Vought has also been a behind-the-scenes leader in opposing critical race theory in churches and school boards and has openly supported forms of Christian nationalism. ///

This is bad?

It is unclear what impact this will have on South Africa. My guess is that Ramaphosa will double down with his racism and fascism as that is all any of the major South African parties seem capable of offering. The one part of this that is deadly serious is the invitation for Afrikaners to emigrate. If a large number of them start looking for the exits, and I'm not enough of an authority on that country to hazard a guess because the Afrikaners have been in southern South Africa longer than the current Black population, the economic impact will be extreme. Rhodesia was a major food exporter. However, Zimbabwe, after land confiscation much like that envisioned by South Africa, is an economic and agricultural basket case.

Quite honestly, it is really about time the West started treating South Africa like the Third World s*** hole that it is. It has dined out on the legend of Nelson Mandela for thirty years while engaging in behavior much more oppressive than that of the government it replaced. Moral cowardice by the West has allowed brutality and corruption to flourish. Hopefully, those days are over for the United States. //

Galatians 5:22
3 days ago
Former South African here (I am not white and I grew up under apartheid). I am about the same age as Elon Musk and I came to the United States for college (when I was 18). Your article is very accurate. After the euphoria of Mandela being released and having elections where all people could vote, the country just went downhill. The corruption is insane ... and it is open and blatant. And the rate of violent crime skyrocketed. Everyone knew someone who had been murdered. And rapes also increased. The government scapegoated the white racists, of course. Those who could leave the country did so. But a lot of people could not afford to leave. And everyone lives in a state of fear. Add to that, there are massive power shortages largely due to mismanagement and corruption. The country has something called "load shedding" where they have scheduled blackouts just about every week. As to the point of Afrikaner migration ... a lot of Afrikaners work on American farms under the farm guest worker program. The Afrikaners used to be the vilified group because of apartheid. But, just like in America, things went too far and the white oppressors were replaced by the black oppressors (as South Africans like to say). The Afrikaners have been vilified and persecuted for the last 30 years. And I am sure Elon Musk knows all about this and has shared his insights with DJT.

epaddon
2 hours ago
"Incapable of human feeling." Says the race hustler who was incapable of human feeling for what he did to Stephen Pagones when he defamed him with lies in the Tawana Brawley hoax. That this disgusting POS has never been out of the public eye since then is of itself an example of DEI with its racist black privilege that made possible BLM rioters and looters never having to be accountable for any of their crimes.

Lance Parkertip
2 hours ago
Al Sharpton, the man who incited violence against Jews over a traffic accident? The man who is as racist as the Grand Dragon of the KKK? The fake reverend who hasn't paid taxes in years? The fake Christian who is racist against his fellow man? He has brass ones to be looking down his pointy nose at others.

PROTECTING CIVIL RIGHTS AND EXPANDING INDIVIDUAL OPPORTUNITY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an historic Executive Order that protects the civil rights of all Americans and expands individual opportunity by terminating radical DEI preferencing in federal contracting and directing federal agencies to relentlessly combat private sector discrimination. It enforces long-standing federal statutes and faithfully advances the Constitution’s promise of colorblind equality before the law. This comprehensive order is the most important federal civil rights measure in decades: //

RESTORING THE VALUES OF INDIVIDUAL DIGNITY, HARD WORK, AND EXCELLENCE: Individual dignity, hard work, and excellence are fundamental to American greatness. This Executive Order reaffirms these values by ending the Biden-Harris Administration’s anti-constitutional and deeply demeaning “equity” mandates, terminating DEI, and protecting civil rights:

Reversing the progress made in the decades since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 toward a colorblind and competence-based workplace, radical DEI has dangerously tainted many of our critical businesses and influential institutions, including the federal government.

• In the private sector, many corporations and universities use DEI as an excuse for biased and unlawful employment practices and illegal admissions preferences, ignoring the fact that DEI’s foundational rhetoric and ideas foster intergroup hostility and authoritarianism.
• Billions of dollars are spent annually on DEI, but rather than reducing bias and promoting inclusion, DEI creates and then amplifies prejudicial hostility and exacerbates interpersonal conflict.

