A Dishonest Conversation About Race

So the Zimmermann trial has come and gone, and those on the far Left still can't believe the outrageously outrageous acquittal of whitey. Big surprise.

Beware of anyone who says that "we need to have an open conversation about race in this country." Those words only come out if the person has already decided that America is a land full of racial animosity, and that most folks are really racist, especially whites; and nine times out of ten they personally have little or no social interaction with anyone outside their own race. Nowhere is this more the case than for the media, with networks and publications (often nearly lily-white in their staff's composition, by the way) continually talking about the need for an "honest dialogue," which, of course, always turns out to be making white people confessing how deeply racist they really are and enlightened minorities sharing their experiences of oppression.

With the media reporting it, race was always going to be a big part of the Zimmermann-Martin case; everyone knows that. Or to be specific, race-baiting. From the get-go, when the media insisted on referring to George as a "white Hispanic" (how often has that term come up before now, ever?), this case has been blown up into an innocent black "child" having his life snuffed out by "The System," represented here by a paranoid white(ish) dude. So of course, following the white(ish) dude's acquittal, talking heads on TV went through amazing mental gymnastics to continue to paint this as white-on-black crime.

Take MSNBC's Alex Toure. Last week, Toure went what some might call "full retard" in attacking Zimmermann--oh crap, am I not supposed to say that? Sorry, Toure went what some might call "full exceptional individual" in attacking Zimmermann, claiming that the guy is not Hispanic at all, because he is instead "Peruvian-American." ?!?!?!?!

Boy, how could I forget? It's true; Peru was in fact settled entirely by that strong, fair-skinned Nordic race that just happened to be hanging out in Spain at the time! My God, Zimmermann is even a German name! This explains everything!!

But at least the self-proclaimed advocacy group for all Hispanics, the National Council of La Raza, jumped right in there to protect Zimmermann from these idiotic charges, didn't it? No? No. Instead, La Raza announced long ago it would join with its allies in the "civil rights community" to protest on behalf of Martin. Other Latino groups joined suit, explaining once more that Zimmermann isn't really Hispanic, he's just "half-Peruvian." See? The Latino community gets what you mean, Toure. Those infamous, Aryan Nation Peruvians....

But what really takes the cake are the rules for the "national race conversation" proposed by TheRoot, which apparently is a website of some kind. Their proposals, issued in the wake of the trial, aren't all terrible-sounding--i.e. "talking about race isn't racist": okay, true enough--but then there are these gems. "....is one of the ways racism is maintained. So is acting as if 'blacks suffer from racism' and 'whites suffer from reverse racism' are equally valid points of view." "Being 'colorblind' is not helpful because it cripples our ability to deal with the tangible effects of racial inequality in just about every area of life." "A black person making a joke about race is different from a white person making a joke about race." Blah blah freaking blah. You can read the rest here if you're interested. Noticing that these were all misconceptions about and wrong expectations of black people, conservative blogger Patterico inquired of the writer on Twitter whether only white people had rules to observe, or if there are rules for black people to follow when talking about whites, too. No solid answer was forthcoming.

It's actually not hard to understand what's going on here. The Left, as represented by the Democratic Party, Hollywood, the media, etc., is of course on the side of the black man (or rather on the side of the black race, which doesn't come out to the same thing). And for years now, they've been beating the drum that Hispanics' time has come, too, talking endlessly about "the browning of America" and other marketed jingles. And then here comes a case of a Hispanic guy shooting a black teen dead under confusing circumstances. What to do, what to do? Well, as we've seen, they can always insinuate that the Hispanic guy wasn't really Hispanic; better yet, they can pivot to talking about racial barriers in general. Which is when we're told that it's time for a conversation about race, which of course means "time for whites to feel guilty."

Shameless and disgusting, yes. Still, I have to admit, the news about Aryan Peruvia is quite a gem. I'm glad someone finally shed light on those posers.