The Hard Bigotry of No Expectations
Derek Hunter
Posted: Aug 12, 2021 12:01 AM
Former President George W. Bush perfectly summed up how the political left viewed minorities, particularly black Americans, with his great phrase “the soft bigotry of low expectations.” I used the word “viewed” and put it in past tense on purpose, because Democrats have moved beyond the soft part and have reverted back to their blatant, unambiguous bigotry of days gone by.
This is what Democrats do, and how they think of minorities, particularly black voters. They’ve felt entitled to the black vote since the 1960s, and in many ways they’ve owned that vote, making that feeling somewhat justified. When you get something, no matter how you act or what you do, a sense of entitlement is only natural, and Democrats have a sense of entitlement when it comes to the black vote. Honestly, if Democrats actively set out to, say, destroy the education system in majority black cities it is unclear what they could do differently from what they’ve done.
Still, Democrats have a near-monopoly on the black vote because they’ve leveraged their positions of trust as elected officials to convince people the alternative, meaning Republicans, would be worse. How, exactly, remains a mystery.
That brings us to today. The thin veneer of concern in the “soft bigotry” of the left is gone, and that bigotry has hardened to a diamond.
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