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RACIAL DISPARITY/RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

Wednesday, March 13th, 2024

 

This  madness of racial disparity is the result of racial discrimination will only lead to  a further rapid decline of our country.    Nancy  

FEBRUARY 2024 | VOLUME 53, ISSUE 2

Disparate Impact Thinking Is Destroying Our Civilization

Heather Mac Donald

Manhattan Institute

Heather Mac Donald is the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal. She earned a B.A. from Yale University, an M.A. in English from Cambridge University, and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. She writes for several newspapers and periodicals, including The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and The New Criterion, and is the author of several books, including The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe and When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives.

The following is adapted from a talk delivered on February 15, 2024, at a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar in Naples, Florida.

The most consequential falsehood in American public policy today is the idea that any racial disparity in any institution is by definition the result of racial discrimination.

If a cancer research lab, for example, does not have 13 percent black oncologists—the black share of the national population—it is by definition a racist lab that discriminates against competitively qualified black oncologists; if an airline company doesn’t have 13 percent black pilots, it is by definition a racist airline company that discriminates against competitively qualified black pilots; and if a prison population contains more than 13 percent black prisoners, our law enforcement system is racist.

The claim that racial disparities are proof of racial discrimination has been percolating in academia and the media for a long time. After the George Floyd race riots of 2020, however, it was adopted by America’s most elite institutions, from big law and big business to big finance. Even museums and orchestras took up the cry.

Many thought that STEM—the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—would escape the diversity sledgehammer. They were wrong. The American Medical Association today insists that medicine is characterized by white supremacy. Nature magazine declares that science manifests one of “humankind’s worst excesses”: racism. The Smithsonian Institution announces that “emphasis on the scientific method” and an interest in “cause and effect relationships” are part of totalitarian whiteness.

As a result of this falsehood, we are eviscerating meritocratic and behavioral standards in accordance with what is known as “disparate impact analysis.”

 

Consider medicine. Step One of the medical licensing exam, taken during or after the second year of medical school, tests medical students’ knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathology. On average, black students score lower on the grading curve, making it harder for them to land their preferred residencies. Step One, in other words, has a “disparate impact” on black medical students. The solution, implemented last year, was to eliminate the Step One grading disparity by instituting a pass–fail system. Hospitals choosing residents can no longer distinguish between high and low achieving students—and that is precisely the point!

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HOW REPUBLICS END

Wednesday, February 21st, 2024

 

How Republics End

AMAC Exclusive – By Walter Samuel  Walter Samuel is the pseudonym of a prolific international affairs writer and academic. He has worked in Washington as well as in London and Asia, and holds a Doctorate in International History.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

“Welcome as the death of Nero had been in the first burst of joy, yet it had not only roused various emotions in Rome, among the Senators, the people, or the soldiery of the capital, it had also excited all the legions and their generals; for now had been divulged that secret of the empire, that emperors could be made elsewhere than at Rome.”

Thus the Roman historian Tacitus reflected on the events of 69 AD, the Year of Four Emperors, where first the Praetorian Guard, then the armies on the Rhine, and finally the armies in Judea foisted emperors on the Roman Senate and people. It was a year when the unthinkable became thinkable.

As Tacitus notes, there had been no physical force that could have stopped a Roman army from marching on Rome and installing its own emperor other than the actions of a different Roman army. But prior to 69 AD, it never occurred to the soldiers that they could dictate orders to Rome rather than the other way around, and generals sent to the frontiers saw it as exile from the center of political power rather than an opportunity.

From 69 AD onwards, however, every Roman general would view marching on Rome as a possible contingency, and every emperor would have to consider that possibility whenever appointing, removing, or managing military appointments. Once the “secret of empire,” as Tacitus termed it, was out, there was no going back. A psychological Rubicon — not a legal or geographical one — had been crossed, and the  actual balance of power within the Roman state had shifted forever.

On February 16, Donald Trump was found guilty of fraudulently inflating earnings by Judge Arthur Engoron, barred from doing business in the state of New York for three years, and ordered to pay $354 million. Because of a quirk of New York state law, which allows for the penalty to begin accruing interest from the time charges are brought rather than from conviction, the actual sum may be closer to $450 million.

Notably, Donald Trump was not found guilty by a jury of his peers. There was no jury, and the judge sat on his own. The charges themselves were not brought by wronged parties as is typical in a civil suit, but by the Attorney General of New York State, Letitia James, who had campaigned on a platform of explicitly targeting Donald Trump.

