Comments on: ‘Diversity and the Myth of White Privilege’

By: DENNIS

DENNIS — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:36:00 +0000

A few questions: 1. Why is there no mention of Blacks who owned slaves? 2. Why no mention of Black African slavers who sold their people and other tribe’s people into slavery? 3. Why is there no mention of the efforts of Great Britain and United States that ended the trans-ocean slave trade? 4. Why no mention of Islamic slave trade, i.e. ubeed & slave = same thing, that continues today? 5. Why no mention of native American Indian tribes that owned slaves? Ah, but not to worry. Many states are considering POPULAR VOTE election of the PRESIDENT. Forget the Constitution…real democracy will take hold without an Electoral College protector. At that point, I will consider proposing a law that makes SLAVERY legal – BY POPULAR VOTE. First, all those who are violators of minor laws will be put on the auction block, then druggies, etc., etc. THEY WILL BE RETURNED TO PRODUCTIVE SOCIETY! Oh my! I’ve gone over the edge. This madness must stop. It is impossible to totally remedy the injustices of the past and to continue thinking they can be totally remedied is an absurdity. Initiate a meritocracy now.

By: james huggins

james huggins — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:32:10 +0000

The above-mentioned historical facts and the conclusions reached were preached to me as a boy by my grandfater,father and uncles. They knew what they were talking about. The situation will not change as America degenerates into a third rate, third world power.

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:45:01 +0000

Webb correctly points out the complete absurdity whereby a wealthy child who attended elite private schools all their life is considered “DISADVANTAGED” if their father is a half-Somali, half-French Sorbonne-educated hedge fund operator and their mother is a WASPish academic (due to ethnicity which trumps everything else). A poor white working class “hick” from rural Kentucky government (“public”) schools is counted as “ADVANTAGED”. Many (most??) “blacks” who are promoted upwards via Affirmative Action are mixed-race people from upper-middle-class backgrounds.

Webb also points out how the South was devastated for 80 years by the good old Lincoln/Civil War/Liberation/Reconstruction that the academic/historian/media elite always celebrate. The alliance of religious fundamentalists and Klanocrats (such as Robert Byrd) who dominated the region not only brutally suppressed blacks but also kept the white majority downtrodden as well.
Mencken mentions this extensively in his writings.

Certainly Webb and Congressman Shuler (NC) aren’t economic libertarians but it is healthy to have a few semi-decent Democrats as a counter-balance to such warmongering, big spending, “compassionate conservative” statist Republicans such as Lindsey Graham, McCain, and Dubya. It is why I caution those against unthinking devout worship at the Fox News – Hannity – Limbaugh Church of the Holy Republican.

By: John McNeill

John McNeill — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:38:02 +0000

I don’t agree with everything he says in the article, but I respect Jim Webb’s courage in defying liberal orthodoxy. It remains to be seen whether or not he will be able to push for positive change within the Democrat party.