Great article Ann, as a African-American watching how liberals operate. They only care, I mean pander is during election time. Kamala is the one opening up a line of questioning concerning her race because she and the democrats focus more on race than actual policies that can help black people, along with all ethnicities, which she had not talked about.
I mentioned last week that Kamala's middle name was Devi and asked if that sounded black. Someone shot back "What's a black name?" as if there weren't any. It's interesting to note her White House page lists her as Kamala D. Harris. Why not the full name?
Being of Irish descent, it's perfectly alright with me if Kamala doesn't mention her Irish heritage. We've been smeared enough.
“Under our history and Constitution, racial preferences could only be justified by the legacy of slavery…”WRONG.
our Constitution does not justify racial preferences. If forbids them but guilt allowed affirmative action. How fair was that to post war Sicilian immigrants whose kids were penalized because they weren’t descended from American slaves?
I am over 75 and have seen nothing but favoritism to blacks since mid college and professional school.
No, Kamala is not black but a disappointing column otherwise. It seems Ann and the elite class of whites she belongs to thinks it was and is ok to tear the Constitution to shreds and discriminate against whites because 4% of Americans owned slaves and blacks were allegedly treated really bad under Jim Crow. There's nothing in the Constitution that justifies racial preferences for blacks because their ancestors were slaves. Has Ann ever heard of the 14th amendment which requires equal protection under the laws? Where can the special rights and protections for the descendants of black slaves be found in the Constitution other than by judicial activist rulings?
But let's assume Ann is correct and blacks were deserving of the benefits they've received and which have come largely at the expense of white people and their tax dollars. Are black-white race relations better or worse since 1965 and are blacks and whites both better off under forced racial integration?
By most metrics the answer is a resounding no. Integrated schools are blackboard jungles, countless white neighborhoods have been destroyed, black on white violent crime remains shockingly high, major cities are urban hellscapes, the black illegitimacy rate has skyrocketed and whites have lost perhaps tens of billions of dollars in lost wages and educational opportunities due to being displaced from elite schools and the workforce while much less deserving blacks took their place. Oh, and race relations are horrible. Wasn't integration supposed to bring us together?
And today it is blacks who demand segregated college dorm rooms, high school and college graduations and segregation in other settings all while being praised by the political class and media. Since 1965 whites and blacks have just traded places and the Democrats, who used to be the party of the KKK are now the party of BLM, black nationalism and anti-white hatred.
Yes, the Democrats and Republicans traded places; but we’re still stuck with old lady Connecticut Yankees like Ann and Heather Mac Donald who are so, so concerned about blacks’ problems and how to fix them.
Of course, nobody can fix black people’s problems but themselves — and they never have. That’s the reason why they cling so tightly to those whites who, for whatever reason, are willing to give them stuff.
They hate us and resent us, but they need us in order to live in a modern, civilized society.
There's a book about that: Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the American Civil War. But the elite only follow that program to make us all slaves.
British - English - White - Race - Culture and Civilization permeated England before 1900. England’s political Elites felt guilty about their non – white imperialisms and as a liberal form of psychological compensation invited the former empires non – whites to emirate to England. And now the chickens have come home to roost. The same thing can happen to your country!
Everything Miss Ann wrote is absolutely true, but…
Years ago i was bitching about policy positions to a friend who is a member of an entire family of multi-generational Democrat politicians. When I argued, “Your position makes no sense, it’s just not logical,” she looked at me and laughed…”Dan, that is your problem, you are too logical….this is politics.”
Conversation ended and we went to dinner…lesson learned and never forgotten.
Rational people must continually remind themselves that we are not dealing with the Ivy products of the Socratic Method…we are living in an age shepherded by the graduates of Oprah College and the University of The View where the Constitution has been recycled to make tampons for the men’s room and “feelings” are the currency of knowledge…the age of the Self-Righteous Philistine.
You hit the nail on the head. The Dems are about power. They have successfully conned emotion-driven blacks, jews, and much of the electorate to vote for them when the reality, as you eloquently point out, is very different. They jig and jog, defying principles, to keep or increase their power... The Dems are the ultimate fair-weathered friends. They have no underlying principles. It's just too bad it is not obvious to the electorate.
Nothing. Sort of a dumb reply by me. Lately I’m not sure if there’s ever been a clear cut definition of the term racism. A different direction may prove a better outcome, once that direction plays out. The endless guilt doesn’t work.
Since Commie-La needs a script, perhaps she could do a reading of Megan Thee Stallion's lyrics to the song "Savage" that was performed prior to Commie-La's appearance. Commie might be able to ditch that "Indian" identify for good by embracing lyrics no Indian is permitted to speak.
Thank you Ann. For fighting for our country. Your last four points—and I did read all—-is the crux of the major problem. Thank you for graciously allowing a human to weigh in. Get out and vote on November 5, 2024. (P.S. ivoterguide.com) . Thank you again Ann.
Great article Ann, as a African-American watching how liberals operate. They only care, I mean pander is during election time. Kamala is the one opening up a line of questioning concerning her race because she and the democrats focus more on race than actual policies that can help black people, along with all ethnicities, which she had not talked about.
Notably, Kamala Harris isn't emphasizing the Irish bit of her heritage.
I mentioned last week that Kamala's middle name was Devi and asked if that sounded black. Someone shot back "What's a black name?" as if there weren't any. It's interesting to note her White House page lists her as Kamala D. Harris. Why not the full name?
Being of Irish descent, it's perfectly alright with me if Kamala doesn't mention her Irish heritage. We've been smeared enough.
For the same reason BHO initialed Hussein....
irish?
Yeah, Hamilton Brown, for whom Brown's Town was named, was her Irish, slave-owning, Great Great Great Great grandfather in Jamaica.
