For almost 150 years the United States has been conducting an interesting experiment.
The subjects of the experiment: Black people and working-class whites. The hypothesis to be tested: "Can a people taken from the jungles of Africa and forced into slavery be fully integrated as citizens in a majority white population?"
> The
> whites were descendants of Europeans who had created a
> majestic civilization. The former slaves had been tribal
> peoples with no written language and virtually no
> intellectual achievements. Acting on a policy that was not
> fair to either group, the government released newly freed
> black people into a white society that saw them as
> inferiors. America has struggled with racial discord ever
> since.
> Decade
> after decade the problems persisted but the experimenters
> never gave up. They insisted that if they could find the
> right formula the experiment would work, and concocted
> program after program to get the result they wanted. They
> created the Freedman’s Bureau, passed civil rights laws,
> tried to build the Great Society, declared War on Poverty,
> ordered race preferences, built housing projects, and tried
> midnight basketball.
> Their
> new laws intruded into people’s lives in ways that would
> have been otherwise unthinkable. They called in National
> Guard troops to enforce school integration. They outlawed
> freedom of association. Over the protests of parents, they
> put white children on buses and sent them to black schools
> and vice versa. They tried with money, special programs,
> relaxed standards, and endless handwringing to close the
> “achievement gap.” To keep white backlash in check they
> began punishing public and even private statements on race.
> They hung up Orwellian public banners that commanded whites
> to “Celebrate Diversity!” and “Say No to Racism.”
> Nothing was off limits if it might salvage the
> experiment.
> Some
> thought that what W.E.B. Du Bois called the Talented Tenth
> would lead the way for black people. A group of elite,
> educated blacks would knock down doors of opportunity and
> show the world what blacks were capable of. There is a
> Talented Tenth. They are the black Americans who have become
> entrepreneurs, lawyers, doctors and scientists. But ten
> percent is not enough. For the experiment to work, the ten
> percent has to be followed by a critical mass of people who
> can hold middle-class jobs and promote social stability.
> That is what is missing.
> Through
> the years, too many black people continue to show an
> inability to function and prosper in a culture unsuited to
> them. Detroit is bankrupt, the south side of Chicago is a
> war zone, and the vast majority of black cities all over
> America are beset by degeneracy and violence. And blacks
> never take responsibility for their failures. Instead, they
> lash out in anger and resentment.
> Across
> the generations and across the country, as we have seen in
> Detroit, Watts, Newark, Los Angeles, Cincinnati, and now
> Ferguson, rioting and looting are just one racial incident
> away. The white elite would tell us that this doesn’t mean
> the experiment has failed. We just have to try harder. We
> need more money, more time, more understanding, more
> programs, and more opportunities.
> But
> nothing changes no matter how much money is spent, no matter
> how many laws are passed, no matter how many black geniuses
> are portrayed on TV, and no matter who is president. Some
> argue it’s a problem of “culture,” as if culture
> creates people’s behavior instead of the other way around.
> Others blame “white privilege.”
> But
> since 1965, when the elites opened America’s doors to the
> Third World, immigrants from Asia and India–people who are
> not white, not rich, and not “connected”–have quietly
> succeeded. While the children of these people are winning
> spelling bees and getting top scores on the SAT, black
> “youths” are committing half the country’s violent
> crime–crime, which includes viciously punching random
> white people on the street for the thrill of it that has
> nothing to do with poverty.
> The
> experiment has failed. Not because of culture, or white
> privilege, or racism. The fundamental problem is that white
> people and black people are different. They differ
> intellectually and temperamentally. These differences result
> in permanent social incompatibility.
> Our
> rulers don’t seem to understand just how tired their white
> subjects are with this experiment. They don’t understand
> that white people aren’t out to get black people; they are
> just exhausted with them. They are exhausted by the social
> pathologies, the violence, the endless complaints, and the
> blind racial solidarity, the bottomless pit of grievances,
> the excuses, and the reflexive animosity.
> The
> elites explain everything with “racism,” and refuse to
> believe that white frustration could soon reach the boiling
> point.
By "Georgia Dawg"..
______________________________________________________________
So.... America and the rest of the West now trying some (similar?) "integrating experiment" with muslims?
