vdare--2020-06-27--Valerie Solanas: Who Do You Have To Shoot In This Town To Get An Obituary In The NEW YORK TIMES?

From the New York Times ’ “ Overlooked No More ” column where they give obituaries to women whom they previously overlooked due to systemic sexism : Overlooked No More : Valerie Solanas , Radical Feminist Who Shot Andy Warhol She made daring arguments in “ SCUM [ Society for Cutting Up Men ] Manifesto , ” her case for a world without men .
But her legacy as a writer and thinker was overshadowed by one violent act .
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths , beginning in 1851 , went unreported in The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adding the stories of important L.G.B.T.Q .
figures .
On June 3 , 1968 , Valerie Solanas walked into Andy Warhol ’ s studio , the Factory , with a gun and a plan to enact vengeance .
What happened next came to define her life and legacy : She fired at Warhol , nearly killing him .
But the incident , which reduced her to a tabloid headline , was hardly her most meaningful moment in history .
Solanas was a radical feminist ( though she would say she loathed most feminists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the author of “ SCUM Manifesto , ” in which she argued for the wholesale extermination of men .
The manifesto , self-published in 1967 , reads as satire , though Solanas defended it as serious .
Its opening line is at once absurd and a call to arms for the coalition she was forming , the Society for Cutting Up Men : Life in this society being , at best , an utter bore and no aspect of society being at all relevant to women , there remains to civic-minded , responsible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government , eliminate the money system , institute complete automation and destroy the male sex .
On the subject of reproduction , she wrote : “ We should produce only whole , complete beings , not physical defects or deficiencies , including emotional deficiencies , such as maleness.
” She sold copies in leftist bookstores and on the streets of Greenwich Village for $ 1 ( $ 2 if the buyer was a man ) .
… On that day in June , when she walked into Warhol ’ s studio , newly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Warhol wasn ’ t there .
Solanas left and returned several times , until she spotted him on the sidewalk .
Together they rode the building ’ s elevator up to the sixth floor .
Soon , there were gunshots .
In other words , gun violence broke out .
In other words , Warhol never really recovered and eventually sort of died from his wounds at age 58 , making Solanas a sort of murderer rather than just an attempted murderer .
… Her attack on Warhol fractured mainstream feminist groups , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whose members were split on whether to defend or condemn her .
Those who defended her , including the writer Ti-Grace Atkinson and the lawyer Flo Kennedy , formed the bedrock of radical feminism and presented Solanas as a symbol of female rage .
The shooting became wrapped up in a larger narrative on gun violence when Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot the next day .
That darn gun violence kept breaking out .
An interesting question about a more interesting person , Andy Warhol , is : what was his IQ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the only genius I ’ ve ever known with an I.Q .
of 60.
” And he generally tried to act dim .
On the other hand , he was immensely successful financially , and has become even more popular with the general public after his death as the clown prince who exposed the pretensions of art ( while making a fortune off the pretensions of art , which makes it even better ) .
Looking into it , I see that Warhol graduated from imposing Carnegie-Mellon Tech in 1949 .
On @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t major in cybernetics or whatever , but with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in commercial art .
So , I ’ d figure he had a 3 digit IQ but not a huge one .
As I pointed out in 2016 , Warhol and Trump are not hugely dissimilar figures , super salesmen with a gift for explaining how New York works in crassly simple terms .
In fact , Warhol developed a crush on Trump in 1981 , painting him on spec eight pictures of Trump Tower to hang in Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the famous artist for the unasked-for pictures because they clashed with Trump Tower ’ s color scheme , when enraged Andy against Donald .

From the New York Times’ “Overlooked No More” column, where they give obituaries to women whom they previously overlooked due to systemic sexism:
Overlooked No More: Valerie Solanas, Radical Feminist Who Shot Andy Warhol She made daring arguments in “SCUM [Society for Cutting Up Men] Manifesto,” her case for a world without men. But her legacy as a writer and thinker was overshadowed by one violent act. By Bonnie Wertheim
June 26, 2020 Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. This month we’re adding the stories of important L.G.B.T.Q. figures. On June 3, 1968, Valerie Solanas walked into Andy Warhol’s studio, the Factory, with a gun and a plan to enact vengeance. What happened next came to define her life and legacy: She fired at Warhol, nearly killing him. But the incident, which reduced her to a tabloid headline, was hardly her most meaningful moment in history. Solanas was a radical feminist (though she would say she loathed most feminists), a pioneering queer theorist and the author of “SCUM Manifesto,” in which she argued for the wholesale extermination of men. The manifesto, self-published in 1967, reads as satire, though Solanas defended it as serious. Its opening line is at once absurd and a call to arms for the coalition she was forming, the Society for Cutting Up Men: Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of society being at all relevant to women, there remains to civic-minded, responsible, thrill-seeking females only to overthrow the government, eliminate the money system, institute complete automation and destroy the male sex. On the subject of reproduction, she wrote: “We should produce only whole, complete beings, not physical defects or deficiencies, including emotional deficiencies, such as maleness.” She sold copies in leftist bookstores and on the streets of Greenwich Village for $1 ($2 if the buyer was a man). … On that day in June, when she walked into Warhol’s studio, newly located at 33 Union Square West, Warhol wasn’t there. Solanas left and returned several times, until she spotted him on the sidewalk. Together they rode the building’s elevator up to the sixth floor. Soon, there were gunshots.
In other words, gun violence broke out.
Warhol was taken to Columbus Hospital. Solanas’s bullets had punctured his stomach, liver, spleen, esophagus and lungs. At one point, the doctors pronounced him dead. (He would live for 19 more years, wearing a surgical corset to support his abdomen.)
In other words, Warhol never really recovered and eventually sort of died from his wounds at age 58, making Solanas a sort of murderer rather than just an attempted murderer.
… Her attack on Warhol fractured mainstream feminist groups, including the National Organization for Women, whose members were split on whether to defend or condemn her. Those who defended her, including the writer Ti-Grace Atkinson and the lawyer Flo Kennedy, formed the bedrock of radical feminism and presented Solanas as a symbol of female rage. The shooting became wrapped up in a larger narrative on gun violence when Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot the next day.
That darn gun violence kept breaking out.
… She was deemed unable to stand trial and was sent for a psychiatric evaluation at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, where she received a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. The evaluators also noted her intelligence-test scores, which placed her in the 98th percentile.
An interesting question about a more interesting person, Andy Warhol, is: What was his IQ? Gore Vidal said “Andy Warhol is the only genius I’ve ever known with an I.Q. of 60.” And he generally tried to act dim.
On the other hand, he was immensely successful financially, and has become even more popular with the general public after his death as the clown prince who exposed the pretensions of art (while making a fortune off the pretensions of art, which makes it even better).
Looking into it, I see that Warhol graduated from imposing Carnegie-Mellon Tech in 1949. On the other hand, he didn’t major in cybernetics or whatever, but with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in commercial art. So, I’d figure he had a 3 digit IQ but not a huge one.
As I pointed out in 2016, Warhol and Trump are not hugely dissimilar figures, super salesmen with a gift for explaining how New York works in crassly simple terms. In fact, Warhol developed a crush on Trump in 1981, painting him on spec eight pictures of Trump Tower to hang in Trump Tower. But Trump refused to pay the famous artist for the unasked-for pictures because they clashed with Trump Tower’s color scheme, when enraged Andy against Donald.


vdare--2020-06-28--An Un-American Reader WANTS VDARE.com Shut Down By Anti-Free Speech Tech Totalitarians. We Reply (An

An Un-American Reader WANTS VDARE.com Shut Down By Anti-Free Speech Tech Totalitarians. We Reply (And You Can Too)

Re : Lydia Brimelow 's VDARE.com Is Not Dead Yet !
From : Berdina Henry [ Email her ] I @ @ @ @ @ shut down .
What I see here is antithetical to what our country is .
@ @ @ @ @ is incorrect .
Mass immigration is antithetical to what America is , statue-toppling riots are @ @ @ @ @ , and billion-dollar tech companies suppressing Americans ' First Amendment rights are antithetical to what @ @ @ @ @ reader means that this is antithetical to she wants America to become , but Americans @ @ @ @ @ in 2016 , have a right to disagree .

Re: Lydia Brimelow's VDARE.com Is Not Dead Yet!
From: Berdina Henry [Email her]
I hope your awful site is shut down. What I see here is antithetical to what our country is.
James Fulford writes: This is incorrect. Mass immigration is antithetical to what America is, statue-toppling riots are antithetical to what America is, and billion-dollar tech companies suppressing Americans' First Amendment rights are antithetical to what America is. Perhaps the reader means that this is antithetical to what she wants America to become, but Americans, who elected Donald Trump in 2016, have a right to disagree.


