The truth about black on white violence enters conservative mainstream

Former Rep. Virgil Goode writing in Human Events supports Rep. Steven King’s claim that Obama and Holder favor blacks over whites. Among other things, he quotes Holder’s statement that hate crimes laws are only for the protection of historically victimized groups and are not for the protection of whites. But then he goes where almost no mainstream conservative publication—and, to my knowledge, no sitting or former member of Congress—has gone before:

According to the FBI’s latest National Crime Victimization Survey, blacks were over 50 times more likely to commit a crime against whites than vice versa. There were over 14,000 black on white rapes and the number of white on black rapes was so small, it did not show up on FBI’s statistical samples. That same year, the FBI did not report a single anti-black rape hate crime.

Call me old fashioned, but I believe we should treat criminals the same no matter their race, the race of their victims, or why they committed their crimes. But the truth is that President Obama appears to be more concerned about stopping virtually non-existent “hate crimes” against “protected groups” than stopping actual committed crimes….

In the past, African Americans were greatly mistreated in this country. But we should not respond to these past injustices by giving special privileges and treatment to a particular race or ethnic groups. Rather, we should treat everyone equally regardless of race.

Let’s repeat that: “There were over 14,000 black on white rapes and the number of white on black rapes was so small, it did not show up on FBI’s statistical samples.” That is virtually the exact same statement I made in my May 2007 article at FrontPage Magazine, “The Truth of Interracial Rape in the United States” (the last article I ever published there), which was roundly condemned at the time.

Previously Rep. Goode became the first member of Congress to state that Islamic immigration is a threat to America. Now he’s speaking the truth about black on white violence. May the goode flourish and multiply!

Posted by Lawrence Auster at June 28, 2010 12:35 PM | Send