The subjects of the experiment: Black people and working-class whites. The hypothesis to be tested: "Can a people taken from the jungles of Africa and forced into slavery be fully integrated as citizens in a majority white population?"
> The
> whites were descendants of Europeans who had created a
> majestic civilization. The former slaves had been tribal
> peoples with no written language and virtually no
> intellectual achievements. Acting on a policy that was not
> fair to either group, the government released newly freed
> black people into a white society that saw them as
> inferiors. America has struggled with racial discord ever
> since.
> Decade
> after decade the problems persisted but the experimenters
> never gave up. They insisted that if they could find the
> right formula the experiment would work, and concocted
> program after program to get the result they wanted. They
> created the Freedman’s Bureau, passed civil rights laws,
> tried to build the Great Society, declared War on Poverty,
> ordered race preferences, built housing projects, and tried
> midnight basketball.
> Their
> new laws intruded into people’s lives in ways that would
> have been otherwise unthinkable. They called in National
> Guard troops to enforce school integration. They outlawed
> freedom of association. Over the protests of parents, they
> put white children on buses and sent them to black schools
> and vice versa. They tried with money, special programs,
> relaxed standards, and endless handwringing to close the
> “achievement gap.” To keep white backlash in check they
> began punishing public and even private statements on race.
> They hung up Orwellian public banners that commanded whites
> to “Celebrate Diversity!” and “Say No to Racism.”
> Nothing was off limits if it might salvage the
> experiment.
> Some
> thought that what W.E.B. Du Bois called the Talented Tenth
> would lead the way for black people. A group of elite,
> educated blacks would knock down doors of opportunity and
> show the world what blacks were capable of. There is a
> Talented Tenth. They are the black Americans who have become
> entrepreneurs, lawyers, doctors and scientists. But ten
> percent is not enough. For the experiment to work, the ten
> percent has to be followed by a critical mass of people who
> can hold middle-class jobs and promote social stability.
> That is what is missing.
> Through
> the years, too many black people continue to show an
> inability to function and prosper in a culture unsuited to
> them. Detroit is bankrupt, the south side of Chicago is a
> war zone, and the vast majority of black cities all over
> America are beset by degeneracy and violence. And blacks
> never take responsibility for their failures. Instead, they
> lash out in anger and resentment.
> Across
> the generations and across the country, as we have seen in
> Detroit, Watts, Newark, Los Angeles, Cincinnati, and now
> Ferguson, rioting and looting are just one racial incident
> away. The white elite would tell us that this doesn’t mean
> the experiment has failed. We just have to try harder. We
> need more money, more time, more understanding, more
> programs, and more opportunities.
> But
> nothing changes no matter how much money is spent, no matter
> how many laws are passed, no matter how many black geniuses
> are portrayed on TV, and no matter who is president. Some
> argue it’s a problem of “culture,” as if culture
> creates people’s behavior instead of the other way around.
> Others blame “white privilege.”
> But
> since 1965, when the elites opened America’s doors to the
> Third World, immigrants from Asia and India–people who are
> not white, not rich, and not “connected”–have quietly
> succeeded. While the children of these people are winning
> spelling bees and getting top scores on the SAT, black
> “youths” are committing half the country’s violent
> crime–crime, which includes viciously punching random
> white people on the street for the thrill of it that has
> nothing to do with poverty.
> The
> experiment has failed. Not because of culture, or white
> privilege, or racism. The fundamental problem is that white
> people and black people are different. They differ
> intellectually and temperamentally. These differences result
> in permanent social incompatibility.
> Our
> rulers don’t seem to understand just how tired their white
> subjects are with this experiment. They don’t understand
> that white people aren’t out to get black people; they are
> just exhausted with them. They are exhausted by the social
> pathologies, the violence, the endless complaints, and the
> blind racial solidarity, the bottomless pit of grievances,
> the excuses, and the reflexive animosity.
> The
> elites explain everything with “racism,” and refuse to
> believe that white frustration could soon reach the boiling
> point.
By "Georgia Dawg"..
______________________________________________________________
So.... America and the rest of the West now trying some (similar?) "integrating experiment" with muslims?