So much for a black-brown coalition.
A black principal at some majority-hispanic school in Chicago was voted out by a majority-hispanic school board in favor of an hispanic principal. A supporter of the black principal was heard shouting “Speak English!” to a woman speaking Spanish, and there was chair-kicking going on. Some allege the whole thing is racial. No! Really?
This is what happens under a system of racial spoils. Blacks have been propped up as THE preferred minority group for decades, ostensibly because of slavery and government-mandated segregation.
Today’s racial spoils system is based not on slavery and Jim Crow, but on whichever group, black or hispanics, has the “power” at any given time to push its agenda. You’ll notice that Asians and other racial/ethnic minorities aren’t wasting their time fighting over scraps. Or “turf.” Why? (Also see Black and Hispanic “Hate” in LA County)
I read an article the other day about hispanics gaining political power and black politicians’ perilous positions in majority-hispanic districts like Rep. Maxine Waters’s California district. Man, I wish I’d saved that link. It’s a must-read. Hispanics are out-breeding everyone else. And unlike voting black Americans, 90 percent of whom vote for Democrats, the hispanic vote is more dispersed between both major political parties. That gives them a lot more leverage. Take a memo, black folks.
Contrary to some people’s opinions, I’m not enjoying the current black-hispanic battle for preferred minority status, nor am I looking forward to more intense battles to come. (I once said I enjoyed it, but I was being facetious.)
(Hat tip: Random American)
Addendum: A commenter got the wrong idea about this post, so let me clarify. I don’t question whether Jones was hired because of her race. I think she was voted out because of her race. But that’s just an opinion. Judge for yourselves.
Additionally, I’ve heard blacks say that if a school is majority-black, the teachers and principal should be black so the kids can “relate” to them and have “role models.” I’ve also heard them say an organization’s staff should reflect the racial makeup of the community. I’ve always thought such attitudes were terrible and arguments logically unsound, and blacks who support this nonsense will see just how terrible and unsound once they start getting ousted by hispanics through the same faulty reasoning. They’ll have no moral leg to stand on.
Sources:
- Ousted Principal Vows To Fight Her Firing (with video)
- Students walk out in support of principal
- Jones: ‘I want to know why’
- Decision to fire principal doesn’t look good, so far
