up dead, look for massive pushes by white liberals for population transfers of blacks from blue to red areas, all in the name of Fighting Segregation and Punishing Hateful Whites.
I can’t see how property values in blue urban areas can be maintained under this new regimen without clearing out poor blacks in the name of fighting racism. Look for more citations of Raj Chetty’s work as proving that blacks must be transferred from, say, Brooklyn to western Pennsylvania.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-08-02--John Derbyshire: Trump IS Dogwhistling To White Suburbia. Quite Right Too

[ Excerpted from the latest Radio Derb , now available exclusively through VDARE.com ] Earlier : Trump 's Defense Of The Suburbs Against Obama—Legacy Social Engineering Is TERRIFYING To Democrat-MSM Complex Little boxes on the hillside Little boxes made of ticky tacky Little boxes Little boxes Little boxes all the same There 's a green one and a pink one And a blue one and a yellow one And they 're all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same That was old-style Lefty Pete Seeger mocking the suburbs back in 1963 .
The suburbs , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , another old-style Lefty ) , were just breeding farms for the bourgeoisie , a wasteland of conformist middle-class values : doctors , lawyers , golfers , and—oh my God !
—nuclear families , who drank their martinis dry and sent their kids to summer camp .
Pete 's recording of the song was a big hit .
There was a market for mocking the suburbs in the sixties : not just songs , but movies like The Graduate and novels like those of Updike and Cheever .
The Boomers were looking for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more life-affirming that the routine drudgery of middle-class life .
This being America , there was of course a race element to anti-suburbanism .
The people in those little boxes Pete Seeger was sneering at were far too white ; everyone understood that .
This was the Civil Rights era , so government action followed .
Five years after Seeger 's hit , in 1968 , the Lyndon Johnson administration gave us the Fair Housing Act , bringing the power of the feds to bear on race discrimination in those lily-white suburbs .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` affirmatively to further '' the purposes of the Act , which included diversifying residential neighborhoods .
Fast-forward 47 years .
Someone in the Obama administration plucked those words out of the Fair Housing Act and brought forth the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule , ordering the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to withhold federal funds from localities that were n't sufficiently diverse .
Some shameless cynics like our own Steve Sailer suggested that Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing—which , Steve says , sounds like something Daffy Duck might say—that AFFH was really @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out of the inner cities .
This would open up more prime urban real estate for gentrification , for the benefit of hip young Obama-voting urban types with outlooks formed by TV shows like Friends and Sex in the City ; and perhaps , coincidentally of course , perhaps also to the benefit of urban real-estate developers like Obama 's pal Tony Rezko .
The poor blacks being shunted out of the inner cities would have to go somewhere .
So where ?
To the suburbs , of course .
Suburbanites might grumble @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dumped on them ; but hey , suburbanites are mainly racist white people with way too much white privilege , so it serves them right .
Well , July 23rd the Trump administration announced they are dropping the AFFH rule on the grounds that , in the words of HUD Secretary Ben Carson : Under the AFFH rule , said Carson , local jurisdictions were forced to comply with complicated regulations that require hundreds of pages of reporting , to very little practical effect .
That started off what news outlets call a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Justice outfits like The Lawyers ' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law ( which recently libelled VDARE.com to scare our Domain Registrar into dropping us ) .
It sputtered that dropping the AFFH Rule was `` a full-frontal assault on the rule of law . ''
President Trump stoked the flames by tweeting out What do I think about all this ?
First off , I was never on board with the anti-suburb sentiment , even in my lefty college days .
I 've always liked the suburbs .
I 've been living @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and have no desire to live anywhere else .
One of the first opinion pieces I wrote for an American magazine was in defense of suburbia .
That was in reaction to an initiative out of the Clinton administration with the almost comically moon-booted bureaucratic title : Building Livable Communities For The 21st Century .
I opened with the ringing declaration that , quote : That Clinton initiative—the year was 1999—was not in fact explicitly anti-suburb , just a play for more federal control over zoning and transportation .
I do n't think @ @ @ @ @ @ @ really open , aggressive anti-whiteness we 're all used to now was n't much in evidence in the nineties , before the Great Awokening .
