Are We All Crabs in a "Shrinking" Bucket??
As I heard the news of Thatcher's death this morning, I immediately pictured her with Arthur Schelisnger Jr., sometime around the turn of the 21st century. They figured prominently in some conference covered by C-Span, in which the "Color Line" was being debated. Maggie was reported to be a racist (not unlike her friend, Mad Ronnie). http://ontd-political.livejournal.com/4945894.html
The Drucker Exchange (April 3, 2013) posted The Color of Wealth http://ontd-political.livejournal.com/4945894.html , in which a recent Brandies Study is cited showing a growing gap in wealth between blacks and whites in the United States.
Schlesinger, who died in 2007 (he did not live to see the first Black American President), wrote E Pluribus Unum? shortly before he died. In it, he attacks Multiculturalism as practiced and spread during the late 20th century. He shared with Maggie and Ronnie the belief that, overall, Western Values were better than all others.
My research over the years have shown that to engage this topic on the surface level of Multiculturalism is to be distracted by various forms of name-calling. Maggie and Ronnie had their eye on what I have contended is the basic value flaw in assimmilation -- that of Western institutions to teach values of skin color and wealth in such a way as to savage the self-mage of the children of non-whites. Using religion as their primary tool, and aided by "integrated" public schools, the process renders non-white youth incapable of competing effectively against whites when it comes to political power-sharing and economic competition. Only those children fortunate enough to be born to families that have an entrepreneurial history and a stong, protective family structure can survive this procedure, unscathed. After several years of failing to get a significant majority of white citizens of this country to accept and work with an elected black President, the power of the process should be obvious to all. Damage to families, individuals, and communities remains un-addressed.
From the Indian Schools, to Chattel Slavery, to white Christian churches, the practice is centuries old. It is front and center in current battles over Immigration; as more non-white, non-English speaking people seek to emigrate to this country.
For those of us who are old, and have witnessed the destruction caused by these systems for many years. the hope was that these "sins" would die out. Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio are evidence that they may not die out.
As technology shrinks the "bucket" in which the peoples of this planet must reside, the power of those who have large sums of money and white skin will grow; even as their numbers diminish. That is because hegemony of wealth, combined with firepower, can prevail for some time to come.
Stay Vigilant! Check your mirrors!
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