vdare--2020-06-28--Trump Is Losing The White Vote With Jared Kushner’s Agenda

See , earlier : Forget THE APPRENTICE , Trump—Blacks Will Never Vote For You Enough To Make A Difference White voters are turning away from President Trump .
That assessment includes his invaluable working-class white base .
But Trump has only himself and his campaign to blame for the bad news contained in the latest polls .
While America burns , his campaign ’ s only plan seems to be wooing black voters by tweeting that Joe Biden is the “ real ” racist .
Trump seems unable to do anything about the riots or the devastation wrought by coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some sense into the president .
He seems to be responding a little lately , but he ’ s going to lose the election if he sticks to Jared Kushner ’ s agenda and doesn ’ t fight like the candidate we elected in 2016 .
The latest polls from The New York Times poll lay bare the ugly truth .
Biden leads Trump among college-educated whites by 28 points [ Biden Takes Dominant Lead as Voters Reject Trump on Virus and Race , by Alexander Burns , Jonathan Martin and Matt Stevens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The former vice president leads Trump by double digits among all white voters in Wisconsin , Michigan , and Pennsylvania , three states crucial to Trump ’ s 2016 victory , yet he is down by double digits [ In Poll , Trump Falls Far Behind Biden in Six Key Battleground States , by Nate Cohn , June 25 , 2020 ] .The same poll puts Biden 14 points ahead of Trump nationwide : 50 percent to 36 percent .
That figure is no outlier either .
The latest polls from Fox News @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nationally .
The Real Clear Politics average has Biden ahead by 9.4 points .
Trump ’ s problems among college-educated whites have drawn much attention during his presidency .
What ’ s new is declining support among non-college educated whites , where he holds only a 19-point lead .
He won that demographic by 37 points in 2016 .
And his declining support among this key constituency is pronounced in six battleground states , with only 16 percent of non-college educated whites backing him .
In October , his lead among them was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ won these battleground voters by 26 points .
Funny thing is , those voters aren ’ t defecting to Biden ’ s camp , either ; their support for him has increased by just 1 since October .
The Times describes them as “ white voters with more conservative attitudes on racial issues , ” which likely means they think Trump has not delivered the promised nationalist agenda .
One voter told the Times ’ s Cohn he ’ s disappointed with Trump ’ s not cracking down on the rioters and shutting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Virus pandemic .
He ’ ll still vote for Trump , but without much enthusiasm .
Older whites are also jumping ship .
In six battleground states , Trump and Biden are about even among whites 65 or older .
Trump won them by nearly 20 points in 2016 .
The Times attributes that decline to the president ’ s coronavirus response and his “ tone ” [ Trump Faces Mounting Defections From a Once-Loyal Group : Older White Voters , by Alexander Burns and Katie Glueck , June 28 , 2020 ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chaos they see on television .
People are frightened by coronavirus , the riots , the Left ’ s cultural revolution , and the crippled economy .
They don ’ t see Trump leading .
Rioters tear down statues and attack our history with neither police action nor pushback .
Crime is rising significantly .
The media are hyping a second wave of coronavirus as Trump pushes for reopening the country .
More than 47 million Americans have applied for unemployment since March 1 [ Another 1.48 million Americans file for unemployment benefits @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , June 25 , 2020 ] .
That picture of Trump ’ s America hardly inspires confidence .
The only positive for Trump is that Biden has roughly the same non-white support that Hillary Clinton had in 2016 .
But that ’ s not exactly great news , either , given the campaign ’ s focus on painting Biden as the “ real ” racist .
The message is having zero effect on non-whites .
The Times : Biden leads by 74 points among blacks and by 39 points among Hispanics [ Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Virus and Race , by Alexander Burns , Jonathan Martin and Matt Stevens , June 24 , 2020 ] .
The black figure is particularly humiliating .
Trump and his campaign flunkies can ’ t stop talking about the great things Trump does for blacks .
Record-low black unemployment !
Criminal justice reform !
Permanent funding for historically black colleges !
And that non-stop message has only worsened since the Floyd hoax .
“ I think I ’ ve done more for the Black community than any other president , ” he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s legacy is ‘ questionable , ’ brags about his own work for Black Americans , by Dan Mangan , CNBC , June 12 , 2020 ] .
A tweet from Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale last week illustrates the idiocy .
Parscale attacked Biden for working with Strom Thurmond to impose harsh sentences on crack dealers .
He claimed this legislation targeted blacks and Trump is fixing the “ problem ” The problem is the crack dealers , not sending them to jail .
It makes no sense for Trump to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his campaign manager calls law and order proposals racist .
Unhappily , Parscale is not alone .
Official Republican and Trump campaign accounts regularly tweet cringeworthy statements about Confederate monuments and criminal justice reform .
Who , exactly , are these messages for ?
If they ’ re intended to win the black vote , they ’ re failing .
If they ’ re meant to soothe white suburbanite concerns about Trump ’ s alleged “ racism , ” they ’ re failing .
If they ’ re meant to excite Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they ’ re failing .
Parscale set out the agenda for the Trump campaign in a January interview with Lou Dobbs : the economy and healthcare .
When Dobbs asked about immigration , the campaign manager replied that they didn ’ t need to worry about it because “ we already have [ immigration patriots as ] voters.
” Other issues , he claimed , will bring in new voters .
Jared Kushner , Tucker Carlson has observed , has made the similar point that “ our voters aren ’ t going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ solid .
What choice do they have ?
They ’ ve got to vote for us.
” [ Tucker Carlson : “ No One Has More Contempt For Donald Trump 's Voters Than Jared Kushner , ” by Ian Schwartz , Real Clear Politics , June 1 , 2020 ] The Son-in-Law in Chief might wish to consult the polling data to verify that claim .
Parscale is taking a lot of heat lately for the poor messaging and the Tulsa rally ’ s underwhelming attendance .
Reports suggest Parscale is on his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign shake-up .
Maybe , but he ’ s not the ultimate problem .
Jared Kushner and the Republican establishment are setting Trump ’ s agenda and message , Parscale merely carries it out .
And frighteningly , as Politico reported , Kushner “ who effectively oversees the campaign from the White House , is expected to play an even more active role ” [ Trump admits it : He ’ s losing , by Alex Isenstadt , June 27 , 2020 ] .
We can only hope that isn ’ t true @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump might sideline Kushner in response to the poor polling and [ After Tulsa Catastrophe , Parscale—And Kushner—Is At The Top Of Trump ’ s Hit List , by Gabriel Sherman , Vanity Fair , June 22 , 2020 ] .
Given last week ’ s extended and expanded his immigration moratorium to include most guest-worker visas , which Kushner strongly opposed , that seems quite possible .
Trump also wants to crack down on the rioters and statue destroyers , while Kushner wants the president to focus more on police reforms and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exists among Trump advisers over how to address nights of protests and riots in US after Floyd 's death , by Kaitlan Collins and Kevin Liptak , CNN , May 31 , 2020 ] .
Trump recently tweeted an ad that suggests he might ditch the awful messaging .
It pins the current chaos on Democrats and the Left and states they want to burn America to the ground .
It ’ s a powerful , take-no-prisoners video with the same message that helped Trump win in 2016 and might just re-energize his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yet tough talk alone won ’ t win back Trump ’ s base .
He must act .
Signs are improving there , too.. Over the weekend , he tweeted several wanted pictures of statue vandals .
Four leftists were hit with federal charges for attacking the Andrew Jackson statue in DC [ Justice Department Charges 4 Over Attempt to Topple Andrew Jackson Statue In D.C. , by Jason Slotkin , NPR , June 28 , 2020 ] .
Putting left-wing criminals behind bars sends the right message and might stifle the unrest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ helping unemployed Americans with the immigration ban for the rest of the year .
Nearly two-thirds of Americans support it , according to the latest polling .
Trump must show Americans that the Chinese Virus threat is decreasing , the economy is recovering , and law and order is being restored .
Tweets about money for black colleges , Biden ’ s tough-on-crime bills , and or his long-ago cooperation with “ segregationists ” won ’ t do .
Trump must make this election about order versus chaos and put Democrats on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Antifa and Black Lives Matter .
That , and only that , will win the white vote .
Washington Watcher II [ Email him ] is an anonymous DC insider .

washingtonwatcherii@protonmail.com (Washington  Watcher II)