For many Americans, the politicalized nature of the proceedings is self-evident. For others, the trial represented a long-overdue act of justice and a recognition that ‘no one is above the law’. Whether that justice relates to the technical charges behind the case or a more cosmic desire to punish Donald Trump for winning in 2016, and everything they blame him for that followed, varies from person to person. The irony is that if there is one point almost everyone agrees upon, it is that the entire process of prosecuting Donald Trump is an inherently political act.

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VIDEO – SENATOR TED CRUZ ON MARIA BARTIROMO’S SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES SUNDAY

Monday, February 19th, 2024

 

VIDEO – SUNDAY MORNING WITH MARIA BARTIROMO  FEBRUARY 18, 2024 
Senator Ted Cruz is dynamite !
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VICTOR DAVIS HANSON – THE TRUMP TRIALS

Tuesday, January 30th, 2024

 

How the Dems and Deep State must fear Trump and we the people who stand behind him  to go to such lengths to persecute him ! The more they persecute him, the stronger we support him as we know they would go after us too if they could.  Just ask the January 6 prisoners how the  judicial system treated them .    Nancy
Victor Davis Hanson
@VDHanson
83 million?
Donald Trump in furor stormed out of a New York courtroom for a while, in the defamation suit brought by author and dating/boyfriend/sex-advice columnist E. Jean Carroll.
It was just settled against Trump for $83.3 million! The Carroll suit was largely subsidized by Reid Hoffman the billionaire capitalist, and mega-donor to the Democratic Party and leftwing causes.
The subtext of Trump’s rage, aside from the outrageous monetary size of the defamation ruling, is that he was facing—and angered—a leftwing claimant, a quite hostile leftwing judge, and a leftwing New York jury.
The civil suit serves as a mere preview of four additional leftwing criminal prosecutions, leftwing judges, and leftwing juries to come—all on charges that would never had been filed if Trump either had not run for president or been a liberal progressive.
Yet here we are.
The E. Jean Carroll case is the most baffling of all five. She, the alleged victim, did not remember even the year in which the purported sexual assault took place, nearly three decades ago. Observers have pointed out dozens of inconsistencies in her story.
It was never clear what were the preliminaries that supposedly (Trump denies meeting her) led both, allegedly, willingly to retreat together to a department store dressing room, where during normal business hours the alleged violence took place.
Moreover, the sexual assault complaint came forward decades post facto—and only after Trump was running for and then president.
Carroll eventually sued him for battery, but well after the statute of limitations had expired and thus the case seemed defunct.
Her claims of defamation injuries arise from being fired from her advice column job at ELLE magazine.
She claimed that Trump’s sharp denials and ad hominem retorts led to her career ruin. But the loss for anyone of a column at 76 does not seem such a rare occurrence, and the absence of a salaried job in one’s late seventies for four years does not seem to equate to a $83 million hit.
And note the allegation that her dispute with Trump led to her firing was strongly denied by the very magazine that cut her loose.
But then another strange thing happened. In 2022, a new law (“The Adult Survivors Act”) was passed in the New York legislature. It also post facto established a twelve-month window (beginning six months from the signing of bill) that permitted survivors of long ago alleged sexual assaults suddenly to sue the accused long-ago perpetrator—regardless of the previous statute of limitations.
That unexpected opening suddenly gave Carroll’s prior unsuccessful efforts a rebirth. And she quickly refiled with the help of arch-Trump hating billionaire Hoffman.
Yet the bill may have been introduced with Trump particularly in mind—given the legislator who introduced it, Brad Hoylman-Siga, was known as another Trump antagonist.
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VIDEO – TUCKER/TRUMP NEW AD

Sunday, October 15th, 2023
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Vince Langman
@LangmanVince
New Trump ad with Tucker Carlson narative is one of the best political ads I’ve seen in my lifetime! 
Must watch 👇
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VIDEO – TUCKER AND VICTOR DAVIS HANSON RE TRUMP AND STATE OF OUR NATION

Wednesday, October 4th, 2023

 

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Tucker Carlson
@TuckerCarlson
Tucker Carlson
@TuckerCarlson
Ep. 27 Donald Trump appeared in court today, but it wasn’t a legal proceeding. It was a grotesque parody of the system our ancestors created. Victor Davis Hanson explains.
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IS THIS AMERICA ?

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023

 

J6 prisoner of conscience punished with isolation after jailhouse interview – analysis

Government scoured social media of political prisoner John Strand to find prohibited mention of morning schedule

September 19, 2023  Posted by Eliyahu Tulshinski

America’s Frontline Doctors (AFLDS) Creative Director John Strand has had his telephone privileges removed, his approved email list purged, and has been locked in an isolation cell since August 31st. Prison authorities imposed the punitive measures on Strand after his August 18th phone interview with Real America’s Voice.