It took another fifteen years of Leftward drift before Obama came right out into the open with AFFH .
I think Steve 's probably right that there were ulterior motives behind AFFH .
It 's hard to watch someone as sanctimonious as Barack Obama without glimpsing the dollar signs flickering on his eyeballs .
Probably there was also racial revenge in play .
How dare white Americans monopolize @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stuck in smelly , crowded , crime-addled inner cities ?
I 'm going to give benefit of the doubt , though , and assume that there was some element of genuine altruism in there , too .
Let me explain that .
The one great everlasting problem of American society is the problem of poor blacks .
There are poor whites , too , of course ; but because of race differences in ability and behavior , there are proportionally more , way more , poor blacks .
I raise again my analogy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the road .
If the sack is not too big in proportion to the man , it 's a nuisance , but he can keep moving .
That 's the situation of whites in relation to their own poor , antisocial element .
If the sack is too big in proportion to the man , however , it 's really hard for him to make any progress .
That 's how it is for the so-called Talented Tenth of blacks—and indeed for the rest of us , too—in relation to the black underclass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ point of view .
If you 're a race denialist , there 's a solution : Magic Dirt !
Just move poor blacks out of the inner cities where they are concentrated and scatter them out into the suburbs .
The magic suburban dirt will cure them of antisocial behaviors and have them crowding into Advanced Placement classes in no time .
Problem solved !
I 've no doubt there are white people who sincerely believe in Magic Dirt Theory .
That 's the element of altruism I just mentioned .
However , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ones , and probably a lot of white liberals whose enthusiasm for social justice goes no deeper than virtue signaling—a great many of us do n't believe the Magic Dirt Theory and do n't want to live around poor blacks .
When we hear the phrase `` low-income housing '' we think of crime , disorder , welfare mommas , and discipline problems in schools .
Was President Trump 's Wednesday tweet a bare-faced appeal to us—a `` dog whistle , '' as the media Lefties say ?
But so what ?
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 .
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[Excerpted from the latest Radio Derb, now available exclusively through VDARE.com]
Earlier: Trump's Defense Of The Suburbs Against Obama—Legacy Social Engineering Is TERRIFYING To Democrat-MSM Complex
[Clip: Pete Seeger, "Little Boxes."]
Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes made of ticky tacky
Little boxes
Little boxes
Little boxes all the same
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same
That was old-style Lefty Pete Seeger mocking the suburbs back in 1963. The suburbs, according to the songwriter (Malvina Reynolds, another old-style Lefty), were just breeding farms for the bourgeoisie, a wasteland of conformist middle-class values: doctors, lawyers, golfers, and—oh my God!—nuclear families, who drank their martinis dry and sent their kids to summer camp.
Pete's recording of the song was a big hit. There was a market for mocking the suburbs in the sixties: not just songs, but movies like The Graduate and novels like those of Updike and Cheever. The Boomers were looking for something more exciting, more spiritual, more life-affirming that the routine drudgery of middle-class life.
This being America, there was of course a race element to anti-suburbanism. The people in those little boxes Pete Seeger was sneering at were far too white; everyone understood that.
This was the Civil Rights era, so government action followed. Five years after Seeger's hit, in 1968, the Lyndon Johnson administration gave us the Fair Housing Act, bringing the power of the feds to bear on race discrimination in those lily-white suburbs. Federal agencies were required, quote: "affirmatively to further" the purposes of the Act, which included diversifying residential neighborhoods.
Fast-forward 47 years. Someone in the Obama administration plucked those words out of the Fair Housing Act and brought forth the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule, ordering the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to withhold federal funds from localities that weren't sufficiently diverse.
Some shameless cynics like our own Steve Sailer suggested that Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing—which, Steve says, sounds like something Daffy Duck might say—that AFFH was really just a scheme to move poor blacks out of the inner cities. This would open up more prime urban real estate for gentrification, for the benefit of hip young Obama-voting urban types with outlooks formed by TV shows like Friends and Sex in the City; and perhaps, coincidentally of course, perhaps also to the benefit of urban real-estate developers like Obama's pal Tony Rezko.
