Tim's Bits and Pieces: Race

Aboriginal drinking White People's fault

TimP — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:03:53 +0200

What you should be worrying about is who is giving them access ... who sells alcohol? Not black people
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We (indigenous people) don't have a problem.
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(The) Aboriginal drinking problem is white people selling to them.

Yeah, because unlike white folk, Aboriginals lack the intellectual capacity to make decisions for themselves. I wonder what would happen if a white guy said that Aboriginals where incapable of choosing not to waste their money on excessive alcohol? I suspect he'd be lambasted as a racist jerk and rightfully so. I'm not aware of any evidence that suggests that Aboriginals have significantly less intellectual capacity then whites, but perhaps Mr. Dingo is aware of something I'm not?

Can we please move on as a society and acknowledge that Aboriginals, just like every other human race, have the capacity to not be alcoholic dead-beats?

Affirmative Action

TimP — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:03:53 +0200

Affirmative Action is inherently racist.

Now that I've got all the lefties upset I suppose I should explain myself. Let's play a little game of "Pick the Racist Statement":

Statement One:: "Let's encourage businesses to employ more white people."
Statement Two:: "Let's encourage businesses to employ more black people."

Why on Earth is one of these statements racist, but the other is the epitome of racial brotherhood? Of course some people, perhaps even most people, would say that it's to make up for all the disadvantages racial minorities suffer from. Well, that may be true*, but it doesn't make it any less racist, or to put it another way, it might be the lesser of two evils, but it's still an evil.

Also, did you ever think about how patronising a lot of forms of affirmative action are? How about scholarships for instance? I'd love to hear some one explain how paying black people money to do something that white people can do without any such reward is not patronising. It reminds me of how when I was a kid, the dentist would give me a sticker when I didn't try and bite his hand of, but doesn't now I'm an adult.

* I wouldn't be surprised if the real reason most people support affirmative action and the like was actually white guilt.

Racism

TimP — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:03:54 +0200

Kim du Toit has an interesting article on racism on his new blog, Geopoliticus. My favorite quote from the article is this:

If I am to believe that Blacks and their Black-majority government can rebuild a city by themselves, then I should likewise be able to castigate them for their failure without fear of being branded a racist.

To paraphrase, if we believe that a black man is capable of being a good president, we should be able to say that he is not without fear of being branded a racist, or if we believe that black parents are able to look after their own children, we should be able to castigate them without being seen as racist. If I said not to vote for someone because he is black that would obviously be racist, but if I said not to vote for someone, who happened to be black, because he is incompetent, somehow that is racist also. Or if I said not to give someone welfare payments because they're black that would be racist, but if I say not to give them welfare payments, because they are not looking after their children, that is also racist (if they're black). What is the matter with the whole "black rights" group? Do they earnestly believe that somehow being incompetent, or even evil, is an integral side effect of having a bit more melanin in your skin?

Sorry

TimP — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:03:57 +0200

Apparently "Nelson ruined the day" with his apology speech yesterday, the 13th of February. I wonder how they figure that. You should go read his speech for yourself.

A quick summary is that some people, including members of the government, many with the best of intentions, caused some serious problems for parts of the Aboriginal community, which we today are sorry for and deeply regret. While we pause to apologise for past injustices and mistakes, we should not forget the injustices and suffering in the Aboriginal community today, and we should recommit ourselves to rectifying these problems.

It appears the the main thing some people disliked about it was that he dared to list some of the injustices in the Aboriginal community that were actually caused by other Aboriginals. How dare he suggest that some problems in the Aboriginal community are caused by other Aboriginals! And, how dare he accompany an apology for past injustices with a commitment to rectify current injustices. Tut-tut, you'd think he was serious about Aboriginal welfare or something.

Also I find the actions of the people who turned their backs on him kind of childish. I keep thinking of a child blocking their ears and running away yelling "La-La La-La, I can't hear you!". Though for balance Nelson's attitude towards getting an apology makes me think of a child threatening to hold their breath until you say sorry. So neither side to this argument is the picture of maturity.

Stolen Generation?

TimP — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:03:56 +0200

This is well worth a read. It makes the claim that the main representatives of the so-called "Stolen Generation" where actual fact abandoned by their families and than taken in by orphanages, [white] foster families and the like. If these claims are true, and I have no reason to doubt them, it puts the Labour governments plans to issue an apology in a different light.

Also good on the author (Piers Akerman) and his editor for publishing an article that so clearly goes against the established mainstream media doctrine.

Kamikaze

TimP — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:03:54 +0200

I watched the film "To End All Wars" on Saturday night. This was an interesting film about the treatment of Allied POW by the Japanese. One thing I found amusing about the film though was when "Yanker" was talking to one of the other prisoners he said that he was not a "Kamikaze". That word was introduced to the English language in the period from 1944 to 1945, while this movie was set a couple of years before that. I know I'm nit-picking, but still I think it's funny.

Other than that the movie was reasonably good and it reminded me why I hate evolution so much. Some of the most heinous, state-approved, war crimes on record were committed by the Japanese and Germans in World War II. Both these cultures are known for their hospitality and politeness, but they honestly believed evolution and that they were more highly evolved than the other races around them. Therefore they believed that they were justified in committing all manner of atrocities. Yes, the Japanese also believed all other races the be their inferiors. See this short article and if you want to read the article it references try here.