Lash wrote:
This is succintly what I have been trying to say:
(From OpinionJournal)
We got an insight into contemporary liberal attitudes toward race on a taxi ride not long ago. We were en route to Shea Stadium along with fellow conservative commentator Joel Mowbray, and our driver was a youngish Haitian woman who had her radio tuned to Air America. Mowbray started a political discussion with her, and she told him that she doesn't like Republicans because "they hate black people."
"Does President Bush hate Condi Rice and Colin Powell?" Mowbray asked, to which she replied that Rice and Powell aren't "really black" because they "don't think like black people."
The idea that black people are supposed to think in a certain way is, of course, a racist assumption in itself. But what's most interesting about this exchange is that our driver had in effect redefined race so that it has nothing to do with race. When she said, "They hate black people," she meant merely, "They disagree with liberal ideology."
The charge of racism carries a certain sting because America has a long history of real racism. But the progress the country has made on race, especially over the past 40 years, has been nothing short of stunning. Here we have a president whose detractors describe him as a "radical conservative" appointing a black woman to replace a black man as the most senior member of his cabinet.
Even the liberals who attack Rice on racial grounds don't have anything against black people in positions of power per se. They're just desperately upset because those on their side of the political fence no longer have a monopoly on the belief in racial equality. They're lashing out in an ugly way because they've lost the moral high ground.
It's good for the country that no one occupies that high ground anymore--or, more precisely, that virtually everyone does. Secretary of State Rice will stand as an example of the greatness of America, a country where, after much struggle, people are judged not on the color of their skin but on the content of their character. We're confident that one day even liberals will appreciate this.
At least I've heard of "Air America," unlike "Sly in the AM,"
one "youngish haitian woman"s opinions sum up all liberals opinions because
why? Mobray is conservative,
you are aware Mobray is conservative, according to the source you are citing, right, you are aware of that???
I still haven't seen you guys link any source where a
liberal media source has discounted Rice because of the color of her skin or admired her achievement
because of the color of her skin. It only becomes about race when you put race into it, and the liberals haven't done that, not any place *I* have seen, but then again, perhaps *I* am out of the loop, living about as far south and west as one can and still be in one of the United States of America. Find a legitimate cite that makes your point, and we can have at it, Lash. Until then, you are only blowing bubbles, even though I know you think you are debating.
(edited to add: I just reread this and realized that Mobray was in the cab, not speaking on the radio, however, what he got from questioning a young immigrant, and how his compatriot in the cab was able to infer that one immigrant's personal opinions sum up those of all liberals is beyond my comprehension, unless s/he was jumping to a heckuvalotta conclusions based on not especially hot air...
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