The Epitome Of Racism Is Pat Buchanan
“Barack says we need to have a conversation about race in America. Fair enough. But this time, it has to be a two-way conversation. White America needs to be heard from, not just lectured to. This time, the Silent Majority needs to have its convictions, grievances and demands heard. And among them are these:
First, America has been the best country on earth for black folks. It was here that 600,000 black people, brought from Africa in slave ships, grew into a community of 40 million, were introduced to Christian salvation, and reached the greatest levels of freedom and prosperity blacks have ever known. Wright ought to go down on his knees and thank God he is an American.
Second, no people anywhere has done more to lift up blacks than white Americans. Untold trillions have been spent since the ’60s on welfare, food stamps, rent supplements, Section 8 housing, Pell grants, student loans, legal services, Medicaid, Earned Income Tax Credits and poverty programs designed to bring the African-American community into the mainstream.” – Pat Buchanan, as if white people don’t use welfare.
Pat Buchanan is a disgusting example of a sub human being. This man has the audacity to say that people in the black community should be on their knees thanking the white community for bringing our ancestors to America, subjecting them to slavery, denial of humanity, Jim Crow laws, segregation, denial of civil rights, and denial of opportunity. While the dominant community worked to keep black people within the strict confines of subjugation, the white community reaped the benefits of low cost black labor and the benefits of black people being artificially prevented from competing fairly in a capitalistic environment. The black American today should be thankful that although we live in the richest country in the world and earn wages that exceed many blacks elsewhere, we pay much more than many blacks around the world in order to exist without healthcare, equal wages, equal opportunities for education and employment, and the other social ills that run the gamut.
Black people need to be thankful that white people hanged our ancestors from the local tree. We should be thankful that our ancestors were used for government sponsored experiments on the effects of syphilis if left untreated. We should be down on our knees thanking god that white people sprayed our elders and ancestors with water hoses for having the audacity to demand to be recognized as an equal part of this society that works so hard to protect racial disparity. We should be thankful that prisons hold a disproportionately excessive number of our brothers and sisters while on the flip side the American corporation employs a disproportionately inadequate number of black people.
We should be thankful for all of this disparity that has become the norm of American society. According to Mr. Buchanan, this is a grievance that the white American community has against the ungrateful black people. White people paid good money to other white people to buy our ancestors. Why aren’t we more thankful?
Then again, why aren’t more people of Jewish ancestry more thankful to Nazi Germany for all the things the Nazis did for them? The German Nazi party spent a lot of energy building all of those concentration camps to house those Jewish people. Why aren’t more Jews more thankful for the sacrifice that Germany made for their ancestors and elders? How come there are no Jews thanking the Germans for all of those train rides that allowed them to see the countryside from the inside of a railcar? The Germans provided Jews with food, at least every now and then. The Germans actually set in motion a series of events that led to the establishment of Israel. It would not have happened without Adolph Hitler’s help. If we follow Mr. Buchanan’s racist logic, every person of Jewish descent should be on their knees thanking the Nazis for everything that happened to them.
But no one would seriously suggest that the Jewish people should be on their knees thanking Nazis for their sordid past. The German Nazi party abused and misused its Jewish population. Jews exist despite what the Nazis did to them. The same is true about the relationship between America’s black population and the dominant society. If racist white people had their way, the black community would continue to have no rights and to exist in nothing more than a subservient role to the white community. It is this blatant tolerance for racism against black people in this country that allows the white mindset of people like Mr. Buchanan to flourish and to publicly express some of the most asinine concepts with regards to the relationship between blacks and whites. Black people need to get down on our collective knees and thank white supremacist, kidnappers, enslavers, rapists, murderers, and many other white criminals simply because we continue to exist in an environment of racial disparity. How racist and self centered can you get?
However, in one respect, Mr. Buchanan is very correct. His assessment that America’s dominant community is directly responsible for the condition of the black community is very true. He is mistaken in his opinion that we should be thanking the white community for what they have done. A victim of rape wouldn’t roll over, get on his or her knees, and thank the rapist for a good fuck. A crime was committed. The dominant community needs to face the facts that it has abused the black community just like the Nazi Germany had to come to terms with the fact that it had abused its Jewish community. We would never tolerate anyone publicly saying that the Jews should drop to their knees and thank god for the Nazis and for all the abuses of the Jewish community simply because the Jews are thriving. What on Earth would drive a person to think that the black community would drop to its knees and thank America’s dominant community for all the abuses our ancestors, our elders, and we have suffered? The mere suggestion is intended as a slap in the black community’s face.
