A propos of the post by Bird Dog below on Race in Hawaii, and before I go out for a rousing morning ride with the spouse on antsy horses who need exercise badly, due to all of the rain we have had, I thought I might highlight a piece by LaShawn entitled Georgia's Darkies, which begins thus:
Update (4:31 p.m.): A judge has decided that blacks in Georgia (use BugMeNot to bypass reg.) are too helpless to go to the DMV and obtain a free state-issued ID.
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Even if I lived a thousand lifetimes, I don’t think I’ll ever understand why there aren’t more black people outraged by the implication that blacks are ignorant and helpless. Every time I hear or read about some white liberal arguing for lower academic standards for black children, supporting set-aside programs for black-owned businesses, and blaming “racism” for crime and other pathologies, I want to vomit.
But I retch alone.
But of course, LaShawn: everybody of every color enjoys a freebie - it's human, but undignified and shameful - so folks try to rationalize it so as not to feel embarassed or sleazy. See our piece on White Guilt. LaShawn's whole piece here.
However, I believe that all of the opposition to voter ID is about permitting vote fraud. No-one legally in the US lacks some form of ID, if only a library card. To prove the point, the only time I have ever voted without having to show ID was in NYC, in 1970-something. If I had no conscience, I could have voted all day long.
I'd love to see a serious audit of NYC voting, someday. Not holding my breath.
By the way, the judge involved was a racist, I believe. And I hate to throw that kind of ugly term around, but only a racist could make such a contemptuous and paternalistic ruling, like a good plantation-owner exercising pseudo-Christian noblesse oblige. We are way past that. In fact, I find Americans all to eager to open their arms to anyone and everyone, with remarkable naivete at times. Let's expect the best from all, and reproach the worst when it occurs, and ignore this skin-color BS - it is superficial and disgusting and un-American. Putting people in color groups is kindergarten.
Show me who you are. I could care less what you look like.
