Scott Adams is in hot water for responding to a survey in which a significant proportion of black people said "It's not OK to be white." Adams concluded that, with that much animus everywhere, one should "get the hell away from black people." This frank response to a frankly racist sentiment ("It's not OK to be white") strikes some as only logical, but others see it as outright racist, confirming the thoughts of the "not OK to be white" crowd.
Monday, February 27, 2023
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Do you have a link to the original survey?
ReplyDeleteI'll see if I can find it.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you watched the above video, but Scott Adams followed up his "get the hell away from black people" with a "get the fuck away from black people." It's pretty extreme stuff. His point, as he describes it, is that he's tried for years to be helpful to members of the black community, but all he gets in return is being called a racist, bigot, etc. He says he's also tired of watching videos, day after day, of black people beating up non-black people. So, according to him, he's giving up. He deliberately chose a neighborhood with a sparse black population, and, well, I guess that's it for him.
I was pretty harsh, back in the day, when John Derbyshire wrote an article on what a white version of "The Talk" would be like. ("The Talk" refers to that point in a black child's life when the parents spell out the harsh reality of being black in America.) I flat-out accused Derbyshire of racism and essentially boycotted his writings. Should I, to be consistent, do the same for Scott Adams? Or is it possible that Adams and Derbyshire have distinct perspectives?
Note that the video I put up came from the channel Black Conservative Perspective, so it should be obvious that I don't stand with Adams on this. I can't and won't write off all black people as irredeemable because some—or even many—black folks are toxic. How does Adams explain the slow black swing toward support for Trump during Trump's presidency? That, to me, is a sign that things aren't hopeless. I mean, I get Adams's perspective, somewhat, but I can't agree with it. There's too much evidence to the contrary.
Anyway, I'll look for the survey. Maybe Styx has a link; he did a video on Scott Adams, too.
Charles,
ReplyDeleteSee my newest post here.