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The Identity Politics Two-Step

The left thinks celebrating the demise of the white majority is high-minded and normal, while lamenting it is the lowest form of racism.

Jonah Goldberg
May 18
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White supremacy is for losers. 

Let’s say you have a lot going for you. I mean this in the broadest sense possible. You could have a great job and stellar education. Or you have a wonderful family and some truly great friends. Or maybe you’re just a valued member of your community, however you define community. You’re funny. Or a great athlete. Or the best poker player, skateboarder, dancer, golfer, painter, writer, cook, mom, dad, or dog breeder, in your slice of the world. In other words, you have things—accomplishments, abilities, hobbies, whatever—in your column to be rightly proud of or that simply give you real satisfaction or joy. 

If any of these things or a combination of them applies to you to any meaningful extent, you don’t need to brag about being white. After all, you didn’t do anything to be white. White isn’t an accomplishment, it’s an adjective and a problematic adjective at that. 

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