Info

You are currently browsing the archives for the cultural/racial category.

Calendar
February 2012
M T W T F S S
« Jan    
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
272829  
Links

Archive for the cultural/racial Category

Why true conservatives do not attend AIDS rallies

In the world of politics, there are perhaps fewer psychological weapons better disguised than a so-called charitable cause.   For though at first some causes appear to be rooted in goodness, in empathy, and in mercy, they can oftentimes be vehicles not only to safely advance causes which many find morally offensive, but also tools to silence opponents without the perils of argument.  And in this brand of political warfare, there perhaps exists no greater weapon than the fight against AIDS. Read the rest of this entry »

Civilization versus the barbarian

One of the most important questions facing civilization, not only in light of the savagery of London’s riots, but in all of history, is how civilization defines barbarism. Read the rest of this entry »

Honor, shame, and pro-gay anti-bullying campaigns

The other day, as I was on my way to work, I was driving through a relatively empty parking lot.  Being in somewhat of a hurry, I was trying to save as much time as possible, taking the route in which I had expected the least amount of traffic and cruising over speed bumps.  But as I moved quickly to my destination, and a young woman crossed in front of me, a wave of impatience smothered my sensitivity and urged me to continue at my same pace.  Surely she can speed up, I thought.  And she did: I did not slow down. Read the rest of this entry »

Regarding the controversy of a national American language

As an increasingly liberal government seeks to import and accommodate not only a greater diversity of peoples, but the greater diversity of lifestyles and doctrines which accompany them, the topic of a national American language has been one of increasing controversy.  But there are certain facts about language and education which belong to all ranges of opinion, and if studied closely, show that the pursuit of linguistic consolidation is not only in the best interest of any nation, but is already morally accepted by nearly every educational institution across the entire globe. Read the rest of this entry »

Problems with modern liberty of speech

In John Stuart Mill’s most influential and widely read work, On Liberty, he defended what he considered to be one of the most important pillars of any successful society, liberty of thought, and consequently of speech.  And it is plain from reading On Liberty that Americans have taken his suggestions quite seriously, not only supporting legislation to protect speech from governmental prohibition, but also instituting laws which protect against the so-called tyranny of private opinion.  But has this endeavor actually promoted discussion and rationality, or has it actually suppressed both? Read the rest of this entry »

Sexual responsibility, and the question of sex with minors

Earlier in the month of February, The Telegraph reported that an English high court judge barred a man from having sex, due to that man’s incredibly low IQ and an inability to properly assess circumstances.  At first, the action seemed bizarre, and brought to mind eugenics programs of the Nazi Party.  But if one looks closely at the matter, this judge ruled far more closely according to the philosophy of John Locke than Adolf Hitler. Read the rest of this entry »

Prejudice and the missing white woman

In recent years, it has been increasingly claimed by the left that the American national media, in its coverage of murder mysteries, ignores the plight of missing black women because of prejudice.  But in their condemnation of what they perceive to be a great racial injustice, leftists oftentimes forget not only about empathy’s selective nature, but also about the reasons why people oppose racial prejudice in the first place. Read the rest of this entry »

The problem of poster boys

It is not uncommon, these days, to see those interested in a liberal cause use the suffering of poster boys to soften the public heart. Oftentimes, these poster boys are kind faced, hard working, law abiding flag wavers, who claim they bear similarity to the majority of Americans, though coming from circumstances far less fortunate or socially acceptable. But regardless of whether a refusal to grant relief would harm such people, such claims are not a legitimate moral platform from which to launch a movement. Read the rest of this entry »

Quitting kumbaya: why division is necessary

The other day, I greatly offended an Arabic associate of mine.  During a conversation about the social contract, I tried to use an example of a group forming themselves into a nation, and I had begun the example with the statement, “suppose that a group of people like you were to get together, and decide to build your own country, with your own laws.”

His objection to my statement was that Christians and conservatives oftentimes enjoy separating themselves from everyone else, that we believe that people like him are not part of our group, that we in essence discriminate. In this particular instance, I referred to him as people like you, leading toward an idea and an effect which I had not intended. Why, he asked, could we not just all be considered human, and on the same team? Read the rest of this entry »

Law in the empathetic society

Must an increase in empathy signal a decrease in law?

