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The Spectacle Blog
I was reading a piece in Real Clear Politics by Erin McPike concerning Mitt Romney’s recent campaigning in Ohio and came across this passage:
Of course, his audiences here (Troy, Ohio) and in Brunswick and Newark, Ohio, and in each of his stops along the way, weren’t particularly diverse. They were middle-aged and older white suburbanites, as opposed to some of the larger and more eclectic crowds that Obama can attract on college campuses and in urban areas.
Ah yes, the crowds that come to see Romney speak aren’t diverse enough for Ms. McPike’s liking. Middle-aged and white suburbanites apparently can’t be eclectic. This line of argument reminds me of people who complain about the Tea Party being too white. Well, it’s good to know that Tea Partiers and now people who attend Romney rallies are being judged by the color of their skin instead of the content of their character. As for McPike, I suppose her idea of diversity are unkempt Occupiers who are white and plan to vote for Obama in November.
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jppcanton| 6.20.12 @ 5:44PM
The New York, LA, Wash DC media elite will not be satisfied until native born White Americans are about 10% of the population. That's what continued mass immigration is designed for - to displace native born Americans with more "pliable" foreigners/immigrants.
Paul McGrath| 6.20.12 @ 6:03PM
Another example of the point Jeffrey Lord has been making on these pages for several months: every issue the left looks at is through the prism of race.
Al Adab| 6.20.12 @ 6:07PM
The crowds are very diverse. There are Mormons and non-mormons; there are men and womern; rich and poor; there are young and old; hecklers and listeners; businessmen and workers. All of us have a stake in this election. I overlook racial and ethnic diferences as to notice them would make me racist would it not?
CJW| 6.20.12 @ 6:24PM
Al Adab
The Left views diversity only as differences in skin color, but demands uniformity in beliefs.
redwolf6911| 6.20.12 @ 9:47PM
Unlike Ms. McPike, I am older, Native American, and am likely considered too white and not diverse enough. She seems to think a better class of people voted for Obama. My opinion is that NO one in their right mind would vote for Obama.
JD| 6.21.12 @ 11:37AM
That more minorities vote for Obama reflects poorly on minorities.
JD| 6.21.12 @ 11:46AM
The Left has a self-contradictory position regarding "diversity" in several ways. We all know that while they obsess over diversity of race, they hate diversity of opinion. But there's more.
They insist that there is no correlation between race and merit, yet also insist that diversity is a merit. This is a contradiction. How can we be better off having diversity than not having diversity if no race is implicitly better at anything than any other race? The idea that one white guy and one black guy are better than two white guys or two black guys suggests that the white guy and the black guy bring different skills to the table, and you're better off having both of them. But if that's the case, then when you only want one person, it would make sense to choose based on the unique skills a particular race apparently has!
The idea of diversity being a merit REQUIRES the belief that different races are better at different things.
Racial diversity has no true merit. Its only value is that it is proof that a group is NOT racially discriminatory - which is what the Left really wants it for (either that, or they just want to discriminate against whites). But the idea that one needs to prove that one is NOT racist by going out of one's way to associate with other races runs contrary to America's "innocent until proven guilty" ideal.