One more time: there is no such thing as a "Black Job," Donald
The Times, the Post, and other media mainstays have lost their way
Issue #672 The Choice, Thursday, July 18, 2024
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Once upon a time not too long ago on June 28 when the President of the United States debated a convicted rapist, he admittedly had a bad night. Many members of the media who are programmed never to admit that they may have screwed up – or are chasing the wrong damned story – still refuse to let that go. Acting like Chicken Little on steroids, to the point where even Chicken Little himself would be like, “WTF, guys?”
But what these guys seem not to remember – or to ignore, or maybe they just didn’t see it in the midst of their Joe-is-gonna-die-soon-therefore-we-must-alert-the-nation panic, is that the convicted rapist didn’t have such a stellar night either. Some might even say an alarmingly bad night.
Just as an example – and oh there were so many – Trump said this, as reported by NBC News:
"They're taking Black jobs now and it could be 18, it could be 19 and even 20 million people," former President Donald Trump said in the debate Thursday about the role immigrants play in the U.S. economy. "They're taking Black jobs, and they're taking Hispanic jobs, and you haven't seen it yet, but you're going to see something that's going to be the worst in our history."
Since that time, there has been some…let’s say confusion, about what exactly was the rapist referring to when he was talking about “Black jobs” and “Hispanic jobs”. Because until the rapist took such pains to warn us all about the potential dangers of immigrants and the imminent threat they posed to America, not any of us were aware that this was an actual classification. We always knew that there were jobs like lawyers, doctors, carpenters, teachers, and that sort of thing. You know, jobs. But most of us didn’t even know there was such a thing as a Black job or a Hispanic job, which is probably why we didn’t know those jobs were at risk.
Well, a few nights ago, President Biden paid a visit to the NAACP’s National Convention. He had an answer:
"Folks I know what a Black job is. It’s the Vice President of the United States!" he shouted, as cheers erupted for about 10 seconds. "I know what a Black job is — the first Black president in American history, Barack Obama!"
Game. Set. Match.
Because if George Stephanopolous and Lester Holt, two of the media’s biggest big-wig reporters, don’t think this is worth reporting, then maybe it’s up to the rest of us to pay attention to everything else that is going on. And by that, I mean not just the news they are trying to create by hammering on the president in a useless attempt to try and trick him into stepping aside from the campaign on camera so that they can claim they saved America from a senior citizen who has delivered one of the most successful presidencies in modern history and cleared the path for a convicted rapist. Because make no mistake, that is what happens if Biden steps out of the race which, of course, he won’t.
Not because of ego but because he knows what all of us who have been paying attention realize: that for Biden to step out of the race now would be close to a dereliction of duty.
The rapist’s take on Black and Hispanic jobs would be comical if it weren’t so telling about how he views America – and Americans. White people are on top, and darker-skinned people are on the bottom. It’s just that clear, and it’s the America he plans to bring back if re-elected.
Not that everything is racially wonderful now, but if you don’t think it’s better now than what it once was, just ask a non-white person who was actually there. Or maybe read a book about it.
The best America – and the only acceptable America – is where we all can rise as high as our talents will take us. Where there is no such thing as a job set aside for a certain race of people – like it was during slavery when picking cotton for white masters was most certainly a Black job.
We have a choice. But then again, we really don’t.
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