Let us consider, for a moment, that someone has wronged you by stealing your car.  When the person is caught by police, you have the option to press charges, but then discover that your neighbor–whose wife is dying from cancer, after they both lost their jobs–stole your car out of desperation to rush to meet her in the hospital, since he thought she was about to die.  Begging your forgiveness with tears in his eyes, the man sinks to his knees in court, clasps his hands together, and looks at you directly.  At this moment, moved with compassion, in an act of mercy you allow the man to walk free.

Compassion, then, is our friend.  A placing of ourselves in the shoes of others, imagining their hardship and deciding–in some particular instance, to side with them, to recognize that had you been in their position, you would have been desperate as well.  And this empathy, in many cases, is noble. Read the rest of this entry »

When beauty and heroism are wrong

The other day, I came across a feminist blog about the movie “Tangled,” a movie I know almost nothing about, other than that it’s racist, sexist, and evil. Girl With Pen writes: “The bad news is that it re-hashes the same old story – that as a woman you can either be a princess awaiting her prince or an evil stepmother/witch, that if you are male, you get all the action (in many senses of the word) and that beauty equals white, blonde, thin, and young.”  Let us all grab our pitchforks.

The first reason we should be at arms is because of the racism.  You see, when we apply positive affirmations of beauty to white people, it logically implies that all the other races cannot possess these traits, and are in fact less beautiful than white people.  Consider also that the princess, in Tangled’s case, is white, blonde, and young.  Solely because of movies such as Tangled, it is entirely likely that an entire generation of American boys will find young blondes to be sexually attractive.  I, as one tragic example, have fallen prey to this most odious of ploys. Read the rest of this entry »

Marx vs. Moses: a foray into Biblical economics

Is there a moral balance between liberty and security, or are the two mutually exclusive?

Can the rich ever become so rich, that they strangle the poor?  And what qualifies as “strangling”?

Must a capitalist globalization lead toward an impoverishment of the American working class?

Should the poor have a safety net, and if they do, how much of a net should they have?

Do the rich have an obligation to bolster the wealth of society, aside from providing jobs and infrastructure?

Since the dawn of civilization, man has sought timeless principles to address the concepts of wealth and poverty, justice and equality.  Karl Marx was one of these people. Read the rest of this entry »

When unity is wrong

Editor’s note: this article is dedicated to my first non-familial fan, Esky.

Why do we belong together?

This should not be an offensive question, yet it cannot seriously be asked in our modern political climate–particularly by conservatives–without expecting angry retribution.  But when John Jay wrote Federalist Paper #2, he did so out of the need to convince the American people that they must cede some of their natural rights for the sake of unity; that, although the states had distinct governments and oftentimes different interests, they would need to sacrifice some of these interests for a greater good.  Jay reasoned that this unity always comes at a price, but he was also able to guarantee that the overwhelming majority of identity and of morality would be preserved despite the institution of an American union.  Indeed, this small price for unity was one of his key arguments in favor of the US Constitution. Read the rest of this entry »

Why “fiscal conservatism” isn’t enough

The TEA Party has got establishment Republicans’ panties in a major twist.  While most party insiders argue that fiscal conservatism is the uniting factor which will bring Americans out of a socialist abyss, TEA Partiers (despite some obvious ideological diversity within their ranks) aren’t so sure that fiscal conservatism alone is the answer, bringing a serious brand of social conservatism into the mix.  Supposedly this foray into “archaic” and “unwinnable” social issues could cost Republicans the elections, but what could Republicans lose without social conservatism? Read the rest of this entry »

Us vs. Them: the liberal concept of belonging

Most Leftists enjoy thinking of themselves as color-blind philanthropists, hell-bent on erasing bigotry from the public mind, bringing every racial category into economic harmony and uniting every culture in a sort of tolerant, egalitarian utopia.  But is this self-assessment true?

In order to be truly multicultural, one has to have a tolerant approach to all other cultures, since–coming from a postmodern, atheistic perspective–there can be no right or wrong culture, and we all have to live peacefully with one another.  But while most Leftists are increasingly tolerant with foreign cultures, their tendency toward domestic bigotry yields the assumption that multiculturalism is not truly multicultural, but is laden with racially-based tendencies.

