Re: Holder's Revenge

"The question is not when does it end, but when does it begin[.] ...
When do people of color truly get the benefits to which they are
entitled?"*

As soon as it is earned. Just like anyone else. The thing holding them
back is their constant and absolute belief that their problem is their
color when it is simply their attitude.

On Apr 4, 10:57 am, plainolamerican <plainolameri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree.
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> today I noticed a huge sign that said Anybody But Obama had been
> repaired.
> Somebody had actually pulled over on the side of the interstate, waded
> through fences and b-wire to destroy his sign.
> Thankfully he's persistent.
>
> On Apr 3, 5:03 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Holder's remarks are but one more reminder of why it is imperative that
> > President Obama be defeated in November.  Our Nation will be unrecognizable
> > if this charade is allowed to continue another four years.
>
> > On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 5:20 PM, plainolamerican
> > <plainolameri...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> > > When do people of color truly get the benefits to which they are
> > > entitled?
> > > ---
> > > slave mentality
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> > > On Apr 2, 4:16 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > ** **
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> > > >   ****
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> > > > Return to the Article<
> > >http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/04/holders_revenge.html>
> > > > ****
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> > > > April 2, 2012 ****
> > > > Holder's Revenge****
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> > > > *By* *John T. Bennett* <http://www.americanthinker.com/john_t_bennett/
> > > >****
>
> > > > Reverse discrimination against whites has just begun, according to
> > > Attorney
> > > > General Eric Holder. Now, the exploitation of Trayvon Martin's death has
> > > > thrown the cycle of racial resentment and favoritism into overdrive.****
>
> > > > There has been much poisonous rhetoric following Trayvon Martin's death,
> > > > and more is sure to come. It is hard to imagine that any other current
> > > > topic could result in racial madness exceeding that tragedy. Nonetheless,
> > > > an exceptionally ominous and instructive remark was recently made by
> > > > Attorney General Eric Holder -- a remark more outlandish than any heard
> > > so
> > > > far in our national conversation about Martin.****
>
> > > > Attorney General Holder recently addressed the question of affirmative
> > > > action, and for how long it would be required. He answered, stunningly,
> > > > that reverse discrimination has only just
> > > > begun<
> > >http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2012/02/24/holder-talks-financial-cr...>:
> > > > "Affirmative action has been an issue since segregation practices,"
> > > Holder
> > > > said. "The question is not when does it end, but when does it begin[.]
> > > ...
> > > > When do people of color truly get the benefits to which they are
> > > entitled?"*
> > > > ***
>
> > > > We see in these remarks the soil out of which rises the bitter fruit of
> > > > racial resentment. Holder's attitude is best summed up as the elite
> > > victim
> > > > mentality. The belief is one of perpetual entitlement, fueled by
> > > > bitterness, and given the stamp of official approval by politicians at
> > > the
> > > > highest levels of national office. The Trayvon Martin upheaval is made
> > > > possible by this carefully cultivated attitude, which exists within all
> > > > income levels. Whether it's under the guise of injustice, inequality,
> > > > underrepresentation, or white
> > > > supremacy<
> > >http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/03/critical_race_theory_a_cult_of...>,
> > > > the effect of the attitude is the same: sheer resentment towards the
> > > > majority and its institutions. ****
>
> > > > Not all minorities share this attitude, while many non-minorities do. For
> > > > instance, Professor William B. Eimicke of Columbia University supports a
> > > > lawsuit<
> > >http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/nyregion/a-fire-department-under-pr..
> > > .>against
> > > > New York City because the city doesn't have enough black
> > > > firefighters. Eimicke, who is
> > > > white<http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/academics/directory/wbe1-fac.html>,
> > > > says, "The reality is the [fire] department should look like the city it
> > > > serves." In other words, the fire department has something wrong with it
> > > > because there are not enough blacks employed. This is an example of an
> > > > educated, mainstream leader promoting an arbitrary standard of
> > > > underrepresentation. Such standards will only fuel more demands for
> > > special
> > > > treatment, and more resentment when the arbitrary standard proves
> > > > predictably impossible to meet.****
>
> > > > Take the example of Eimicke's fellow Columbia faculty. Of the 70 core
> > > > faculty members<
> > >http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/academics/directory/browse_core_faculty...
> > > .>in
> > > > Prof. Eimicke's department, there are 3 blacks. Seventy-five percent
> > > > of
> > > > the faculty is white, and 4% is black, whereas New York City is 45% white
> > > > and 27% black. Presumably, the principle that a fire department "should
