Getting the picture

Adela Gereth writes:

I read the speech, read the responses, op-eds, etc.

What it boils down to is that, with every opportunity (given by whites in a white-majority country) truly to transcend race, instead Junior is a confirmed and unrepentent racist. But that’s OK because he’s black. Also, he had a white grandmother but she was a racist so he owes her no loyalty, even though she raised and supported him after his black father abandoned him. And Junior really is black even though his mother was white because it’s blacks who are authentic, which makes even their racism OK. Except it’s not really racism; it’s righteous anger because whites haven’t done enough for them yet. And don’t expect blacks to get over that righteous anger soon (or give up the right to express it in truly hateful, vile ways) because there’s no chance that whites ever will do enough to make up to blacks for the myriad ways in which they’ve harmed them, stolen their wealth, heritage and opportunities.

So even though a man born of a black father and a white mother has marginalized his white heritage almost out of existence and identifies himself in terms of marriage, religion, politics, culture and color as “black”, he and he alone can bring change, healing and racial unity to a white-majority America because…well, because it’s time “one of us” was President. And if you don’t elect him, you’re racist. You are anyway, but you’re an even worse one if you don’t.

I think it’s all clear to me now.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at February 20, 2008 03:30 AM | Send