By Paul Weiser
Some weeks ago "Time" magazine let Shelby Steele - critical observer of black race attitudes in America - publish an essay on H. Barak Obama. That "Time" presumably intended a hit on Obama, which then favored Hillary Clinton, doesn't compromise the value of Steele's incisive comments.
Briefly, Steele defines two stances of blacks to whites in America: Bargainer and Challenger. The Bargainer offers absolution for past racial sins in exchange for acceptance; the Challenger demands favors as penalty for those sins. To paraphrase stereotyped conversations, the Bargainer invites whites to admit, "I was wrong," and responds, "I forgive you." The Challenger demands that whites say, "I'm sorry," but always responds, "You're not sorry enough."
For the Bargainer, there is only one grand bargain; for the Challenger there are infinite iterations, leading in due course to whites ignoring him. Then the Challenger cries, "You hate me because I'm black!" To which whites properly respond, if at all,"No, I hate you because you're an a**hole who just screams 'racist' whenever you don't get your way."
Steele identifies Obama as a Bargainer. His promise is that if nominated and elected he'll complete the Bargain by accepting white America's repentance and grant absolution at last. There would then be no more affirmative action quotas, no more Black Caucus, no more racial spoils system: game over, and well over.
The trouble is, even if Obama's sincere he can't deliver. His backers are Challengers and would destroy him - as he'd destroy the Democrat party's vital black voting bloc - if he promised to rescind Executive Orders that impose affirmative action quotas and enforce the racial spoils system. In summary, a Challenger is unelectable, a Bargainer impotent. This being so, black hostility must wither through abortion and other forms of self murder: a sad but good riddance.
None of Your Lib (NOLIB) is a weekly column, appearing
each Monday. Email responses and requests
to Paul Weiser
- be sure to specify in the body of the message that
your mail is to NOLIB. Some past articles are in the
NOLIB archives, and you are also invited to
visit
my home page. All responses
are appreciated,
and may be incorporated into succeeding columns in whole
or in part unless the sender requests otherwise. And of
course, the opinions expressed are those of the columnist and
may
not reflect the views or opinions of gte.net.