The poor blacks being shunted out of the inner cities would have to go somewhere. So where? To the suburbs, of course. Suburbanites might grumble at having inner-city blacks and their problems dumped on them; but hey, suburbanites are mainly racist white people with way too much white privilege, so it serves them right.
Well, July 23rd the Trump administration announced they are dropping the AFFH rule on the grounds that, in the words of HUD Secretary Ben Carson:
Washington has no business dictating what is best to meet your local community's unique needs. HUD revokes Obama-era rule designed to diversify the suburbs, AP (Fox), July 23, 2020
Under the AFFH rule, said Carson, local jurisdictions were forced to comply with complicated regulations that require hundreds of pages of reporting, to very little practical effect.
That started off what news outlets call a "firestorm" of indignation from Social Justice outfits like The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (which recently libelled VDARE.com to scare our Domain Registrar into dropping us). It sputtered that dropping the AFFH Rule was "a full-frontal assault on the rule of law."
President Trump stoked the flames by tweeting out
I am happy to inform all of the people living their Suburban Lifestyle Dream that you will no longer be bothered or financially hurt by having low income housing built in your neighborhood... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2020
What do I think about all this?
First off, I was never on board with the anti-suburb sentiment, even in my lefty college days. I've always liked the suburbs. I've been living in one for nigh-on thirty years, and have no desire to live anywhere else.
One of the first opinion pieces I wrote for an American magazine was in defense of suburbia. That was in reaction to an initiative out of the Clinton administration with the almost comically moon-booted bureaucratic title: Building Livable Communities For The 21st Century. I opened with the ringing declaration that, quote:
I shall give up my lawn mower when they prise it from my cold dead fingers. The Vital Middle, National Review, March 22, 1999 [PDF]
That Clinton initiative—the year was 1999—was not in fact explicitly anti-suburb, just a play for more federal control over zoning and transportation. I don't think it was anti-white, either. The really open, aggressive anti-whiteness we're all used to now wasn't much in evidence in the nineties, before the Great Awokening. It took another fifteen years of Leftward drift before Obama came right out into the open with AFFH.
I think Steve's probably right that there were ulterior motives behind AFFH. It's hard to watch someone as sanctimonious as Barack Obama without glimpsing the dollar signs flickering on his eyeballs.
Probably there was also racial revenge in play. How dare white Americans monopolize those pleasant leafy suburbs, leaving blacks stuck in smelly, crowded, crime-addled inner cities?
I'm going to give benefit of the doubt, though, and assume that there was some element of genuine altruism in there, too. Let me explain that.
The one great everlasting problem of American society is the problem of poor blacks. There are poor whites, too, of course; but because of race differences in ability and behavior, there are proportionally more, way more, poor blacks.
I raise again my analogy of a man dragging a sack along the road. If the sack is not too big in proportion to the man, it's a nuisance, but he can keep moving. That's the situation of whites in relation to their own poor, antisocial element.
If the sack is too big in proportion to the man, however, it's really hard for him to make any progress. That's how it is for the so-called Talented Tenth of blacks—and indeed for the rest of us, too—in relation to the black underclass.
But that's a race realist point of view. If you're a race denialist, there's a solution: Magic Dirt!
Just move poor blacks out of the inner cities where they are concentrated and scatter them out into the suburbs. The magic suburban dirt will cure them of antisocial behaviors and have them crowding into Advanced Placement classes in no time. Problem solved!
I've no doubt there are white people who sincerely believe in Magic Dirt Theory. That's the element of altruism I just mentioned.
However, a great many suburbanites—including Talented Tenth black ones, and probably a lot of white liberals whose enthusiasm for social justice goes no deeper than virtue signaling—a great many of us don't believe the Magic Dirt Theory and don't want to live around poor blacks. When we hear the phrase "low-income housing" we think of crime, disorder, welfare mommas, and discipline problems in schools.
Was President Trump's Wednesday tweet a bare-faced appeal to us—a "dog whistle," as the media Lefties say?
I bet it was.
But so what? We suburbanites have votes, too.
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.