I don't "just have to understand"

This morning, for the umpteenth time, I heard an apologist for racism (in this case, a man in a dog collar -- whose name and particulars I did not catch-- defending those leaders and speakers at Obama's church of choice for the past two decades) saying, "You just have to understand the history...."

I'm sorry, no.

I fully understand the history of segregation in this country. I also fully understand that this was the first country to go to war to free blacks from slavery, while many (if not most) other countries -- including and especially other African peoples -- were happily profiting from forcing free people into slavery. Thousands upon thousands of Americans died for the cause of freeing the black man (see verse 5). There has been balance, of a sort.

It's time for some folks to admit this.


Further, this man of cloth went on to say of the behavior of these other so-called men of the cloth, "I can understand why some white people might be afraid of them...."

Again, no. It makes us not afraid, but angry. We are not frightened of a man of little character. We are not frightened of insults. We are rightly insulted.


And more, this poor soul who fancies himself a shepherd of souls stated that, if you were to ask the members of that church if they believed the statements of its leaders to have been racist (or, rather, "reverse-racist", whatever that's supposed to mean), "they would say 'no'".

Well, sir, if you ask a Nazi if he thinks he's a racist or a bigot, he's gonna say "no," too. Racism is as racism does. When an individual or a group chooses to insult or attack another individual or group based upon skin color -- or religion, or sex, or any other blanket grouping -- it is bigotry, plain and simple.


This is not to say that I think some prejudice is not justified, but the kind occurring all too frequently at the Trinity United Church of Christ is "understandable," only in the context of self-aggrandizement on the part of its leaders.

Don't apologize for them. Don't cover for them. It only leaves your own hindquarters exposed to justifiable ridicule.

Michelle Malkin: La Raza claims a scalp

Malkin has found an unsurprising result of hounding, on the part of one group, of a public servant:

This is a damned shame. Drummed out of office by the ethnic mau-mau-ers because of her affilation with the Minutemen:

Frances Semler, the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners appointee whose membership in the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps caused a political controversy for Mayor Mark Funkhouser, has resigned.

In a statement faxed to area media outlets, including The Kansas City Star, Semler writes “ENOUGH, I am resigning.” In the letter she cites repeated and ongoing personal attacks against her character as a reason, and blasts her most vocal opponents and levels her own criticisms at Kansas City Police Chief Jim Corwin and unnamed City Council members, saying some on the council have made “vicious, false and irresponsible claims about me.”

It gets worse, though:

Funkhouser in June appointed Semler, a neighborhood association president, to be the sole Northland representative on the five-member park board.

The appointment triggered sharp protests from several minority organizations, including the National Council of La Raza, In October, of La Raza voted to pull its convention from Kansas City, at a projected loss of $5 million, because of Semler’s connection to the Minutemen, a divisive group that takes a hardline stance on immigration issues.

As I was reading the article, I couldn't help noticing the description of the Minutemen as "a divisive group." Ummm. Query: Which is more divisive, a group determined to see that the laws of the land and the independent nature of our country are maintained upheld, or a group which defines itself clearly by its name, La Raza ("The Race")?

Somebody's editors ought to be ashamed.


I'd say some lawyers and racially-charged political groups also ought to be ashamed, but then, I've noticed that racists like the leaders of La Raza have no shame.