White People's Caucus

[Kevin]

Well, at least they are out in the open about it. Maybe we can get a listing of members so we can know which ones are Know Nothings.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5...cal-traditions

Several House Republicans, led by Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) and Paul Gosar (Ariz.), are reportedly forming a caucus that calls for a "common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions."

A policy platform for the group, which calls itself the America First Caucus, declares that "a certain intellectual boldness is needed" in order to "follow in President Trump’s footsteps, and potentially step on some toes and sacrifice sacred cows for the good of the American nation."

The seven-page document, first obtained by Punchbowl News, is explicit in its nativist rhetoric and describes American culture as dominated by "Anglo-Saxon" and European influences.
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"America is a nation with a border, and a culture, strengthened by a common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions. History has shown that societal trust and political unity are threatened when foreign citizens are imported en-masse into a country, particularly without institutional support for assimilation and an expansive welfare state to bail them out should they fail to contribute positively to the country," the platform states.

In a section describing its position on infrastructure, the caucus says it will "work towards an infrastructure that reflects the architectural, engineering and aesthetic value that befits the progeny of European architecture."

[UTAH]

I think the Native Americans found out the hard way where such boldness leads.

Hunter

[Honda]

Extremism is contagious.

[CactusCurt]

The black caucus is bigger.

[Kevin]

Are you equating a nativist caucus to the Congressional Black Caucus? That's silly.

Since its establishment in 1971, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has been committed to using the full Constitutional power, statutory authority, and financial resources of the federal government to ensure that African Americans and other marginalized communities in the United States have the opportunity to achieve the American Dream. As part of this commitment, the CBC has fought for the past 48 years to empower these citizens and address their legislative concerns by pursuing a policy agenda that includes but is not limited to the following:
reforming the criminal justice system and eliminating barriers to reentry;
combatting voter suppression;
expanding access to world-class education from pre-k through post-secondary level;
expanding access to quality, affordable health care and eliminating racial health disparities;
expanding access to 21st century technologies, including broadband;
strengthening protections for workers and expanding access to full, fairly-compensated employment;
expanding access to capital, contracts, and counseling for minority-owned businesses; and
promoting U.S. foreign policy initiatives in Africa and other countries that are consistent with the fundamental right of human dignity.

Contrast that with the goals of a nativist caucus that pushes conspiracy theories about stolen elections, warns that immigration poses an existential threat to the United States, and believes we should focus on white contributions to our history and architecture.

I've heard this sort of argument before, that "Hey, there's a Black Caucus, so we are justified in creating a White Caucus" nonsense. It equates self-help empowerment by a minority which has been a victim of racism with a group dedicated to the norms and ideals that victimized them in the first place. It is bogus argument, much like the one that says that since the NAACP requires its scholarship recipients to be African American, it is a racist organization.

[Honda]

Are you equating a nativist caucus to the Congressional Black Caucus? That's silly.



Contrast that with the goals of a nativist caucus that pushes conspiracy theories about stolen elections, warns that immigration poses an existential threat to the United States, and believes we should focus on white contributions to our history and architecture.

I've heard this sort of argument before, that "Hey, there's a Black Caucus, so we are justified in creating a White Caucus" nonsense. It equates self-help empowerment by a minority which has been a victim of racism with a group dedicated to the norms and ideals that victimized them in the first place. It is bogus argument, much like the one that says that since the NAACP requires its scholarship recipients to be African American, it is a racist organization.

You are correct you can't be a racist unless you are white.

[Kevin]

Just so we are on the same page, Merriam Webster includes this definition:

: the systemic oppression of a racial group to the social, economic, and political advantage of another specifically : white supremacy sense 2 institutional racism


Theoretically, nonwhite ethnic groups in the United States could engage in systemic oppression of whites but historically, that has not happened, so it remains merely a theory.

[TriGuy]

The black caucus is bigger.

That's a really bad pun

[Honda]

That's a really bad pun

I didn't even catch that. Funny as hell.

[UTAH]

Funny as hell.

Agreed.

Hunter

[TriGuy]

maybe not

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/17/polit...cus/index.html

[Honda]

She's a damn idiot

[Sandman]

She's a damn idiot

And.. a "common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions."

How ‘bout if one isn’t Anglo-Saxon”?

Maybe Italian-German? .. Italian-German wouldn’t have a very good historical record, at least in the first half of the 20th century..

And my in my opinion, I don’t know if she is smart.. but she does a lot of things that don’t appear smart to me..

Just my opinion, I could be wrong..