Yes, a population of Latino, Asians and other immigrants will not be guilt-tripped into discriminating in favour of those with a dark skin because of slavery in the way the white liberal have been. Nor will white Anglos tolerate discrimination in favour of Hispanics and Asians when they cease to be a relatively small minority.
It can’t escape notice that Latinos and Asians do not have race hustlers pretending to lead them to “the promised land”. They are too busy carving out businesses and educational opportunities to listen to so called “leaders” who are in their own business that is focused on their own power and economic gain.
They are trying to get Asians into the “race victim” mode though. Hasn’t worked yet, thankfully, but its pretty clear what your political views need to be if you are Asian and in professions such as media or education m
The truth is that the Asians are one of the most coverted modern day racists on earth.
They also have the advantage of sitting on the fence- in places where they are minority they are in solidarity of victimhood with the blacks but in their own turf they are one of the racist masters.
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J Bryant
1 year ago
Great article. I suppose we have to relearn the wisdom of Coolidge’s statement that the business of the American people is business.
When you bring together a highly diverse group of people, some coming from nations that are traditionally enemies, they have to be united in a common desire to succeed in their new country, and to put animosities aside in the public forum. The politics of racial division leads in entirely the opposite direction.
As the author points out, by mid-century Latinos and Asians will together account for over 40% of the American population. My question is what will the country look like in 2050? Will it still be a world leader after it has (presumably) gone through modern progressivism and racialism, or will it be just another third world country?
Yes, as usual Joel hits the proverbial nail squarely on the head. It’s economics: always was, always will be. As has been pointed out ad nauseam elsewhere, people fight for their interests far more energetically than for their rights or any other such abstraction.
As for the future, who knows? Any predictions would of course be hostages to fortune. That said, it seems to me that people of all ethnicities would do better to group together under aligned collections of interests rather than unhelpful racial tropes or fossilised party diktats.
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Gary Hemminger
1 year ago
This is so basically true that it is amazing it isn’t clearly the policy of the progressives. The progressives are completely captured by the Malthusian climate crowd. Did you read Kagan’s dissent on WV vs. the EPA? She basically says the law doesn’t matter, that climate change is going to destroy the country. She has lost her mind and gone insane. The Malthusians are now running most of our institutions. This isn’t about growth anymore. This is about ridding our institutions of the Malthusians who not only don’t care about growth, but are actively seeking to destroy our Energy and Food production to “save the planet.” Read Michael Shellenbergers recent article. He lays out the fact that the entire Western world is now completely captured by the Malthusians. The whole green movement is about to hit the wall on energy and food production and they will double down on their failure. Unless we stop these Malthusians we are in for a major crisis.
doug masnaghetti
1 year ago
Democrats have a sick, perverted obsession with race, sex, and killing babies. These are all they seem to talk about.
For all of his faults, Trump was such a leader. Blacks and Hispanics did so much better in Trumps economy, the same way it did in Reagan’s. The rising tide lifts all boats, and always has, but the left hates that fact. That’s why they must continue to sow the seeds of discontent, regardless of the economic conditions.
I have been saying this for 10 years. Hispanics should band with Asians and screw this black/white issue. It is tiring.
Savelij Balalajkin
1 year ago
Shifting the focus to class struggles seems like a big No-No to the current Americal Left, masquerading as Liberals.
The crux of the problem that Left has abandoned idea of a class struggle for at almost 40 years, as something that does not work well in the US, where every impoverished citizen sees himself (and even herself) as a temporarily frustrated aristocrat. Racialism on other hand, creates many political opportunities for otherwise useless agitators, mass produced by the current Academia. To put it bluntly, it sells. To whom? To the members of the talking class, always standing behind the career politicians. If class problems are by large, intractable and usually overwhelming, racial problems are fairly small-scale seems easily fixable by income redistribution, citizenry relocation and sectarian reeducation.
Jane Johnson
1 year ago
Biden is not the first president to weaponize race in his quest for votes. His role model was Obama, who missed a golden opportunity to have genuinely helped “his people”. Instead, he turned a few local law enforcement issues into national headlines: black Harvard professor mistakenly thought to be seen breaking into his own house, Michael “hands-up” Brown in Ferguson, MO, and Travon Martin in Florida.
All that Obama would have needed to do was address the black community about finishing school, getting a job and keeping it, getting married before having babies. Instead, he preached victimology and how to remain an underclass based on skin color.
Now we see Biden echoing Obama. And only a few conservative blacks have the courage to speak up to suggest that American blacks can succeed if they ignore the do-gooder admonishments to remain victims and continue in a life of dependency on government handouts.
Dustshoe Richinrut
1 year ago
America is like a freight train or a steam locomotive trundling down the tracks: does it need to apply the brakes, or allow itself to throw more coal into the boiler/furnace? Is it on a slight incline at the moment? What with inflation and the uncertainty of the geo-political situation. Is it headed upwards or downwards on that incline? The train must be struggling uphill at the moment. But the coal keeps coming, and the driver blows the whistle to signal that America is on its way.
I loved this article. Particularly the focus on class. So much of the narrative about minority disadvantage obscures class politics. Very refreshing.
Great article.
Yes, a population of Latino, Asians and other immigrants will not be guilt-tripped into discriminating in favour of those with a dark skin because of slavery in the way the white liberal have been. Nor will white Anglos tolerate discrimination in favour of Hispanics and Asians when they cease to be a relatively small minority.
