Exactly! Why is it so hard for John -- and Democrats in general -- to acknowledge this simple truth? If we have to constantly elevate race as a qualifier/disqualifier, what is wrong with being biracial? Multiracial? Harris is as black as she is white -- why not "identify" as white? Since her racial makeup is mostly Indian, why not identify as that? She does not sound black, she does not even have typically black physical features, the most obvious being her skin color! I find it particularly disappointing that McWhorter -- a linguist! -- engages in such sophistry on this topic.
Here’s the real freaking deal….We cant get out of our own way…. The black community is getting in their own way because for the first time ever NOTHING WAS IN THE WAY…and corralling the community into the ways of productive behavior is hard… No one knows that better than Loury so when the freaking door gets back opened to blaming because of laziness and lack of taking responsibility upon one’s self is hard and no one feels like pushing through, the f’ing word RACISM gets pulled back out, the dust gets swept off it and shined up to look brand new and we get income equality, not more opportunity but old bs for hand outs reparations Suddenly the Indian girls joins a club of all the blacks to straddle the fence and take advantage of both “victims” add to that marrying a white man, not just any white a Jewish white Now she triages the victimization and suddenly the community doesn’t have to take RESPONSIBILITy and goes back to being VICTIMS bc it’s easier than pulling yourself up by the bootstraps and joining the only crowd worth anything the MERITORIOUS gang…. and making that cool.
Did John tell us he thought his daughters would identify as multicultural? Or something with multi but definitely not black… does anyone recall?
Ugh this all seems like a smoke and mirrors distraction though I loved BDarn 1’s comment All I wanna know has Kamala Harris been telling us the truth And had she done to try and make life better for us having been in the White House for 4 years. Would someone please answer me…
Exactly! Why is it so hard for John -- and Democrats in general -- to acknowledge this simple truth? If we have to constantly elevate race as a qualifier/disqualifier, what is wrong with being biracial? Multiracial? Harris is as black as she is white -- why not "identify" as white? Since her racial makeup is mostly Indian, why not identify as that? She does not sound black, she does not even have typically black physical features, the most obvious being her skin color! I find it particularly disappointing that McWhorter -- a linguist! -- engages in such sophistry on this topic.
Here’s the real freaking deal….We cant get out of our own way…. The black community is getting in their own way because for the first time ever NOTHING WAS IN THE WAY…and corralling the community into the ways of productive behavior is hard… No one knows that better than Loury so when the freaking door gets back opened to blaming because of laziness and lack of taking responsibility upon one’s self is hard and no one feels like pushing through, the f’ing word RACISM gets pulled back out, the dust gets swept off it and shined up to look brand new and we get income equality, not more opportunity but old bs for hand outs reparations Suddenly the Indian girls joins a club of all the blacks to straddle the fence and take advantage of both “victims” add to that marrying a white man, not just any white a Jewish white Now she triages the victimization and suddenly the community doesn’t have to take RESPONSIBILITy and goes back to being VICTIMS bc it’s easier than pulling yourself up by the bootstraps and joining the only crowd worth anything the MERITORIOUS gang…. and making that cool.
Did John tell us he thought his daughters would identify as multicultural? Or something with multi but definitely not black… does anyone recall?
Ugh this all seems like a smoke and mirrors distraction though I loved BDarn 1’s comment All I wanna know has Kamala Harris been telling us the truth And had she done to try and make life better for us having been in the White House for 4 years. Would someone please answer me…