For instance, the concept of tolerance first necessitates an “us” and a “them.”  Without this concept of “us and them,” there exists no standard of behavior for tolerance and generosity, since we would be incapable of defining who requires a more understanding and benevolent approach.  After all, when you are aware that someone has a different culture than you do, you should theoretically approach them as though there will be some misunderstandings, and as though you have an increased need to be patient and accepting. Read the rest of this entry »

The case against “tolerance”

The other day, I had the privilege of watching the television while a smarmy Muslim condescendingly downplayed the significance of the 9/11 mosque controversy.  His argument consisted of something along the lines of “Is this what our national dialogue has been reduced to?”  As though almost to say that Americans were too culturally insensitive and bigoted to allow the building of a mosque which would overlook Ground Zero.  And to be sure, most people who support the building of the mosque adopt this pompous position, pretending that if we truly are tolerant and accepting of other cultures, we should be able to accept the building of an Islamic temple over a building ruined by an Islamically-motivated mass-murder.  Surely, they argue, we are beyond squabblings and sensitivities, and we should be able to just accept cohabitation with other cultures.

It is this attitude which precisely highlights the problem with the doctrine of tolerance.  While those who accept a multicultural postmodern perspective agree that acceptance must hypothetically occur amongst all in a racially diverse and religiously pluralistic society, the logical mechanics of tolerance suggest that the direction of tolerance can only exist toward one group in any clash of cultures.  Read the rest of this entry »

What should the law forbid? (VIDEO)

Editor’s note: this video was instrumental in explaining the historical foundation for western social liberalism to me, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in being ahead of the thinking curve.  Covers subjects ranging from drug use to homosexual behavior, and why they–according to the foundational principles of genuine social liberalism–should be regulated.  Also: covers double standards of legal protection, explaining how children do not have the same protection from harm which our law affords adults. Don’t miss this!


Read the rest of this entry »

Citizens’ rights vs global humanitarianism: rights, responsibility, and amnesty

It’s not uncommon to see a patriot mistreated over the issue of immigration, usually by people who consider themselves part of the human rights/anti-racism movement. But while “global human rights” sound a little bit larger and more glamorous a struggle than “American rights,” both the glamor and resulting anger toward patriots ensue from a major misunderstanding of the importance of citizenship. 

In a proper republic, citizenship extends rights to those who are legally obligated to make sacrifices. We all get the chance to vote, and usually to receive some sort of economic safety net, and be protected by the police and firefighters, and benefit from the infrastructure created through taxation. We have the right to a trial by jury, the right to keep and use weaponry, the right to pursue a job, and the right to reside within our limited territory. But these rights are only inherited by our citizenry because they were paid for with the blood, sweat, and tears of both our ancestors and us.  Read the rest of this entry »

Can conservatism ever really shake the accusation of racism?

It seems that almost since the dawn of modern American liberalism, accusations of conservative racism have been flying, and conservatives have been ineffectively wasting their time trying to fight them. But regardless of how vigorously the movement tries to defend itself, it’s not ever going to clear its name. From a leftist point of view, any conservative movement is “racist” in deeply rooted principle. Even the TEA Party, a strictly constitutional and financial movement which has nothing to do with racial issues, finds itself under attack for many of the same issues that any other conservative movement embraces, since its ranks are publicly known to consist of those who consider themselves “very conservative.” Read the rest of this entry »

Social justice and corruption

One of the most important necessities of true justice is that we apply it equally.  But while most on planet earth would readily agree that granting two people different verdicts for the same crime would be corruption, trends in the United States show us that our society is moving away from an equality-based law-system to one which considers the status of people instead of their actions.