It can’t escape notice that Latinos and Asians do not have race hustlers pretending to lead them to “the promised land”. They are too busy carving out businesses and educational opportunities to listen to so called “leaders” who are in their own business that is focused on their own power and economic gain.
For certain, there is no Latin or Asian Al Sharpton or Ben Crump that I am aware of.
They are trying to get Asians into the “race victim” mode though. Hasn’t worked yet, thankfully, but its pretty clear what your political views need to be if you are Asian and in professions such as media or education m
The truth is that the Asians are one of the most coverted modern day racists on earth.
They also have the advantage of sitting on the fence- in places where they are minority they are in solidarity of victimhood with the blacks but in their own turf they are one of the racist masters.
Great article. I suppose we have to relearn the wisdom of Coolidge’s statement that the business of the American people is business.
When you bring together a highly diverse group of people, some coming from nations that are traditionally enemies, they have to be united in a common desire to succeed in their new country, and to put animosities aside in the public forum. The politics of racial division leads in entirely the opposite direction.
As the author points out, by mid-century Latinos and Asians will together account for over 40% of the American population. My question is what will the country look like in 2050? Will it still be a world leader after it has (presumably) gone through modern progressivism and racialism, or will it be just another third world country?
Yes, as usual Joel hits the proverbial nail squarely on the head. It’s economics: always was, always will be. As has been pointed out ad nauseam elsewhere, people fight for their interests far more energetically than for their rights or any other such abstraction.
As for the future, who knows? Any predictions would of course be hostages to fortune. That said, it seems to me that people of all ethnicities would do better to group together under aligned collections of interests rather than unhelpful racial tropes or fossilised party diktats.
This is so basically true that it is amazing it isn’t clearly the policy of the progressives. The progressives are completely captured by the Malthusian climate crowd. Did you read Kagan’s dissent on WV vs. the EPA? She basically says the law doesn’t matter, that climate change is going to destroy the country. She has lost her mind and gone insane. The Malthusians are now running most of our institutions. This isn’t about growth anymore. This is about ridding our institutions of the Malthusians who not only don’t care about growth, but are actively seeking to destroy our Energy and Food production to “save the planet.” Read Michael Shellenbergers recent article. He lays out the fact that the entire Western world is now completely captured by the Malthusians. The whole green movement is about to hit the wall on energy and food production and they will double down on their failure. Unless we stop these Malthusians we are in for a major crisis.
Democrats have a sick, perverted obsession with race, sex, and killing babies. These are all they seem to talk about.
While republicans sold neoliberalism and use the rhetorics of liberty to take you back to feudalist- capitalism.
Your ignorance of the term feudalism defines you. Be gone knave….
Brilliant article. Rings very true for Britain in terms of the underlying problem albeit we’re not yet subject to the same demographics.
Just need a leader with the drive and vision to press for change. Not holding my breath.
For all of his faults, Trump was such a leader. Blacks and Hispanics did so much better in Trumps economy, the same way it did in Reagan’s. The rising tide lifts all boats, and always has, but the left hates that fact. That’s why they must continue to sow the seeds of discontent, regardless of the economic conditions.
I have been saying this for 10 years. Hispanics should band with Asians and screw this black/white issue. It is tiring.
Shifting the focus to class struggles seems like a big No-No to the current Americal Left, masquerading as Liberals.
The crux of the problem that Left has abandoned idea of a class struggle for at almost 40 years, as something that does not work well in the US, where every impoverished citizen sees himself (and even herself) as a temporarily frustrated aristocrat. Racialism on other hand, creates many political opportunities for otherwise useless agitators, mass produced by the current Academia. To put it bluntly, it sells. To whom? To the members of the talking class, always standing behind the career politicians. If class problems are by large, intractable and usually overwhelming, racial problems are fairly small-scale seems easily fixable by income redistribution, citizenry relocation and sectarian reeducation.
Biden is not the first president to weaponize race in his quest for votes. His role model was Obama, who missed a golden opportunity to have genuinely helped “his people”. Instead, he turned a few local law enforcement issues into national headlines: black Harvard professor mistakenly thought to be seen breaking into his own house, Michael “hands-up” Brown in Ferguson, MO, and Travon Martin in Florida.
All that Obama would have needed to do was address the black community about finishing school, getting a job and keeping it, getting married before having babies. Instead, he preached victimology and how to remain an underclass based on skin color.
Now we see Biden echoing Obama. And only a few conservative blacks have the courage to speak up to suggest that American blacks can succeed if they ignore the do-gooder admonishments to remain victims and continue in a life of dependency on government handouts.
America is like a freight train or a steam locomotive trundling down the tracks: does it need to apply the brakes, or allow itself to throw more coal into the boiler/furnace? Is it on a slight incline at the moment? What with inflation and the uncertainty of the geo-political situation. Is it headed upwards or downwards on that incline? The train must be struggling uphill at the moment. But the coal keeps coming, and the driver blows the whistle to signal that America is on its way.
I have always looked at America; 10 years of prosperity and 20 years of survival. Then keep repeating. That document is what keeps us fairly honest.
Nicely done Joel. I particularly liked the beer angle. Makes the point well.
Can’t reconcile your income figures with this: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2019/10/03/black-household-income-is-rising-across-the-united-states/
Help!