Thursday, August 15, 2013

Racism everywhere: Mark Steyn and Chip Bok on Al Sharpton

Bokbluster   "When I think of Al Sharpton I think of two words – Tawana Brawley. Now I think of two more – Personal Stylist."
...."The civil-rights establishment’s mistake was to get ahead of itself, to be seduced by its own poetic truth even when there was no evidence to support it. And even now its leaders call for a Justice Department investigation, and they long for civil lawsuits to be filed—hoping against hope that some leaf of actual racial victimization will be turned over for all to see. This is how a once-great social movement looks when it becomes infested with obsolescence.' ”   Quoting Shelby Steele
Mark Steyn;  Racism as a Second Language;  "....Oprah’s account of her racist treatment by a totally racist high-end handbag saleswoman in Switzerland, the lady apparently conversed with Oprah in her own language – English. How many racists in American handbag stores would be considerate enough to insult non-American people of color in their own tongue? Or would even be capable of it?

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