As examples, a couple of major stories have caught the eye of Leftist “human rights” organizations lately. The first one, involving a police officer and two jaywalkers, resulted in an unruly pedestrian attacking the officer, which resulted in the assailant being punched in the face. The second story involved a Mexican smuggler being shot after he and his friends were throwing rocks at our border patrol agents. Read the rest of this entry »

Asians and the California school system

I have to admit a bit of bias before getting to the meat of the matter, here: I’ve always gotten along well with Asian students, particularly northern ones.  During my several years in California’s school system, I never once had a problem with a rude Asian student, never had one steal from me, never knew one who broke the law (although I’m sure they exist, somewhere), never was physically threatened by one, and never had one blame me for any of their shortcomings or demand a handout.  In short, I have no history of bad interactions with Asian students, and to be quite frank, it’s left me with a good impression of them.

So it should come as no surprise to my readers that I’m particularly angered by the UC system, as they’re purposely seeking to lower admissions standards to rid themselves of many of their Asian students.  Not only is this institutional envy shameful and socially dysgenic, but also a poor form of business.  Asians didn’t dominate the UC system by whining like other races, after all.  They became a large portion of the student body by having a superior work ethic and a culture geared toward academic success.  If success is a reason to bar anyone from a college system, you must be a Democrat.  Read the rest of this entry »

Can amnesty ever be Biblical?

Recently,  Nancy “Bibles” Pelosi told the Catholic clergy that amnesty legislation is “a manifestation of our living the Gospels.”   Now, to be fair, Nancy isn’t alone: many Christians today pursue a type of social justice that can result if someone takes Christ’s words out of context, and due to either laziness or outright disregard refuses to look at the big picture.  So what does the Bible actually say about immigration?

As Christians, all must admit that Pelosi is right about a couple of things.  First off, Jesus commanded us to love our neighbors as we love ourselves, and that means treating them with generosity.  But while Jesus absolutely commanded us to love our neighbors as ourselves, and spoke positively about individuals belonging to unpopular minority groups to show that His teachings apply to everyone, Pelosi and liberal Christians forget that the Gospels aren’t Christ’s first message, and that Christ had already made specific statements about how to engage in government.  After all, His own personal style of government was given through Moses in the Old Testament. Read the rest of this entry »

What real men are, where they went, and how to get them back

Where have all the real men gone?

For the past 50 years or so, real manhood has been disappearing, and the effects couldn’t be more clear: men are dropping out of school, leaving their families behind, and generally turning into the abominable video-game playing man-child.  The last twenty years have seen the metrosexual community gain a foothold in American society, the overtly-feminine readers of Men’s Health magazine focusing their lives not on inner strength, but on gaining abs or worse–shaving their chests more neatly.  And as the homosexual advocacy movement seeks to erase any and all boundaries for proper gender norms, turning what could have been Joe Dimaggios and John Waynes into Regis Philbins and Perez Hiltons, we have to wonder: can we please go back to having real men again? Read the rest of this entry »

Rethinking education: McLeroy, Texas, and historical perspective

Editor’s note: the end of this article contains implied use of vulgarities from other liberal writers who oppose American Clarity’s position. Tread carefully!

A short while ago, Don McLeroy and other Texas conservatives decided they’d had enough: liberal indoctrination of their children had been crossing boundaries for too many decades, teaching values which opposed the very foundations of conservatism.  And so one day, he and a band of other Texas school board members decided that Texas would be different.  They decided that Texas would spend class time talking about different aspects of American history than what had been considered adequate for decades.  Predictably, the backlash was vicious: the anger expressed by liberals has been predictably foul (by historical standards), and at times even terrifying.

So what exactly did McLeroy and his board do to cause all the rage?

In a short list from the liberal Huffinton Post, the Texan conservatives wanted to:

1) Teach about the values of the free market, and how America was intended to achieve economic success with less government intervention (see: The Wealth of Nations, written by an incredibly important historical figure whom liberals tend to forget, Adam Smith).

2) They didn’t want to spend as much time on one of our most humanistic (read: liberal) founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson, and instead decided to discuss the speeches of Jefferson Davis–The President of the Confederacy, an important person in American history–alongside those of Abraham Lincoln. Read the rest of this entry »

Are cops racist?

A couple of weeks ago, I had a conversation with a very sweet and well-intentioned lady about racial bias in the American justice system.  Due to some personal experiences she’d had, she wholeheartedly believed that Seattle’s police force was full of “racist pigs,” and that they weren’t worthy of respect.  But although I can–with all of my being–agree with her that police officers without a sense of justice are dangerous, and that a person should be judged according to their deeds and the contents of their heart, the insult levied against our boys in blue was slanderous enough to warrant a rebuttal.

