NRO Investigates Black Unemployment
The NRO decided to do an online symposium on black unemployment after one of their economists wrote an article which concluded that discrimination could play a role in the higher unemployment numbers.
In response, NRO hosted an online “symposium” for “some economics and civil-rights analysts to share their thoughts on the topic.” Their conclusion was that “Discrimination is an insufficient explanation for black unemployment.
Phew! I sure am glad discrimination is not the issue! I was worried for a minute. Take a look at their distinguished panel of experts on the issue of unemployment in the black community.
Tags: Economy, National Review, NRO, Unemployment
Bwah ha ha ha ha ha ha. The sad thing is that they don’t/wont’ get it.
And what the heck is Amity Schlaes doing talking about anybody’s employment? This woman is a pretty damn excellent example of wingnut welfare at work.
Discrimination is not the reason it is higher, but it is a reason. Many people are laid off by first hired, last fired rules. This means that because of past discrimination that a higher percentage of blacks and Latinos have less time on the job. When cuts come, people also tend to keep their personal friends over others.
It is accurate to say that it is not the reason, but some of the other reasons are actually related to hidden discrimination such as the greater likelihood that black youth are more likely to be charged with a felony for the same type crime that a white youth would get a pass on. The employer is not discriminating when he dismisses out of hand a felon, but the legal system did when the public defender didn’t even try to make a deal on a simple possession incident.
If there is no one who has the life experience to know where to look, you won’t see it. That is where diversity in your study group helps you to find the truth.
Another Easter miracle…
WWWWWWHAT?! It’s still not April Fools Day is it?
Damn — that panel is as white as the primetime lineup at MSNBC!
Tea Party Anger Reflects Mainstream Concerns (by Juan Williams)
Wall Street Journal ^ | April 3, 2010 | Juan Williams
There is danger for Democrats in recent attempts to dismiss the tea party movement as violent racists deserving of contempt. Demonizing these folks may energize the Democrats’ left-wing base. But it is a big turnoff to voters who have problems with the Democratic agenda that have nothing to do with racism.
Putting a racial lens on the tea party activists may also help Democrats by painting congressional Republicans into a corner as debate begins on immigration reform. Hispanic voters are going to be looking at Republicans and their tea party supporters for evidence of racism in any effort to block reform.
But Democrats cannot win elections without capturing the votes of independent-minded swing voters. And that is where writing off the tea party as a bunch of racist kooks becomes self-destructive. The tea party outrage over health-care reform, deficit spending and entitlements run amok is no fringe concern. And it is insulting to all voters to suggest that criticism of President Obama, even by people who want to throw him out of office, is motivated by racism.
don’t worry, moonbats are ignoring Juan Williams,
Steve Cohen (D-TN) calls the Tea Partiers racist Nazis.
The Virginian ^ | 4/3/2010 |
Cohen represents a Black district where race baiting is a requirement: [he] introduced the resolution formally apologizing for slavery that recently passed the House, and last year tried to join the Congressional Black Caucus before being rejected on account of insufficient pigmentation.
And one month later in September of 2008, Cohen would practice his own brand of racial demagoguery, comparing a certain modern day former community organizer to Jesus, and a then-governor of Alaska to Pontius Pilate.
Which brings us to Cohen’s latest slur. As with small government Tea Partiers being absurdly compared with totalitarian, Leviathan-welfare state-embracing Nazis.
Note that the two radio jocks take no issue with Cohen’s sliming of middle America. This is your media, America. This is what the Democrats in congress think about you. Remember in November that they hate you, think you are members of a dangerous mob and that you are a Jew hating, racist Nazi.
No, I agree, they’re not Nazis. They’re like the disenfranchised Germans who accepted the presented scapegoats, backed, and allowed the Nazis to take power.
And the reason that the baggers are just “like” instead of “same as” is at least the good Germans were not self-disenfranchised; a considerable amount of the bagger “pain” is self-chosen.
These undereducated, unemployed rubes really just fear losing the only commodity they have left, their whiteness.
Simple. As. That.
And please, fucking end the Ctrl+c/Ctrl+v shit from far-right opinion sites; it’s rather rote.
Frankly, Cohen is an idiot.
“that panel is as white as the primetime lineup at MSNBC”
But, unless one of yours is gay, still not as diverse, despite having twice as many people.
Well, since we are talking about race, your response is a non-sequitur.