30 thoughts on “Race Politics”

  1. The last paragraph is absolutely right. It is a change that is hard to implement and would take time because it requires people to accept responsibility for their actions and then act. The world’s libraries are filled with countless books on how to create new habits and self improvement because it is so hard for even simple things.

    The title of the op-ed is bad. It doesn’t talk about how the racial tribalism burns out, which wont happen until Progressive Marxism has been rejected and kicked out of our institutions and that blacks, hispanics, asians, and all other ethnicities are expected to not be racist.

  2. I suspect the definition of “race” in the federal code is based on the color of one’s skin and not their character.

    1. I’m genuinely curious. Is there a federal definition (or many separate federal definitions), or is it left entirely to self identification?

  3. I may be a bit odd, but I generally wake up as an African American, then slowly transition into a white man, and then in the evenings I sometimes become a full blown Asian. When I eat too many tortilla chips I have Hispanic spells where I still habla inglés but trill my R’s, asking for a “burrrrrrrito”, for instance.

    I suppose this means I’m racially nutating or polyphasic or something, with my DNA destabilized by excessive exposure to modulating field of opaquely dense stupidity.

  4. Overall, immigrants, according to one recent survey, are twice as conservative in their social views than the general public.

    Snort. Going back to 1950s censorship code is a bug, not a feature. The problem is those folks come from 3rd world socialist countries that never learned the connection between squalor and the lack of freedom. California didn’t become a one party state only because of the SEIU, about 10 million Mexican dropping by had a lot to do with it.

  5. By the way, Rand, I see that another Trump birther train is leaving the station. Are you on board this time, or was once enough?

    1. What does Trump have to do with it? Someone writes a wonky op-ed at Newsweek and Trump is at fault?

      A Democrats troubled how their media changes Kamala’s ethnicity depending on what racial block they need to appeal to? Have they solved the riddle of how to end racism by being extra racist yet?

      1. Trump himself has cast doubt on Harris’s eligibility, implying that she is not a citizen. When pressed to confirm or deny her eligibility, Mark Meadows, Trump’s chief of staff, has said that the White House would not contest the matter, i.e., will leave open the possibility she is ineligible. (That is a dereliction of duty by the way: having sworn an oath to uphold the Constitution, the President must expose Harris if she is in fact ineligible.)

          1. The media is responsible for neither Trump’s nor Meadows’ statement. If it’s stupid to ask Trump, who has previously opined at great length on the topic (2 years’ worth of birtherism in 2015-16), it’s even stupider for him to talk about it, isn’t it?

          3. Well, my take on Trump’s interaction with the media rather differs from yours…. But my original question remains: with Meadows leaving the door open to questioning Harris’s citizenship, are you on board?

            Given your silence on the topic in the now several days elapsed since Meadows’ statement, I presume the answer is no. But why? What makes this story so much less appealing than the birther view of Obama in 2015 and 2016?

          4. I don’t know what “leave the door open” means. Meadows says that the campaign doesn’t consider this an issue. Why am I required to say anything about it? Harris has much more serious problems than whether some lawyer doesn’t consider her Constitutionally eligible to be president, and it’s an esoteric topic that neither I or Trump could be expected to have any expertise on, so it continues to be stupid to ask him (or me) about it.

  6. If Harris’s citizenship is unworthy of your or Trump’s consideration, why was Obama’s citizenship worthy of both?

      1. To the extent the issue is arcane (I don’t think it’s actually that complicated, if you read Eastman’s article), it’s no excuse for ignoring it. In Meadows’ case, all of the legal firepower he could possibly need is readily at hand in the Executive Branch. In your case, you can link to lawyers and other subject matter experts, as you often do. I wouldn’t guess you claim to have had some sort of expertise in divining Obama’s birthplace, yet that did not stop you from addressing the issue at length.

          1. In either case, it is citizenship, not birthplace, that is ultimately relevant. Hence I continued to be puzzled by your and Meadow’s lack of interest in Eastman’s analysis of Harris’s citizenship (and by your lack of interest in Meadows’ lack of interest, given the President’s obligation to uphold the Constitution).

            What, pray tell, were the good reasons to think that Obama may not have been born in Hawaii?

