Black Farmer Calls Out Liberal Racism In Powerful Facebook Message

[zipplewrath]

164. Get this all the time

Wife ran a program for years for pregnant teens, 15 - 22 years old actually. Mostly parenting stuff and just general support. Invariably her "liberal" friends would ask, "are most of your clients black?" She had to patiently explain to them that, no, white teenage girls had unprotected sex. And since the demographics here are predominately white, her group was (shock!) predominately white.

I'm not sure it was the original authors point, but the reality is that the vast majority of people that consider themselves "liberal" are roughly what this guy is describing. I don't have a good expression for it. In politics we use the "in name only" moniker. One might call it liberal in their heart, but not their head or something. It's akin to the pious person who wears their religion on their sleeve, right up until it affects their wallet. We can all believe something, and yet have huge blind spots in our own lives. Obama was against gay marriage before he "evolved". None of us are intellectually perfect.

That said, I might also have discussed with the original author, that what he witness in many people was them "thinking globally, and acting locally". No, these people aren't perfect. But their intentions are much better than Mr. Spencer's. And the original authors life is vastly better today because of the actions of imperfect people like this than they would be if the Richard Spencers of the world would have had their way. Yes, there is much to be done by many of us to improve things. And PART of that is confronting the Richard Spencers of the world.

But yes, then too, we can only go so far without confronting our own short comings as well.