This is how people with the white mindset respond to a call for some kind of dialog to start the healing process to end America’s racial dysfunction. The white mindset doesn’t want to end it because these people are benefiting from the divide. The white mindset wants to keep this dysfunction going just like the plantation owner would do anything to keep slavery going. The white mindset wants to be thanked for what they have done that has caused the black community such despair. This is the face of compassionate conservatism. Mr. Buchanan has zero compassion for the black community or racial healing. It is because he is profoundly deep in his psychosis of white supremacy he maintains his delusion that black people need to be grateful for the crumbs America throws its way. No one is this much of a callous bastard by accident. Mr. Buchanan is making a conscious decision to never come to terms with America’s racism, the racist past, or the racial dysfunction that continues to support white privilege and black subjugation.
And unfortunately, Pat Buchanan is in no way operating individually or in a small club. Mr. Buchanan is part of a very large fraternity. He is the type of white man that would be more than happy to beat an enslaved African to within an inch of his life and then demand that the African lick his boot to show allegiance. He’s the type of white man that would turn a dog without a muzzle on black people conducting a peaceful protest. He is the type of white man that would turn to a group of black children and threaten to make their lives disappear if they don’t quit making trouble for white children who hang racially provocative nooses. He is the type of white man who would drag a black man behind his pickup truck with a chain around the neck and then get pissed when the black man doesn’t offer to pay for his gas. He is the type of white man that would turn loose a fire hose on blacks in a peaceful march and complain that the blacks didn’t thank him for not using bullets. He is the type of man who would deny black children an education. In fact, he’s more likely to suggest that we could reduce crime by aborting all black babies. He is the epitome of white privilege. He is a disgusting example of a sub human being.
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There cannot be an honest dialogue. The race-baiters and poverty pimps won’t allow it. The so called “leaders” of the African-American (notice the hyphenated Americansim, aren’t we all supposed to be Americans?) live off the divide so they can employ their shake down routines for their own gain while they own people suffer. Chew on that.
Thanks for the feedback Rich,
So which category do you belong in? Are you a poverty pimp or just a race baiter? It appears Mr. Buchanan does well living off the divide as well. We know he’s not a poverty pimp. Must be one of those race baiting bitches or one of those “leaders” of the European-Americans (notice the proper use of the plural form). And if anybody gained while the black community suffered it is the white community.
Peace
So, which category do I belong? (Notice I don’t end in a sentence fragment.) Neither. And I am cetainly not European-American, I am an American, and proud of it. I don’t need to attach a continent of ancestry to somehow delineate myself from everyone else and promulgate the divide in this country. My ancestors had nothing to do with the slave trade and certainly weren’t involved in the institutional racism of this country post-civil war. I have fought racism at the local level and I am a firm believer in the 14th amendment for EVERYONE of all races, creeds, religions, sexual orientations, etc. Your “honest dialogue” needs to start with deep introspection, and if your aim is “healing”, then we need to define what that actually means. You need to acknowledge that, unfortunately, there will always be racism, by all races, directed at all races. It is wrong, period, but laws cannot change people’s hearts. The onus in on the African-American community. Once the goal is defined and the process to attain the goal clear, then we can progress. But I have heard none of that from anyone in the African-American community that is a self-designated “leader.”
Rich,
Okay, you must be one of those racially generic Americans who are here to defend “they own people”. You just happen to be one of those Americans that defy description because being racially described or racially descriptive is somehow a bad thing. The idea that you fight racism is pretty hard to fathom with your inability to accept the fact that there is nothing wrong with being an African American, European American, Native American, and/or etcetera. The fact that I may call myself male does not separate me from females. In fact, it is my understanding that males and females, gender opposites, naturally come together. People can heal without having to deny who they are or where they come from. The onus is not “in on the African American community”. The onus is on anybody who uses their racism as an excuse to judge somebody else as less than.
You say we are all Americans. Then, like a typical hypocrite, you say something like the African American community is responsible for this rift. So if it is your contention that we are all supposed to be Americans void of any race description, shouldn’t you be saying something like the onus is on America? (Notice the correct spelling) You want racial ambiguity. But at the same time you don’t hesitate to blame the black community for the problems of race. Typical of people from the racially generic dominant community that is predominantly controlled by white people. And for the record, I got something you can chew on.
Peace
Rich,
You may not end in a sentence fragment but you surely put very little thought into your statements. If you hadn’t noticed it wasn’t “black” people who delineated themselves from the group. They were FORCED to be separate by the group.