See, earlier: Forget THE APPRENTICE, Trump—Blacks Will Never Vote For You Enough To Make A Difference
White voters are turning away from President Trump. That assessment includes his invaluable working-class white base. But Trump has only himself and his campaign to blame for the bad news contained in the latest polls. While America burns, his campaign’s only plan seems to be wooing black voters by tweeting that Joe Biden is the “real” racist. Trump seems unable to do anything about the riots or the devastation wrought by coronavirus. The latest poll numbers should knock some sense into the president. He seems to be responding a little lately, but he’s going to lose the election if he sticks to Jared Kushner’s agenda and doesn’t fight like the candidate we elected in 2016.
The latest polls from the New York Times lay bare the ugly truth.
Biden leads Trump among college-educated whites by 28 points [Biden Takes Dominant Lead as Voters Reject Trump on Virus and Race, by Alexander Burns, Jonathan Martin and Matt Stevens, June 24, 2020]. The former vice president leads Trump by double digits among all white voters in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, three states crucial to Trump’s 2016 victory, yet he is down by double digits [In Poll, Trump Falls Far Behind Biden in Six Key Battleground States, by Nate Cohn, June 25, 2020].The same poll puts Biden 14 points ahead of Trump nationwide: 50 percent to 36 percent. That figure is no outlier either. The latest polls from Fox News and Harvard-Harris put Biden 12 points ahead nationally. The Real Clear Politics average has Biden ahead by 9.4 points.
Trump’s problems among college-educated whites have drawn much attention during his presidency. What’s new is declining support among non-college educated whites, where he holds only a 19-point lead. He won that demographic by 37 points in 2016. And his declining support among this key constituency is pronounced in six battleground states, with only 16 percent of non-college educated whites backing him. In October, his lead among them was 24 points. In 2016, Trump won these battleground voters by 26 points.
Funny thing is, those voters aren’t defecting to Biden’s camp, either; their support for him has increased by just 1 since October. The Times describes them as “white voters with more conservative attitudes on racial issues,” which likely means they think Trump has not delivered the promised nationalist agenda. One voter told the Times’s Cohn he’s disappointed with Trump’s not cracking down on the rioters and shutting down the economy because of the Chinese Virus pandemic. He’ll still vote for Trump, but without much enthusiasm.
Older whites are also jumping ship. In six battleground states, Trump and Biden are about even among whites 65 or older. Trump won them by nearly 20 points in 2016. The Times attributes that decline to the president’s coronavirus response and his “tone” [Trump Faces Mounting Defections From a Once-Loyal Group: Older White Voters, by Alexander Burns and Katie Glueck, June 28, 2020].
The likely cause? The literal chaos they see on television. People are frightened by coronavirus, the riots, the Left’s cultural revolution, and the crippled economy. They don’t see Trump leading. Rioters tear down statues and attack our history with neither police action nor pushback. Crime is rising significantly. The media are hyping a second wave of coronavirus as Trump pushes for reopening the country. More than 47 million Americans have applied for unemployment since March 1 [Another 1.48 million Americans file for unemployment benefits, by Heidi Chung, Yahoo Finance, June 25, 2020].
That picture of Trump’s America hardly inspires confidence.
The only positive for Trump is that Biden has roughly the same non-white support that Hillary Clinton had in 2016. But that’s not exactly great news, either, given the campaign’s focus on painting Biden as the “real” racist. The message is having zero effect on non-whites. The Times: Biden leads by 74 points among blacks and by 39 points among Hispanics [Biden Takes Dominant Lead as Voters Reject Trump on Virus and Race, by Alexander Burns, Jonathan Martin and Matt Stevens, June 24, 2020].
The black figure is particularly humiliating. Trump and his campaign flunkies can’t stop talking about the great things Trump does for blacks. Record-low black unemployment! Criminal justice reform! Permanent funding for historically black colleges! And that non-stop message has only worsened since the Floyd hoax. “I think I’ve done more for the Black community than any other president,” he told Fox News [Trump suggests Lincoln’s legacy is ‘questionable,’ brags about his own work for Black Americans, by Dan Mangan, CNBC, June 12, 2020].
A tweet from Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale last week illustrates the idiocy. Parscale attacked Biden for working with Strom Thurmond to impose harsh sentences on crack dealers. He claimed this legislation targeted blacks and Trump is fixing the “problem.”
Biden once thanked segregationist Strom Thurmond for helping him pass crack cocaine laws targeting Black Americans.
Biden created the problem. @RealDonaldTrump is fixing it.
The beginning of racial justice will be RETIRING Joe Biden from public life.pic.twitter.com/i9Q9I3JAlz — Brad Parscale (@parscale) June 22, 2020
Seriously, Brad?!
The problem is the crack dealers, not sending them to jail. It makes no sense for Trump to continue tweeting out LAW AND ORDER while his campaign manager calls law and order proposals racist.
Unhappily, Parscale is not alone. Official Republican and Trump campaign accounts regularly tweet cringeworthy statements about Confederate monuments and criminal justice reform.
Joe Biden once called a Confederate heritage group 'fine people' pic.twitter.com/kcE38lKQ20 — Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) June 19, 2020
Democrats seem to have forgotten that Pres. Trump has led the way on innovative criminal justice reform.
He signed the FIRST STEP Act & established the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement & the Admin. of Justice—which aims to improve relations between the public & police. — GOP (@GOP) June 20, 2020
Who, exactly, are these messages for? If they’re intended to win the black vote, they’re failing. If they’re meant to soothe white suburbanite concerns about Trump’s alleged “racism,” they’re failing. If they’re meant to excite Trump’s working class white base, again, they’re failing.
Parscale set out the agenda for the Trump campaign in a January interview with Lou Dobbs: the economy and healthcare. When Dobbs asked about immigration, the campaign manager replied that they didn’t need to worry about it because “we already have [immigration patriots as] voters.” Other issues, he claimed, will bring in new voters.
Jared Kushner, Tucker Carlson has observed, has made the similar point that “our voters aren’t going anywhere. The trailer parks are rock solid. What choice do they have? They’ve got to vote for us” [Tucker Carlson: “No One Has More Contempt For Donald Trump's Voters Than Jared Kushner,” by Ian Schwartz, Real Clear Politics, June 1, 2020].
The Son-in-Law in Chief might wish to consult the polling data to verify that claim.
Parscale is taking a lot of heat lately for the poor messaging and the Tulsa rally’s underwhelming attendance. Reports suggest Parscale is on his way out as part of a major campaign shake-up. Maybe, but he’s not the ultimate problem.
Jared Kushner and the Republican establishment are setting Trump’s agenda and message, Parscale merely carries it out. And frighteningly, as Politico reported, Kushner, “who effectively oversees the campaign from the White House, is expected to play an even more active role” [Trump admits it: He’s losing, by Alex Isenstadt, June 27, 2020].
We can only hope that isn’t true, apropos of other reports that Trump might sideline Kushner in response to the poor polling [After Tulsa Catastrophe, Parscale—And Kushner—Is At The Top Of Trump’s Hit List, by Gabriel Sherman, Vanity Fair, June 22, 2020].
Given last week’s extended and expanded his immigration moratorium to include most guest-worker visas, which Kushner strongly opposed, that seems quite possible. Trump also wants to crack down on the rioters and statue destroyers, while Kushner wants the president to focus more on police reforms and appeasing the rioters [A serious divide exists among Trump advisers over how to address nights of protests and riots in US after Floyd's death, by Kaitlan Collins and Kevin Liptak, CNN, May 31, 2020].
Trump recently tweeted an ad that suggests he might ditch the awful messaging. It pins the current chaos on Democrats and the Left and states they want to burn America to the ground.
It’s a powerful, take-no-prisoners video with the same message that helped Trump win in 2016 and might just re-energize his base in time for Election Day.
Yet tough talk alone won’t win back Trump’s base. He must act. Signs are improving there, too..
Over the weekend, he tweeted several wanted pictures of statue vandals. Four leftists were hit with federal charges for attacking the Andrew Jackson statue in DC [Justice Department Charges 4 Over Attempt to Topple Andrew Jackson Statue In D.C., by Jason Slotkin, NPR, June 28, 2020]. Putting left-wing criminals behind bars sends the right message and might stifle the unrest. And again, he’s helping unemployed Americans with the immigration ban for the rest of the year. Nearly two-thirds of Americans support it, according to the latest polling.
Trump must show Americans that the Chinese Virus threat is decreasing, the economy is recovering, and law and order is being restored. Tweets about money for black colleges, Biden’s tough-on-crime bills, and or his long-ago cooperation with “segregationists” won’t do.
Trump must make this election about order versus chaos and put Democrats on the side of the rioters and the radicals in Antifa and Black Lives Matter.
That, and only that, will win the white vote.
Washington Watcher II [Email him] is an anonymous DC insider.


vdare--2020-06-28--Paul Kersey On  John Wayne: "The Attack on John Wayne Is an Attack on White America"

Editor ’ s Note : American Renaissance first published this column by Paul Kersey in February of 2019 .
This weekend , the push to rename John Wayne Airport has been renewed , and in light of recent events , is likely to succeed — making this essay more valuable than ever .
In 1980 , Orange County , California boasted a population .
It was the birthplace of the American conservative movement , .
John Wayne — star of perhaps the finest movie ever made , The Searchers — was a member of this organization and lived in neighboring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same year he died at age 72 , the airport in Orange County was renamed John Wayne Airport .
A nine-foot statue of Wayne in cowboy garb stands in the lobby of the main terminal .
The Resolution of the Orange County Board of Supervisors proclaiming the name change says he was a “ man of humility , of honesty , and a hero of the American West ( who ) was a symbol to the world of the traditional American values.
” If ever an actor epitomized the concept of Manifest Destiny @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for 14 years to have the film The Alamo made — a movie he directed , produced , and starred in as Davy Crockett .
Donald Clark writes in John Wayne ’ s The Alamo : The Making of the Epic Film that the movie was Wayne ’ s idea of “ how being an American should be illustrated.
” To Wayne , the Alamo was the archetypal American story , and the actor said the film should “ remind the freedom-loving people of the world that , not too long ago , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the guts to stand up for the things they believed in , to the point of death.
” Yet Wayne ’ s conception of American identity is being buried by demographic change .
In 1970 , Orange County was 86 percent white .
By 2004 , the massive growth in non-white population ( mostly Asians and Hispanics ) pushed whites to just 49 percent of population .
This demographic transformation ensured Democrats won all seven congressional house seats in 2018 election , a stinging reminder that demography is destiny even in the land @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the new population inhabiting the area has no love for a figure associated with the conquest of the West and traditional American identity .
In 2016 , a push by white Republicans to have a day celebrating the birthday of John Wayne was overwhelmingly voted down A resolution in the State Assembly failed by 36-19 votes , with opponents Assemblyman Luis Alejo and Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez citing a 1971 Playboy interview in which Wayne gave his views on race .
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Editor’s Note: American Renaissance first published this column by Paul Kersey in February of 2019. This weekend, the push to rename John Wayne Airport has been renewed, and in light of recent events, is likely to succeed—making this essay more valuable than ever.
In 1980, Orange County, California boasted a population that was 78 percent white . It was the birthplace of the American conservative movement, boasting 38 chapters of the anti-communist John Birch Society .
John Wayne — star of perhaps the finest movie ever made, The Searchers — was a member of this organization and lived in neighboring Newport Beach. In 1979, the same year he died at age 72, the airport in Orange County was renamed John Wayne Airport. A nine-foot statue of Wayne in cowboy garb stands in the lobby of the main terminal.
The Resolution of the Orange County Board of Supervisors proclaiming the name change says he was a “man of humility, of honesty, and a hero of the American West (who) was a symbol to the world of the traditional American values.”
If ever an actor epitomized the concept of Manifest Destiny, it was Wayne. He fought for 14 years to have the film The Alamo made — a movie he directed, produced, and starred in as Davy Crockett. Donald Clark writes in John Wayne’s The Alamo: The Making of the Epic Film that the movie was Wayne’s idea of “how being an American should be illustrated.” To Wayne, the Alamo was the archetypal American story, and the actor said the film should “remind the freedom-loving people of the world that, not too long ago, there were men and women who had the guts to stand up for the things they believed in, to the point of death.”
Yet Wayne’s conception of American identity is being buried by demographic change. In 1970, Orange County was 86 percent white. By 2004, the massive growth in non-white population (mostly Asians and Hispanics) pushed whites to just 49 percent of population. This demographic transformation ensured Democrats won all seven congressional house seats in 2018 election , a stinging reminder that demography is destiny even in the land of John Wayne.


vdare--2020-06-28--Are Quotas Good for the Asians?

Are Quotas Good for the Asians?

