Selwyn Duke
Gov. Northam and the guy who said: Kill people in mixed-race relationships
By Selwyn Duke
It's certainly a sign of the times that Governor Ralph Northam's resignation has been demanded not because of an apparent endorsement of infanticide, but because of a 1984 yearbook photo. Yet another sign is how, while Virginia's Northam is condemned for having appeared in blackface or a KKK costume, another man is being honored despite having actually appeared before a KKK rally and preaching strict racial separation.
This man expressed affection for notorious segregationist governor George Wallace (D-Ala.), regularly taunted adversaries with racial insults and even insisted that people in mixed-race relationships be killed. This man's name was Muhammad Ali.
While Northam's political future has apparently been aborted, late boxer Ali was just given the honor of having Louisville, Kentucky's airport renamed after him.
The airport probably won't honor him to the extent of having separate facilities for whites and blacks. Yet in accordance with his Nation of Islam doctrine, Ali did consistently preach racial separation, as in the below 1968 interview produced for PBS' THIRTEEN (relevant portion begins at 12:20).
Ali was already in his 30s when, in a 1975 Playboy interview, he insisted – adamantly – that people in black-white relationships should be killed. No wonder Martin Luther King Jr. once called him "a champion" – of segregation.
That said, I may shock you: I probably like Ali more than Northam. Not a political prostitute, the boxer was likely far more sincere, and it appears he generally treated people well on a personal level (he was very close to his white trainer, Angelo Dundee). Although, the black boxers he showered with contempt for not sharing his racist views – such as Joe Frazier, whom he called an "Uncle Tom" – might not have agreed.
But here's the point: In this age where careers are ended and statues rended because someone way back when harbored a now unfashionable racial view, how can a man with Ali's past be honored? Because he really was a "nice guy"?
Perhaps he was. Yet Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) appears a nice guy, too, but that doesn't stop people from demanding his scalp for recent comments he made; at the same time, they also tolerate Democrat Minnesota attorney general and ex-congressman Keith Ellison's past association with the Nation of Islam. The real answer is quite different: In today's identity-politics world, it's not what you've done.
It's what you are.
Certain qualities help your cause, such as being non-white, female, non-Christian, "LGBTQ," left-wing, and Democrat; the more of these qualities you possess, the more protected you are. You're practically bulletproof if you have them all.
Then there are qualities that hurt your cause, such as being white, male, Christian, straight, conservative, Republican, and a Trump supporter; the more of these qualities you possess, the more jeopardized you are. The slightest hiccup can ruin you if you have them all.
Thus did newswoman Megyn Kelly lose her NBC show in 2018 for making rather innocuous comments about darkened skin and Halloween costumes, while a couple of months earlier one Sarah Jeong was hired by the New York Times despite having sent vile anti-white tweets (today's résumé enhancers), replacing a white woman fired for, yeah, alleged bigotry. Thus did a hapless Catholic teen become a national symbol of hate for a "Facecrime" while the American Indian left-wing activist with a criminal record who confronted him was portrayed a victim. And thus did the national media beat the "racism" drum after a grown "white Hispanic" man shot a 17-year-old black kid in self-defense, while being silent after a grown black man shot a 17-year-old white kid (who never laid a hand on him) in alleged self-defense.
The leftist Thought Police couldn't care less about prejudice and equality. They're simply informed by and acting upon their own particular vile prejudices and discriminatory standards, which their institutional power gives them the capacity to enforce. This results in whites being demeaned, demoted, derailed, and taken down, while leftists elevate and exalt their preferred bigots, as their cultural revolution continues apace. So forget about getting woke – just wake up.
Contact Selwyn Duke, follow him on Gab (preferably) or Twitter or log on to SelwynDuke.com
© Selwyn Duke
February 3, 2019
It's certainly a sign of the times that Governor Ralph Northam's resignation has been demanded not because of an apparent endorsement of infanticide, but because of a 1984 yearbook photo. Yet another sign is how, while Virginia's Northam is condemned for having appeared in blackface or a KKK costume, another man is being honored despite having actually appeared before a KKK rally and preaching strict racial separation.
This man expressed affection for notorious segregationist governor George Wallace (D-Ala.), regularly taunted adversaries with racial insults and even insisted that people in mixed-race relationships be killed. This man's name was Muhammad Ali.
While Northam's political future has apparently been aborted, late boxer Ali was just given the honor of having Louisville, Kentucky's airport renamed after him.
The airport probably won't honor him to the extent of having separate facilities for whites and blacks. Yet in accordance with his Nation of Islam doctrine, Ali did consistently preach racial separation, as in the below 1968 interview produced for PBS' THIRTEEN (relevant portion begins at 12:20).
Ali was already in his 30s when, in a 1975 Playboy interview, he insisted – adamantly – that people in black-white relationships should be killed. No wonder Martin Luther King Jr. once called him "a champion" – of segregation.
That said, I may shock you: I probably like Ali more than Northam. Not a political prostitute, the boxer was likely far more sincere, and it appears he generally treated people well on a personal level (he was very close to his white trainer, Angelo Dundee). Although, the black boxers he showered with contempt for not sharing his racist views – such as Joe Frazier, whom he called an "Uncle Tom" – might not have agreed.
But here's the point: In this age where careers are ended and statues rended because someone way back when harbored a now unfashionable racial view, how can a man with Ali's past be honored? Because he really was a "nice guy"?
Perhaps he was. Yet Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) appears a nice guy, too, but that doesn't stop people from demanding his scalp for recent comments he made; at the same time, they also tolerate Democrat Minnesota attorney general and ex-congressman Keith Ellison's past association with the Nation of Islam. The real answer is quite different: In today's identity-politics world, it's not what you've done.
It's what you are.
Certain qualities help your cause, such as being non-white, female, non-Christian, "LGBTQ," left-wing, and Democrat; the more of these qualities you possess, the more protected you are. You're practically bulletproof if you have them all.
Then there are qualities that hurt your cause, such as being white, male, Christian, straight, conservative, Republican, and a Trump supporter; the more of these qualities you possess, the more jeopardized you are. The slightest hiccup can ruin you if you have them all.
Thus did newswoman Megyn Kelly lose her NBC show in 2018 for making rather innocuous comments about darkened skin and Halloween costumes, while a couple of months earlier one Sarah Jeong was hired by the New York Times despite having sent vile anti-white tweets (today's résumé enhancers), replacing a white woman fired for, yeah, alleged bigotry. Thus did a hapless Catholic teen become a national symbol of hate for a "Facecrime" while the American Indian left-wing activist with a criminal record who confronted him was portrayed a victim. And thus did the national media beat the "racism" drum after a grown "white Hispanic" man shot a 17-year-old black kid in self-defense, while being silent after a grown black man shot a 17-year-old white kid (who never laid a hand on him) in alleged self-defense.
The leftist Thought Police couldn't care less about prejudice and equality. They're simply informed by and acting upon their own particular vile prejudices and discriminatory standards, which their institutional power gives them the capacity to enforce. This results in whites being demeaned, demoted, derailed, and taken down, while leftists elevate and exalt their preferred bigots, as their cultural revolution continues apace. So forget about getting woke – just wake up.
Contact Selwyn Duke, follow him on Gab (preferably) or Twitter or log on to SelwynDuke.com
© Selwyn Duke
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