S. L'Gree
2004-08-22 22:13:38 UTC
*Many Blacks, both talented and untalented, are awakening to the legacy of
affirmative action and they don't like it. Some Blacks today speak of the
creation, in a single generation, of an entire subculture that cannot stand
on its own, so crippled by handouts has it become.*
Legacy of Resentment
by Edgar J. Steele
August 21, 2004
"The modern definition of a racist: someone who is winning an argument with
a liberal."
--- Peter Brimelow, Alien Nation (1996)
Imagine that you are talented, Black and truly deserving of all that has
come your way in life. How can you ever know whether your achievements were
born of merit or skin color?
Imagine yourself a Black doctor, every bit as talented as White doctors on
staff with you at the hospital at which you practice medicine. Now imagine
the rage you feel when both Blacks and Whites express a preference for
"another" (White) doctor because of their unstated belief that you couldn't
have earned your position and therefore are not qualified to minister to
their needs.
Now imagine yourself untalented and Black, knowing that you don't deserve
that which has come your way in life, yet resenting having it handed to you
in so patronizing a fashion. Can the resentment of the undeserving somehow
be denied the same gravity as that possessed by the unrecognized but
deserving?
And the racism of the politically correct now has become institutionalized
throughout America, such that Blacks are never expected to comport
themselves properly, learn adequately or compete without the fix being in.
There are no teachers and no students in America today who are unaware of
the intellectual disparity between White and Black (and, to only a slightly
less degree, Mexican) students, save those yet to occupy integrated
classrooms.
Now schools are resegregating, a result that both Blacks and Whites desire.
Yet, America does nothing to address the real problems with Black
educational shortfalls, just as it does nothing to deal with the real
problems of Black underachievement in all areas of life.
We do not demand that Blacks actually do the homework that Whites regularly
turn in. We do not demand that Blacks achieve test scores which show that
material has been learned and retained. We do not demand that Blacks
comport themselves properly, treating others with respect. No longer, even,
do we require that Blacks speak understandable English.
Instead, we provide Blacks with the bare necessities of life, much as we do
the family dog, and expect nothing in return except that they lick society's
hand. We implicitly expect only second-rate performance of Blacks at home,
at school and in the workplace. Blacks know this and have come to expect it
of themselves, as well. Is it any wonder that our hands get bitten, not
licked?
How demeaning it must be for Blacks of every stripe in today's society,
which refuses to expect excellence in minority performance, a refusal born
of a very real racist belief in the inherent inferiority of Blacks. A
belief held by the very people who claim to be concerned for Black
interests.
And the resentment isn't confined to Blacks. Imagine being White and coming
to a hospital emergency room, only to find that your attending physician is
Black. You don't know if he is qualified to operate on your badly-injured
child, yet they refuse your request for another doctor. Your child's life
hangs in the balance. What will you do?
Imagine your resentment if your store-clerk son just missed out on a spot in
the freshman class of medical school because several less
academically-qualified minority students were admitted.
Many Blacks, both talented and untalented, are awakening to the legacy of
affirmative action and they don't like it. Some Blacks today speak of the
creation, in a single generation, of an entire subculture that cannot stand
on its own, so crippled by handouts has it become.
What's more, those Blacks who are awakening resent White America for what
has been wrought in the name of equality. They scarcely can be blamed.
They wanted equal opportunity. We gave them equal outcome.
And we provide equal outcomes with mechanisms that reek of an expectation of
failure and inferiority on the part of Blacks. Relative merit is
disregarded in favor of skin color. No attempt whatsoever is made to limit
society's largesse, either quantitatively or temporally, implying a belief
in perpetual, inbred inferiority. All this and more is put in place by the
politically correct, who universally accuse others of being racist, all the
while showing favoritism in a way that belies their own truly racist beliefs
that Blacks are too inferior to earn their own way.
affirmative action and they don't like it. Some Blacks today speak of the
creation, in a single generation, of an entire subculture that cannot stand
on its own, so crippled by handouts has it become.*
Legacy of Resentment
by Edgar J. Steele
August 21, 2004
"The modern definition of a racist: someone who is winning an argument with
a liberal."
--- Peter Brimelow, Alien Nation (1996)
Imagine that you are talented, Black and truly deserving of all that has
come your way in life. How can you ever know whether your achievements were
born of merit or skin color?
Imagine yourself a Black doctor, every bit as talented as White doctors on
staff with you at the hospital at which you practice medicine. Now imagine
the rage you feel when both Blacks and Whites express a preference for
"another" (White) doctor because of their unstated belief that you couldn't
have earned your position and therefore are not qualified to minister to
their needs.
Now imagine yourself untalented and Black, knowing that you don't deserve
that which has come your way in life, yet resenting having it handed to you
in so patronizing a fashion. Can the resentment of the undeserving somehow
be denied the same gravity as that possessed by the unrecognized but
deserving?
And the racism of the politically correct now has become institutionalized
throughout America, such that Blacks are never expected to comport
themselves properly, learn adequately or compete without the fix being in.
There are no teachers and no students in America today who are unaware of
the intellectual disparity between White and Black (and, to only a slightly
less degree, Mexican) students, save those yet to occupy integrated
classrooms.
Now schools are resegregating, a result that both Blacks and Whites desire.
Yet, America does nothing to address the real problems with Black
educational shortfalls, just as it does nothing to deal with the real
problems of Black underachievement in all areas of life.
We do not demand that Blacks actually do the homework that Whites regularly
turn in. We do not demand that Blacks achieve test scores which show that
material has been learned and retained. We do not demand that Blacks
comport themselves properly, treating others with respect. No longer, even,
do we require that Blacks speak understandable English.
Instead, we provide Blacks with the bare necessities of life, much as we do
the family dog, and expect nothing in return except that they lick society's
hand. We implicitly expect only second-rate performance of Blacks at home,
at school and in the workplace. Blacks know this and have come to expect it
of themselves, as well. Is it any wonder that our hands get bitten, not
licked?
How demeaning it must be for Blacks of every stripe in today's society,
which refuses to expect excellence in minority performance, a refusal born
of a very real racist belief in the inherent inferiority of Blacks. A
belief held by the very people who claim to be concerned for Black
interests.
And the resentment isn't confined to Blacks. Imagine being White and coming
to a hospital emergency room, only to find that your attending physician is
Black. You don't know if he is qualified to operate on your badly-injured
child, yet they refuse your request for another doctor. Your child's life
hangs in the balance. What will you do?
Imagine your resentment if your store-clerk son just missed out on a spot in
the freshman class of medical school because several less
academically-qualified minority students were admitted.
Many Blacks, both talented and untalented, are awakening to the legacy of
affirmative action and they don't like it. Some Blacks today speak of the
creation, in a single generation, of an entire subculture that cannot stand
on its own, so crippled by handouts has it become.
What's more, those Blacks who are awakening resent White America for what
has been wrought in the name of equality. They scarcely can be blamed.
They wanted equal opportunity. We gave them equal outcome.
And we provide equal outcomes with mechanisms that reek of an expectation of
failure and inferiority on the part of Blacks. Relative merit is
disregarded in favor of skin color. No attempt whatsoever is made to limit
society's largesse, either quantitatively or temporally, implying a belief
in perpetual, inbred inferiority. All this and more is put in place by the
politically correct, who universally accuse others of being racist, all the
while showing favoritism in a way that belies their own truly racist beliefs
that Blacks are too inferior to earn their own way.