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@POTUS @realDonaldTrump kicks off #BlackHistoryMonth with a proclamation from @WhiteHouse recognizing the work of Thomas Sowell, Clarence Thomas, Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass
6:47 PM · Jan 31, 2025

Throughout our history, black Americans have been among our country’s most consequential leaders, shaping the cultural and political destiny of our Nation in profound ways. American heroes such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Thomas Sowell, Justice Clarence Thomas, and countless others represent what is best in America and her citizens. Their achievements, which have monumentally advanced the tradition of equality under the law in our great country, continue to serve as an inspiration for all Americans. We will also never forget the achievements of American greats like Tiger Woods, who have pushed the boundaries of excellence in their respective fields, paving the way for others to follow.

This National Black History Month, as America prepares to enter a historic Golden Age, I want to extend my tremendous gratitude to black Americans for all they have done to bring us to this moment, and for the many future contributions they will make as we advance into a future of limitless possibility under my Administration.

This is a long time coming. For years, the accomplishments of black Americans like Thomas and Sowell have been overlooked, downplayed, and blatantly ignored by the left, who seemingly can't handle any black person who doesn't fall into line with their radical policies. Back in 2016, the Smithsonian opened the National Museum of African American History and Culture with nary a word about Clarence Thomas to be found in the entire building, something Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) later called an "irresponsible bias." The Smithsonian eventually added Justice Thomas to an existing display about Justice Thurgood Marshall. Mighty nice of them. //

Ronster
3 hours ago
Since the very first time I heard the phrase "celebrate diversity" I have asked why not celebrate unity. As in United States. But then that's the Leftist/Marxist/Democrat way: diversity = divide and conquer.

Baja Sun Ronster
2 hours ago
Diversity is the key to controlling the population.
The more diverse the cultures, the less likely we are to stand united against a tyrannical government.
Divide and conquer.

Our Birthright as Americans has always been known as the American Dream.

The American Dream: No matter what color you are, regardless of your social class, your level of education, or how much money you may or may not have, you can always improve your life if you work hard and keep at it. You can attain the level of success that you want. There are no limits. That's the American Dream. That's why people from all over the world want to come here and that's why they always have. The law treats us all the same, and society encourages our individuality as we try to rise out of our current situation to attain a better one. Maybe it would be more accurate if I said that is the Promise of the American Dream. That's what our founders sought to establish when they codified the values of a brand-new country.

I think MLK Jr saw this pretty clearly when he crafted his I Have a Dream speech:

When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men — yes, Black men as well as white men — would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today. //

And merit was usually at the center of many of these values. If you could perform, you could be rewarded by the natural outcomes of your actions. If you didn't perform, you kind of stayed where you were. Today's culture doesn't always reward merit. In fact, sometimes, it holds you back if you're competing in the job market. Or in academics. Identity carries more weight and often excludes one from advancement. Certain boxes that once required checking, like experience, accuracy, performance, and timeliness, have now frequently been replaced by race, sexuality, and political orientation. See Sam Brinton, see Kamala Harris, see Karine Jean-Pierre. //

How did we get like this in just a few short years? Today, you don't have to Google very far to find that values like merit or timeliness or individuality are now considered relics of whiteness and misogyny. This mindset exists in the corporate world now, which is sad, but it's also made significant headway into the military, which is dangerous and reckless. //

So again, how did we ever get to the point where presumably normal people would undermine the mission of their job to countermand it and replace it with the opposite? How did it become commonplace, if not very nearly mainstream, to undermine long-treasured American values of meritocracy (especially critical in the military) for the sake of a bunch of DEI/Utopian Unicorn Dust? And by extension, in other critical roles such as nuclear waste management or medical training or airline pilot proficiency? None of these make any practical sense. Who cares if your pilot is gay if he forgets to lower the flaps on takeoff or if your surgeon is black when he forgets which side your appendix is on? //