And even today that divide is clear. When someone like Pat Buchanan says American it is clearly synonymous with white or European American. As you would notice if you cared to remove your blindfold that American has been synonymous with white since this land was first stolen.
I guess because you are part of the dominant community and have no need to express your origins because it isn’t necessary. Native Americans have been in this country longer than any European yet why do they have to be called Native? It is all done to set the dominance of one race. DUH!
Once the goal is defined? Hasn’t the freaking goal been defined over and over again? Isn’t the goal to have equality? Isn’t the way clear? White people give up white privilege and racism. But of course the goal is never clear and the path is unattainable because white privilege is too addictive to let go. You can say it is the white mans crack.
You really need to lay off the crack as it has definitely skewed your thinking. You say that you have heard no goal setting etc. from the black community. Why is it that the black community needs to set the goals? Did we enslave ourselves, Jim Crow ourselves, then continue with the systemic racism ourselves? All without the help of the white man? Give me a break. This is an AMERICAN PROBLEM.
Remember like you said, we are all American. As you then start separating us with your hypocritical rhetoric. What exactly is it that you have done to fight racism on every level? And don’t you think we have done enough introspection? Isn’t it beyond time for action?
Thanks
My ancestors had nothing to do with the slave trade and certainly weren’t involved in the institutional racism of this country post-civil war.
That’s nice, Rich, that your ancestors had nothing to do with the slave trade. (Seriously. I wish I could say the same!)
Now, what difference does that make? Are you going to say that your ancestors didn’t benefit from slavery and the slave trade? That’s not true, even if they came after the 1960s, which they must have if they had nothing to do with the nation’s institutional racism after 1865.
The onus in on the African-American community.
Sure. Because, you know, blacks have dominated this country for so long, really, the burden is on them to make the next move in improving race relations.
Sigh.
Brotherpeacemaker,
So now I’m a hypocrite? YOU say there is a problem. If there is a problem, what is the solution? All that I have asked is how do you solve the problem, and all I get is faux indignation.
The onus is on the African-American community to provide redress. That is what I am saying, but it is patently obvious you hsve no freakin’ clue what you’re talking about.
It is clear you don’t want a frank discussion. If you want the problems to continue, then continue to spew hollow platitudes. And, since I’m white, I MUST be racist. Guilt by association.
Be specific. How do we solve this problem? When an injustice has been done against a person or group of people, they need to specify how to redress and resolve the problems. So quit the “holier than thou” speeches and write something that shows me you really would like to see a total end to racism in this country. Otherwise, your words ring hollow.
And that will all mean you have ZERO to chew on.
And, by the way, I do commit the grave sin of typos. If you want to continue to interject that into the debate, then let’s totally regress the discussion.
Rich,
You accuse me of faux indignation? That’s pretty rich (Notice the pun). In typical, hypocritical, the onus is on black people fashion, you want to lay the need to develop a solution at black people’s feet. Are your eyes not open? The people in the racially generic but overwhelmingly white community want to pretend there is no problem and since black people want to say there is a problem then black people must develop the solution. But all the rest of the while you’re talking out the other side of your mouth saying that there is no European American or African American and that we are all Americans. And then you have the nerve to feign indignation at being called a hypocrite as if this is the first time you’ve ever heard anyone describe you as such. Are you studying comedy in school? Is that your minor?
Not every white person is guilty of being racist. I know many who aren’t. Not every black person is a victim of white people’s racism. Again, I know many who are not. But there is a general perception from many that the black community is the root of the problems of the black community. You have done nothing but reinforced that perception in your less than helpful contribution to the conversation here. You come here saying we’re all Americans but African Americans are the problem. You’re not even close to being open to any kind of discussion based on mutual respect. You’re not guilty of racism because of your association with the white community. You are guilty of racism because you are rich in racism. You are most certainly correct when you say that you’ve given me “ZERO to chew on.”
And by the way, we all make the grave sin of being human and making mistakes. But when people act like pricks and act like they are above reproach then it’s only natural to point out that their shit stinks like everyone else’s. If you want to continue to use trivial sarcasm to make your point, then I guess it would be natural to expect trivial sarcasm in return. Treat me with respect and I might be more than happy to do the same with you. Otherwise, we can continue to “totally regress the discussion.”
Peace
Again, more hollow talk.
You want honesty? Here it is:
1. The problem was created by white people.
2. White people are constantly being told they couldn’t possibly understand the black person’s plight.
3. White people have moved to help remediate the situation, but not enough is being done.
So, certainly you would agree with the above three points, right?
