Saying, “There is only one race, the human race,” is offensive because it denies “the significance of a person of color’s racial/ethnic experience and history.”
(...) The Council of Conservative Citizens Inc. is listed by the Internal Revenue Service as a nonprofit organization that promotes social welfare, also known as a 501(c)(4). Such groups pay no federal taxes, a form of government subsidy.
The council is now under fire for allegedly inspiring racial hatred in Roof, a 21-year-old high school dropout. He is charged with nine counts of murder.
Tax-exempt social welfare groups are supposed to “primarily promote the common good and general welfare of the people of the community as a whole,” according to IRS documents.
The Council of Conservative Citizens explains on its website that its members believe “that the American people and government should remain European in their composition and character…. We also oppose all efforts to mix the races of mankind.” (...)
Maybe some aren't as averse to welfare as thought, as long as it is on their terms...
Rothstein has been a thoughtful journalist and researcher on education issues for the last couple of decades; now he's focusing his attention more on race issues (although racial issues were inextricably tied up in education issues when that was his beat). His articles tend to be well-researched and worthy of consideration.
I've been seeing a lot of this guy for the past year or so on FNC and FBC for at least the past year or so. He makes a lot of sense, ala Bill Cosby in dealing with the core issues in the black community. His wider views are also very insightful.
i can see where he would attract attention by critiquing sacred political cows
(is there any validity? some of this rhetoric will be painful/hurtful and anti-sharpton)
"My beef with the black left is that they want to keep the focus on what government or Washington or politicians or whites in general can do for blacks, instead of what blacks can do for themselves," says Jason Riley, author of Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make it Harder for Blacks to Succeed and editorial board member of the Wall Street Journal.
In a wide-ranging conversation with Reason TV's Nick Gillespie, Riley praises the Civil Rights acts of the 1960s even as he takes aim at affirmative action in higher education, which he says keeps black graduation rates low even as it increases diversity among freshman classes at various univesities. He also argues that the drug war doesn't explain black-on-black violence and ending it won't transform urban America in the way libertarians insist. His book lays out the case against the minimum wage in a chapter called "Mandating Unemployment" and he argues that especially among African Americans, an intact family unit is the best anti-poverty program available.
About 20 minutes.
I've been seeing a lot of this guy for the past year or so on FNC and FBC for at least the past year or so. He makes a lot of sense, ala Bill Cosby in dealing with the core issues in the black community. His wider views are also very insightful.
(is there any validity? some of this rhetoric will be painful/hurtful and anti-sharpton)
"My beef with the black left is that they want to keep the focus on what government or Washington or politicians or whites in general can do for blacks, instead of what blacks can do for themselves," says Jason Riley, author of Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make it Harder for Blacks to Succeed and editorial board member of the Wall Street Journal.
In a wide-ranging conversation with Reason TV's Nick Gillespie, Riley praises the Civil Rights acts of the 1960s even as he takes aim at affirmative action in higher education, which he says keeps black graduation rates low even as it increases diversity among freshman classes at various univesities. He also argues that the drug war doesn't explain black-on-black violence and ending it won't transform urban America in the way libertarians insist. His book lays out the case against the minimum wage in a chapter called "Mandating Unemployment" and he argues that especially among African Americans, an intact family unit is the best anti-poverty program available.
About 20 minutes.
I completely concur with what he has to say, but take a little issue in the simplistic view that libertarians think that ending the drug war is a panacea to all of the ills of minorities in American society. I know that I don't. As a matter of fact I view ending the war on drugs as a constitutional issue for all American citizens, not just minorities. It is just a component and I agree a smaller component than the elephant in the room that is individual responsiblity. A very important point of view that needs to be discussed more often no doubt and quite frankly can only be put forth by African Americans such as this gentleman to have a proper listening audience.
(is there any validity? some of this rhetoric will be painful/hurtful and anti-sharpton)
"My beef with the black left is that they want to keep the focus on what government or Washington or politicians or whites in general can do for blacks, instead of what blacks can do for themselves," says Jason Riley, author of Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make it Harder for Blacks to Succeed and editorial board member of the Wall Street Journal.
In a wide-ranging conversation with Reason TV's Nick Gillespie, Riley praises the Civil Rights acts of the 1960s even as he takes aim at affirmative action in higher education, which he says keeps black graduation rates low even as it increases diversity among freshman classes at various univesities. He also argues that the drug war doesn't explain black-on-black violence and ending it won't transform urban America in the way libertarians insist. His book lays out the case against the minimum wage in a chapter called "Mandating Unemployment" and he argues that especially among African Americans, an intact family unit is the best anti-poverty program available.
In his latest book, Dog Whistle Politics, Ian Haney López writes about the subtle, racially coded messages politicians use — “dog whistles” — to harness below-the-surface racial tensions to get elected and to advance policies that are often contrary to voters’ self-interest.
“Think about a term like ‘welfare queen,’ or ‘food stamp president,’” Haney López told Bill. “On one level, like a dog whistle, it’s silent. Silent about race — it seems race-neutral.” But on another level it has a shrill blast “that can be heard by certain folks … a warning about race and a warning, in particular, about threatening minorities.”
We asked Haney López, a law professor at University of California, Berkeley and a senior fellow at the research and policy center Demos, to walk us through some examples of political TV ads aired during the last three decades in which “dog whistle politics” are on display.
First up: Ronald Reagan: “Prouder, Stronger, Better” (1984) »
Ian Haney López tells Bill Moyers that dog whistle politics is “the dark magic” by which middle-class voters have been seduced to vote against their own economic interests.
Oooo I like this guy! He needs to be a Libertarian or Independent though because even though what he says about the Democrats is true, the modern day Republicans are the last refuge of the blatant bigots and evangelicals that bring them down so they aren't the answer either.
seems like a nice enough guy
i've tried to break an old habit of political labeling/definitions because the rhetoric just doesn't match the behavior/action
when i see any type of representative the first question i ask myself is this:
am i allowed to disagree?
and by disagree i mean peaceful non-participation both physically and financially, no support whatsoever
if someone says yes you can disagree but you'll be forced to comply to our rules or else we'll rob you and/or lock you in a cage and if you resist and/or try and defend yourself we will use deadly force
um, that's not me being allowed to disagree, that's the other person/party initiating force, coercion, violence or flat out tyranny
imho, the vast majority of people will voluntarily support common sense infrastructure/benefits (beneficial organization)
Oooo I like this guy! He needs to be a Libertarian or Independent though because even though what he says about the Democrats is true, the modern day Republicans are the last refuge of the blatant bigots and evangelicals that bring them down so they aren't the answer either.
