How Did We Get Here?

Fun With Racism

Last week, springeraz wrote a pretty good essay discussing the so-called "national conversation on race" the "progressives" seem to want to have, and how it's less a dialogue they're looking for than a monologue wherein they tell all of us evil right-wing racists how terribly we all are.

The highlight of the piece, to me, was the discussion of whether the words "chigger" and "niggardly" are somehow racist, because they sound kind of like a word that we're not supposed to say. (Just ask Paula Deen.)

On Racial Profiling

So, President Whiny-Pants thinks he "could have been" Trayvon. Which is news to me, because I didn't know Trayvon's mother was a white communist from Hawaii, but that's beside the point. He talks about the pain of being profiled because of the color of his skin. Boo-hoo.

Because, apparently, only black people get profiled. And any one profiling is automatically "white." Hence the first "white Hispanic:" George Zimmerman.  I'm waiting for the first white Asian and the first white Indian. Years ago, I would have waited for a White Russian, but I broke that habit.

Anyway, I have a few instances of racial profiling that don't quite fit the accepted model.

Great Moments in Republican Racism

Which Racist Republican uttered these words?


"The Negro is indolent and lazy, and spends his money on frivolities, whereas the European is forward-looking, organized and intelligent."


A). Abraham Lincoln

B). Ronald Reagan

C). Strom Thurmond

D). None of the Above


Answer below the fold.

Great Moments in Republican Racism

Which Republican said this?

"I'll have those ni**ers voting Republican for the next 100 years."

A). Abraham Lincoln
B). Theodore Roosevelt
C). Calvin Coolidge
D). None of the above