But I bring this up because it seems that popular culture has now become saturated with the message to the degree that it thinks this is the sum total of the American experience, and therefore, America is bad. Possibly, this has led to a general belief that we are a racist country now and beyond redemption. How did that get traction? Collective guilt, I suppose. Which, of course, when the glass gets full enough, leads to collective atonement. And when you hit that stage, you feel justified if not duty bound to usurp your once-held convictions that merit is good. Even racism can be good if pointed at the right people, and sometimes it is necessary to give up your birthright if it means adopting a new birthright where people are advanced because they are righteous in their color, sexuality, or politics and therefore oppressed.

I don't know. Maybe I have a point here, maybe not. But still, the question nags at me. How did we give up our core American values so quickly and so easily? I admit that I am still vexed.

Still Boneless @still_boneless
This is wild

What % of new jobs have gone to white males in America from 2021-2024?
Answer by Grok
From 2021 to 2024, approximately 6% of the new jobs added by S&P 100 companies in the U.S. went to white males.

Ask Grok yourself
9:15 PM · Dec 27, 2024

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has delivered a landmark decision striking down Nasdaq’s board diversity rules, marking a significant setback for corporate diversity initiatives imposed by regulatory bodies.

While the rules aimed to increase representation of women and minorities on corporate boards, the court found them inconsistent with federal securities laws, emphasizing limits on the authority of regulatory agencies to shape corporate governance. The Fifth Circuit's ruling deals a blow to recent, progressive trends in the corporate world - pushed by government agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) - calling for more diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) on corporate boards. //

The ruling redefines the landscape for diversity efforts in corporate America. It underscores that DEI goals must be pursued voluntarily and market-driven rather than through regulatory mandates. Nasdaq, acknowledging the court’s decision, stated it would not seek further review. Meanwhile, the SEC is evaluating its response.

isn't the fact that the league is 70 percent black evidence there is no "white privilege" involved in succeeding in it? The WNBA does not and has never discriminated against black players. On the contrary, it has always gone out of its way to highlight them. So where exactly does the "privilege" come in?

Was it when Clark was snubbed from the Olympics despite clearly being better than several players who were awarded spots? Was it when she was flagrantly fouled more than any other player in the league? Was it when she walked into a failing league that no one watched? Was it when the left-wing sports refused to defend her and instead stoked divisions? Was it when WNBA Hall-of-Famer Sheryl Swoopes started a racist crusade against her?

By the way, as expected, Swoopes didn't let up despite Clark's olive branch, suggesting there were more deserving candidates. //

You also can't discuss the WNBA without discussing the financial realities behind it. The WNBA has never turned a profit. Instead, it has subsisted on annual injections of welfare from the NBA. So what exactly was "built" when Clark got there?

That's not to dismiss the other good players in the league because they exist, but Clark did not walk into a bastion of success only to feed off her supposed privilege. If anything, the opposite is true. The rest of the league is enjoying the privilege of having her join them, and that's evidenced by the increased revenue the WNBA garnered, including a new television deal, during the 2024 season. //

Clark's attempt at humility would be laudable if it didn't feed directly into the racial grievance industry that has become so corrosive to society. There's nothing wrong with deferring to others who have come before you, but there was a way to say that without going the "white privilege" route. By doing that, as Swoopes' commentary linked above shows, she's only inviting more criticism. You can never be woke enough, and unfortunately, it appears Clark will have to learn that the hard way.

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Daniel Penny has been found NOT guilty of all charges.

Glory to God for justice
11:32 AM · Dec 9, 2024

The circumstances in these two cases are remarkably similar. Two men confronted on a subway train, a confined space, by an unpredictable, potentially violent individual. One witness in the Penny case stated that, while she did not see a weapon on Jordan Neely, she said, "But I truly felt that he was most likely armed."