If they are all true, and white people cannot possibly understand the problem, and enough is not being done, then please tell us what CAN be done to move the situation forward. That’s what I am asking. I am not trying to “lay the need to develop a solution at black people’s feet”.
Instead, I have to keep reading rampant intellectual dishonesty from a person who would rather wallow in victimhood than resolve the problem. You can’t keep spitting in my face if I am trying to understand the problem that I could not possibly understand because I am not black.
So, who is talking out both sides of the mouth? YOU. You say you want to move the discussion forward, then act indignant when it is suggested that you can address the problems with your ideas. In other words, what am I, the white person, not doing that I should be doing? You know, some people have faults that need to be pointed out by others.
African-Americans are NOT the problem, but you can be part of the solution, and that is what I am asking.
I don’t know how many times or how many ways I have to say it, maybe someday you’ll actually understand what it is to mutually address a problem.
Quit being a victim, pick yourself up and freakin’ tell me what I’m doing wrong. For the rockheads on the blog, this is a form of mea culpa for the purpose moving the discussion forward.
Rich,
Maybe your mea culpa shouldn’t just be for the purpose of moving this discussion forward. This is part of the problem. You should either be admitting that you are at fault because you are at fault or you see the error in your ways. But to sit and admit to fault only as a vehicle to move a conversation forward is by far the most insulting thing you have said thus far.
Your points are NOT correct. But aside from that how does what you say make any sense whatsoever? If white people caused the problem, then how in the hell could they possibly NOT understand the problem? And WHY do you insist upon saying that white people need to be told what more can be done? You are not a bunch of children you know damn well what can and should be done. The problem is getting everyone to do it.
Answer this question: Are you truly telling black people that YOU and other WHITE people don’t have any idea what more can be done to move the situation forward?
You try and make it so damn hard when it isn’t. Everything that needs to be done is not rocket science. Here is an analogy for you, lets say a man is treating women like they are inferior and not allowing them all the freedoms he has. Now of course he doesn’t understand fully what they feel or the full ramifications of his actions. Now he has been told that what he is doing is not right and hurts women, does he really need women to tell him what MORE he can do besides stopping the offending actions? Doesn’t he know damn well that what he must do is treat women as an equal and afford them the same (male) privilege that he has been holding for himself and other men?
Have we dragged our feet on getting women up to speed? And I believe that the womens movement has moved not only faster but at a more steady pace than the race movement. But, to me it is asinine to continue to act as if white people have done everything possible to fix the problem only to have a bunch of blacks continuing to complain. Instead of being honest and saying YES race is still a big issue you are saying sitting here waiting for blacks to somehow either solve the problem alone or shut up and let the situation continue.
I haven’t heard one white person who is trying their damned best to defend the complacency which is going on who hasn’t gone into the whole victim bullshit. What are you playing? You claim that white people have no clue what it takes to help rid this country of race problems and you don’t call that wallowing in victimhood. Oh, help us black people, we white people don’t know what more could possibly be done to make us all equal. We need to be told what we should do, then you need to give us a couple of generations to do it. We can’t possibly know what it is that blacks don’t like about systemic racism. I mean hey, it’s working out fine for us, so what’s the problem…
Give me a break you are not even bothering to talk out of either side of you mouth, you are talking purely out your ass. Here is what you are doing in plain English and I hope that you stop playing the victim and stop with the excuses long enough to get it done. Read extra carefully now. END WHITE PRIVILEGE! All white people need to treat all blacks and every other race with equality! Not everything revolves around white people or should be seen or done from a white perspective. And if you don’t know what that means, then we have more problems than we thought. Stop making excuses for racists! Stop making excuses period! And for goodness sake stop with the freaking whining and open your eyes and you would see exactly what you are doing wrong.
Thanks
Rich,
I said you were acting like a prick. You are the one trying to prove me right.
I deleted your less than helpful last comment. Obviously all that fluff about wanting to understand was dominant community speak for let me teach these darkies a lesson about talking back to white folks. However, if you are truly leaving like you said in your comment then my life is looking better already.
And if you looked up “brotherpeacemaker” in the dictionary and found “fraud” then that gives me some idea of why you find it so difficult to understand concepts of racial equality. Must be Webster’s Bizarro edition.
Peace
If they are all true, and white people cannot possibly understand the problem, and enough is not being done, then please tell us what CAN be done to move the situation forward.
Rich, there isn’t a shortage of people, black or white, offering their opinions about how to redress our nation’s problems with race. So what, exactly, are you asking for? I’m really trying to understand, but I can’t figure it out.
Rich,
You accuse me of hollow talk. I see that you will continue your racially generic dominant community person talking down to a black person rhetoric. Not a problem! I’ll make the choice to continue talking down to you as well.
