03-13-2018, 09:11 AM
(03-13-2018, 02:54 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote: Why do the Democrats have a Black Caucus? Can a white become a member of the Black Caucus or does one have to be black to be a member of it? Now, what were you speaking/preaching to me about as far as diversity within blue culture. (Most of the rest is racist insults of black people, prominent and otherwise).
It's for the constituents of those elected black officials, most of whom represent heavily-black districts. In the past, blacks have gotten hurt by official deeds of Congress on behalf of white supremacists.
In time, politicians generally resemble the character of their districts, and, yes, there will be some who get verbally profane and insular in their views. Yes, there are plenty of black racists. Of course you need to remember what that racism is adapted from. Any white person who does not now recognize that the white Establishment has hurt blacks by such practices as redlining and gross inequity in educational funding is grossly ignorant of reality. But character matters, and that can be the difference between success and misery.
No, blacks have no right to expect to avoid criticism for personal misconduct. This said, they must not be painted with the same broad brush. The funeral director (often the richest black person in town and the effective leader of the black community) and the dope-addled mugger should not be confused, and white people unwilling to make the distinction might as well avoid making judgments about blacks as a whole.
On the other hand, black people need avoid painting us white people with a broad brush. We white people do not form a monolith. If the KKK ever took over and I did not get out fast enough, I would end up a political prisoner getting much the same treatment as many blacks just for being black.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.