Posted by Tina
Four hundred U.S. Army soldiersin Georgia were indoctrinated on the subject of white privilege last year. The seminar instructed soldiers on “how our society supposedly systematically lavishes unearned benefits on those who are white, male, and heterosexual.”
The PowerPoint presentation shown at Fort Gordon informed soldiers that the United States is “organized according to race” and that they ought to feel guilty about being white, male, or straight because such attributes place them on the side of oppressors in society.
“Privilege exists when one group has something of value that is denied to others simply because of the groups they belong to rather than because of anything they’ve done or failed to do,” one slide stated.
In other words, this hyper-paranoid straitjacketed way of thinking presumes that all whites oppress non-whites, all men oppress women, and all straights oppress gays.
“Race privilege gives whites little reason to pay a lot of attention to African Americans,” according to one slide. It claimed that “we act as if it doesn’t exist,” even though “powerful forces everywhere” prevent different kinds of people from being accepted and appreciated.
“It creates a yawning divide in levels of income, wealth, dignity, safety, health and quality of life,” a slide states. “It promotes fear, suspicion, discrimination, harassment, and violence.”
The seminar follows other social engineering incidents in the military and we’ve lost a lot of good military personnel because of it. This particular incident seems to mirror the attitude and posture of the Commander-in-Chief whose bias toward minorities has been quite apparent throughout his two terms in office. The article offers some perspective o his POV:
President Obama is a rigid ideologue who believes that the government should be used to dispense favors to blacks and other non-whites. White Americans, he feels, should be treated as second-class citizens in order to make up for America’s past racial injustices, real or perceived. Because whites are thought to enjoy skin-based privilege, the Obama administration won’t prosecute so-called hate crimes committed against white Americans.
Obama views America as racist to the core and is sympathetic to the teachings of his mentor, Derrick Bell Jr., a racist mediocrity who somehow found his way into the Harvard Law School faculty. Whites in America try to “achieve a measure of social stability through their unspoken pact to keep blacks on the bottom,” Bell claimed.
Obama is also simpatico with black liberation theology, a lunatic-fringe school of thought founded by white-hating racist James Cone, who is a more sophisticated version of Obama’s pastor, Jeremiah Wright. Cone was a Professor of Systematic Theology at the Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
Cone regards America as an irredeemably racist nation. He blames whites for everything bad. “This country was founded for whites and everything that has happened in it has emerged from the white perspective. What we need is the destruction of whiteness, which is the source of human misery in the world.”
The President has gutted our military and installed social engineering leadership.
Obama came as a pretender, vowing to unite. He does not represent America in any way shape or form and we will be well rid of him come January.
Hat tip: Matthew Vadum at FrontPage Magazine
From the quoted article:
“The PowerPoint presentation shown at Fort Gordon informed soldiers that the United States is “organized according to race” and that they ought to feel guilty about being white, male, or straight because such attributes place them on the side of oppressors in society.”
The bolded part is almost definitely a lie. I’ve been involved in enough discussions of white privilege, in enough settings (college classrooms, blog debates, informal conversations with peers), for enough years to know that “guilt” has no place in such discussions. My sociology of race professor explicitly said numerous times that guilt is not a constructive emotion, and white guilt is essentially useless. I have never, ever been told that I should feel guilty for being white, or a member of any other privileged group.
I would like to see some evidence that the presentation told soldiers “that they ought to feel guilty about being white, male, or straight” before taking the word of this clearly biased writer, who seems dedicated to misrepresenting his opponents. Take this, for example:
“”Privilege exists when one group has something of value that is denied to others simply because of the groups they belong to rather than because of anything they’ve done or failed to do,” one slide stated.
In other words, this hyper-paranoid straitjacketed way of thinking presumes that all whites oppress non-whites, all men oppress women, and all straights oppress gays.”
Except that’s not “in other words.” Those are completely different words, with a completely different meaning than the words the author is quoting. How do you get from “one group has [an advantage] that is denied to others” to “all whites oppress all non-whites?” And this writer has the nerve to call his opponents “hyper-paranoid?” He’s making completely unfounded leaps here.
It gets worse, as the writer goes into a guilt-by-association rant against President Obama (who had nothing to do with this presentation), baselessly accusing him of believing whites are “second-class citizens” and that the Obama administration won’t prosecute anti-white hate crimes. There is no evidence of this whatsoever, but this whiny victim-complex white guy is clearly delusional, which is why he believes that the only racism worth talking about is non-existent racism against whites.
This is the type of baseless nonsense you think counts as good journalism? Pathetic.