But before proceeding, it must be noted that this woman isn’t the only person on the planet who holds those views.  A common goal of all leftists is the reform of what they see as an incredibly racist judicial system, which preys upon people of color and throws them in jail without probable cause.  Barack Obama himself stated during his campaign that America greatly needed a civilian oversight panel in every city, which would follow our police officers around and threaten to punish them if their actions were seen as racist. Read the rest of this entry »

Eugenics in American policy

Although abortion is a hot-button topic due to the debate over whether a human death is involved or not, the ramifications of abortion or the right-to-life are far more reaching than ever discussed in the mainstream media.  As such, this article is not about why abortion is wrong.  If the reader is interested in a concise and easy read about the moral bankruptcy of child-murder, they can read an article I wrote on the subject a short while back. Rather, this article is about the more dangerous consequences of solely granting the right-to-life.

Of course, when approaching the topic of abortion, the intelligent and learned Left is generally (yet unmentionably) aware of one major problem: that repealing the ability of a woman to kill her children would have the effect of nearly exponentially increasing the number of Black–and mostly illegitimate– children in the West, the fear of which prompted the creation of abortion rights groups such as Planned Parenthood (who specifically targeted Black communities with access to “choice”).  Even popular liberal books such as Freakonomics have unabashedly stated that the decline in violence levels in the US were predominantly due to the abortions of the 1970’s and 1980’s, but didn’t care to mention that an overwhelming number of abortions involved Black children.  Actually, the Black abortion rate is ridiculously higher than the White abortion rate, and has always been.  Read the rest of this entry »

King County to possibly become a safe haven for illegal immigrants

Every time liberals want to pass legislation about something, newspapers and television reports fill up with stories about a kind-faced and law-abiding person who just wants to be able to live their life if it only wasn’t for you: the American public, because you’re calloused and won’t extend “human rights” to them (known to sensible people as “extending the right to break legal/moral barriers and then get benefits”).  The reason for your callousness, of course, because you’re selfish and racist and bigoted.  This treatment is especially applied by the media in the argument over illegal immigration.

Before getting started however, it should be known that this writer has personally known and enjoyed the companionship of an illegal alien before. His name was Armando, and he was one of the nicest, most polite, charming young men I’ve known in my lifetime.  He couldn’t speak English worth a damn, but it was clear to me that the kid just wanted to work hard to support the family he’d left back home.  Back then, his friends have me over for carne asada in the rural Californian town of Bonsall, we’d listen to music, and enjoy each other’s company.  He was my buddy.  I’m even willing to assume that–at that particular time and place–he was a better person than I was.  Read the rest of this entry »

Why guns shouldn’t go: a clear, concise, and abnormal argument

Just like the insurance giant AIG was brought down to its knees by a rogue London branch of the company, so could American liberties be thrown away to deal with small factions of the country, and factions that aren’t representative of the majority of Americans, at that (1).

But before explaining how this might happen, a statement must be made. This article is not intended to belittle anyone beyond their personal behavior, nor is it meant to paint an entire group of people with the same brush. As a Christian, this writer understands that the wages of sin is death, and that apart from Christ we’re all sinful creatures, worthy of damnation and completely without hope. But just as we’re all equal in our depravity without Christ, we are equal in our Heavenly Father’s eyes when we accept Christ and become brothers and sisters in Him.

However, in order to protect the common good of the majority of Americans, some issues must be brought to light in this day and age, they’re not all fun to deal with, and they don’t engender the inclusive tone that brotherhood in Christ brings. That being said, today’s topic is gun control, and why certain very tiny groups of people are responsible for and generally subjected to the gun violence we read about, and why these groups of people are the only reason that anti-gun legislation is successful at all. In order to preserve the only things keeping us from history’s long chain of violent and brutally domineering governments, Americans must not only know the truth about gun violence in America, but speak the truth and live by it.  Read the rest of this entry »

Three pervasive lies about the economy

So, ladies and gentlemen, I’m going to repeat the same thing everyone else has been repeating for the past umpteen years: the media is lying to you, and you’re being sold something that isn’t only a lie, but is killing the economy. The bad news? Nobody knows what the heck that means. It’s almost as empty a statement as “all politicians are liars:” Everybody says it because it makes them fit in with the cool guys, not because they actually know what politicians are lying about.

