If a white nationalist said Black people weren’t rational, couldn’t plan ahead, and couldn’t keep a schedule, we would call him racist before he finished the sentence.
In 2020, the Smithsonian published an infographic that put those very qualities under “White culture.”
I commented on it then. It’s making the rounds again, so I’m saying it again now.
How can we Black people let something like this go unchallenged when our children are the ones who will absorb its message?
The graphic lists objective and rational thinking, cause and effect, quantitative thinking, hard work, self-reliance, planning for the future, delayed gratification, strict schedules, respect for authority, and decision-making as features of “White culture.” It then says that people of color have internalized aspects of that culture.
Think about the implication. These virtues are supposedly foreign to us, and if we value them, we are “acting White.”
I reject that completely.
These are human virtues. People of every skin color need them and are capable of cultivating them if they want to thrive, raise strong families, build businesses, and create better societies.
To the countless Black people who, like me, have always prized hard work, planning, and delayed gratification, this graphic is an insult. It reinforces damaging stereotypes and pushes a victimhood mindset on our youth.
This is racist and ignorant, no matter who approved it.
I’m done with the Smithsonian for this.
Real progress would teach our children that these virtues belong to them too, and that becoming disciplined, thoughtful, and responsible does not make them any less Black.
Anne Hathaway talks about “money and power” as if she’s not one of the highest paid actresses and benefits from pretty privilege. You also don’t have to apologize for being straight, white, rich and beautiful. No one cares.
The survival of our civilization depends on keeping people like the woman on the left from destroying the innovation and sensibility of people like the man on the right.
Israel keeps on hunting down every single terrorist who took part in the massacre on October 7. One by one, they have been going down every day over the last few months. They will be hunted until the end of days. None of them will survive. They will pay for what they have done.
There was never any famine in Gaza. You were sold lies.
The high-quality SMART survey data proves malnutrition rates in Gaza are even lower than before the war.
Blood libel exposed. Case closed.
@miles_commodore I am kind because I want to be kind, regardless of how others act. Then again if I stop my car so you can walk in front of it, and you don’t acknowledge it with a wave, nod, or slight speed up, I’m furious
This lynching of two Jews happened in 2000. The photo of the bloody hands is world famous; it's one of the most recognized photos of the conflict in the modern era. So never forget that a RED HAND pin is a symbol used by "pro-Palestinian" activists in the U.S. since Oct 7th.
This image captures the West’s crisis:
The woman on the left is the disease infecting every Western nation.
Elon Musk is the cure.
Never surrender and keep speaking out.
נרדוף את הטרור בכל מקום. נגיע אל המחבלים, אל שולחיהם ואל ��ל מי שמסייע להם - ונבוא איתם חשבון.
בעקבות פיגועי הטרור ביממה האחרונה, שר הביטחון ישראל כ״ץ ואני הנחינו את צה״ל, לאחר התייעצות עם חברי הקבינט המצומצם וראשי מערכת הביטחון, לנקוט שורת צעדים תקיפים נגד הטרור:
להרוס את בית המחבל שביצע את הפיגוע הבוקר סמוך לכפר תל.
לפעול בעוצמה בכפרים ��מהווים מוקדי טרור, לרבות איסוף נשק ושלילת אישורי עבודה.
לתגבר את כוחותינו ברחבי יהודה ושומרון.
להפריד צירי תנועה ולהציב מחסומים בהתאם לצורכי הביטחון.
להאיץ את הסדרת החוות ואת הקמתן של חוות חדשות.
אני שולח מעומק הלב תנחומים למשפחת מלט, שבנה בניהו נרצח הבוקר בפיגוע הנפשע.
אני מאחל רפואה שלמה לפצועים ומחזק את כוחות הביטחון ואת המתיישבים העומדים באומץ ובנחישות מול הטרור.
אנחנו נאפשר לכוחות הביטחון לפעול בחופשיות ובמלוא העוצמה נגד המחבלים ושולחיהם.
אני קורא לכולם להימנע מכל פעולה שעלולה לפגוע בפעילות כוחותינו או להסיט אותם ממשימתם המרכזית: להגן על א��רחי ישראל ולהכריע את הטרור.