> > > > look like the city it serves" also applies to the faculty of a tony
> > > > university. If the faculty "should look like the city it serves," then
> > > > Columbia needs to expedite the removal of white professors. Will Eimicke
> > > > enlist in the righteous cause of minority representation and quit? Or is
> > > > that a sacrifice he prefers to delegate to students or middle- and
> > > > working-class whites? We all know the answer: elite liberal hypocrisy
> > > > protects many academics and politicians from the application of their own
> > > > dogmas. Columbia's faculty will never match the ethnic makeup of New York
> > > > City because professors are typically protected from purported racial
> > > > favoritism, while firemen are fair game.****
>
> > > > As the attorney general's remark shows, the cycle of elite liberal
> > > > hypocrisy and racial favoritism will never end, so long as liberals
> > > control
> > > > racial discourse.****
>
> > > > In the meantime, the results will become increasingly absurd. The
> > > attorney
> > > > general's daughters, and each successive generation, will continue to
> > > > benefit from affirmative action to the same degree as truly disadvantaged
> > > > minorities. This incongruity grows more and more evident, as Democratic
> > > > Senator James Webb pointed out in his famous *Wall Street Journal*
> > > > editorial<
> > >http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870372410457537963095230..
> > > .>piece.
> > > > Sen. Webb noted that affirmative action policies have "expanded so
> > > > far beyond their original purpose that they now favor anyone who does not
> > > > happen to be white." Racial preferences extend to business startups,
> > > > prestigious academic admissions, job promotions, and expensive government
> > > > contracts. Many of these preferences have no relationship to
> > > > discrimination, oppression, or even socioeconomic class level; they even
> > > > benefit recent immigrants whose ancestors never faced discrimination in
> > > > America. Instead, we are actually creating a government-sanctioned
> > > nobility
> > > > -- a favored class of citizens with officially endorsed, race-based
> > > > hereditary privileges.****
>
> > > > Under the sway of of identity politics and racial grievance, even the
> > > most
> > > > privileged members of our society will hold onto petty gripes. In a 2009
> > > > commencement address, the First Lady complained about her childhood
> > > > experience with the University of Chicago. Recalling that she grew up
> > > right
> > > > near the campus, she
> > > > stated<
> > >http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/05/michelle_obamas_early_alienat...>
> > > > :****
>
> > > > [T]hat university never played a meaningful role in my academic
> > > > development. The institution made no effort to reach out to me -- a
> > > bright
> > > > and promising student in their midst -- and I had no reason to believe
> > > > there was a place for me there.****
>
> > > > That she felt entitled to be "reached out to" in the first place is
> > > > astonishing. The egomaniacal sense of entitlement contained in her
> > > remarks
> > > > will strike most people as utterly foreign. Yet this way of conceiving of
> > > > one's own position in society is commonly shared. Amongst the lower
> > > class,
> > > > this attitude takes the form of demands for "Obama
> > > > money<
> > >http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/18/a-pelosi-maher-go-to-nyc-welfare-of...>"
> > > > and other such hilarity <http://youtu.be/P36x8rTb3jI>. ****
>
> > > > Perhaps Michelle Obama should have made an effort at some point to
> > > > understand why young white students, many of whom were not from Chicago,
> > > > would have been reticent about venturing out into the South Side of
> > > > Chicago. The reasons are not hard to discover. Immediately after their
> > > > report on the First Lady's address, CNN aired a segment on violent crime
> > > on
> > > > the South Side. Chief Ernest Brown of Chicago's Organized Crime Division
> > > > explained the high rate of youth violence by saying that "their
> > > > behavior<http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0905/16/cnr.04.html>is
> > > > just inconsistent with civility." With that in mind, many students --
> > > > of
> > > > all races -- may not feel that it is their place to step into another
> > > > community and attempt to help its youth. In fact, not even Dr. Martin
> > > > Luther King and his family stayed in urban Chicago for long after
> > > starting
> > > > to work in the city in 1966. Cohen and Taylor write that Coretta Scott
> > > King
> > > > was concerned about violence in the neighborhood, and the Kings spent
> > > > little time there [1].****
>
> > > > Our own attorney general, ostensibly committed to even-handed enforcement
> > > > of the nation's laws, referred to blacks as "my
> > > > people<
> > >http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/0311/Eric_Holder_Black_Pan..
> > > .>."
> > > > Strangely, it is socially acceptable for only certain groups to proudly
> > > > claim ethnic group membership. If similar tribal loyalties were publicly
> > > > boasted by a white ethnic, that would be seen as sinister. Just imagine
> > > the
> > > > reaction if a President Bush had identified -- *on the basis of race -*-
> > > > with a victim of minority-on-white crime by saying, "Channon
> > > > Christian<http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=10968229>looks like
> > > > my daughters."
>
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