Strand is currently serving 32 months in prison for securing the safety of organization founder Dr. Simone Gold during her five-minute medical freedom speech in the Capitol on January 6th.

THEY PUT ME IN PRISON FOR 32 MONTHS…

FOR THIS?!?t.co/MlXjx59P2i • #YouNext pic.twitter.com/fyBrZl9XWS

— (@JohnStrandUSA) June 2, 2023

Live from prison

Notorious communist Lavrentiy Beria, who served as Secret Police Chief for the Soviets, is remembered for his infamous boast, “show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.” Strand remained notably cordial throughout his interview, even as he described being served Soviet-style justice by a weaponized DOJ turning constitutional protections on their head:

I was not innocent till proven guilty, I was guilty until proven convicted.

When the host, Grant Stinchfield, stated his belief that the obstruction of proceedings charge against Strand is unconstitutional, since it essentially outlaws protests of government actions, Strand asserted that it’s not only unconstitutional but is a main weapon in the war against dissidents:

The Title 18:1512 felony charge of obstruction of justice or of an official proceeding is completely illegally used here in an absolutely absurd way . . . it also really highlights this DOJ that, with no shame whatsoever and with no . . . accountability, is just ramrodding people as they choose to achieve their agenda and it really is a fascistic operation.

And people should be concerned, I mean, no greater proof than myself and people like me in prison as innocent political prisoners in the middle of the United States of America.

When asked about prison conditions, Strand explained the difficulties of spending most of the day in randomly timed lockdowns in an inadequately sized cell, but acknowledged that he generally feels safe around, and even supported by, fellow inmates:

The thing I hear most from people is, “man, that was a setup. They had agents involved in instigating violence.”

Thank you to Grant Stinchfield for having me on last night & allowing me to update the public from behind prison walls. pic.twitter.com/xvUbA6O8Jw

— (@JohnStrandUSA) August 18, 2023

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WHAT THE LEFT DID TO OUR COUNTRY – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON

Friday, September 8th, 2023

 

 
WHAT THE LEFT DID TO OUR COUNTRY
September 4, 2023

In the last 20 years, the Left has boasted that it has gained control of most of America institutions of power and influence—the corporate boardroom, media, Silicon Valley, Wall Street, the administrative state, academia, foundations, social media, entertainment, professional sports, and Hollywood.

With such support, between 2009-17, Barack Obama was empowered to transform the Democratic Party from its middle-class roots and class concerns into the party of the bicoastal rich and subsidized poor—obsessions with big money, race, a new intolerant green religion, and dividing the country into a binary of oppressors and oppressed.

The Obamas entered the presidency spouting the usual leftwing boilerplate (“spread the wealth,” “just downright mean country,” “get in their face,” “first time I’ve been proud of my country”) as upper-middle-class, former community activists, hurt that their genius and talents had not yet been sufficiently monetized.

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PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Tuesday, August 29th, 2023

 

Please click on the link and please  share.   Nancy
PRESIDENT  DONALD J. TRUMP’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS LIST:
GOVERNMENT            ECONOMY        NATIONAL SECURITY 
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LEADER, BLACK VOICES FOR TRUMP DENIED BAIL

Saturday, August 26th, 2023

 

I do not  send out emails that are asking for donations for any individual but the charges against this man – Harrison Floyd, who is the leader of Black Voices For Trump,  are so evil and corrupt that  he needs our help.   If you want to donate to his bond fund, You will have to click on the link and scroll all the way down to the bottom of the article.
It is hard to believe that the Democrats are going to such lengths to persecute Trump without realizing they are tearing this country apart.  But then again, that is probably   their intention.    Nancy  

Sounds Racist: Fulton County Judge Emily Richardson Denies Bond to Harrison Floyd “Black Voices for Trump” Leader – Says He’s a “Flight Risk” *Please Donate Below*

By Jim Hoft  Aug. 25, 2023 8:20 pm  113 Comments

Judge Emily Richardson denied bond on Friday to Harrison Floyd, a “Black Voices for Trump” leader.

Harrison Floyd is THE ONLY defendant out of 19 still in jail tonight after Democrats arrested President Trump this week for speaking out against the stolen election.

Richardson won’t let him out of jail. He’s behind bars because he supports President Trump. So they’re going to teach him a lesson.

Judge Richardson won’t release Harrison because she says he’s a “flight risk.”
Harrison Floyd has little children at home. But he’s a flight risk!

It’s not even clear why Harrison Floyd was arrested. He was on a call with two associates who were speaking with Ruby Freeman. He wasn’t even in the room with them!

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