Anyone that says that racism and bigotry are black issues have never been the only white guy at a party! Teenage pregnancy in the black community? That affects us all.

I am just not buying the white or black or brown issue idea till someone shows me one that will bear cursory inspection.

Trey

“That’s not a light. It’s a dark. You turn that thing on, and the whole room goes black.”

No it is not, and you will live to see it all destroyed, by your own well-meaning but ideology-driven actions.

Do you even know why Islam continues to gain converts, among people whose lives would be utterly destroyed by it? It’s not because they’re too stupid to see the horrors sharia law creates, or because they’re terrorized into joining, or even because of any combination of negative factors. It’s because it promises them something that makes even the death of worldwide progress seem worthwhile.

Malcolm X had it right. Islam is the only realistic cure for racism. Not because it eliminates racism, but because eliminates the privileges that people of certain races enjoy as a part of civilization. Instead it harnesses racism and forces it to drive their society, just as democracy harnesses vanity and capitalism harnesses greed.

It is a cure for racism, but as is often the case with natural cures, the effects are much worse than the disease, not that that’s enough to stop people from pursuing it.

Conclusion: I don’t think there is anything wrong with caucuses for the furthering of the interests of minority groups. I do think there is a problem with excluding others from those caucuses based on race. If a white person wants to join a caucus to further the interests of blacks, giddy-up! More power to that individual. That’s about all I have to say about that. God Bless.

JC Watts was a member of the CBC as was another Black Republican, Gary Franks.

Thanks for the clarification. I still think there’s some knee-jerk reacting on Nicole’s part as well as my own. She saw “stereotypes” and went to “bigot”. Not very helpful, because holding stereotypes does not mean the holder is necessarily a bigot. And what stereotypes equal bigotry? The barbecue/watermelon holdovers from a bygone era? The Black = Poor attitude? The viewing of blacks as wanting to stay separate from whites a la the CBC?

My knee-jerk was seeing “bigotted” and reading it as, “whites are bigots.” Also not very helpful.

For Cohen, though, does the refusal to let him into the CBC mean that conversation is not possible? Nicole’s suggestions for how Cohen can learn more about black culture seem to be solitary activities that mainly focus on the past and not as much on current conditions among his constituency (with the exception of talk radio). I would hope the CBC would be open to talking with Cohen, so he can be a more effective representative for his district.

That is why, like you, I placed “black culture” in quotations. But I would say that the better term would be “sub-culture”.