Of Racial Delusions and Riots

_76934022_76934021Last week, as riots in Ferguson, Missouri decrescendoed and the country held its collective breath over the question of the indictment of Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, rappers Diddy (formerly P. Diddy, formerly Puff Daddy, formerly Sean Combs), 2 Chainz, The Game, and Rick Ross, along with 10 of their fellows, released a song: “Don’t Shoot.”

The Game explained why he felt the necessity to record the song: “I am a black man with kids of my own that I love more than anything, and I cannot fathom a horrific tragedy like Michael Brown’s happening to them. This possibility has shaken me to my core.”

The lyrics of the song speak to a perverse view of race in America — a view reinforced day after day by a media dedicated to the proposition that American law enforcement maliciously targets black men at random. To this point, nobody knows the facts of the case in the Brown shooting. Nonetheless, the rappers label the shooting cold-blooded, first-degree murder. Because facts are unnecessary; only feelings are real. “God ain’t put us on the Earth to get murdered, it’s murder,” says one rapper, TGT. Another, The Game, raps, “They killin’ teens, they killin’ dreams, it’s murder.”

Next, Diddy launches into a listing of various black men killed under controversial circumstances. Some, like Emmett Till, were murdered in acts of pure and evil racism. But Diddy lumps together Till with Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown — and even Ezell Ford. Last week, the Los Angeles Police Department released the identities of the two police officers who shot Ford. One was Asian; the other was Hispanic. The Huffington Post did not even cover their races. The Los Angeles Times buried that relevant fact in paragraph 13 of their comprehensive story. But again, facts do not matter: Only a feeling of persecution matters.

Then Rick Ross sums up the generalized view of America created by media-stoked racial conflagrations like the Michael Brown situation: “Black men, we pay the toll, the price is your life, Uncle Sam want a slice, black dress code now we looting in the night, now we throwing Molotovs in this Holocaust.” A grand total of just under 100 young black men are killed by white police officers each year, according to statistics provided to the FBI by local police.

To compare police treatment of young black men to the Holocaust is not only statistically idiotic, but also morally dangerous.

Nonetheless, that is the view of police for many blacks: police as paramilitary white force out to target black men. When I was recently in the CNN green room with former Obama green jobs czar Van Jones, he and I got to talking about the Ferguson situation. I asked him why he believed there was such a racial gap in the interpretation of the situation. His answer: “You’re Jewish, right? Wouldn’t you jump to conclusions if you heard that the Nazis or Hamas had killed a Jew?”

Of course, not even Van Jones, Diddy, 2 Chainz, and the rest truly believe what they say about the police. All those who spout about a “Holocaust” by police against blacks would call 911 in approximately 3.5 seconds if their houses were robbed. But if we truly believe that America’s police forces are akin to Nazis or Islamic terrorists, there can be no decent solution. Fighting police would be a moral imperative, not a moral evil.

And therein lies the problem. The only real answer to the antipathy between large segments of the black community and police is threefold: first, taking seriously fact-based allegations of racism against the authorities, and investigating and prosecuting such allegations if well-founded; second, not jumping to conclusions about non-fact-based allegations; and third, lowering crime rates among young black men, thereby lowering interactions between police and young black men.

But those are not solutions backed by the racially delusional. Instead, they suggest an unending and circular “conversation” about race that goes something like this: Police sometimes shoot young black men; that’s because police are racist; therefore, those who resist police are not morally unjustified; rinse, wash, repeat.

Sadly, America’s media backs this second approach. And so we end up with damaging foolishness like “Don’t Shoot” infusing our pop culture and the snarky but empty-headed racial guilting of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert invading our news. And nothing gets solved. We just get more hate, more rage and more violence.

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  • camp7

    Good article. I agree with Ben Shapiro’s threefold solution to lower the hostility between blacks and cops, although “lowering crime rates among young black men” is a tall order. Another solution would be to prosecute obvious racial inciters for civil damages.

    There will be more violence. If the Diddy Puff Daddy Chainz Game mob will launch when a white officer defends himself from a giant black thug in Ferguson, it won’t take much to start the same old rap again.

    • MrUniteUs1

      Size matters. Remember how Trayon Martin was described as towering over Zimmerman. TM was 5’11 and GZ was 5’8.

    • DennisMets

      at some point you really have to do something about the over breeding of the rat welfare hoes that start pumping out street thug kids at a very early age, these welfare kids overwhelm schools systems and in the case of Jacksonville florida they terrorize and bully and rape innocent good kids, until the black community takes pride in stoping their crimes you can forget it, they will continue to breed like rats on the streets and every city and community they go to they wil overcome the streets with violence

      • laura r

        dont forget the hispanics who are coming in.

