ASSAULT ON BLACK CONSERVATIVES – There is a concerted assault on black conservatives who have aligned themselves with the tea party movement.  The race industry is on their backs, accusing them of selling out, of being Uncle Toms, and worse.  The attacks are based on the libel that the tea partiers are racists.

Ward Connerly, the California black conservative who has fought affirmative action for years, and has been subjected to horrible abuse because of it, comments at NRO:

If I have learned one thing from life, it is that race is the engine that drives the political Left. When all else fails, that segment of America goes to the default position of using race to achieve its objectives. In the courtrooms, on college campuses, and, most especially, in our politics, race is a central theme. Where it does not naturally rise to the surface, there are those who will manufacture and amplify it.

Such is the case with the claims that the “Tea Partiers” are a bunch of racists and that many of them spat upon members of the Congressional Black Caucus and called them “n*****s.” I am convinced beyond any doubt that all of this is part of the strategic plan being implemented by the Left in its current campaign to remake America.

In a video that has been played repeatedly showing CBC members as they walked past the tea partiers, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is seen using his telephone to tape the event. If he had any evidence to corroborate the racial claims, why hasn’t he come forward with his phone by now to settle this matter? I believe we all know the answer.

I agree with earlier Corner posts on the matter: By their reckless accusations, those who are alleging “racism” without evidence are doing inestimable harm to the social fabric of America.

COMMENT:  Absolutely accurate.  But, sadly, look for the cries of racism to increase.  We are going to be sold the message that anyone who votes against Obama's program is racially motivated, and that the only way we can redeem ourselves is to reelect Obama and his army.

The tragic fact is, it may work.  It has worked before.  It is a staple of college-campus conversation.

April 7, 2010