Op-Ed : Why California needs affirmative action more than ever Jennifer Lee [ Email her ] is a professor of sociology at Columbia University and president of the Eastern Sociological Society .
JUNE 26 , 20203 AM In November , a new generation of California voters will have the opportunity to restore affirmative action in the state .
Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5 will be on the ballot , giving voters the chance to repeal Proposition 209 , which banned the consideration of race , sex or ethnicity in public employment , contracting and education in 1996 , nearly a quarter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ affirmative action hail ACA 5 as a way to address historical and systematic racial , ethnic and gender inequalities , while opponents decry it as a form of categorical discrimination that privileges race and gender over merit .
One contingent of opponents are politically conservative Asian immigrants , who claim that reinstating affirmative action will harm their children by placing an Asian quota on university admissions .
This view is wrong — the amendment will not result in racial quotas of any kind , which have been ruled unconstitutional since 1978 .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , not harm , Asian Americans .
I ’ m struck by how Asians feel entitled to argue in public in the Los Angeles Times about Is It Good for the Asians ?
The author feels evaluating a policy in terms of whether her race benefits or loses from it in the racial spoils system feels natural to do in public without the slightest apology to whites .
First , Proposition 209 did not increase the rate of Asian American admissions to the University of California system .
Instead , Asian Americans were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and after the ban on affirmative action .
The group that had the largest decline in admissions were white people , while Latinos had the largest gain .
Asian American and African American admissions rates remained largely the same .
Second , by focusing solely on university admissions , Asian American opponents fail to consider how affirmative action in other domains , such as employment , is needed to break through blocked mobility and the career ceiling they face .
College-educated , U.S.-born Asians fall behind their white counterparts in earnings , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entry-level professional positions .
Recent reports of top technology firms in Silicon Valley show that Asians are the least likely racial group to be promoted into managerial and executive positions .
East Asians , maybe .
South Asians have roared to the top jobs at Google and Microsoft .
White men and women are twice as likely as Asian men and women , respectively , to advance into the executive ranks .
A similar pattern emerges in law where Asians make up 10 % of graduates of top-30 law schools , but only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clerks .
And while they are the largest minority group in major law firms , Asian Americans have the highest attrition rates and lowest ratio of partners to associates .
Even in academia , where Asian Americans are overrepresented as students in elite universities , they are nearly absent in leadership ranks , making up only 2 % of college presidents , far below the percentage of Black and Latino college presidents at 8 % and 4 % , respectively .
Blacks are extremely over-represented at the college president job .
Asians are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tenured professors either .
… Fortunately , the majority of Asian Americans recognize the continued significance of race .
Nearly two-thirds of Asian American registered voters support affirmative action : 65 % favored or strongly favored affirmative action , with only 25 % opposed or strongly opposed .
Moreover , U.S.-born Asians , and especially third-and-higher-generation Asians ( those whose parents and grandparents were born in the U.S. ) , are significantly more likely to support affirmative action than Asian immigrants , according to the 2016 National Asian American Survey .
More recent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the origins of affirmative action , and also less likely to experience the effects of systematic discrimination .
The longer Asians assimilate into America ’ s culture of Hate Whiteyism , the more they hate whitey .

From the Los Angeles Times opinion page:
Op-Ed: Why California needs affirmative action more than ever By JENNIFER LEE Jennifer Lee [Email her] is a professor of sociology at Columbia University and president of the Eastern Sociological Society.
JUNE 26, 20203 AM In November, a new generation of California voters will have the opportunity to restore affirmative action in the state. Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5 will be on the ballot, giving voters the chance to repeal Proposition 209, which banned the consideration of race, sex or ethnicity in public employment, contracting and education in 1996, nearly a quarter of a century ago. Supporters of affirmative action hail ACA 5 as a way to address historical and systematic racial, ethnic and gender inequalities, while opponents decry it as a form of categorical discrimination that privileges race and gender over merit. One contingent of opponents are politically conservative Asian immigrants, who claim that reinstating affirmative action will harm their children by placing an Asian quota on university admissions. This view is wrong — the amendment will not result in racial quotas of any kind, which have been ruled unconstitutional since 1978. In fact, reversing Proposition 209 will help, not harm, Asian Americans.
I’m struck by how Asians feel entitled to argue in public in the Los Angeles Times about Is It Good for the Asians? The author feels evaluating a policy in terms of whether her race benefits or loses from it in the racial spoils system feels natural to do in public without the slightest apology to whites.
First, Proposition 209 did not increase the rate of Asian American admissions to the University of California system. Instead, Asian Americans were admitted at nearly the same rate before and after the ban on affirmative action. The group that had the largest decline in admissions were white people, while Latinos had the largest gain. Asian American and African American admissions rates remained largely the same. Second, by focusing solely on university admissions, Asian American opponents fail to consider how affirmative action in other domains, such as employment, is needed to break through blocked mobility and the career ceiling they face. College-educated, U.S.-born Asians fall behind their white counterparts in earnings, and also behind all groups in advancement beyond entry-level professional positions. Recent reports of top technology firms in Silicon Valley show that Asians are the least likely racial group to be promoted into managerial and executive positions.
East Asians, maybe. South Asians have roared to the top jobs at Google and Microsoft.
White men and women are twice as likely as Asian men and women, respectively, to advance into the executive ranks. A similar pattern emerges in law where Asians make up 10% of graduates of top-30 law schools, but only 6.5% of all federal judicial law clerks. And while they are the largest minority group in major law firms, Asian Americans have the highest attrition rates and lowest ratio of partners to associates. Even in academia, where Asian Americans are overrepresented as students in elite universities, they are nearly absent in leadership ranks, making up only 2% of college presidents, far below the percentage of Black and Latino college presidents at 8% and 4%, respectively.
Blacks are extremely over-represented at the college president job.
Asians are not well represented among the ranks of tenured professors either. … Fortunately, the majority of Asian Americans recognize the continued significance of race. Nearly two-thirds of Asian American registered voters support affirmative action: 65% favored or strongly favored affirmative action, with only 25% opposed or strongly opposed. Moreover, U.S.-born Asians, and especially third-and-higher-generation Asians (those whose parents and grandparents were born in the U.S.), are significantly more likely to support affirmative action than Asian immigrants, according to the 2016 National Asian American Survey. More recent immigrants may be less likely to understand the origins of affirmative action, and also less likely to experience the effects of systematic discrimination.
The longer Asians assimilate into America’s culture of Hate Whiteyism, the more they hate whitey.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-06-28--Valerie Solanas, a Role Model for 2020

Valerie Solanas, a Role Model for 2020

Earlier : Valerie Solanas : Who Do You Have To Shoot In This Town To Get An Obituary In The NEW YORK TIMES ?
commenter Jack D responds to the New York Times using its “ Overlooked No More ” column to laud the life of Valerie Solanas , the feminist lunatic who nearly murdered Andy Warhol : So to sum up , here is a woman who was ( but for luck and heroic medical intervention ) a murderess .
Someone who was clinically insane .
Someone who advocated death for half the population and then when pressed on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be adequate .
Someone who died alone in a flophouse , half eaten by worms because no one cared if she was dead or alive until the stench alerted the other residents .
And this woman is lauded in our supposedly greatest newspaper as an overlooked hero , someone who should be a role model for young women .
Her feminist work is separate from her insanity and not a manifestation of it .
Girls , don ’ t you want to be a feminist like Valerie Solanas when you grow up , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and friendless in the world instead of surrounded by your loving family ?
( Her only mistake was not getting a cat ( or a bunch of cats ) so that they could eat her decaying flesh before the maggots got to it , but maybe the flophouse didn ’ t allow pets . )
But , OTOH our statues of truly great men – Grant , Lincoln , Columbus , Jefferson , etc .
should all be torn down and destroyed .
The portraits of the medical giants who conquered infectious disease @ @ @ @ @ @ @ society with such ass-backward values deserves to die and it WILL die .

Earlier: Valerie Solanas: Who Do You Have To Shoot In This Town To Get An Obituary In The NEW YORK TIMES?
iSteve commenter Jack D responds to the New York Times using its “Overlooked No More” column to laud the life of Valerie Solanas, the feminist lunatic who nearly murdered Andy Warhol:
So to sum up, here is a woman who was (but for luck and heroic medical intervention) a murderess. Someone who was clinically insane. Someone who advocated death for half the population and then when pressed on it, allowed as how sterilization would be adequate. Someone who died alone in a flophouse, half eaten by worms because no one cared if she was dead or alive until the stench alerted the other residents.
And this woman is lauded in our supposedly greatest newspaper as an overlooked hero, someone who should be a role model for young women. Her feminist work is separate from her insanity and not a manifestation of it. Girls, don’t you want to be a feminist like Valerie Solanas when you grow up, so that you too will die alone and friendless in the world instead of surrounded by your loving family? (Her only mistake was not getting a cat [or a bunch of cats] so that they could eat her decaying flesh before the maggots got to it, but maybe the flophouse didn’t allow pets.)
But, OTOH our statues of truly great men – Grant, Lincoln, Columbus, Jefferson, etc. should all be torn down and destroyed. The portraits of the medical giants who conquered infectious disease should all be taken down. A society with such ass-backward values deserves to die and it WILL die.


vdare--2020-07-01--Social Distancing with Peter Brimelow Joined By Jim Goad, TODAY, 3 p.m. EST

On Wednesday at 3 p.m. EST , our latest episode of “ Social Distancing with Peter Brimelow ” will livestream @ @ @ @ @ joined by iconoclastic author Jim Goad !
They will talk about the George Floyd riots @ @ @ @ @ and the increasingly open war on whites by America ’ s elites .
Be sure @ @ @ @ @ conversation !
You can join the conversation here .
Watch our past episodes of “ @ @ @ @ @ ” :

On Wednesday at 3 p.m. EST, our latest episode of “Social Distancing with Peter Brimelow” will livestream. Mr. Brimelow will be joined by iconoclastic author Jim Goad!
They will talk about the George Floyd riots, tearing down of statues and the increasingly open war on whites by America’s elites.
Be sure to tune for this important conversation!
You can join the conversation here.
Watch our past episodes of “Social Distancing with Peter Brimelow”:


vdare--2020-07-01--DNC Deletes Tweet Accusing President Trump Of "Glorifying White Supremacy" By Attending Fireworks Ce

DNC Deletes Tweet Accusing President Trump Of "Glorifying White Supremacy" By Attending Fireworks Celebration At Mt. Rushmore

