White shaming. White man-hating. White apologists. Many of us scratch our heads at the obsession of race and race shaming perpetuated by the left. Why do they feel the need to focus so heavily upon white men? What have white men done to any of them, whoever they are, to foster so much hate and resentment?
Let us not gloss over the western expansion of the United States at the expense of Native Americans, nor shall we ignore our horrendous slavery ridden history. We all understand how disgusting the slaughter of one group of people was, and the inexcusable exercise of human slavery here in the United States. And lest someone scream that, "It was white men who did that," yes, we can all agree that white men were responsible for those heinous acts.
Unfortunately for leftists, we all live in the twenty-first century; over one hundred fifty years since the abolishment of slavery and around the same for the end of the Indian massacres. Why the continued focus on white men then?
Feminists will scream that white men control the workplace, thereby causing a significant pay differential between the sexes (unproven and largely false). Minorities tout white men keeping them from high paying jobs, even when they have similar qualifications and educations. Some of this is true, and as Americans we must continue to push beyond the narrow-minded kaleidoscope of skin color.
But let us get to the real reason the left has chosen white men as the face of evil in our country. The answer is simple if you take a step away from those who live for media sound bites and refuse to think for themselves--money.
White shaming is nothing new in the U.S., but it has become much more prevalent in recent American history. Campaign promises by the previous administration to "spread the wealth" and the passing of the Affordable Care Act required assets to be equitably distributed across all regions and sectors of the American population.
Since whites make up approximately seventy to seventy-five percent of the American population, it's quite easy to understand who is in control of much of the monetary keepings of the country. The shaming of white males is not accidental. If the left could successfully create a surge of anti-whiteness among its most devout loyalists, the ACA, and other tax initiatives would be simple to push through and sustain, at least in their minds.
The problem with this mindset was then presidential nominee Donald J. Trump, whose boisterous attitude and straight-shooting rhetoric promised an end to the social re-engineering project most know as political correctness.
Silencing the majority through shaming, legislation, and liberal judicial rulings has been on the docket of liberals for decades. The plan isn't and wasn't new, but they had no way of moving the agenda forward until President Obama took office and the left controlled both houses of Congress. Obama was quick to take the side of "the victim" in most white on black police encounters, even when evidence showed the officer(s) were without blame.
The theory was that whites should be ashamed of both their forefather's actions, and the current "plight" of minorities across the nation. Branding a white male a racist became cliché over eight years, without thought nor care whether the accusation was right. If the shaming were significant, the left surmised, the money would flow much easier. Guilt, in their thought process, would force white males to open their proverbial wallets to ease the burden of the oppressed.
The problem with this line of thought, however, was that people (white, black, Hispanic, male, female, LGBTQ, etc.) began waking up to what was going on. Three times in President Obama's tenure did he cede large numbers of Congressional and gubernatorial seats. The largest influx of republicans taking over House, Senate and local political seats was unprecedented in American politics. The backlash had begun...
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