The outcomes in these cases, however, are very different. Jordan Williams killed Devictor Quedraogo on June 13, 2023. It took a little more than two weeks for a Grand Jury to decline to indict him on the manslaughter and weapon possession charges. Daniel Penny's fate is now in the hands of a jury. Besides the outcomes, there is also another difference. Jordan Williams is black; Daniel Penny is white.

These are both cases of self-defense, and one might also argue, being a good Samaritan, looking out for fellow subway passengers. Daniel Penny has not been charged with any hate crimes, yet his life hangs in the balance. If there is a racial component in the Penny case, it has been created by the prosecutor herself. Manhattan prosecutor Dafna Yoran claims that Penny "didn't recognize that Jordan Neely was a person" and merely "saw him as a person that needed to be eliminated." Yet Yoran allowed witnesses to describe Penny as "the white man" and even a "murderer." Really? So, is it okay to dehumanize some people but not others? Penny's defense team rightly objected to the language and asked for a mistrial but was denied

We as a nation have made great strides in our battle against racism and intolerance, and I would argue that we’ve mostly been successful in that effort. But the “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” movement is not forwarding that goal; in fact, it’s just deepening divisions. //

Anti-woke activist and filmmaker Robby Starbuck, who has been leading a campaign exposing major corporations' woke policies, said on X on Monday that he warned Walmart executives last week that he would be doing a story on "wokeness" at the retail giant.

"Instead," Starbuck shared, "we had productive conversations to find solutions."

Starbuck outlined the changes Walmart agreed to make, including working to remove sexual and transgender products inappropriately marketed toward children and reviewing grants to Pride events to avoid funding sexualized content targeting kids. //

anon-tf71
3 hours ago
No, slavery is not the ultimate evil. It is a symptom of the ultimate evil: not recognizing the humanity of another person. Which is the same thing DIE does today. It was also at the root of Nazism.

anon-zr9w anon-tf71
23 minutes ago
God said that the love of money is the root of all evil. Slavery, including Africans selling Africans of other tribes, and the purchasing of those Africans to do agricultural work as slaves was primarily driven by a profit motive. Searing one's conscience to deny the humanity of another is truly an evil fruit of the love of money. //

reddotbluestate 2 hours ago

To quote Candice Owens, "White people didn't invent slavery. They ENDED it."

Or to quote me, "Nobody in my lineage owned slaves. You were never a slave - so get off my back.". //

anon-beag
4 hours ago edited
Agree with almost everything you said. Yes, slavery was, is and will always be horrific and wrong. But the ultimate evil that pervades our society is something, believe it or not, even worse. And that’s the barbaric and heinous act that has butchered tens of millions of babies—abortion. Somehow the Dems have been on the wrong side of these issues throughout history.

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Not sure who the hell race-baiting @AyannaPressley thinks she is,demanding that MLKs name not come out of anyone's mouth but her own.
I guarantee MLK would be appalled at her constant attempts to divide the country.
So sick of this crap!
@RepClayHiggins isn't playing
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10:41 AM · Nov 23, 2024

Rep. Higgins responded forcefully, citing his service, his oath to the Constitution - and that he will continue to cite and quote Dr. King when and where he sees fit. That's the only possible response to a hateful, constitutionally ignorant rant like the one delivered by Rep. Pressley. //

Here is another quote from Dr. King that is illuminating -- probably not to Rep. Pressley, as I doubt she is capable of being illuminated by Dr. King or anyone else -- but just for the record:

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

That's an eloquent statement; darkness vs. light, hate vs. love. Which side of these things does Ayanna Pressley come down on? She is literally ranting at a fellow member of the House of Representatives for quoting someone who wanted his children judged by the content of their character, not by the color of their skin.

Ifill's conduct during the interview was so outrageous, an unlikely voice has now spoken out—a former Biden WH aide, Michael LaRosa, who was First Lady Jill Biden's press secretary. //

This st has to stop. Opposing DEI initiatives does not make you a white supremacist. Conversations and demonization like this are a big part of the reason we got our aes kicked.

