Revised and originally
published 4.25.2008
There are
several variants of racism that infect or influence our societies that are
politically and socially useful to gain power and are essentially universal in
application and theory. All defined social
and political groups practice overt racism. The definitions of racism are
always self-serving, frequently self-laudatory, and have no general definition
or universal application other than to enhance the powers of its designers or
allies and/or heaping ridicule upon opponents for political gain. The current definitions
seem to imply an inherent imbalance of power among several groups, defined in
detail by the definer, which is self-serving. Thus, the ‘rich’ are rich because
they robed the ‘poor.’ Any observed or perceived imbalance serves as a proof of
guilt and social or economic misconduct. An excellent example of this is the
use of the term McCarthyism [1]
which first justifies and then reverses the direction of the smear tactics used
against the 50s era senator and is now universally used in a blanket mode to
reproach criticism of the left or as a attack mechanism against their right-wing
enemies. McCarthy was first smeared and then labeled as the smearer. McCarthyism
was an expeditious political construct designed to stop his investigations of
the Executive Branch, mostly the Department of State. He terminated the careers
of several communist sympathizers[2]
and was a threat to both Republicans and
Democrats of the Eisenhower and Truman administrations. Similarly, if an actual crook, such as Mumia
Abu-Jamal[3],
is properly termed a crook this might just be mechanically labeled as an
example of acute McCarthyism or racism. Mumia is considered an intellectual and
a freedom fighter by many. His innocence is blindly accepted by millions. Facts
are irreverent in politics.
In conducting an
historical study on this topic we can identity no isolated regions in this
world, nor are there any known slots of provable history, when the predominance
of the practices of prejudice and racism were not found to be intrinsic
components of the firmament of our nations, tribes, political groups and clans.
Tribalism as practiced in the ancient world, the clans of China India Scotland Africa and with the Native Americans in the Western Hemisphere [and everywhere else] are prime
examples of how groups respond and react to different groups with fixed views
and carefully structured feelings. Political parties in the US
Kant’s
description of a “Categorical Imperative “is very instructive in this search
for a better term, because in that definition the outcome of the imperative is
predetermined to be essentially ‘good.’ Ferreting out racists is good; racism
is bad. An accusation of racism directed at some political target thus magically
absolves the accuser of the identical blemish and instills a feeling of self
goodness and a social superiority because a ‘racist’ has been properly
identified and exposed. This process differs significantly from hypocrisy and
is not really even remotely related in practice. Tossing the racist labels
toward your enemies endears you to your friends and gives comfort to your
group. Hypocrisy cuts through groups in a different dimension.
A reading of the
Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E.
Lawrence gives us an insight into tribalism in the Arab Revolt of 1917–18
during World War 1 in North Africa . Here the
assembled tribes were fighting a near hopeless war against the Turks and
Germans yet the combatants prioritized the legions of ancient tribal hatreds
among themselves over the common effort to contest their mutual enemy. The
slightest incident between different tribal members would rekindle the fires of
tribal hatred dating back centuries. Such a trivial episode might provoke an
instant battle among members of different tribes and create new and fresh
reasons for inventing new vendettas. Lawrence himself had to ‘solve’ a problem
of an inter-tribal killing in his military group by executing the guilty person
who murdered a member of a different tribe. This death sentence was mandated by
the aggregate tribal notion that the guilty person must, indeed, be executed, but that his own tribe would not
do this and any other tribal member who was willing to bring justice to the
crime would merely generate another reason for future retaliation. A solution
was needed. Lawrence
We can inspect
the varied definitions of racism, ideological racism, and intuitional
racism developed by David Duke, Pol
Pot, Nelson Mandela, Tojo, Stokely Carmichael, Karl Marx, Joe Stalin, John
Kerry, Eldridge Cleaver, Bull Connors, Bill Moyers, Angela Davis, Osama bin
Laden, the Clintons[5]
[6],
Barack Obama[7],
James Carville, Louis Farrakhan[8],
Quannel X[9],
Geraldine Ferraro[10],
Jeremiah Wright, Adolph Hitler, J. J Rousseau, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and many
others. There is little to say about the absence
of racism in any of its variants in our society. There is much to say about how
political groups employ racism to advantage and that prompts us to seek a
better definition of the process. Many
of the struggles to successfully employ racism are fraught with political complications
and leaders must be concerned with the crafting of new ways in which to attack
ideological and political enemies. Neophytes who practice overt racism by
criticizing other presumed racists are astonished to hear that their comments
