{"id":40329,"date":"2021-07-01T10:51:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T14:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/?p=40329"},"modified":"2021-07-01T12:06:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T16:06:04","slug":"racism-for-racial-harmony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2021\/07\/01\/racism-for-racial-harmony\/","title":{"rendered":"Racism in the Name of Racial Harmony?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Noting that the leftist grip on the culture creates \u201cprivilege for some\u201d in America, Project 21<\/a> Co-Chairman Horace Cooper<\/a> laid the blame for current racial problems, and the chaos created by them, at the feet of progressive protesters and their supporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s racism that Americans just won\u2019t do,\u201d Horace said, citing the lengths to which the left goes to stir up tensions. \u201cSo progressives have stepped up to create it, to fabricate it and even to commit it in the name of racial harmony.\u201d<\/p>\n

Horace pointed this out to Judge Jeanine Pirro, who was guest-hosting for the Fox News Channel program \u201cThe Ingraham Angle.\u201d Citing the extent of the damage being created by these actions, he added:<\/p>\n

We\u2019re never gonna get to where we should be if the racial arsonists today continue their work.<\/p>\n

The progressives have got to stop blaming America, stop dividing America. Let\u2019s all sit down. Let\u2019s relax. And let\u2019s stop letting those that would divide us on racial lines win the day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One of the examples discussed by Horace and Judge Jeanine was a lawsuit<\/a> brought against the city government and police in Santa Monica, California by the Los Angeles chapter of the Black Lives Matter movement. The class-action suit alleges that the police focused too much on the \u201cpeaceful assemblies\u201d protesting the death of George Floyd. The lawsuit alleges mistreatment of protesters, while at the same time blaming the police for allowing looting and mayhem to take place. Horace commented:<\/p>\n

Here we have this case where the insurance industry reports nearly $2 billion<\/a> worth of damage was done by these so-called mostly peaceful protesters. And rather than acknowledge how violent they were, how outrageous their actions were, how damaging their acts were to the community \u2013 they\u2019re turning around and suing.<\/p>\n

This is remarkable! They\u2019ve already sued Los Angeles, and now we\u2019re gonna see it in Santa Monica as well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thankfully, Horace doesn\u2019t foresee the case going very far in court. \u201cOnly if there\u2019s a settlement,\u201d he said, \u201cis there any merit to any potential for any victory here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another topic that the two addressed was the University of North Carolina granting\u00a0tenure<\/a> to New York Times<\/em> writer Nikole Hannah-Jones. Originally offered a five-year contract instead of lifetime tenure, and despite the fact that her \u201c1619 Project\u201d work was criticized<\/a> by historians and corrected<\/a> by her editors, she was eventually offered tenure after groups like the NAACP demanded more.<\/p>\n

Horace said that the trustees\u2019 move to renegotiate the original offer shows that meritocracy is no longer the motivating factor in establishment decision-making:<\/p>\n

[I]n the case of UNC, it is remarkable that bullying\u2026, by the Black Lives Matter movement and by the progressive left, is actually what ends up getting tenure for people today, instead of allowing the real process to go by when we evaluate their work, we look at their merits.<\/p>\n

And in this particular case, there\u2019s no merit. There\u2019s no room for scholarship. But that\u2019s how it should be done. But bullying is instead gonna carry the day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Judge Jeanine remarked: \u201cIt seems the real privilege isn\u2019t white privilege, but liberal privilege.\u201d Horace replied, \u201cAbsolutely right, Judge.\u201d<\/p>\n