The answer to extremism is not more extremism. Voices like this on the left are turning the Democratic Party into a joke. We've got to knock it off and get serious guests who are going to diagnose politics, not make it worse. Name calling, vilifying, and defaming nominees you oppose, even if there is very good reason to oppose them, represents everything the Democratic Party should be RUNNING away from.

Let's fight back with a strategy and tactics .... not pointless, defamatory, and juvenile invective. We need to get serious people opining about policy and politics, not one-upping each other or competing for who can make the most provocative insult about a Trump nominee you oppose. //

NavyVet
3 hours ago
"The answer to extremism is not more extremism."
For at least 40 years now, I have been the victim of anti-white discrimination. That has been bad enough, but with "DEI", it just got extreme.

To oppose DEI is to oppose extremism, not engage in it. DEI denigrates everyone. It denigrates minorities by stating they need favoritism to succeed, which they don't, and it denigrates white people because it declares anti-white racism open season. It is divisive, hateful bigotry and extreme racism.

Hare dare you divisive leftist hate-pushers pretend you are anything less than the extremists you project on people of common sense. That's right, common sense: the voters showed it when they rejected you.

Black Magic
an hour ago
What is thoroughly disgusting about these actions are some of the core issues that need to be addressed and put to bed for good.

I'm 71 years old, and I grew up in an America that experienced social upheaval on the scale of george floyd riots except it was the Martin Luther King assassination, wars that people poured into the streets to protest against and what, at one time, was considered the ultimate threat to our country, the assassination of our President.

Through all of this and much much more, all the way up till the end of the last century, we had one constant we could all count on, we were all Americans and had each other's backs. We would fight like cats and dogs over various things but just like family (at least the way I was raised) you never abandoned each other and you ALWAYS stuck together to fight an existential threat to your family.

Then we were confronted with Barack Obama, the man that was going to pull us all together and end the divisions in America. Instead we got the great divider that stirred up racial passions and destroyed nearly all of the advances we had made in race relations. It turns out, that was intentional and most likely entirely playbooked by Saul Alinsky, an avowed marxist and communist admirer. We were literally being pyshoped by a sitting President and his communist/marxist advisers - and likely other communist countries that saw an opportunity they NEVER thought they would have.

Trump was born of this self inflicted division and chaos from the woke left and attacked non stop his entire Presidency and afterwards, as they truly feared he had what it took to turn the tide back to American greatness and patriotism.

Then the questionable (not in my opinion) loss to pos biden and the same enemies of America raised their heads again and doubled down on their divisiveness and attacks on anything and anyone that loved and yearned for the America of old to return. All of the conspiracy theories we have been told were nonsense are being exposed to sunlight and we are finding they were not theories at all but actual conspiracies.

I hope they BURN those associated with this FEMA scandal/conspiracy and make an example so harsh no one will consider this type of action again. The most recent election has shown Americans want to go back to the days of working together to improve and strengthen America and the minority votes President Trump received show it is popular across the entire racial spectrum.

We want to be the America that shows the world how it is done and with the mandate Trump has been given and the desire of the electorate to throw away all of the division and ginned up racial animosity we can go back to the days of Tip O'Neal and Ronald Reagan when opponents respected each other and would fight for their ideas but could have a beer at the end of the day and congratulate our opponents on their victories and tell each other,"I'll get you next time" in good natured sportsmanship, something sadly lacking recently but I believe on the horizon and making a comeback.

I am very much looking forward to the progress America is going to make going forward and can easily imagine the reinvigorated greatness to come.

Thank you God for this opportunity.

The question is: What if this is not an organic or accidental occurrence, but an actual campaign to further divide the country? //

This isn’t exactly new. I remember the same trend cropping up after the 2016 election. The more I saw what was happening, the more I concluded that this appears to be a vast psyop aimed at fomenting more division.

Yes, it might sound like I’m wearing a tinfoil hat. But it’s hard for me to believe this shift is 100 percent organic.

The fact of the matter is that there are forces in America that want us to be divided instead of united. They are willing to go so far as to encourage people to end relationships with friends, family, and even spouses because of how people voted.