At some point , you take stock of your life and find out exactly where you as an individual , and also where your country , stands .
And at this point , it should be obvious our ruling elite , corporate America , academia , the corporate media , and the Democrat Party believe anyone who dares celebrate the legacy of Washington , Jefferson , Lincoln , and Teddy Roosevelt is a ‘ white supremacist ’ .
Anyone who fails to show sufficient featly to our new overlords , who constantly mandate kneeling before those shouting “ Black Lives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In a since-deleted tweet , the Democratic National Committee accused President Trump of “ holding a rally glorifying white supremacy ” by attending the fireworks display at Mount Rushmore on Independence Day .
“ Trump has disrespected Native communities time and again .
He ’ s attempted to limit their voting rights and blocked critical pandemic relief .
Now he ’ s holding a rally glorifying white supremacy at Mount Rushmore — a region once sacred to tribal communities , ” the DNC tweeted early Tuesday morning .
The tweet linked to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reported that some Native American groups are planning protests at Mount Rushmore in response to Trump ’ s expected attendance on July 3 .
“ Mount Rushmore is a symbol of white supremacy , of structural racism that ’ s still alive and well in society today , ” Native American activist Nick Tilsen told the British paper .
“ It ’ s an injustice to actively steal indigenous people ’ s land then carve the white faces of the conquerors who committed genocide.
” DNC press secretary Brandon Gassaway did not return @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tweet was deleted .
The Trump campaign immediately seized on the incident , tweeting that “ Joe Biden ’ s Democrat Party says Mount Rushmore and 4th of July celebrations ‘ glorify white supremacy.
’ ” “ To stop this insanity , you have to vote on November 3rd , ” the campaign stated .
Any American who dares celebrate Mt .
Rushmore and the legacy of Washington , Jefferson , Lincoln , and Teddy Roosevelt is a ‘ white supremacist ’ .
That ’ s where we are in 2020 .
Those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ calling for a dialogue on race ( which is really a monologue where white America is told how irredeemable their history is and how insidious they are in the present ) have basically signaled anyone who dares celebrate the history of Washington , Jefferson , Lincoln , and Teddy Roosevelt is a ‘ white supremacist ’ .
As monuments come down across America , is becomes obvious the end-goal is the demolishing of Mt .
Rushmore .

At some point, you take stock of your life and find out exactly where you as an individual, and also where your country, stands.
And at this point, it should be obvious our ruling elite, corporate America, academia, the corporate media, and the Democrat Party believe anyone who dares celebrate the legacy of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt is a ‘white supremacist.’ Anyone who fails to show sufficient featly to our new overlords, who constantly mandate kneeling before those shouting “Black Lives Matter,” is guilty of lèse-majesté.
DNC Claims Trump ‘Glorifying White Supremacy’ By Attending Fireworks at Mt. Rushmore, National Review, June 30, 2020 In a since-deleted tweet, the Democratic National Committee accused President Trump of “holding a rally glorifying white supremacy” by attending the fireworks display at Mount Rushmore on Independence Day. “Trump has disrespected Native communities time and again. He’s attempted to limit their voting rights and blocked critical pandemic relief. Now he’s holding a rally glorifying white supremacy at Mount Rushmore — a region once sacred to tribal communities,” the DNC tweeted early Tuesday morning. The tweet linked to a story by The Guardian, which reported that some Native American groups are planning protests at Mount Rushmore in response to Trump’s expected attendance on July 3.
“Mount Rushmore is a symbol of white supremacy, of structural racism that’s still alive and well in society today,” Native American activist Nick Tilsen told the British paper. “It’s an injustice to actively steal indigenous people’s land then carve the white faces of the conquerors who committed genocide.” DNC press secretary Brandon Gassaway did not return a request for comment on why the tweet was deleted. The Trump campaign immediately seized on the incident, tweeting that “Joe Biden’s Democrat Party says Mount Rushmore and 4th of July celebrations ‘glorify white supremacy.’” “To stop this insanity, you have to vote on November 3rd,” the campaign stated.
Any American who dares celebrate Mt. Rushmore and the legacy of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt is a ‘white supremacist.’
That’s where we are in 2020.
Those in complete control of the megaphone and calling for a dialogue on race (which is really a monologue where white America is told how irredeemable their history is and how insidious they are in the present) have basically signaled anyone who dares celebrate the history of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt is a ‘white supremacist’.
As monuments come down across America, is becomes obvious the end-goal is the demolishing of Mt. Rushmore.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-07-01--The Real Reason the NYT Will Uppercase "Black" But Not "White"

Earlier : The New Childishness : “ Why we capitalize ‘ Black ’ ( and not ‘ white ’ ) ” and Childishness with a Capital `` B '' The Times will start using uppercase “ Black ” to describe people and cultures of African origin , both in the U.S. and elsewhere .
Read more in this note from Dean Baquet and Phil Corbett .
At The Times and elsewhere , the nationwide protests over racism and police violence have prompted discussions about many aspects of our coverage .
One element has been a renewed focus on a longstanding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Black.
” We have talked to more than 100 staff members to get their views … Based on those discussions , we ’ ve decided to adopt the change and start using uppercase “ Black ” to describe people and cultures of African origin , both in the United States and elsewhere .
We believe this style best conveys elements of shared history and identity , and reflects our goal to be respectful of all the people and communities we cover .
… We recently decided to capitalize “ Native ” and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terms like “ Asian-American ” and “ Latino ” have always been capitalized .
We will retain lowercase treatment for “ white.
” While there is an obvious question of parallelism , there has been no comparable movement toward widespread adoption of a new style for “ white , ” and there is less of a sense that “ white ” describes a shared culture and history .

Earlier: The New Childishness: “Why we capitalize ‘Black’ (and not ‘white’)” and Childishness with a Capital "B"
A New York Times announcement:
Uppercasing ‘Black’
The Times will start using uppercase “Black” to describe people and cultures of African origin, both in the U.S. and elsewhere. Read more in this note from Dean Baquet and Phil Corbett.
Dear Colleagues,
At The Times and elsewhere, the nationwide protests over racism and police violence have prompted discussions about many aspects of our coverage. One element has been a renewed focus on a longstanding debate: whether to capitalize the term “Black.”
We have talked to more than 100 staff members to get their views …
Based on those discussions, we’ve decided to adopt the change and start using uppercase “Black” to describe people and cultures of African origin, both in the United States and elsewhere. We believe this style best conveys elements of shared history and identity, and reflects our goal to be respectful of all the people and communities we cover.
… We recently decided to capitalize “Native” and “Indigenous,” while other ethnic terms like “Asian-American” and “Latino” have always been capitalized.
We will retain lowercase treatment for “white.” While there is an obvious question of parallelism, there has been no comparable movement toward widespread adoption of a new style for “white,” and there is less of a sense that “white” describes a shared culture and history.


vdare--2020-07-01--Paul Krugman: Reality Is Coming for White Supremacists Driving Golf Carts

I actually rather like Paul Krugman , but his personality in my experience is much driven by hate .
He @ @ @ @ @ hater .
That was a virtue during the Bush Years when he was constantly turning @ @ @ @ @ on the President , who , after all , has lots of power and influence @ @ @ @ @ to public critiques by intelligent people like Krugman who hate his guts .
But when @ @ @ @ @ hatred at random oldsters whom he hates for partisan and ethnic reasons … By the @ @ @ @ @ right intellectually in the 1990s , in a sort of Pinkerite way , developing an @ @ @ @ @ is Krugman ’ s 1996 takedown of Stephen Jay Gould .
But those intellectual interests @ @ @ @ @ long survive his marrying a very light black lady .

Reality is coming for white supremacists driving golf carts https://t.co/dx4vM4taww — Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) June 30, 2020
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I actually rather like Paul Krugman, but his personality in my experience is much driven by hate. He’s a truly great hater.
That was a virtue during the Bush Years when he was constantly turning his vast capacity for hatred on the President, who, after all, has lots of power and influence and therefore should be exposed to public critiques by intelligent people like Krugman who hate his guts.
But when Krugman points his talent for hatred at random oldsters whom he hates for partisan and ethnic reasons …
By the way, Krugman was moving right intellectually in the 1990s, in a sort of Pinkerite way, developing an interest in Darwinism. Here is Krugman’s 1996 takedown of Stephen Jay Gould.
But those intellectual interests didn’t seem to long survive his marrying a very light black lady.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-07-01--Tucker Carlson Earns Highest Ratings in Cable News History

Maybe he might even pick up a mainstream national advertiser or two ?
In lesser news , iSteve broke the @ @ @ @ @ in June , my highest monthly figure since a handful of million page months in @ @ @ @ @ for Tucker and me to get high ratings is anarchy in the streets .
Of @ @ @ @ @ people had listened to us years ago , this social collapse could have been forestalled @ @ @ @ @ ’ t look like such accurate prophets in June 2020 .
I could have lived @ @ @

From Adweek:
Fox News Q2 2020 Ratings: Tucker Carlson Averaged 4.33 Million Viewers at 8 p.m., the Largest Audience in Cable News History By A.J. Katz on Jun. 30, 2020 – 3:48 PM Comment
Maybe he might even pick up a mainstream national advertiser or two?
In lesser news, iSteve broke the one million page view mark in June, my highest monthly figure since a handful of million page months in 2017-2018.
All it takes for Tucker and me to get high ratings is anarchy in the streets.
Of course, maybe if more people had listened to us years ago, this social collapse could have been forestalled, and thus we wouldn’t look like such accurate prophets in June 2020.
I could have lived with that …
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-06-30--After Pandemic, Security Scandals: Time To Rethink Student Visas—Even If Higher Ed Blob Is Addicted

After Pandemic, Security Scandals: Time To Rethink Student Visas—Even If Higher Ed Blob Is Addicted To Them