Ok, did some googling, and: the writer is nuts. He wrote a paranoid article titled, “Was the Oregon mass shooting an Islamist attempt to assassinate Alek Skarlatos?” after it had already been revealed that the shooter was antireligious and a white supremacist. He’s also been featured in a segment on the Daily Show, where he pretty much endorsed stretching the truth to help a political campaign.
And, yeah: I’m attacking the messenger. The messenger sucks. Note that I also gave a substantive critique of his argument, which is transparently dishonest, and he blatantly misrepresents the words of his opponents.
Thanks for the usual left biased critique Chris.
Our readers can take a look at a sampling of his body of work and decide for themselves. Some think of him as an in-depth investigative journalist worthy of accolades.
The American Spectator:
This crap comes straight out of black liberation theology, one of the drivers of divisive politics and militancy in America, taught in the church Obama attended in Chicago for twenty years.
“The coming of Christ means a denial of what we thought we were. It means destroying the white devil in us. Reconciliation to God means that white people are prepared to deny themselves (whiteness), take up the cross (blackness) and follow Christ (black ghetto).” [parentheses are Cone’s] – James H. Cone; Black Theology & Black Power; p. 150
Whiteness, as revealed in the history of America, is the expression of what is wrong with man. It is a symbol of man’s depravity. God cannot be white, even though white churches have portrayed him as white. When we look at what whiteness has done to the minds of men in this country, we can see clearly what the New Testament meant when it spoke of the principalities and powers. (emphasis mine) – James H. Cone; Black Theology & Black Power; 150
Chris you don’t have a clue about who your leaders are, what they are up to, or the racist views they hold. What’s worse you don;t want to know.
Tina, this is blatant guilt by association. Obama denounced Wright’s more inflammatory comments and there is no evidence that he is a follower in black liberation theology.
The fact remains that the writer you cited lied and stretched the truth in his article to mislead about what white privilege means. If he were able to counter the actual arguments of those who acknowledge white privilege he wouldn’t have had to make things up, but it’s obvious that he was unable to do so.
“there is no evidence that he is a follower in black liberation theology. ”
There’s evidence in how he has governed, there is evidence in how he was raised, and there is evidence in the attitudes of those who raised him and inspired his thinking…you choose not to see it. You choose to believe the flowery rhetoric and ignore his associations and actions.
“…to mislead about what white privilege means.”
What it means to whom? I’m sure that to you, and your white liberal professors, this is not what it means…but you don’t speak for everyone. You don’t know the minds of everyone. And apparently you don’t pay attention to the words and actions of many of those who see “destroying the white devil” as their mission because of what they see as “white privilege.”
There is an interesting mythology in leftist white America that you all are of one unified mind…it’s complete garbage. YOU DO NOT KNOW the minds of all of the radicals in leadership positions in your party. That makes you a naive fool, Chris.
Tina,
Obama has governed as a liberal, nota black liberation theologian. There is no need to reach for implausible theories which attack Obama in a race-and-religion-based manner when his beliefs are no different than any number of American liberals. This is no better than D’Souza’s “Kenyan anti-colonial” nonsense.
The writer of the article you cited claimed that the slide show told whites they should feel guilty, and that all whites oppress all non-whites. Now: is there any evidence to support this writer’s claims?
Chris…you choose to see only what fits your opinion and ignore or deny what is right under your nose.
There is no sense in talking with someone who, when informed about the people who influenced Obama’s thinking, the people he CHOSE to associate with all of his life, the words he has spoken, the things he has backed and supported, still refuses to consider them as part of what makes Obama who he is.
You idealize the man. You do not know who he is.
The slide show happened.
What emotion do you imagine this training is intended to provoke if not guilt or shame?
Let’s see, we have quite a list to choose from: fear, guilt, shame, anger, depression, joy, disgust, trust, surprise, anticipation, dread, envy, indignation, happiness, pride…
Seems like a no-brainer to me but maybe you have some magical explanation to prove otherwise.
Tina, this is what the writer claimed:
“The PowerPoint presentation shown at Fort Gordon informed soldiers that the United States is “organized according to race” and that they ought to feel guilty about being white, male, or straight because such attributes place them on the side of oppressors in society.”
If the slide show did NOT tell soldiers to feel guilty for being white, straight or male, then the above is a lie, regardless of whether you think the slide show was meant to induce the emotion of guilt.
I have been to presentations like this. They typically focus on facts, not emotions. If there is any specific emotion it is meant to stir up, it’s not guilt, but anger at an unfair system. This anger is meant to motivate people of all races to work together to change unfair systems. Again, I have never seen “white guilt” encouraged from ANY purveyor of white privilege theory, and I’ve met a lot more than you have. The writer is misrepresenting the views of his opponents. But then, you frequently do that, so I can understand why you don’t see the problem.
