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Israel/Zionism See other Israel/Zionism Articles Title: Donald Trump, Judge Curiel, and (((Mean Tweets))): The Reality of Ethnic Identification in Multicultural America Donald Trump, Judge Curiel, and (((Mean Tweets))): The Reality of Ethnic Identification in Multicultural America by Dr. Kevin MacDonald Strong ethnic identifications for non-Whites remain controversial in multi- cultural America. On the cuckservative right, such identifications are half- heartedly condemned because they like to imagine that an ideal America should be blind to ethnicity as a way of justifying their non-opposition to massive non-White immigration (“after all, they’re just like us”) and their own lack of identification as Whites — even though this is a sure-fire recipe for White oblivion in the long run. The intellectual gyrations on the left are even more laughable: They encourage non-Whites to have strong ethnic identifications and to organize to pursue their interests. In fact, such identifications are the key to success in a wide range of fields, certainly including academia, the law, and politics, and there are plenty of well-paying jobs running ethnic activist organizations. Being known as an ethnic activist and being a member of ethnic activist organizations are keys to advancement. For the MSM and the rest of the left, seeing things from an ethnic perspective is a positive virtue for non-Whites. So it’s not surprising that, as Peter Brimelow notes, Sonia Sotomayor’s “wise Latina” comment was not sufficient to derail her appointment to the Supreme Court and indeed was applauded by the elite media. So making decisions based on ethnic identity is just fine. But the entire establishment is speaking with one voice that strong ethnic identifications could not possibly be a factor in how a federal judge would rule in a case involving Donald Trump. Presenting herself as a “wise Latina” was just fine for Sotomayor, but now that Donald Trump has raised the issue, the very thought that a Latino judge might be influenced by his ethnicity and therefore have it in for Trump is just another example of Trump’s supposed “racism.” The fact is that Judge Gonzalo Curiel is a member of the La Raza Lawyers of San Diego, and he appointed the Robbins Geller law firm, which donated $673,000 to Hillary Clinton, to represent plaintiffs. As this Daily Caller article makes clear, the La Raza Lawyers of San Diego is a Latino activist group that, for example, gives scholarships to illegal aliens and has ties to the National Council of La Raza. Given Curiel’s ethnic involvement, it is reasonable to suppose that his ethnic heritage would incline him to do everything he can to harm Trump’s candidacy — that he is a typical ethnic minority who identifies with the Democratic Party and its rainbow coalition of aggrieved minorities. Trump, after all, has famously said things that Mexican activists don’t like. And given how politicized the Obama administration is on such things, it would be shocking if Curiel’s ethnic identification was not in his favor when he was appointed to the Federal judiciary. Despite the continued racialization of American politics (which has reached its apogee this election year), the proper thing to do is to continue to pledge allegiance to the comforting fictions that allow Americans to think that their society hasn’t been fundamentally transformed by post-1965 immigration — including the fiction that all these immigrants will be good republican, democratic individualists just like us. So of course Republicans as well as Democrats feigned horror at Trump’s comments (e.g., “Senior Republicans criticize Trump’s remarks on Hispanic judge“). When individuals with these strong ethnic identifications — individuals whose entire careers are built around their ethnic identity — get into positions of power, we are supposed to believe that they suddenly transform themselves into models of ethnic fairness. When they ascend to positions of power, they are not at all influenced by their ethnic identifications. Somehow Sonia Sotomayor’s comment is brushed off as irrelevant. It’s no surprise that the neocons have been particularly outraged — and transparently hypocritical. Jennifer Rubin, who is nothing if not ethnically committed, is typical: Jennifer Rubin @JRubinBlogger Trump: Judge has ‘absolute conflict’ because of ‘Mexican heritage’ washex.am/1XUqtgB truly disgusting — would bar minority judges My Twitter response: Kevin MacDonald @TOOEdit Rubin, who is obsessed with furthering her own ethnic interests, thinks it’s disgusting when Trump notices others do I say that because the neocons have been engaged in this charade for their entire careers: presenting themselves as principled conservatives while aggressively pursuing the interests of Israel. As the linked article documents, many have family ties to Israel and are on a first-name basis with Israeli leaders; there have been numerous allegations of spying on behalf of Israel, and many have formal ties to pro-Israel organizations. They also have a history of advocating for the same liberal / left social policies championed by the organized Jewish community, including displacement-level non-White immigration. But of course, calling attention to Jewish identification and providing evidence that their identification influences their behavior is seen by many Jews and the organized Jewish community as egregious anti-Semitism. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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