Failing American values, "The Shining City n the Hill" thing, our politics relies on tribalism that does not support this vision
Where is America willing to go to sustain its tribal hate?
America must insist on candidates running on issues, not race baiting.
Get the book by Amy Chau, "Political Tribes"
"How America's identity politics went from inclusion to division"
Political tribalism has reached a new peak, writes Amy Chua in her new book, and it leaves the US in a new perilous situation
by Amy Chua 1 March 2018
"We are at an unprecedented moment in America.
For the first time in US history, white Americans are faced with the prospect of becoming a minority in their “own country.” While many in our multicultural cities may well celebrate the “browning of America” as a welcome step away from “white supremacy”, it’s safe to say that large numbers of American whites are more anxious about this phenomenon, whether they admit it or not."
White people are seriously afraid of browns and blacks; how's that going . . . .
Here's a sad realty . . .
"For today’s Left, blindness to group identity is the ultimate sin, because it masks the reality of group hierarchies and oppression in America.
It’s just a fact that whites, and specifically white male Protestants, dominated America for most of its history, often violently, and that this legacy persists. The stubborn persistence of racial inequality in the wake of Barack Obama’s supposedly “post-racial” presidency has left many young progressives disillusioned with the narratives of racial progress that were popular among liberals just a few years ago.
When a grand jury failed to indict a white cop who was videotaped choking a black man to death, black writer Brit Bennett captured this growing mistrust in an essay entitled, “I Don’t Know What to Do with Good White People” . . . "
The logic of thinking in tribalism is sick and ugly.
"We are also seeing on the right – particularly the alt-right – political tribalism directed against minorities perceived as “too successful”. For example, Steve Bannon, Trump’s former White House chief strategist, has complained that America’s “engineering schools are all full of people from South Asia and East Asia ... They’ve come in here to take these jobs” while Americans “can’t get engineering degrees ... [and] can’t get a job”."
I see some of the guilt ridden white people as whiners. Grow up and get the facts and know the truth. You are not being picked on, and are not the worst thing on earth.
"People want to see their own tribe as exceptional, as something to be deeply proud of; that’s what the tribal instinct is all about. For decades now, nonwhites in the United States have been encouraged to indulge their tribal instincts in just this way, but, at least publicly, American whites have not.
On the contrary, if anything, they have been told that their white identity is something no one should take pride in. “I get it,” says Christian Lander, creator of the popular satirical blog Stuff White People Like, “as a straight white male, I’m the worst thing on Earth.”"
CHILDISH RESPONSE TO SERIOUS DELIMMA. . . .
White people merely have to be aware, THAT IS ALL - BE WOKE
"George Will Says to Vote Against GOP in Midterm Elections"
https://www.thewrap.com/george-will-says-to-vote-against-gop-in-midterms/
"Will said that the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy of separating children from their parents, which became the subject of an ongoing national furor this week, has provided independents and moderate Republicans with another reason — “fresh if redundant evidence” — to vote against the GOP in November.
He also rebuked several prominent figures in the GOP and the Trump administration, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, senior political adviser Stephen Miller and former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski."
Will took on Ryan with a reference to the Robert Bolt play “A Man For All Seasons,” stating that Ryan has “traded his political soul for . . . a tax cut” and has “wagered his dignity on the patently false proposition that it is possible to have sustained transactions with today’s president.”
Will has a history of outspoken criticism of Trump, and he renounced his membership in the Republican party in June 2016. In December 2017, he called Trump “the nation’s worst president” and argued that his support of Roy Moore should disqualify him from public office."
"If Trump is nominated, the GOP must keep him out of the White House"
George F. Will 29 April 2016
George has been against Trump from the pre-election phase. He does not think much of Mike Pence either.
"Conservative George Will On Why Pence Is A “Sycophantic Poodle”"
The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orA3nYmzdro
See You Tube of MSNBC talk with Will.
"Laura Ingraham Blasts George Will For Calling on Americans to Vote Against The GOP: ‘Sad and Petty’"
by Joseph A. Wulfsohn | 9:21 pm, June 22nd
"Fox News’ Laura Ingraham took issue with George Will‘s op-ed calling on Americans to vote against the GOP in the November midterms."
Enough of Laura, the immigrant-kids-at-summer-camp lady; she's not worth any more print than this . . .
