If we really care about racism and believe that it is toxic,
we have to stand against all forms of
racism. It is hypocrisy to criticize racist remarks against Indians or Eskimos
and allow them against Whites or Blacks. When we allow them against some, in
effect, we are saying that racism is justified.
However, some forms of racism have become trendy and
acceptable, even among those who are most vocal against racism, in general. For
example, an outspoken racist, Sarah Jeong, has recently been hired as a member
of The New York Times editorial
board. Townhall reports that:
·
Jeong is a raging racist who has tweeted
hundreds of times about her extreme hatred toward white people. In one tweet,
she boasted that “it’s kind of sick how much joy I get out of being cruel to
old white men.” She also asked on Twitter whether white people are “genetically
predisposed to burn faster in the sun, thus logically being only fit to live
underground like groveling goblins.”
·
These samples are only a fraction of the four
years of unrelenting hate messages that Jeong spread on social media. She clearly
is consumed by her animosity toward white people. In another example, she
promoted the hashtag #CancelWhitePeople and celebrated that “White people have
stopped breeding,” and will “go extinct soon” because that was her “plan all
along.”
To hire Jeong is to endorse racism, in whatever form. How
then did The Times respond to the
outcry against Jeong?
·
After these detestable tweets were exposed, The
New York Times refused to fire Jeong and stood by their new editorial board
member. In a statement released on Thursday, the newspaper claimed that Jeong
was “the subject of frequent online harassment” because she is a “young Asian
woman.” https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2018/08/04/racism-is-alive-and-well-at-the-new-york-times-n2506698?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad
According to The Times, Jeong’s racist diatribes were
justified because she had been harassed on online. What does this justification
imply?
1.
Anyone who has been harassed has the right to
also harass.
2.
There are privileged people who are above the
legal and social standards to which others must conform.
3.
Equality before the law no longer counts.
4.
Racism can be used to fight racism.
This can only breed further resentment, polarization, and the
distrust of a system which is supposed to guarantee equal protection for all.
The inevitable result: DESTRUCTION AND CHAOS
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