Earlier , by James Fulford : The “ China Virus ” Came From China And Chinese People .
AND IT 'S OK TO SAY SO More than 130,000 Americans have died with or from the Chinese Virus , and another 2.73 million have been infected .
Yet little if discussion is heard about the reason it got here so quickly : China .
Whether the pathogen oozed out of the repulsive wet markets of Wuhan , or originated in a poorly-managed lab at the Wuhan Institute of Virology , a key doorway into the U.S. was through our bloated higher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the F-1 for students and J-1 for “ exchange visitors , ” another word for spies .
To stop another pandemic , these programs should ne ended , if not for public health then for national security .
College students went back home to China over winter break , contracted the virus , and came back to their respective colleges with a disease the U.S. was ill-prepared to combat .
Case in point : my home state of Massachusetts , one of the worst-impacted states .
Suffolk County , which includes Boston , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as of the today , [ Infection2020.com , June 30 , 2020 ] .
Contrast that with New York City , considered to have had the worst outbreak nationwide , with a 2.6 percent rate .
Although a Biogen conference that took place in Boston in late February was thought to be a super spreader of the virus , that isn ’ t where it originated .
The first confirmed case : a UMass Boston student who traveled to Wuhan , China for winter break [ UMass Boston student first confirmed case of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Boston Herald , February , 1 , 2020 ] .
Wuhan isn ’ t exactly a tourist destination for white , black , and Latino Americans .
I ca n't say I 've ever met someone who cares about the Yellow Crane Tower or Hubei Provincial Museum .
As usual , little information about the Bay State ’ s Patient Zero is public other than his age and status as a student , it ’ s an almost certain bet that he ’ s a Chinese student .
So one must ask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the first place ?
Nor was this the only such case .
By late January , Inside Higher Ed reported , the virus had already spread to Arizona State University and was thought to be on a few other campuses [ Preparing for Coronavirus , by Elizabeth Redden , January 27 , 2020 ] .
Some college spring breaks begin as early as February .
As Reuters reported , international travel brought multiple coronavirus cases to Vanderbilt University because the school did not prohibit Chinese students from traveling home during spring break [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brought COVID-19 home from campus , by Anna Irrera , April 2 , 2020 ] .
Thus one freshman mentioned in the Reuters report , Sophia Yan , contracted the virus when she traveled back home to China .
Of course , some cases might have originated in other countries .
But the fact is , if fewer Chinese nationals were on college campuses here , the number of Covid-19 cases would be fewer , and so would the number of deaths .
That ’ s not to blame these individuals for these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government policy .
And that failure isn ’ t just a public health menace .
It threatens national security as well .
Because China is arguably our country ’ s greatest geopolitical adversary , importing Chinese students should be a major red flag , so to speak .
China has been planting spies among university faculty and in research departments .
That happened in Massachusetts .
Two Chinese nationals in the country on fraudulent visas and Charles Lieber , a Jewish American who chaired Harvard 's Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department , were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Chinese government .
They were part of a plot to steal American research and technology on the ChiComs ’ behalf [ Harvard professor among three charged with lying about Chinese government ties , by Veronica Stracqualursi , CNN , January 28 , 2020 ] .
NBC News reported on a few other examples earlier this year : • A Chinese Harvard-affiliated cancer researcher was caught in December with 21 vials of cells stolen from a laboratory at a Boston hospital .
• A Chinese professor conducting sensitive research at the University of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he concealed his ties to a Chinese university .
• A Chinese scholar at the University of California , Los Angeles was convicted in June of shipping banned missile technology to his homeland .
• A Chinese student at Chicago 's Illinois Institute of Technology was charged last year with helping to recruit spies for his country 's version of the CIA .
[ American universities are a soft target for China 's spies , say U.S. intelligence officials , by Ken Dilanian , February 2 , 2020 ] Last month , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese graduate school students from American universities because they had ties to Chinese military schools .
Of course , the colleges themselves weren ’ t happy because foreign students pay full tuition and add to diversity , which delusional liberal colleges love .
The Chinese government can find ways around that expulsion as long as the program exists .
Even students and exchange visitors who aren ’ t spies should worry us .
What good does it do our country to educate future generations of the Chinese Communist Party ?
Xi Jinping ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at Harvard University under a fake name .
So did Bo Guagua , whose father Bo Xilai was once the Communist Party Secretary for the city of Chongqing [ The East Is Crimson , by William J. Dobson , Slate , May 23 , 2012 ] .
With the help of neoliberal shills in our government , China has gutted the heartland of this country of its manufacturing jobs and showers us with opioids [ Evolution of the U.S .
Overdose Crisis , Rand Corporation , September 6 , 2018 ] .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more in the future With any immigration program , illegal immigration is a cause for concern as well .
The most common form of illegal immigration is visa overstays .
That ’ s an issue regardless of the visa holder ’ s country of origin .
Not to mention these programs displace American workers .
In some cases , a nonresident ’ s alien F or J visa exempts him and his employer from payroll taxes .
That allows businesses to save 7.79 percent by hiring them instead of American workers [ Payroll @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This is commonly done on Cape Cod in Massachusetts with the J-1 summer work travel program , as I reported last year .
And when students graduate , they sometimes stay on H-1B visas .
Those visas , by the way , also present a health and national security threat for the reasons as F and J visas .
Solution : Shut them all down and keep the Chinese out , not just for our health , but for our national security .
Hank Johnson [ Email him ] is a student @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

Earlier, by James Fulford: The “China Virus” Came From China And Chinese People. AND IT'S OK TO SAY SO
More than 130,000 Americans have died with or from the Chinese Virus, and another 2.73 million have been infected. Yet little if discussion is heard about the reason it got here so quickly: China. Whether the pathogen oozed out of the repulsive wet markets of Wuhan, or originated in a poorly managed lab at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a key doorway into the U.S. was through our bloated higher education sector and awful visa programs like the F-1 for students and J-1 for “exchange visitors,” another word for spies. To stop another pandemic, these programs should ne ended, if not for public health then for national security.
College students went back home to China over winter break, contracted the virus, and came back to their respective colleges with a disease the U.S. was ill-prepared to combat. Case in point: my home state of Massachusetts, one of the worst-impacted states. Suffolk County, which includes Boston, had a 2.5 percent coronavirus infection rate as of today, [Infection2020.com, June 30, 2020]. Contrast that with New York City, considered to have had the worst outbreak nationwide, with a 2.6 percent rate.
Although a Biogen conference that took place in Boston in late February was thought to be a super spreader of the virus, that isn’t where it originated. The first confirmed case: a UMass Boston student who traveled to Wuhan, China for winter break [UMass Boston student first confirmed case of coronavirus in Massachusetts, by Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, February, 1, 2020].
Wuhan isn’t exactly a tourist destination for white, black, and Latino Americans. I can't say I've ever met someone who cares about the Yellow Crane Tower or Hubei Provincial Museum. As usual, little information about the Bay State’s Patient Zero is public other than his age and status as a student, but it’s an almost certain bet that he’s a Chinese student. So one must ask: What was he doing here in the first place?
Nor was this the only such case. By late January, Inside Higher Ed reported, the virus had already spread to Arizona State University and was thought to be on a few other campuses [Preparing for Coronavirus, by Elizabeth Redden, January 27, 2020].
Some college spring breaks begin as early as February. As Reuters reported, international travel brought multiple coronavirus cases to Vanderbilt University because the school did not prohibit Chinese students from traveling home during spring break [Exclusive: How elite U.S. college students brought COVID-19 home from campus, by Anna Irrera, April 2, 2020]. Thus one freshman mentioned in the Reuters report, Sophia Yan, contracted the virus when she traveled back home to China.
Of course, some cases might have originated in other countries. But the fact is, if fewer Chinese nationals were on college campuses here, the number of Covid-19 cases would be fewer, and so would the number of deaths. That’s not to blame these individuals for these deaths but instead the failure of U.S. government policy.
And that failure isn’t just a public health menace. It threatens national security as well.
Because China is arguably our country’s greatest geopolitical adversary, importing Chinese students should be a major red flag, so to speak.
China has been planting spies among university faculty and in research departments. That happened in Massachusetts. Two Chinese nationals in the country on fraudulent visas and Charles Lieber, a Jewish American who chaired Harvard's Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, were charged for lying about their ties to the Chinese government. They were part of a plot to steal American research and technology on the ChiComs’ behalf [Harvard professor among three charged with lying about Chinese government ties, by Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN, January 28, 2020].
NBC News reported on a few other examples earlier this year:
A Chinese Harvard-affiliated cancer researcher was caught in December with 21 vials of cells stolen from a laboratory at a Boston hospital.
A Chinese professor conducting sensitive research at the University of Kansas was indicted in August on charges he concealed his ties to a Chinese university.
A Chinese scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles was convicted in June of shipping banned missile technology to his homeland.
A Chinese student at Chicago's Illinois Institute of Technology was charged last year with helping to recruit spies for his country's version of the CIA.
[American universities are a soft target for China's spies, say U.S. intelligence officials, by Ken Dilanian, February 2, 2020]
Last month, the Trump administration wisely decided to expel 3,000 Chinese graduate school students from American universities because they had ties to Chinese military schools. Of course, the colleges themselves weren’t happy because foreign students pay full tuition and add to diversity, which delusional liberal colleges love. The Chinese government can find ways around that expulsion as long as the program exists.
Even students and exchange visitors who aren’t spies should worry us.
What good does it do our country to educate future generations of the Chinese Communist Party? Xi Jinping’s daughter, Xi Mingze, studied at Harvard University under a fake name. So did Bo Guagua, whose father Bo Xilai was once the Communist Party Secretary for the city of Chongqing [The East Is Crimson, by William J. Dobson, Slate, May 23, 2012]. With the help of neoliberal shills in our government, China has gutted the heartland of this country of its manufacturing jobs and showers us with opioids [Evolution of the U.S. Overdose Crisis, Rand Corporation, September 6, 2018]. They could figure out ways to hurt us more in the future.
With any immigration program, illegal immigration is a cause for concern as well. The most common form of illegal immigration is visa overstays. That’s an issue regardless of the visa holder’s country of origin.
Not to mention these programs displace American workers. In some cases, a nonresident’s alien F or J visa exempts him and his employer from payroll taxes. That allows businesses to save 7.79 percent by hiring them instead of American workers [Payroll Tax Benefits for Employers, SeasonalStaff.org]. This is commonly done on Cape Cod in Massachusetts with the J-1 summer work travel program, as I reported last year. And when students graduate, they sometimes stay on H-1B visas.
Those visas, by the way, also present a health and national security threat for the same reasons as F and J visas.
Solution: Shut them all down and keep the Chinese out, not just for our health, but for our national security.
Hank Johnson [Email him] is a student of New England politics and popular culture.


vdare--2020-07-01--Michelle Malkin: What's the Matter with Kansas State University?

