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07/21/2009: "The Big White Boogeyman"

Here are excerpts of a masterful & insightful essay by gentleman writer Thomas Clough. Here he discusses the media generated hysteria of hooded white racists behind every corner, the effects this brings on our larger society, hate crime hoaxers, Judas goats called civil leaders and how self proclaimed victims tend to be victimizers.

The link to his original article, and website is posted below.

"There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs." Booker T. Washington

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Liberal relativists argued that blacks needed special color-conscious assistance because they were the "victims" of white racism; black victimhood became the justification for billions of dollars worth of special benefits. Henceforth, the taxpayer-financed gravy train was kept in motion by promoting the notion that black people were the victims of persistent and ever more subtle permutations of white racism. At this moment there are sprawling bureaucracies, personal fortunes, political careers, job promotions, college admissions and billions of dollars worth of taxpayer-funded goodies that depend upon the promulgation of The White Devil Theory of black

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As de jure racial discrimination faded into history, the liberals felt an urgency to keep the White Devil Theory current by stoking the fires of black racial animosity with lurid tales of white racism. Occasionally, some unlettered knuckle dragger would toss the liberals the priceless gift of a callous act of gratuitous bigotry, but the supply of such acts was dwindling. Worse yet, a younger generation of American blacks were telling pollsters that racism had little or no influence in shaping their lives. For some people it was bad news that race relations were improving. The civil rights professionals sensed that their livelihoods were threatened.

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Liberal scribblers are mesmerized by the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan and all things Klanish are the diamond-bright essence of what white racism is all about. There has been no shortage of books about this secret society …quot; all of them describing the Klan as "resurgent."

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Despite all the evidence that the Klan has been reduced to a shadow of its former self, the civil rights professionals refuse to acknowledge that the Klan’s time has past. Organizations that raise millions of dollars by frightening blacks with the specter of a lurking Klan army are reluctant to admit that they are fear mongering for profit. The power of the Klan is a memory, a memory kept alive by the nostalgia of an aging civil rights gerontocracy whose best years are behind them.
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Nonetheless, the Klan, as boogeyman, is alive and well as a catalyst for African-American unity. As Robert Branch observed, "One key to solidarity is to recall and relive our collective history." For some folks, the thought that white racism has abated is more frightening than racism itself, for it would mean the end of boogeyman-inspired fund raising; it would mean the end of racial preferences and racial quotas. And worst of all, it would mean the end of blaming white racism for the pathologies of the black underclass.

The boogeyman of white racism will not be allowed to die because upper class and middle class blacks depend on the wretched condition of the black underclass as an exhibition of the injurious consequences of white racism. This exhibition is exploited to leverage the creation of "affirmative action" programs that benefit the black upper and middle classes most of all …quot; the black underclass being unprepared to take advantage of most of the employment and educational opportunities these programs create. In short, prosperous blacks have a cash incentive to nurture the myth that the Ku Klux Klan is still a popular and thriving enterprise. Prosperous blacks are the final beneficiaries of lurid Ku Klux Klan mythology.

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The frightening boogeyman of white racism affirms their status as victims which, in turn, reinforces their sense of themselves as a noble, embattled minority entitled, by virtue of their tribulations, to special rewards at the expense of their oppressors or anyone of the same race as their imagined oppressors. And finally, the big white boogeyman serves as the best-ever excuse for under achievement and uncivil behavior.

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A bogus hate crime also sets the stage for lots of wailing and chest pounding and demands for more special programs for the wounded minority and lots more sensitivity training for those insensitive non-minority people, and way more minority hiring, not to mention the pressing need for the sanctuaries of single-race dormitories and single-race student unions and single-race fraternities and sororities.

For minority youngsters who were shaped by local cultures with well-established traditions of anti-intellectualism, close encounters with kids who have been cracking the books since kindergarten can be intimidating. Unfamiliar academic demands can heighten feelings of alienation; it can rattle self confidence; it can spark nagging feelings of inferiority. As many an unhappy minority person has figured out, all these negatives can be turned around with one splashy hate crime hoax.

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Now, let us imagine that white folks suddenly took a hankering to stage crafting totally phony hate crimes, complete with torn blouses and racist "die whitey die" graffiti, demands for special protections for whites and more sensitivity training for black students and black faculty. Would black folks feel unjustly defamed? When the hoaxer was exposed as a fraud, would black folks be irked when the hoaxer became an object of sympathy?

