Comments by "Itinerant Patriot" (@itinerantpatriot1196) on "Here's Why Racism is Complicated..." video.

I like Jordan and admire the way he works through a problem but sometimes he over thinks a thing. In this case, perhaps it's cultural on his part. Mr. McWhorter hit upon a fundamental truth and it's nowhere near as complicated as Jordan makes it out to be. There is a certain class of leaders within the black community who don't want to move on because their livelihood is tied into keeping the struggle alive. When race pimps like Jesse Jackson scream "it's another Selma," he doesn't believe that. But it pays well. And kids who perform poorly are, in many instances, living down to the expectations set for them. Single parent homes have been the norm rather than the exception in the black community for decades and that more than any other variable has stifled their growth. But you can't speak out against the single black mother because in the matriarchy that has been imposed on the culture they hold a special status. It is to the point now where men are no longer expected to play a role. But if you point this out you are called a bigot or worse. And a lot of black kids who excel in school are bullied and teased. I know because I went to mostly black schools and saw it first hand. It's especially true for boys. Girls are given a pass but there is a war on boys in this culture unlike anything that has occurred in the past and boys in the black community are under assault from the people who claim to be on their side. The same is true for white boys. The old messages of Jim Crowe are alive and well because they serve a purpose for those who don't want the food fight to end. They misuse terms like systemic and institutional racism and convince young people that the game is rigged against them. I had a conversation with a bright young friend of mine about systemic racism and she told me it is everywhere. I asked her to define systemic racism and after she fumbled around for a bit she basically described racism at an individual level, saying that as long as people have racist views the system will always be racist since people make up the system. I tried to point out the fallacy of her circular logic and told her the actual definition of systemic racism but she insisted her version, the one fed her by her lefty friends, was correct. I could never break that wall. The hijacking of language and the brainwashing of the young is what is at work here. It has nothing to do with notions of virtue. It is simply a case of a lie being told long enough that it gets accepted as truth. Until that changes, until people wake up and see that they are being lied to, nothing will change. It's a story as old as the Allegory of the Cave. Bottom line, there are people who profit a great deal from keeping these racial divisions alive and as long as they have the megaphone, it will never change. That's not complicated Jordan, it's simple human nature. But that's me.
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