might be prime examples of overt racism and retort with anger and frustration
and fear. Geraldine Ferraro suffers from this condition. The accusations hurled
at others announcing a perceived usage of overt racism are structured such that
there must no acceptable response by their opponents in liberal circles. “They”
are racists—“we” are not. Thus, the
control of ideological racism is ‘owned’ by the left, so far. [11]The
emergence of Jeremiah Wright as a national advocate of rabid racism may revolutionize
this balance in the future. He is a true racist, non repentant in all
variations, and his followers, parishioners and admirers must grovel and grope
to explain away his overt racism. He is an important political asset to
liberals. They must conjure up notions and cite practices based in history or
during various contemporary oppressions or employ other clumsy excuses that
shield Wright from his racist image and performances. Those who support Wright
are thus racists under the definition of the new word coined here. The
subliminal force operating here works to reinforce and exploit racism for power
and other gains and not to eliminate
such tactics. Those on a crusade to eliminate racism are racists solely if they
must only attack opponents of a different skin color. Those who complain about
the high violent crime rates in inner cities are labeled as racists because the
majority of crimes committed are by African-Americans and our prisons are half
filled with minorities. Minority crime rates are excused by other groups as
being a result of institutional racism. This observation is also useful for tagging
whites as racists because of the low incidence of incarcerated white felons
based on the higher white fraction of our population.
Therefore, we must
conclude that any and all groups, political or not, employ metered variants of
racism, hatred, prejudice and bigotry as necessary cooperative elements within
their local societies. This produces an expedient ‘us’ versus ‘them’
mentality in any randomly chosen camp that is easily reciprocalilzed by disparate
groups. Such views solidify the camaraderie within groups and lead to mutual admiration
and fraternalism. The leftists, for example, have used McCarthyism as a vulgar
epithet to categorize and demonize their political enemies on the right
although the liberals in Congress were the ones who used the smear tactics
first with the lying barnstormer Millard Tydings[12] and others.[13]
The right wing, as a counter example, has successfully cobbled the works of the
US
As such, there
is no coherent definition of racism that makes any sense inside or even outside
of the usual itinerary of politics, tribalism or bigotry. I suggest the new
word cryptomisoxeny[15],
which is derived from the Greek term for hidden [crypto] and the new word misoxeny[16],
meaning a hatred of strangers. Here the deeply-imbedded and self-inflicted
delusion that you really hate some group or person [for any reason] is masked
by a subconscious mental condition. This mental condition automatically exonerates
the group that is actually afflicted with the disease of racism and falsely signals
the brain that the opposite is actually true. Hate, thusly, is converted to love. More, an external hatred creates love, respect
and tranquility within the group when cryptomisoxeny is exercised. We
can all feel very good about hating our enemies if we just avoid saying so in
public. In private, within the group, we can celebrate out moral superiority.
Thus, a given
political group can say that they are not haters or racists while accusing
others of the same sociological defects that they display. For example the
University of Delaware may consider itself a non-racist entity and announce
they are a pillar of intellectualism when they claim that “All white people are racists.“[17]
The problem is hence solved in the customary political manner. The opposite statement
that: “All black
people are racists “is considered racist by the left although it is
an equivalent [although not an accurate] statement. Only a convenient
definition of discrimination allows this process to be one-sided. This problem
must be aired in public.
The current
political practice of overt racism is multidimensional charade born of
intrinsic hatred and reeking of tribalism, the social defect that has destroyed
African and the Middle East . A term like cryptomisoxeny [n. The subconscious and delusionary
practice of covert hatred toward other groups who differ in color, ethnic,
racial, political or economic views. This word is probably pronounced
krypto-mis-ox-eny, in my first attempt] should be used to describe this repulsive
practice and destabilize some of the racist pillars which prop up such groups. Finally, those who would introduce
racial issues into the current political contest, such as the Clintons and
Obama, and emphasize that this is not
racism may be conveniently categorized as cryptomisoxenists. McCain is silent on this matter so
far. This does not hold for many of his supporters, however.
The contemporary
antics and definitions of racism are just plain phony. That is how politics
operates, but we all can see that racial discrimination is a major component of
political success. Hate harvests votes and racial hatred keeps individuals safe
and happy in political fortresses. In today’s article entitled Hillary Clinton's racist appeal [18]
we read that 20% of voters interviewed in the PA exit polls admitted they would
not vote for a black.
