{"id":4661,"date":"2020-06-06T14:36:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T17:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=4661"},"modified":"2020-06-06T14:36:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T17:36:10","slug":"mr-richard-martineau-when-anti-racism-is-racist-quand-lantiracisme-est-raciste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/06\/06\/mr-richard-martineau-when-anti-racism-is-racist-quand-lantiracisme-est-raciste\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Richard Martineau: “When anti-racism is racist” [“Quand l\u2019antiracisme est raciste”]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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First, here is Mr. Martineau\u2019s\nthoughtful article published today in the Journal de Montr\u00e9al<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.journaldemontreal.com\/2020\/06\/06\/quand-lantiracisme-est-raciste<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, here is a quick\ntranslation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c<\/strong>Here are the two brightest statements I have heard about racism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin\nLuther King: \u201cI dream of the day when children will not be judged by the\ncolor of their skin, but by their character<\/em>. “<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morgan\nFreeman: “The best way to fight racism is to stop talking about it. I\nwill not tell you that you are a white man, and I will ask you to stop saying\nthat I am a black man. <\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RACE EVERYWHERE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before, when the virus of political correctness and identity politics had not yet infected people, and when universities encouraged debate instead of protecting \u201clittle rabbits\u201d [this is how Mr. Martineau calls\/teases the Millennials\u201d in his texts] from “bad thoughts”, anti-racists dreamed of a world where race didn’t matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A white man was like a black man and a black man was like a white man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, some anti-racists have elevated race to the rank of a supreme identity marker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only do these activists see race everywhere, but they only see that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Race, race, race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For them, race explains everything. It is the be-all and end-all of our identity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It determines whom we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike Martin Luther King, they do not judge people by their character, actions or ideas, but by the colour of their skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There would be a black way of thinking. A black way of viewing the world. A black way to vote. A black way of loving [Bambi will allow herself to add her own voice to the text here: as if there was one single group of blacks and they all have to think the same].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s funny, that’s exactly what some racists think: that there is a black “essence” that distinguishes blacks from whites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike the anti-racists of my youth, these new anti-racists do not want to abolish the concept of race. They want to magnify it, celebrate it, sublimate it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make it essential. Expand it until it takes up all the space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I vote for someone because she is black. I listen to another person\u2019s records because he is black, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A TRAITOR TO HER RACE?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, on the QUB radio show (called \u201cWe don\u2019t have to agree<\/em>\u201d), Varda said that, for her, the idea that black people should encourage black-owned businesses does not seem like the best way to fight racism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Result: she was harshly attacked by activists on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As if she were a “traitor to her race”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As if there was only one way to be black!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As if black people should all think the same, all vote on the same side, etc.!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m sure Morgan Freeman would shake his head with sadness when he will hear these anti-racists speak. He would find their speech absurd, ridiculous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because Freeman does not consider himself a “good black actor”. But a “good actor, period”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A HUMAN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

George Floyd was killed because he was black. When his killer looked at him, that’s what he saw. Not an individual, but a black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, when we saw Floyd being murdered in the middle of the street, we saw a human being dying before our eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why we were so upset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is what separates us from racists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We don’t see race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They only see that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First, here is Mr. Martineau\u2019s thoughtful article published today in the Journal de Montr\u00e9al: https:\/\/www.journaldemontreal.com\/2020\/06\/06\/quand-lantiracisme-est-raciste Second, here is a quick translation: \u201cHere are the two brightest statements I have heard about racism. Martin Luther King: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4661"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4661"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4669,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4661\/revisions\/4669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}