      • Lightbringer

        If you reward a behavior, you get more of it. Welfare mothers are not stupid; they are acting quite rationally. The more babies they have, the more money they get. Until the stupid white liberals who run our government stop rewarding them, they will continue to have children they might not even want, love, or care for properly.

  • Mo86

    If you choose to live like a violent thug, you may end up dying like a violent thug.

  • Sheik Yerbouti

    It’s weird how their pride is tied so tightly to their criminality. They are actually proud to have a long rap sheet and prison time is the epitome of their efforts. This is because they have no other means of earning respect. Do any of us respect the long term unemployed but clearly able to work ghetto losers? Why would we?

  • s;vbkr0boc,klos;

    Black Ferguson is MOSTLY cute little single family homes. There is one drug and gang infested housing project in one corner of the town that is the source of everything bad. Otherwise, Ferguson has AVERAGE crime rates for St. Louis County. The highly competent Ferguson police force has been invaluable in protecting the black home owners of Ferguson. Not only this one officer’s record but the Ferguson police record is a proud one.

    • kasandra

      But you’re talking about facts. Facts don’t matter here. It’s all the narrative.

  • William

    The real delusion is that the blacks want to ‘get whitey’.
    Racial paranoia, no different that 50 years ago.

    • http://www.chaverimisrael.org Norbert Haag

      at least you can keep your weird ideology, doesn’t that make you feel good?

      • laura r

        he is wants his ideology he can keep his ideology.

        • laura r

          see correction

    • MrUniteUs1

      1) You should apologize for using racial slurs on this website.
      2) Looking at your hair, you might not be as “white” as you think you are.

      • DennisMets

        maybe blacks should start apologizing for all the knock out games and all the home invasions and store robberies and maybe the black congress that called whites crackers should apologize

        • laura r

          it is a small % of blacks who rob stores. this subculture get much PR. the problem is not too many middle class blacks speak out.

          • MrUniteUs1

            Black people do speak out incuding Al Sharpton, Michael Browns parents, Black politicians and others, but unless you read Black publications, you probably wouldn’t know.

        • MrUniteUs1

          Maybe Dennis should apologize for Dennis, not criminals that share your skin tone, just Dennis.

    • DennisMets

      yea they invented a deadly game, game wow called the knock out game, only the media would call that a game

      I guess that is why you see the racist obummer’s reverend preaching about the devil demon whites and the black panthers asking their followers to kill all crackers and their babies and the black congressmen calling whites crackers, everything blacks do is for hate of the devil PRIVILEGED WHITES. when you preach to your kids about the devil privileged whites what do you hope to accomplish, you get what you got in jacksonville florida school system black thug kids bulling and beating their white school mates o n buses and playing knock out games against us and you see flash mobs every where and they aint white going after blacks SO YES blacks are targeting whites

      • William

        Uh, the preachers at Obama’s church are white.
        The only place black people target whites is in your fevered imagination.

        • JB Ziggy Zoggy

          You are a moron if you expect anybody to believe your lies.

        • evianalmighty

          Everyday throughout the US gangs of blacks attack lone whites.I have a very long list.

  • tagalog

    “Don’t Shoot”
    “Don’t Act Like You’re Looking to Get Shot.”

  • http://shugartpoliticalaction.shugartmedia.com/uncommonsense/ Chris Shugart

    “Don’t shoot.” It’s a good message but should be aimed at street gangs who shoot guns with little provocation. Gun happy cops are largely a myth. The internal bureaucratic scrutiny (not to mention what they get from the media) to which police officers must endure each time they discharge their weapon is overwhelming. Yeah, OK, don’t shoot. But tell those to who it might do some good.

  • MrUniteUs1

    Yes Ben is Jewish and he is young. Be good for him team up with young Black Americans and take on the Jewish music executives and Black rappers that promote gangsta rap and criminal behavior.

    • laura r

      he could talk rings around them. ben is from hollywood he can talk the talk.

      • MrUniteUs1

        Good. There are a couple Jewish run companies that promote and distribute 99% of the gansta rap crap. Innerscope and Universal Music Group.

        • laura r

          ben shapiro knows all this, you dont need to educate him.

          • MrUniteUs1

            Good. Then he other and Americans should speak out against companies that promote crime.

          • Sheik Yerbouti

            The Americans who could speak the loudest and affect the greatest change are the ones consuming this trash. As long as they buy it, it will keep being made.

