Ghost racism in the sky
LaShawn Barber, on the race-baiting hucksterism recently brought to a new low by the idiot James Clyburn:
We’re left with the impression that blacks are passive agents caught up in a whirlwind of racist weather and still burdened by the ever-present “legacy of slavery.” According to the report, there’s the potential for “climate change policy that continues and extends this legacy.” That’s why the Joint Center calls on blacks to “speak truth to power” and take up the mantle of environmental justice, whatever that means. To narrow racial disparities purportedly caused by a problem whose very existence is debatable, the report contains several suggestions, including raising taxes and redistributing wealth.
Accusing people of racism is a powerful weapon, and liberals know how to wield it. They constantly accuse conservatives of using race to divide, but what’s more divisive than blaming white people for and absolving black people of the “crime” of racial disparities, and proposing to tax one group and transfer the money to another based on race?
No fair, LaShawn — stop making sense!
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