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Stranger in a strange land

September 3, 2008 - 4:46 pm - by Richard Fernandez
Nine-of-Diamonds
2008-09-04 23:21:55

“They continually vote for people who are Socialist rot like Obama, until the point when things get so bad that the wolves are at the door (i.e. the Dinkins administration) and then they go begging for a Rethuglican to save them (Rudi), and he DOES save them and they thank him by calling him Adolph Giuliani.”

@peterike: Several years ago, Giuliani pointedly emphasized to a group of journalists that police-involved shootings had actually declined under his leadership. Coincidentally, electing a White Republican led to saturation coverage of the smaller number of abuses that DID occur. As time goes on I’ve become more convinced that many minorities (and quite a few White leftists) are perfectly content with violence and a lower standard of living, so long as those in positions of authority are wearing the right skin color.

And Mad Fiddler, if you were referring to my 10:24 post, “Magic Negro” is not intended to be just a cute nickname; it is a reference to the cultural phenomenon David Ehrenstein identified In short, guilt-stricken whites project quasi-supernatural attributes on a benevolent, non-threatening minority:

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-ehrenstein19mar19,0,5335087.story?coll=la-opinion-center