            You will NEVER fight this by walking into the front door of a record company, they’ll laugh you back to the curb. If you can’t talk to the affected group and make them see the truth, nothing will change.

            Black Americans have a serious cultural problem that nobody wants to discuss openly. Holder was right in every direction about race discussions. Black Americans are in an even deeper state of denial than most “generic” white bread, cracker, honkey Americans.

            When will they start talking about the race problems?

  • MrUniteUs1

    The welfare states are red states. Feds redistribute wealth from red states to blue states every year. Note most Blacks are not on welfare and most people

  • MrUniteUs1

    Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, More jobs = more customers, and less crime. 90% of Black men arrested are unemployed.

    • JB Ziggy Zoggy

      And most of them are glad to be unemployed and sponging off the taxpayers.

      • MrUniteUs1

        That’s the racism oozing out. The fact is when open job calls come up, Black men show up in droves. Regarding taxpayers. Bringing down unemployment is far better than increasing the prison population. $50,000 a year per prisoner is a lot of money. Much less expensive to hire people. Reagan hired 1.2 million government workers. FDR 4 million in one month.

    • Sheik Yerbouti

      Obama created millions of jobs. Who took them? And what does the average gang member’s resume look like? Black American women have more going for them than the men. Why is that? Why are they going to college and getting jobs?

      Could it be that the generations of gang glorification and thug life have actually proven to be a terrible cultural mistake? If that’s true, the whole structure of black American life is failing before our eyes. Maybe it’s time to reevaluate who is actually at fault with this.

      I’ve been watching it happen for decades. I wonder when someone real will step up for black Americans and make it obvious that things have to change from within first. The Jesse and Al show is the exact opposite of what is needed. Who pulls their strings?

  • MrUniteUs1

    ” grand total of just under 100 young black men are killed by white police officers each year, according to statistics provided to the FBI by local police.” Hmmm and
    3 Israelis were killed by this year by Palestinians. 3 was enough to start bombing Gaza, eventually kill thousands, and this week seize almost a thousand acres of land. Some people believe Netanyahu response was justified. I believe that those the protested peacefully in Ferguson were justified. As for the small number of looters no justification.

    • JB Ziggy Zoggy

      Only an idiot could equate innocent Israelis with violent criminals. The 100 Blacks shot by cops weren’t shot for jaywalking.

      • Sheik Yerbouti

        It doesn’t matter. Even if they are caught red-handed (NOT a racist term for all the whiners out there), with video and credible witnesses, it’s still a “young black man shot dead by police” so the blinders go up immediately.

        It’s a way for the race industry to twist the truths of the past into the lies of today. MOST of the problems that black Americans see in their lives is caused by other black Americans. Griping about white people’s “racism” (assumed just for being white) is a distraction from the reality of their problems. Most of which, like this example, are purely cultural.

  • Juan Pablo

    Isn’t it “wash, rinse, repeat”?

  • gnubi

    If the young black men in the thug subculture can’t understand why their own choices lead them into these situations, there is little possibility for anyone to help them. It is too easy for them (leaders even encourage them) to absolve themselves of any responsibility for their plight by blaming it on racism.

    • MrUniteUs1

      Racism will always be a problem in America as long as the majority of the population use color as their primary means of identification. Just ask yourself what does white mean since your skin is not really white. If it were you would probably locked in a lab somewhere. We are responsible for are own actions, but it’s foolish to ASSume the actions of others have no effect. Not sure what leaders you referring. Do you have any quotes to support your claim.

      • Sheik Yerbouti

        Racism will indeed stay alive for quite a while, it’s natural for people to sort others rapidly, so this mechanism will not be cancelled out by feel-good legislation. Laws only provide a way for the government to cash in on the problem.

        Until black Americans admit heir racist hatred of white people is exactly that, racism, ZERO progress will be made. White Americans have made the effort for decades. Black Americans have not. They have made no progress in curbing their racism and in fact are escalating it.

        If you REALLY want racism to go away, you can’t sit on your asss waiting for the other side to do it alone. That has already been attempted and black Americans have chewed off most of the hands offered in friendship. And nearly always because of false perceptions that go back decades.

        If you hate people for being white, you’re a racist. It’s that simple. If you refuse to change, why should anyone else?

        • MrUniteUs1

          I know you need to believe that justify your hatred.
          You exposed your racism by ASSuming all Black people think a like.
          You probably don’t have any Black friends. The truth is there are plenty of Black Americans that have good positive personal and business relationships with Whites.