“Many Americans talk a good game when it
comes to race and equality but they are still bubbas in
their hearts and minds and bubbas hate and distrust anything that ain't lily white and just like themselves.
And those racists are gathering around
their candidate of choice: a bleached blond
carpetbagger who adapts herself to whatever political environment it
takes to win an election.”
Contrast this
comment with Reverend Jeremiah Wrights rants. There is little practical difference. Missing,
of course, are the polls that report how blacks or Asians or Hispanics would
base their votes on the Obama candidacy? Where are the polls that might show that many
blacks would vote for a black candidate in preference to a white, Asian or
Hispanic? Where is the gringo effect
in US politics? Those who would vote ‘for’ a minority candidate in preference
to a white suffer from the same prejudice and are hence cryptomisoxenists along with the rest of society. The dichotomy occurs because of the
way people of certain ethnic groups are trained. The concept of the secret
ballot muddies the analysis of such actions.
I have to agree
with H. L. Mencken that it is a miracle that our society has survived with this
social defect. It is astonishing that we have functioning indoor plumbing and
can eat at McDonalds without warfare breaking out at the soda bar. The most
interesting aspect of cryptomisoxeny is
that it is subconscious social disorder and a conditioned reflexive attribute of
human personality. The only reason
that white people don’t publicly denounce others because of skin color is that
it is now unlawful and impolite. Black people, however, may do so. So can Asians and Hispanics and Native
Americans. So, we conceal racism under social and political barriers while we
struggle to broadcast to the world that we must rise above racism. Such is the
farce we labor under.
People may suffer
the common fantasy that they see things as an objective observer, but following
Kant [19]they
actually modify and fit their observations into fixed mental compartments
because they cannot remain objective. Thus, the political observer interjects
political precepts and predetermined outcomes into whatever he sees and reports
his analysis of the incident by thinking backward to the base propaganda of his
training. We see this all the time in the New York Times. [20]
[21]
This leads to a prediction
for November: if cryptomisoxeny is
practiced as usual, and this will probably never change, then Senator Obama
will lose the election because many white and Asian groups who refuse to vote
for a black person will, obviously, not do so. Hispanics will be split in a
similar ratio. Other excuses for not voting for Obama will be proffered such as
liberal extremism, taxes and the War on Terrorism will be invoked. Thus, McCain
wins.
Identity politics, driven by
cryptomisoxeny, thus generates the deciding votes.
rycK
Comments: ryckki@gmail.com
[1] The Universality of
McCarthyism and the Political Diodic Effect.
Posted
by rycK on Tuesday, February
26, 2008 1:54:55 PM
[2] Friends
of Dean Acheson and others.
[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumia_Abu-Jamal
[4] The Greatest Thinkers by
Edward de Bono , Putnam, 1976 p 120
[5] http://supertuesdayblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/president-bill-clinton-says-the-obama-campaign-played-the-race-card-on-him/.
“President Bill Clinton says the Obama campaign “played the race card” on him”
[6]
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/04/24/clyburn-blacks-incensed-over-bill-clintons-statements/
[7] The Race Wars are On:
Obama Sends His Party into the Dumpster.
Posted
by rycK on Wednesday, March
26, 2008 2:26:33 PM
[9] Racist remnant of the
Black Panther Party.
[10] Ferraro Resents Being
Called a Racist?? Has She Forgotten How to Play the Game?
Posted
by rycK on Thursday, March
20, 2008 5:53:58
[11] The Mystical Adoration
of Racism by the Media.
Posted
by rycK on Thursday, March
20, 2008 9:47:10 AM
The
Old Red Lady of the Old Gray Lady Stooges for Latent Racism.
[12] He produced a record on
Congressional Hill that he said had some of Joe McCarthy’s speeches on it and
was forced to admit later, under oath, that the record was blank.
[13] Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America
[14] A process that works
only in one direction as an electronic diode conducts electrons only in one
direction.
[15] A new word.
[16]
http://glossaryhesperado.blogspot.com/2007/01/misoxeny.html
[17]
http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/10/31/all-white-people-are-racists/
[18] http://www.capitolhillblue.com/cont/node/6614.
“Exit polls from Tuesday's Pennsylvania
[19] The Greatest Thinkers
Ibid.
[20] Debunking
the New York Time’s Mythical Debunking of the Reagan Myth, a New Lesson In
Propaganda.
http://rycksrationalizations.townhall.com/g/1a8b21b3-4d72-4558-bece-fce7920b4d13
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