This, combined with the incendiary rhetoric that has come to define American political discourse, makes it easy to see what the play is here. The key question to ask is: Who benefits?

The people who gain the most from a divided America are the elites and those running the government. While Americans are at each other’s throats, these people expand the size and scope of the state and make it ever more intrusive in our lives. They manipulate the government in a way that benefits them at our expense. //

St. Joseph, Terror of Demons
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Cui bono? (Who benefits?)

The globalists benefit, which includes the uniparty running our country. Who is their master? The prince of this world.

We desperately need Trump and his appointees to succeed, but it will only happen through many prayers and conversions of hearts and souls.

Ephesians 6:12 “For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places.”

What is the true and original root of Dutch aversion to British rule? It is the abiding fear and hatred of the movement that seeks to place the native on a level with the white man … the Kaffir is to be declared the brother of the European, to be constituted his legal equal, to be armed with political rights.

-- Winston Churchill
On the Boer War, London to Ladysmith via Pretoria (1900).

But also, how bad off are you that this is what you are saying to campaign volunteers? Are you really saying they don't want to vote for women? //

Really, just so offensive and insulting to black men. Sounds like they're already trying to blame black men for losing as opposed to Kamala just being a lousy candidate. //

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Voting for someone solely based on the color of their skin is a shallow approach that undermines the value of true leadership and character. Judging a candidate on their principles, vision, and ability to lead, rather than relying on racial identity should be the deciding factor.

Katie Rogers @katierogers
Wow. Obama’s message to Black men in PA tonight, per pooler @EricaLG

“Part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and reasons for that.”
7:33 PM · Oct 10, 2024. //

WestTexasBirdDog
3 hours ago
Who is denigrating black folks? Here's a short list...
Who is saying Blacks can't get an ID that no other race has a problem getting?
Who is saying math is racist?
Who is saying reading is racist?
Who is saying testing is racist?
Who is saying criminal laws are racist?
Who is saying bail is racist?
Who is saying you ain't Black if you don't vote like you are told.

Lots of denigrating going on, but is ain't from who Obama wants you to think it is. //

In “The Art of War,” Sun Tzu wrote, “To know your enemy, you must become your enemy.” In “Am I Racist?,” the satirical documentary released by the Daily Wire that’s in theaters now, writer and star Matt Walsh leans into that concept with gusto, doing the work necessary to become an anti-racist. Fortunately for him, the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) experts he lampoons don’t have the same level of dedication to studying their purported enemies. //

This is the beauty of “Am I Racist?” It hilariously skewers the anti-racism industry as the destructive grift that it is, one that enables its high priests and priestesses to earn lavish amounts of money for lecturing white people about how awful they are. It shows that most people are not of the faculty lounge or corporate diversity training milieu, blathering on about systemic racism and land acknowledgements. The men and women on the street Walsh talks to, regardless of skin color, rarely agree with his pronouncements. Many openly argue with him. The huge chasm between real people and the charlatans who seek to profit off dividing us is exposed, all with humor and verve. //

It also reminds us that the fight to turn America into a country wholly focused on cosmetic differences is one that the sane can easily win.

RACISM CREATED GUN CONTROL

The first law to prevent the carrying of concealed weapons appeared in Kentucky in 1813. Very few people owned handguns back then, but many had knives. And the large Bowie knife was becoming quite popular at that time. Whites in the South feared blacks, so they outlawed the concealed carrying of any weapon, including knives.

The Democrat Party, which owned the south for generations, were afraid of slaves, freed blacks and abolitionists (i.e. Republicans) carrying Bowie knives. To maintain power over these Americans, Democrat politicians, state by state, outlawed concealed-carry. By 1850 every Southern state had made it illegal to carry any kind of concealed weapon.

Today, Democrats are still afraid of the masses. They cannot gain complete power over us so long as we own weapons. Should Harris/Walz somehow cheat their way into power, Americans can expect them to accelerate the war on the Second Amendment that Democrats have waged for decades now.