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The liberal world view is rooted in the myth that white Americans thrive at the expense of black Americans. That’s why the media slant on black hoaxers is always one of understanding rather than indignation. Given the fact that hate-crime hoaxes by blacks have provoked revenge attacks on innocent white people, you’d think the media would behave more responsibly, but the media are now show business enterprises and the whites-abusing-blacks scenario is a proven ratings winner.

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Segregation is back. It’s the foster child of identity-group politics. "Students of color" clamor for racially exclusive dormitories, race-specific academic departments, one-race-only student unions and segregated graduation ceremonies. Some liberals argue that minority students need these sanctuaries; they blame the same "environment" that Jesse Jackson blamed for the hate-crime hoax at Trinity University. Rather than simply admitting that they are more at ease in segregated comfort zones, some blacks defend their preferences by defaming whites as racists or just plain insensitive. When whites don’t play their assigned roles as racist primitives, phony hate crimes can be stage crafted to shock school administrators into expanding the much-coveted race-exclusive comfort zones. It’s sad to see the beneficiaries of the civil rights revolution squandering the hard-won ideal of racial integration.

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The rubbish that millions of black people believe to be true may alter the destiny of our nation: black people vote. At the very moment when presidential candidate Barack Obama had managed to hoodwink America into believing that he was a special black dude who had stylishly risen above the whole icky race thing, someone in a broadcasting studio spent a few dollars to purchase the ruminations of Obama’s moral mentor, Pastor Jeremiah A. Wright, conveniently preserved for sale as audio recordings. In these recordings the ranting reverend accuses the democratically-elected people who manage America’s affairs of such things as creating the HIV virus to decimate black communities across America, of flooding black communities with illegal drugs and of inoculating black folks with syphilis. What is most striking about these recordings is the boisterous ascent given to these lunatic rants by Obama’s fellow black parishioners. Jeremiah Wright is incapable of substantiating any of his slanderous accusations. His parishioners don’t care. Polling of black folks demonstrates that one in three blacks is utterly uncritical of such twaddle: their paranoia is a kind of binding energy that keeps their cherished racially-exclusive comfort zones intact. Blacks embrace such garbage because it warms their feelings of righteous victimhood: being hated by the White Boogeyman confirms their personal holiness. When Jesse Jackson rushes to throw the white-hot spotlight on every hate-crime hoax he is keeping fear alive. That’s why "comfort-zone" black folks love him; their "ghetto" is a sanctuary where black people’s assumptions remain safely unchallenged.

The testimony of real hate-crime victims is a kind of memoir that derives its moral authority from experience. We are riveted by the testimonials of people who have endured true hardship, be it cancer, mental illness, drug addiction, alcoholism, sexual abuse, an appalling childhood or a hate crime. We listen intently to those witnesses to historical moments …quot; the Holocaust, Vietnam, the civil rights struggle, and such …quot; who want to put their experiences on the record. All of these memoirs pack a wallop because of the moral authority of experience. We warm to these narratives with our disbelief suspended; we have an emotional investment in the narrator’s honesty; our unguarded trust in the narrator renders us vulnerable.

So it brings a special sense of betrayal when those people who have gripped our hearts with wrenching tales of appalling racism are unmasked as lying egoists with petty agendas who have cheapened the dialogue on race in America and who have stained the innocent with their horrid false accusations.

Thomas Clough
Copyright 2008
March 31, 2008

http://www.weirdrepublic.com/episode86.htm
http://weirdrepublic.com/

Replies: 4 Comments

on Tuesday, July 21st, Ann said

Master indeed! I hope many many people of all races read this. Another great find Q!

on Tuesday, July 21st, Q said

Here is what he said about your work:

Perfect. The two sites look great; their tone isn't hysterical. I just want to be part of a kindred community with a common voice.

I think we have a new friend

on Wednesday, July 22nd, Jessa said

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090722/ap_on_re_us/us_dragging_death

on Thursday, July 23rd, Ann said

You know, even though I was completely against Obama becoming President, I at least thought or hoped that this would help empower the black community and put an end to their sense of victimhood and blaming whitey for everything.

Its changed nothing. Blacks have become worse than ever now. Their claims of victimhood are rising and their behavior even more racist - towards whites. I cant imagine them being any more pathetic than they are right now.

Lets just hope it doesn't get any worse.