The guilt by association game goes both ways:
Last weekend Senator Ted Cruz, along with fellow GOP presidential candidates Mike Huckabee and Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal, spoke at a conference in Des Moines headed up by a man who advocates the execution of gay people — per his interpretation of the bible — and who made his call for mass extermination once again, onstage at the event, the National Religious Liberties Conference. Pastor Kevin Swanson has said in the past that Christians should attend gay weddings and hold up signs telling the newly married gay and lesbian couples that they “should be put to death.” He was an advocate of Uganda’s infamous “Kill the Gays” bill, which he saw as a model.
At the confab over the weekend, where he introduced Huckabee, Jindal and Cruz to the audience — and where Ted Cruz’s father, Rafael Cruz, an anti-gay Tea Party crusader, was a star speaker — he reiterated his death penalty call, adding that homosexuals should first be given some time to repent before the executions begin. There’s nothing subtle about what he said, and you can watch it for yourself, including his statements about what he would do if he were one of those parents of a gay person:
There are families, we’re talking Christian families, pastors’ families, elders’ families from good, godly churches,” Swanson said, “whose sons are rebelling, hanging out with homosexuals and getting married and the parents are invited. What would you do if that was the case? Here is what I would do: sackcloth and ashes at the entrance to the church and I’d sit in cow manure and I’d spread it all over my body. That is what I would do and I’m not kidding, I’m not laughing.”
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/post_10496_b_8544540.html
As far as I’m aware, Cruz never condemned this pastor’s remarks as Obama condemned Wright’s.
I don’t know that any of the candidates mentioned attended, or if they did, endorsed in any way the opinions of those who organized the event. Candidates on both sides speak in front of all kinds of people with differing ideas and attitudes. Some in the gay community have been pretty vocal and militant about Christians, often wrongly labeling honestly held religious beliefs as hate.
The link Chris provided shows that 2016 candidates were invited to the event, including Hillary Clinton and Martin O’Malley.
Thanks for the information Chris. Guilt by association goes only so far though. I’m not aware of any of those candidates you’ve cited as “guilty” of joining in protest of gays or advocating for anything other than respecting the constitutional and centuries old definitions of words.
If you can provide a quote where Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee or Bobby Jindal call “for mass extermination” of gays we’ll post it…good luck.
Chris, on another thread you pretended that your purpose had nothing to do with a gotcha agenda…what is this comment meant to accomplish?
“If you can provide a quote where Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee or Bobby Jindal call “for mass extermination” of gays we’ll post it…good luck.”
And if you can find a quote where Barack Obama advocates black liberation theology, let me know.
Or we can both agree to judge people based on what they say and do, not on their associations.
Tina you follow too much Propaganda.
But more importantly why is almost everything you write about based on Race, Religions, and warmongering?
Do you believe in Equality and Justice for all?
If it’s on the internet it must be true? Really?
Millions of dollars are spent on false Propaganda and fearmongering. It takes a well rounded educated person with real life experience to see through these things.
The only thing I see here is the failure to understand “White Privilege”.
Look if you have a problem with Race than just be honest about it. But this whole “indoctrination” theory is no more than showing the ignorance of those who are racist.
BTW the people who originated on this land we call America were not “White”
Is the real Hate for “Obama” because he is Black?
Trump has gathered the racists. He is a candidate representing them. The so called Civil war has started. It’s just in the end America will not vote racist. Does not matter how they rig the machines this election, People are rising. #EnoughIsEnough
The Jig is up the false reporting of the Mainstream Media and the rigging of Elections is being exposed slowly but surely. The world will rise eventually. No Clean Water or Food has an effect on people.
Dewey…why is it that you can’t believe Obama could be strongly disliked for things other than his race? We have listed so many details of boondoggles and failures to act in a timely manner by this man, but you seem blind to the details and instead you fall back on this racism BS. It’s tiresome Dewey. That’s incredibly shallow and unproductive of you, you are boring us.
Dewey you are a propaganda machine…all left, all the time. Boring as he77.
There is something that needs to be said here. It does not matter what Tina and Jack may post. Not one whit. Not one damn iota.
It is Chris’ mission to create a false narrative — a vile narrative — that Jack, Tina, Tea Party members, Republicans, conservatives and anyone not a Democrat or a left-wing shill like Chris are racists, xenophobes, and jingoists.
This is his mission, this is what he is all about.
Interesting theory, except I didn’t say anyone was racist in my replies here, so that has absolutely nothing to do with what I said.
Again, when you can’t respond to the actual arguments made, you just make up arguments and respond to them instead.
Think of it as an off topic but on point comment, sweetheart.
Pie, you said a mouthful. : D
Pie you nailed it in my experience!
Sick. Seriously, sick.