As such, I’d like to tackle this issue from the viewpoints of an average American citizen in 2008, calling to light the various misunderstandings with which this current administration has had to deal.
Before I start, though, it should be mentioned that anyone who’s only expecting a purely Democrat-directed grilling is in for a surprise, mostly because the problems we’re dealing with today are so heavily ingrained in both parties that it’s completely impossible to escape by using traditional partisan politics, even though the media and common consensus would have you believe it’s Bush’s fault, and the blogs would have you believe it’s Clinton’s.

Oh, and by the way, I’ve placed stars next to economic concepts that you can easily find in Wikipedia, just in case any readers aren’t familiar with the concepts and would like more information. All the other information will be used from respectable sources, so feel free to dig around in the links. That being said, allow me to tell you why the economy is Bush’s fault, why it isn’t, and why Americans are generally wrong.
Misunderstanding #1: Our unemployment levels are out of control

The first gigantic lie regarding our economy is that right now—in September of 2008—we have more unemployed people than ever before, and there are hordes of people roaming the streets incapable of finding jobs.

This is total garbage.

Actually, we averaged about a 6% unemployment rate in September according to the Department of Labor Statistics, which is better than we had through half of the 90’s when the media was reporting a “good time” (1). Furthermore, at one point in 2007 our unemployment rates were at a cozy 4.5%, almost at the lowest level we had ever achieved through the 90’s, which is very near something known in the world of economics known as “full employment*”. Read that again in case it didn’t soak in. Read the rest of this entry »

Democracy is the new White Supremacy

The goal of abolishing the White race is on its face so desirable that some may find it hard to believe that it could incur any opposition other than from committed White supremacists … Race Traitor will not abandon its focus on Whiteness, no matter how vehement the pleas and how virtuously oppressed those doing the pleading. The editors meant it when they replied to a reader, ‘Make no mistake about it: we intend to keep bashing the dead White males, and the live ones, and the females too, until the social construct known as ‘the White race’ is destroyed—not ‘deconstructed’ but destroyed.’”

Noel Ignatiev, Ed.M. Ph.D. From 1994, fellow at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute.American history professor at the Massachusetts College of Art

 

This is it, ladies and gentlemen. You have in front of you a decision to make: you can buy into the propaganda that’s been forced down your throat for the last 60 years, which will result in disempowerment and disillusionment for your people and the entire West; or you can intellectually reconsider the merits of our currently accepted philosophies and thereby save democracy. For those of you already well versed in the philosophy of democracy and capitalism as well as Marxist principles, this should be a healthy refresher course. For those of you unfamiliar with reexamining popular and institutionally propagated mindsets, this may result in a bit of a headache.

 

As such, I ask the reader to actively consider the following questions and take the time to discuss this amongst his or her friends. This is not an easy thing to do, for the Western Elite have taken no small measures to make sure you cannot safely consider or espouse these ideas. But just as our American founding fathers threw off the shackles of imperialist mindset, just as Martin Luther resisted the apostate Catholic church, and just as Jesus resisted the Pharisees, so must you now take the time to resist the status quo which threatens not only your way of life, but ultimately the very survival of your kind. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, after all. And this will be a venture.

 

That being said, here is the guide to anti-racism, the assumptions made by those abiding its philosophy, and the ramifications resulting from an inability to discuss the topic openly. This will be done in a series of statements and explanations that follow them, in the hopes that the reader will find the points easier to digest.

 

#1: Anti-racism and democratic capitalism are incompatible.

 

The first point that any person discussing the merits of anti-racism must understand is that anti-racism is the monkey wrench within the machine of classically liberal economics. Basically, the way capitalism and democracy are designed to work is by giving people the ability to succeed and fail by making decisions. Our model being simplified, this personal autonomy is the basis of capitalism and democracy.

Read the rest of this entry »

|