No, I wouldn’t agree with the racist rhetoric you spew to minimize the plight of the black community. Yes it is true that the problems of race was created by white people. But no, white people could not possibly understand all the problems of the black community. And if you weren’t so quick to brush off any attempt to understand, black people don’t understand all the problems of the black community. The black community is complex and the problems are deeply integrated into the psychological makeup of this country. You, like the vast majority of people, only want to apply the most basic, scratch the surface analysis to a problem that has been developed over centuries. You want somebody to give you a solution in a paragraph or two. But I’m the one who’s talking hollow.
And white people have moved to remedy the situation? When did that happen? When the black community was given crumbling schools and menial jobs? White people rectified the situation by declaring black people free and then leaving the black community to be victimized by Jim Crow and other laws creating environments of separate and far from equal? Since you seem to think that the dominant community has rectified the racial inequality in this country, why don’t you be a good little dominant community person and tell us when exactly did we achieve this environment of equality?
You talk about me being a victim. But look at your poor me attitude. I’m just a little ol’ white person trying to help! So PLEASE tell me how we can all get along so we can all be Americans! I don’t have the common sense to see racial discrimination. I need someone to show me how to see injustice and disparity! Please! You want to know what you can do? You can go back under your lily white rock and pretend you are not the racist you obviously are.
And when did I say I’m just sitting around being a victim? Just because I have to deal with racism from people who share your twisted “the onus is on the African American community” thinking doesn’t mean that I’m sitting around waiting for somebody else to solve my problems. Each time I run across one of you racist gate keepers doesn’t mean that you can keep me from my goals. I’m just tired of having to work so much harder than the white guy who isn’t saddled with the stereotypical racial baggage that people like you want to put on people from the black community.
Yes the people on this blog are rock heads. We are stubborn and we refuse to just pick ourselves up and go away to let the revolving door of racism continue against the next black person. We have decided to say something about it and make sure everybody is aware of the foul stench of discrimination that continues to permeate in the culture of America. Yes I’m a victim like the vast majority of black people in America. But you are not even close to keeping me down. Pick myself up? You don’t realize I’m standing over you pissing in your cup of mea.
Peace
Thanks for proving my point. You want honest discussion and practice censorship. You don’t want diverging opinion, you want a support group.
Rich,
You are most welcome. You’re point is well proven. I do want a support group for the black community. However, if you had simply asked in the beginning I would have happily admitted I wanted a support group and we could’ve saved each other a lot of time. Good work Sherlock! You got me!
Thank you for proving my point as well. You never wanted an honest discussion. You wanted to prove that I wanted a support group as if that’s so awful. The fact that I tolerated your racist thought patterns appearing in my blog would never convince you that I was open to discussing anything with you. You never saw it as an opportunity to discuss anything. You had a point to prove and did it very well. Thanks for proving my point that some people who claim to want a dialog are simply out to prove a hidden agenda designed to keep racism alive and well.
Peace
Thanks, Mr. Race Card.
Rich,
If I’m Mr. Race Card you have got to be Mr. Racist Royal Flush! You’ve got to be Mr. Racist Deck of Cards! You’re a regular riot!
Peace
Rich,
All I can say is that it is interesting that you keep accusing people here of not wanting an honest dialog when you are the only one so far who has admitted to lying. You said that you only admitted guilt in order to further the conversation.
Now as far as I am concerned you can’t have an honest dialog on the back of lies. So, this time look in the actual Webster’s and not the bizzaro one when you are searching for the meaning to honesty or honest dialog.
Thanks
Rich,
Your last comment was deleted. You are no longer welcome here. If you were on my property I would ask you to leave before you got your ass kicked for trespassing. As the owner of this blog I have the right to say who speaks here and who doesn’t. You have seriously worn out your welcome.
The difference between a racist such as yourself and I is that I actually took the time to find out who you were and what you were about before I decided I didn’t like you. A racist makes that decision without getting to know a person because with a racist, all they have to know is your skin color to form an opinion. I suggest you remember, you came here with an agenda and you have filled it. So why do you keep coming back? Better yet, why do you rely on me, a race baiting black man to help you fulfill your agenda?
I agree with you that simply asking for ideas is hardly racism. The crap you pull is hardly simply asking for ideas. You are underhanded, sneaky, and the latest manifestation of America’s blatant racism. You say that you are trying to end racism? Not hardly. You wear the mask of those who champion white privilege. The ugliness of your heart has been exposed. No mask could hide who you really are.
Peace