          2. A lot of rumors from some relatives that he was born in Kenya, the fact that it was like pulling teeth to see the birth certificate, and the fact that he refuses to show his college transcripts from Columbia, which some (including me) think may say that he was born in Kenya (whether he was or not) to get a leg up on admissions as a foreign student. I don’t claim to know where he was born.

          3. A lot of rumors from some relatives that he was born in Kenya….

            Rumors are not a good reason. One might look into a rumor, but to spend years broadcasting it without of it without first checking it out tends to damage the credibility.

            … and the fact that he refuses to show his college transcripts from Columbia, which some (including me) think may say that he was born in Kenya (whether he was or not) to get a leg up on admissions as a foreign student.

            I would not expect a transcipt to show place of birth (none of mine does). According to Columbia’s website, its transcripts don’t:

            https://www.registrar.columbia.edu/content/transcripts-0 .

            Again, this is a very flimsy basis for a very serious allegation, especially if you’re suggesting he might have sought advantage by falsely claiming foreign birth.

            I don’t claim to know where he was born.

            Despite the fact that Obama released his birth certificate in December 2017? (Did you, by the way, report that major datum to readers of your blog? I had a quick look but couldn’t find it).

            Have you ever reflected on the fact that the loudest voice questioning Obama’s birthplace has now had three and a half years with the power of the presidency behind him to investigate? He has every reason to want to prove it.

            If you’re still unconvinced that Obama was born in Hawaii, is there any event, any document that would convince you?

          5. CORRECTION: My claim that

            According to Columbia’s website, its transcripts don’t [show place of birth],

            is wrong. Columbia’s website merely does not indicate that transcripts do show place of birth. But it’s still a big leap from not seeing Obama’s transcript to believing it indicates birthplace, much less a foreign birthplace.

  7. “Harris has much more serious problems than whether some lawyer doesn’t consider her Constitutionally eligible….”

    Few issues are as serious as the election of a non-citizen to high office: it’s a matter of upholding the Constitution, which should be a clear and present concern to Meadows, something that cannot be shrugged of with “We’re not going to contest it.”

    Furthermore, showing Harris ineligible would sink her and likely Biden too. The matter ought to be of interest to both you and Meadows. Even if the charge of ineligibility is false, promotion of the allegation can hurt Biden and Harris, as we saw in the flap over Obama’s birthplace.

    1. No one is claiming that she is not a citizen. I’m sorry that I can’t be as concerned about things as you demand that I be concerned about, but not very much.

      1. Eastman calls Harris’s citizenship into question.

        But you seem to acknowledge here that there is no cloud over her citizenship. In which case, why didn’t you say so earlier? Then my whole line of inquiry goes away (although I still think Meadows’ statement is a serious problem).

        1. Why should I care what Eastman says? Anyone born on US soil is a birthright citizen. I don’t think they should be, but that is the law. But it’s not about citizenship. It’s whether she is a natural-born citizen, which is what the Constitution requires. But I have no reason to think she’s not that, either.

  8. I am long past the point of caring where he was born. I don’t know why you continue to be obsessed with it.

    I’m not obsessed with Obama’s place of birth, for I don’t doubt he’s a natural born citizen. But surely we agree that if I’m wrong, then Obama committed a serious crime richly deserving of punishment. Given the gravity of the crime and your extensive promotion of doubt about his place of birth, how could you possibly not care anymore? It’s just not logical, unless in the meantime you’ve concluded that Obama most likely is a natural born citizen. But in that case, I have to wonder why you’ve never so stated.

      1. I am long past the point of caring where he was born.

        For years you promoted doubt about Obama’s place of birth, yet now, without explanation, you pronounce it unimportant.

        Since you’ve not replied to my earlier question as to whether you ever reported that Obama’s birth certificate had been released, I presume you did not.

        How can I not read the views you espouse today without wondering whether they are riddled with inconsistency and bias?

        1. I don’t care any more because he’s not president any more.

          How can I not read the views you espouse today without wondering whether they are riddled with inconsistency and bias?

          I’m sorry, I don’t have an explanation for your mental deficiencies. Go ask a professional.

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