Earlier ( 2014 ) : What ’ s the Matter With Kansas ?
– How Conservatism Inc. Is Blowing It In A Red State Kansas has n't voted for a Democrat in presidential elections since 1964 .
From 1995 to 2002 and from 2011 to 2017 , Republicans in Topeka held the iron trifecta of the governor 's mansion , the state House and the state Senate .
In 2016 , Donald Trump walloped Hillary Clinton in this quintessential red state by a 57-36 margin .
So why is it that , in 2020 , a mainstream conservative Christian college @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mob ca n't find a single prominent Republican in the Sunflower State to uphold and defend his free speech rights ?
Jaden McNeil is a 21-year-old Kansas State University undergrad , former Turning Point USA chapter leader , and founder of America First Students .
Since quitting TPUSA last year over its shocking embrace of drag queens , open borders and a `` culture of censorship , '' McNeil has been attacked by left-wing journalists and tarred through guilt by association .
Local reporters such as Judy Thomas at the Kansas City Star @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who I 've known since last year and consider a friend and rising conservative star ) is connected to `` white nationalism '' for advocating traditional social conservatism and an end to mass migration .
McNeil also refuses to bend his knee to Black Lives Matter , unlike so many swamp conservatives folding like cheap origami these days .
On June 25 , the young KSU student tweeted an edgy joke about BLM hero George Floyd : '' Congratulations to George Floyd on being drug free for an entire month ! ''
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ common internet commemoration of the deaths of drug-addicted celebrities .
You may think it 's bad humor or brilliant humor but newsflash : ( It 's humor .
No matter .
In end-stage America , where we are now governed by the wokest of the insane and indignant , there is no bigger human rights violation than a George Floyd joke .
A manufactured outrage backlash by KSU College Democrats , athletes and bloodthirsty Black Lives Matter extremists ensued .
K-State freshman quarterback Jaren Lewis fulminated : `` We are demanding that Kansas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that allows a student to be dismissed for displaying openly racist , threatening or disrespectful action toward a student or groups of students .
We have resolved that we can not play , practice , or meet until these demands are heard and actions taken . ''
K-State Democrats will hold a march this weekend calling for McNeil 's head .
In response , KSU president Richard Myers [ Email him ] proclaimed that `` Black Lives Matter '' and immediately pledged `` to fast-track action plans to combat racism and bigotry and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ KSU vice president for student life Thomas Lane [ Email him ] attacked McNeil for lacking `` basic decency . ''
The school has launched an `` immediate review '' of its `` options . ''
The adults in charge poured virtue-signaling fuel on a riotous fire , resulting in an avalanche of violent death threats and doxxing of McNeil 's family : '' KICK JADEN MCNEIL OUT OR WE WILL HANDLE HIM OURSELVES .
This is not a threat , it 's a promise !
! ''
a Twitter user exclaimed .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ never show your face in public in the state of Kansas .
F -- kin dead man . ''
Another user named Billy threatened : `` I do n't know who you are but I hope your ( gets ) face stomped in .
If no one has , I 'll do it . ''
A `` parody '' Twitter account masquerading as McNeil 's mother posted a family photo and his father 's employer has been harassed .
`` People are more upset about this tweet than they are about George Floyd @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' McNeil bluntly noted .
Twitter , the supposedly neutral platform , forced McNeil to delete both his original joke and his observation about the selective outrage because the company claimed , the tweets were `` glorifying violence . ''
In the meantime , not a single Kansas Republican has risen to condemn the threats against McNeil , nor defended his rights to free speech and free association .
The academic liberty champions of FIRE , however , sent off a letter to KSU President Myers on Monday firmly reminding the school that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ punishing or investigating McNeil for his tweets . ''
Shibley added : `` The many attempts to silence dissenting voices in the past few weeks point to a profound failure among universities nationwide to maintain the climate of free inquiry that gives them purpose .
Censorship does nothing to persuade its targets that their views are 'wrong'—only that they must lie about them , or stay silent .
While this may result in a temporary political benefit , driving views underground is a ticking time bomb for a democratic society . ''
Unapologetic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under siege at publicly funded universities—not just at blue state Ivy League schools or crazy California Marxist echo chambers but smack dab in the middle of red state America .
Conservatism Inc. 's multimillion-dollar decades-old culture war is an abysmal failure .
The kids deserve better .
Michelle Malkin [ Email her ] is the author of Invasion : How America Still Welcomes Terrorists , Criminals , and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores .
Click here for Peter Brimelow ’ s review .
Click here for Michelle Malkin 's website .
Michelle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Exposing Liberals Gone Wild , Culture of Corruption : Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats , Crooks & Cronies , , Who Built That : Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs , and Sold Out : How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing America 's Best & Brightest Workers .
Malkin is author of the book , `` Open Borders , Inc. : Who 's Funding America 's Destruction , '' available directly from VDARE.com in hardcover .
To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com .
COPYRIGHT 2019 CREATORS.COM

Earlier (2014): What’s the Matter With Kansas?–How Conservatism Inc. Is Blowing It In A Red State
Kansas hasn't voted for a Democrat in presidential elections since 1964. From 1995 to 2002 and from 2011 to 2017, Republicans in Topeka held the iron trifecta of the governor's mansion, the state House and the state Senate. In 2016, Donald Trump walloped Hillary Clinton in this quintessential red state by a 57-36 margin.
So why is it that, in 2020, a mainstream conservative Christian college student under fire by a violence-inciting campus mob can't find a single prominent Republican in the Sunflower State to uphold and defend his free speech rights?
Jaden McNeil is a 21-year-old Kansas State University undergrad, former Turning Point USA chapter leader, and founder of America First Students. Since quitting TPUSA last year over its shocking embrace of drag queens, open borders and a "culture of censorship," McNeil has been attacked by left-wing journalists and tarred through guilt by association. Local reporters such as Judy Thomas at the Kansas City Star have regurgitated baseless lies that McNeil (who I've known since last year and consider a friend and rising conservative star) is connected to "white nationalism" for advocating traditional social conservatism and an end to mass migration.
McNeil also refuses to bend his knee to Black Lives Matter, unlike so many swamp conservatives folding like cheap origami these days. On June 25, the young KSU student tweeted an edgy joke about BLM hero George Floyd:
"Congratulations to George Floyd on being drug free for an entire month!"
The snarky line is a variation on a common internet commemoration of the deaths of drug-addicted celebrities. You may think it's bad humor or brilliant humor but newsflash: (It's humor. No matter. In end-stage America, where we are now governed by the wokest of the insane and indignant, there is no bigger human rights violation than a George Floyd joke.
A manufactured outrage backlash by KSU College Democrats, athletes and bloodthirsty Black Lives Matter extremists ensued. K-State freshman quarterback Jaren Lewis fulminated: "We are demanding that Kansas State University put a policy in place that allows a student to be dismissed for displaying openly racist, threatening or disrespectful action toward a student or groups of students. We have resolved that we cannot play, practice, or meet until these demands are heard and actions taken." K-State Democrats will hold a march this weekend calling for McNeil's head.
In response, KSU president Richard Myers [Email him] proclaimed that "Black Lives Matter" and immediately pledged "to fast-track action plans to combat racism and bigotry and other forms of social injustice." KSU vice president for student life Thomas Lane [Email him] attacked McNeil for lacking "basic decency." The school has launched an "immediate review" of its "options." The adults in charge poured virtue-signaling fuel on a riotous fire, resulting in an avalanche of violent death threats and doxxing of McNeil's family:
"KICK JADEN MCNEIL OUT OR WE WILL HANDLE HIM OURSELVES. This is not a threat, it's a promise!!" a Twitter user exclaimed. "I swear to God you better never show your face in public in the state of Kansas. F--kin dead man."
Another user named Billy threatened: "I don't know who you are but I hope your (gets) face stomped in. If no one has, I'll do it."
An Instagram user messaged McNeil: "White cracker n---a ur gonna die."
A "parody" Twitter account masquerading as McNeil's mother posted a family photo and his father's employer has been harassed.
"People are more upset about this tweet than they are about George Floyd robbing a pregnant woman at gunpoint," McNeil bluntly noted. Twitter, the supposedly neutral platform, forced McNeil to delete both his original joke and his observation about the selective outrage because, the company claimed, the tweets were "glorifying violence." In the meantime, not a single Kansas Republican has risen to condemn the threats against McNeil, nor defended his rights to free speech and free association. The academic liberty champions of FIRE, however, sent off a letter to KSU President Myers on Monday firmly reminding the school that "the First Amendment bars KSU from punishing or investigating McNeil for his tweets."
Robert Shibley, FIRE's executive director, told me:
"Kansas State may say that it is reviewing its 'options' in response to a demand that a student be kicked out for an unpopular tweet, but it knows those options don't include meeting that demand—at least not legally. The free speech guarantees that some students demand be denied to others are the only thing that protects them from being the next casualty of shifting political winds."
Shibley added: "The many attempts to silence dissenting voices in the past few weeks point to a profound failure among universities nationwide to maintain the climate of free inquiry that gives them purpose. Censorship does nothing to persuade its targets that their views are 'wrong'—only that they must lie about them, or stay silent. While this may result in a temporary political benefit, driving views underground is a ticking time bomb for a democratic society."
Unapologetic nationalist conservative students like Jaden McNeil are under siege at publicly funded universities—not just at blue state Ivy League schools or crazy California Marxist echo chambers but smack dab in the middle of red state America. Conservatism Inc.'s multimillion-dollar decades-old culture war is an abysmal failure. The kids deserve better.
COPYRIGHT 2020 CREATORS.COM
Michelle Malkin [Email her] is the author of Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores. Click here for Peter Brimelow’s review. Click here for Michelle Malkin's website. Michelle Malkin is also the author of Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild, Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks & Cronies, ,Who Built That: Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs, and Sold Out: How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing America's Best & Brightest Workers.
Malkin is author of the book, "Open Borders, Inc.: Who's Funding America's Destruction," available directly from VDARE.com in hardcover. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2019 CREATORS.COM


vdare--2020-06-30--Black Professors Don't Want White People To Sing Swing Low Sweet Chariot