          • Sheik Yerbouti

            You make a lot of baseless personal assumptions. I’m not going to play that game, why should I? I speak only to what I observe and thanks to a coddling media black Americans have made that abundantly easy. You make an assumption (see, I don’t do the childish caps to accent the obvious) that I’m a racist? Based on what?

            What possible evidence do you have that I’m a racist? None. But your assertion speaks volumes about YOU.

      • Dallas25305

        Wrong doofus. Blacks are the problem.

    • Dallas25305

      The understand they just don’t care. Why would they? They have Black privilege. They get all kinds of hand outs so they don’t have to worry about working. They can spend their time taking drugs, committing racist murders, rapes, car jackings and home invasions. The last two crimes they invented. If they want a government job or want to go for higher education they can get in with lower marks and standards compared to other races. They have black privilege cut off their welfare and the may have to spend some time working.

  • DennisMets

    all these racist singers are doing is ensuring their followers hate the demon whites and to

    • MrUniteUs1

      Can you provide some lyrics to support your claim. The singers are signed by Jewish run companies, like Universal Music Group, and Innerscope records. These companies promote and distribute the music.

      • laura r

        doesnt matter who own the comps. btw, bad boy/death row are black owned.

        • MrUniteUs1

          Regarding Death Row, yes back in the 1990′s
          Back in the nineties. But ownerships changed hands several times. Jewish run Time Warner and Interscope distributed and promoted the gangsta rap crap.

  • MrUniteUs1

    He could do well pressuring Jewish music execs to stop promoting and distibuting music that promotes crime.

  • MrUniteUs1

    Meanwhile Finch and others are laughing at you all the way to bank. …”Representative Stephen Fincher, a Republican and a farmer
    from Frog Jump, Tenn., collected nearly $3.5 million in subsidies from
    1999 to 2012. The data is part of the research group’s online farm
    subsidy database, from which the group issues a report each year.

    In 2012 alone, the data shows, Mr. Fincher received about $70,000 in
    direct payments, money that is given to farmers and farmland owners,
    even if they do not grow crops.”
    http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/us/politics/farm-subsidy-recipient-backs-food-stamp-cuts.html?_r=0

  • MrUniteUs1

    Yes. Yes. Blue. Agreed for thugs of all colors.

  • laura r

    he would, he is clear to the point. he is aggressive, he is not shy.

  • Alleena

    The real racists are the black “leaders” who pounce on a situation and use it for political and monetary gain. The daily black on black carnage going on in many cities does not matter. Even Michael Brown does not really matter. All they want is the benefits they get from promoting racism and exploiting the situation. At the end of the day, this leaves the blacks in poor neighborhoods more impoverished and marginalized than ever. Do these black “leaders” care? Nope! First, last, and always it’s about how they can use a situation for their own advantage.

  • kikorikid

    There will be NO Race-Reconing as long as the prevailing ideology holds.
    That Ideology is Diversity/Multiculturalism’s, “If White, then Racist”. A most
    Racist ideology that changes a “Learned” behavior into a “Genetic” characteristic.
    It, this ideology, is akin to VOO-DOO but if it is adhered too, will and does,
    leave “Whites” with No-Way-Out. It is the Base Premise of “The Race-Deck” and
    allows everyone non-White to automatically claim “Victim” status and freedom
    to accuse in all situations. It is PC Fascism from the Left.

  • http://www.oceanreefclubhomes.com/ Brennen Bernard

    The first step to stop problems between the Blacks and Whites is to stop
    Jackson, Sharpton, and the King family from steering things up.
    _________________________________________________
    Ocean Reef Club

  • Sheik Yerbouti

    What “White Neighborhoods”? They are illegal and HUD is doing everything possible to eliminate them. So please, do tell where they still exist.

  • PharmDoc61

    Of course the black community feels violated and discriminated against – that’s the same message Obama and Holder have been shouting out since day one. Not to mention the inflammatory rhetoric of race baiters like Sharpton & Jackson.

  • Dallas25305

    What will prevent the next Ferguson? Bullets, Blacks are the most racist and violent group of people on earth. Their crime rate is far above all others in any country unfortunate enough to have them in large numbers. The crime rate in Black Africa is horrific, however other than in South Africa they have to attack other blacks. The low I.Q. for blacks does not help and it isn’t going to get any better. This was all studied years ago by professor Philip Ruston. Look it up on the internet if is still allowed to be there. As we know with the Liberal Socialist left the one thing that must be band is the TRUTH.