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Originally posted by hoosier
This problem illuminates why the liberal worldview on race, while not entirely false, is several decades out of date. The idea that achievement is "white" and lack thereof is "black" is an ugly stereotype that no doubt originated in white racism. But the problem today isn't that whites believe it; it is that many blacks have internalized it and recast it as a point of pride.
As we noted yesterday, black adults are subjected to the trope of "acting white" as well--for espousing conservative political positions or joining the Republican Party. Thus the Democratic Party, which routinely racks up 85% to 90% of the black vote, has an interest in encouraging blacks to think of themselves as separate from the broader American population--a separateness that rests on pernicious notions of black inferiority.
- OP
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Ya' know, I am re-reading this article and this time the quoted part stood out to me. This, I think, is completely true. I am an AfAm law student and a Democrat, but since I go to law school in DC and am a Texan I am one of the most conservate people in my school. I actually believe in welfare to work, using guns to protect private property, lower income and estate taxes, school vouchers and zero tolerance when it comes to fighting and weapons in schools
The more I study Critical Race Theory in particular, but just the U.S. political system in general, the more I reject the liberal lie that we AfAms need the great white government to save us. Now, don't sign me up for the Rush Limbaugh site yet, but I do think the liberal lie of the "great white savior" (which really is what big government equates too) is based in racism, but too many AfAm liberals are blind to this reality.
Again, I am not changing parties any time soon because I believe that while liberals try to hide their racism, conservatives proudly flaunt theirs and neither is a good option to me. I think it boils down to something hoosier, I believe it was, said to me in a post- neither party is good or evil. This is true, but I do think if its all based on racism- I'll take the one that at least tries to give poor black folk something. Now, I don't even benefit from such programs and as an attorney at a big firm I'll soon be taxed out of the wazoo to support them (and hate it), but I can't just turn my back. Nevertheless, I do think some conservative principles have use- such as vouchers, school choice and no state income tax (go Texas!)