That 's Paul Robeson , above , singing one of the most stirring of the old Negro Spirituals … or whatever we 're supposed to call them nowadays .
I remember it from my high-school years .
It 's well-known all over the world .
Especially to English fans of Rugby football .
Rugby fans love to sing , and when England 's team is on the field , especially when the odds are against them , this is the song you 'll hear .
There 's a bit of sporting history behind that : You can see it for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nothing as traditional as this—well , nothing belonging to white people — will be allowed to survive the present cultural revolution .
The Rugby Football Union , which is the governing body for the sport in England , is pondering whether the singing of `` Swing Low , Sweet Chariot '' by white people is a form of cultural appropriation and so should be banned .
This tiny controversy has brought forth great blasts of PC gibberish from Grievance Studies academics , the kind of thing that provides a handsome living to Ta-Nehisi @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like Tim Wise and Robin DeAngelo the White Fragility lady .
Here , for example , is Josephine Wright , picture right , billed here as a professor of music and black studies at the College of Wooster in Ohio .
Quote from her : If you are still holding in your breakfast , here is Arthur Jones [ Email him ] right , a music history professor ( and Interim Vice Chancellor , Diversity/Inclusion ) at the University of Denver , after being told about the rugby fans singing a spiritual , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to ban the song may get help from on high , though .
No less a personage than Prince Harry Windsor seems to be on board with a ban .
[ Prince Harry backs rugby move to kick out slavery song Swing Low , Sweet Chariot , Times Of London , June 21 2020 ] Given that Harry is the least popular member of the Royal Family , as well as the least intelligent , I 'd advise him not to make any appearances at rugby matches .
If he does , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him .

That's Paul Robeson, above, singing one of the most stirring of the old Negro Spirituals … or whatever we're supposed to call them nowadays. I remember it from my high-school years. It's well-known all over the world.
Especially to English fans of Rugby football. Rugby fans love to sing, and when England's team is on the field, especially when the odds are against them, this is the song you'll hear. There's a bit of sporting history behind that: You can see it for yourselves on YouTube.
Of course, nothing as traditional as this—well, nothing belonging to white people—will be allowed to survive the present cultural revolution. The Rugby Football Union, which is the governing body for the sport in England, is pondering whether the singing of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" by white people is a form of cultural appropriation and so should be banned.
This tiny controversy has brought forth great blasts of PC gibberish from Grievance Studies academics, the kind of thing that provides a handsome living to Ta-Nehisi Coates and a legion of white hucksters like Tim Wise and Robin DeAngelo the White Fragility lady.
Here, for example, is Josephine Wright, picture right, billed here as a professor of music and black studies at the College of Wooster in Ohio. Quote from her:
Such cross-cultural appropriations of U.S. slave songs betray a total lack of understanding of the historical context in which those songs were created by the American slave.
If you are still holding in your breakfast, here is Arthur Jones [Email him ] right, a music history professor (and Interim Vice Chancellor, Diversity/Inclusion) at the University of Denver, after being told about the rugby fans singing a spiritual, quote:
My first reaction is absolute shock—and I actually understand it when I think about it—but that's my first reaction. I feel kind of sad. [How a Slave Spiritual Became English Rugby’s Anthem, by Andrew Keith, NYT, March 7, 2017]
Poor guy! The move to ban the song may get help from on high, though. No less a personage than Prince Harry Windsor seems to be on board with a ban. [Prince Harry backs rugby move to kick out slavery song Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Times Of London, June 21 2020]
Given that Harry is the least popular member of the Royal Family, as well as the least intelligent, I'd advise him not to make any appearances at rugby matches. If he does, I think I know what song will greet him.


vdare--2020-06-30--WLDM: White Lives Don't Matter

WLDM: White Lives Don't Matter

It ’ s not okay to say white lives matter : MANCHESTER , England ( Reuters ) – The Burnley @ @ @ @ @ the “ White Lives Matter Burnley ” banner displayed from a plane above the Etihad @ @ @ @ @ his job , British media reported on Wednesday .
It is okay to say , @ @ @ @ @ white lives don ’ t matter : It ’ s okay , but it ’ @ @ @ @ @ The smart ones aren ’ t going to utter things like that in public , @ @ @ @ @ ( ‘ Doctor ’ Gopal ’ s teaching and research interests are “ in colonial @ @ @ @ @ , gender and feminism , Marxism and critical race studies ” ) .
If I @ @ @ @ @ I ’ d consider pivoting from painting the town monochrome in “ White lives matter @ @ @ @ @ “ Whites lives don ’ t matter ” .

It’s not okay to say white lives matter:
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – The Burnley fan who took responsibility for the “White Lives Matter Burnley” banner displayed from a plane above the Etihad Stadium has been fired from his job, British media reported on Wednesday.
It is okay to say, again and again, that white lives don’t matter:
It’s okay, but it’s not very optical. The smart ones aren’t going to utter things like that in public, let alone vociferously proclaim them (‘Doctor’ Gopal’s teaching and research interests are “in colonial and postcolonial literature and theory, gender and feminism, Marxism and critical race studies”).
If I were a guerrilla-posting dissident, I’d consider pivoting from painting the town monochrome in “White lives matter” to doing so with “Whites lives don’t matter.”
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-06-30--Just Make It Illegal To Call The Cops On Blacks: Michigan's Gretchen Whitmer Wants To Make "Racially

Just Make It Illegal To Call The Cops On Blacks: Michigan's Gretchen Whitmer Wants To Make "Racially Motivated" 911 Calls A Hate Crime

Previously From Paul Kersey : NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE Conditioning Whites To Feel Guilty For Calling The Cops On Blacks VISIBLY BREAKING THE LAW The state of Michigan is roughly 76 percent white and 14 percent black .
The state of Michigan puts out an incredible document entitled Michigan Incident Crime Reporting ( MICR ) .
In 2017 , there were 567 homicides in the state of Michigan : • 388 of the victims were black or 68 percent • 166 of the victim were white or 29 percent In 2017 , there were ( only ) 277 homicide arrests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 188 of those arrested were black or 68 percent • 82 of those arrested were white or 30 percent Remember , blacks are only 14 percent of the population of Michigan , but were responsible for 68 percent of the homicides ( of those homicides with a suspect , representing only 49 percent of the cases being cleared ) .
It should be noted the 83 percent black city of Detroit was responsible for 267 of the 567 homicides in 2017 ( a staggering 47 percent of the homicides for the year in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blacks were responsible for 61 percent of the homicides in Michigan in 2016 and 70 percent of homicides in 2015 .
Because blacks commit the vast amount of violent crime in Michigan , a state that is only 14 percent black .
So what happens if a white person calls 911 on a black individual and the the state of Michigan determines it was “ racially motivated ?
” Well , it will be considered a hate crime according to a proposal by the Democrat governor of Michigan .
LANSING — Gov .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ban police use of chokeholds and make racially motivated 911 calls hate crimes .
The measures were among a new series of police reforms called for by Whitmer , who on June 3 announced other measures she wants enacted in Michigan , including requiring police officers to intervene if they see colleagues using excessive force .
Whitmer called for the ban on chokeholds as protests continue in Michigan and across the country over the Memorial Day death of George Floyd , after an arrest by Minneapolis police in which a former officer used @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s neck for nearly nine minutes , despite the fact Floyd said he could not breathe .
“ All Michiganders , no matter their community or the color of their skin , deserve equal treatment under the law , ” Whitmer said in a news release .
The entire Black Lives Matter movement is to basically legalize black criminality .
Just make it illegal to call 911 on a black criminal .
That ’ s the only way for white people to actually check their privilege once and for all .

Previously From Paul Kersey: NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE Conditioning Whites To Feel Guilty For Calling The Cops On Blacks VISIBLY BREAKING THE LAW
The state of Michigan is roughly 76 percent white and 14 percent black. The state of Michigan puts out an incredible document entitled Michigan Incident Crime Reporting (MICR).
In 2017, there were 567 homicides in the state of Michigan:
388 of the victims were black or 68 percent
166 of the victim were white or 29 percent
In 2017, there were (only) 277 homicide arrests in the state of Michigan:
188 of those arrested were black or 68 percent
82 of those arrested were white or 30 percent
Remember, blacks are only 14 percent of the population of Michigan, but were responsible for 68 percent of the homicides (of those homicides with a suspect, representing only 49 percent of the cases being cleared). It should be noted the 83 percent black city of Detroit was responsible for 267 of the 567 homicides in 2017 (a staggering 47 percent of the homicides for the year in Michigan).
For those interested, blacks were responsible for 61 percent of the homicides in Michigan in 2016 and 70 percent of homicides in 2015.
Why mention this?
Because blacks commit the vast amount of violent crime in Michigan, a state that is only 14 percent black.
So what happens if a white person calls 911 on a black individual and the state of Michigan determines it was “racially motivated?”
Well, it will be considered a hate crime according to a proposal by the Democrat governor of Michigan.
Gretchen Whitmer: Ban chokeholds by police, make racially motivated 911 calls hate crimes, Detroit Free Press, Jun 29, 2020 LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Monday she wants to ban police use of chokeholds and make racially motivated 911 calls hate crimes. The measures were among a new series of police reforms called for by Whitmer, who on June 3 announced other measures she wants enacted in Michigan, including requiring police officers to intervene if they see colleagues using excessive force. Whitmer called for the ban on chokeholds as protests continue in Michigan and across the country over the Memorial Day death of George Floyd, after an arrest by Minneapolis police in which a former officer used his knee to press down on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes, despite the fact Floyd said he could not breathe. “All Michiganders, no matter their community or the color of their skin, deserve equal treatment under the law,” Whitmer said in a news release.
The entire Black Lives Matter movement is o basically legalize black criminality.
Just make it illegal to call 911 on a black criminal. That’s the only way for white people to actually check their privilege once and for all.
[Comment at Unz.com]