I think someone with a lot more Photoshop experience than me, should create some Little Devi cupcake boxes with Kamala in the Little Debbie get up.
Ann said something nice about Pres Trump
👸👍🎺👏👏🥳😳
“Under our history and Constitution, racial preferences could only be justified by the legacy of slavery…”WRONG.
our Constitution does not justify racial preferences. If forbids them but guilt allowed affirmative action. How fair was that to post war Sicilian immigrants whose kids were penalized because they weren’t descended from American slaves?
I am over 75 and have seen nothing but favoritism to blacks since mid college and professional school.
Not legal but winked at.
After 50 years , little has changed.
Harris really has no anchor to any identity or policy unless it produces votes. All
the positive-media-PR cannot change her image. Like a pair of cheap shoes all the polish can’t cover up the squeak.
Ann, you love Trump and you know it!!
She loves without fear or favour. That's why we love her, the hostess with the mostess.
No, Kamala is not black but a disappointing column otherwise. It seems Ann and the elite class of whites she belongs to thinks it was and is ok to tear the Constitution to shreds and discriminate against whites because 4% of Americans owned slaves and blacks were allegedly treated really bad under Jim Crow. There's nothing in the Constitution that justifies racial preferences for blacks because their ancestors were slaves. Has Ann ever heard of the 14th amendment which requires equal protection under the laws? Where can the special rights and protections for the descendants of black slaves be found in the Constitution other than by judicial activist rulings?
But let's assume Ann is correct and blacks were deserving of the benefits they've received and which have come largely at the expense of white people and their tax dollars. Are black-white race relations better or worse since 1965 and are blacks and whites both better off under forced racial integration?
By most metrics the answer is a resounding no. Integrated schools are blackboard jungles, countless white neighborhoods have been destroyed, black on white violent crime remains shockingly high, major cities are urban hellscapes, the black illegitimacy rate has skyrocketed and whites have lost perhaps tens of billions of dollars in lost wages and educational opportunities due to being displaced from elite schools and the workforce while much less deserving blacks took their place. Oh, and race relations are horrible. Wasn't integration supposed to bring us together?
And today it is blacks who demand segregated college dorm rooms, high school and college graduations and segregation in other settings all while being praised by the political class and media. Since 1965 whites and blacks have just traded places and the Democrats, who used to be the party of the KKK are now the party of BLM, black nationalism and anti-white hatred.
Great comment, Dave49.
Yes, the Democrats and Republicans traded places; but we’re still stuck with old lady Connecticut Yankees like Ann and Heather Mac Donald who are so, so concerned about blacks’ problems and how to fix them.
Of course, nobody can fix black people’s problems but themselves — and they never have. That’s the reason why they cling so tightly to those whites who, for whatever reason, are willing to give them stuff.
They hate us and resent us, but they need us in order to live in a modern, civilized society.
That they then proceed to ruin.
There's a book about that: Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the American Civil War. But the elite only follow that program to make us all slaves.
A good point about special rights in the first paragraph.
British - English - White - Race - Culture and Civilization permeated England before 1900. England’s political Elites felt guilty about their non – white imperialisms and as a liberal form of psychological compensation invited the former empires non – whites to emirate to England. And now the chickens have come home to roost. The same thing can happen to your country!
Everything Miss Ann wrote is absolutely true, but…
Years ago i was bitching about policy positions to a friend who is a member of an entire family of multi-generational Democrat politicians. When I argued, “Your position makes no sense, it’s just not logical,” she looked at me and laughed…”Dan, that is your problem, you are too logical….this is politics.”
Conversation ended and we went to dinner…lesson learned and never forgotten.
I've had the following in my law firm sig block for some months.
"It’s more important to be morally right than factually correct."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
"It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance."
Thomas Sowell
Rational people must continually remind themselves that we are not dealing with the Ivy products of the Socratic Method…we are living in an age shepherded by the graduates of Oprah College and the University of The View where the Constitution has been recycled to make tampons for the men’s room and “feelings” are the currency of knowledge…the age of the Self-Righteous Philistine.
You hit the nail on the head. The Dems are about power. They have successfully conned emotion-driven blacks, jews, and much of the electorate to vote for them when the reality, as you eloquently point out, is very different. They jig and jog, defying principles, to keep or increase their power... The Dems are the ultimate fair-weathered friends. They have no underlying principles. It's just too bad it is not obvious to the electorate.
This is perhaps a far fetched fantasy, but I would love to see Ann someday run for president!
And I always thought Kamala Harris was Puerto Rican!
That’s Ricist!
What's wrong with being Puerto Rican?
Nothing. Sort of a dumb reply by me. Lately I’m not sure if there’s ever been a clear cut definition of the term racism. A different direction may prove a better outcome, once that direction plays out. The endless guilt doesn’t work.
The dumb joke part was the word Ricism instead of racism. Ricism for Rican… pueto Rican . Etc.
I’m not a ricist
Nor are you
At least Kamala spoke with an accent in front of black people at a free concert that switched to a script reading political gathering.
Since Commie-La needs a script, perhaps she could do a reading of Megan Thee Stallion's lyrics to the song "Savage" that was performed prior to Commie-La's appearance. Commie might be able to ditch that "Indian" identify for good by embracing lyrics no Indian is permitted to speak.
Kamala is not even 1/2 black but 1/4 Jamaican black with supposedly slave owning ancestors to make it more absurd.
Thank you Ann. For fighting for our country. Your last four points—and I did read all—-is the crux of the major problem. Thank you for graciously allowing a human to weigh in. Get out and vote on November 5, 2024. (P.S. ivoterguide.com) . Thank you again Ann.
Bravo! This is really original thinking. Thank you for being unsafe.