The progressive left has long claimed to be the group who truly cares about historically disaffected groups of Americans. They have successfully positioned themselves as the side looking out for the racial, sexual, and religious minorities in the United States, while painting anyone who disagrees with them as bigots.
They’ve convinced many by using this method. However, if one looks closer, it is not difficult to see that leftists are the ones who victimized the very people they claim to fight for.
They have promoted a spirit of fear among blacks in America.
No group in the U.S. has been conned by the Democrats more than black Americans. Indeed, they have not only worked to keep blacks in poverty and crime, but they have also done something more egregious: They have promoted a spirit of fear among blacks in America. By using fear, they are manipulating blacks and other minorities into embracing progressive policies that prolong the destruction of their communities.
The black community has historically been opposed to abortion on a moral and religious level. But now, the left is seeing success when it comes to getting younger black Americans to believe that pro-life arguments are something to be afraid of.
Ryan Bomberger
Progressives Target Black Pro-Life Activist
Ryan Bomberger recently gave a presentation at Wheaton College in which he spoke out against the “black genocide” of abortion. In his speech, he also slammed Black Lives Matter for partnering with Planned Parenthood. About a week later, student leaders emailed the entire student body, excoriating Bomberger for his beliefs.
“The speaker of this event, Ryan Bomberger, made several comments at the event that deeply troubled members of our community,” they wrote. “His comments, surrounding the topic of race, made many students, staff, and faculty of color feel unheard, underrepresented, and unsafe on our campus.”
Of course, the email did not mention the fact that Bomberger is also a “person of color” who just happened to disagree with the left’s views on abortion. After they sent their condemnation, Bomberger gave an aggressive retort, arguing that their email was slanderous and that he was considering taking legal action against the group. “I am a person of color, a clarifying fact which you conveniently left out of your letter of denouncement,” he said. “I was primarily presenting a perspective of those who are never heard, always underrepresented, and are actually unsafe — the unborn.”
Bomberger also pointed out that he gave 25 minutes of Q&A after his presentation in which he answered “thoughtful questions as well as some baseless (and even hostile) accusations.” He also argued that anyone claiming that they felt “unsafe” was engaging in “simply hyperbole.”
He then asked an important question: “Are students at Wheaton taught to fear or taught to think?”
His query is apt, given how the left approaches black Americans, both young and old.
The Left Wants Blacks Afraid
It is not known whether or not anyone felt “unsafe” when they heard Bomberger’s pro-life arguments. But the student leadership’s contention that people of color were somehow fearful of being exposed to opposing views is indicative of their approach to blacks and other American minorities.
The truth is that many black Americans carry a moral opposition to abortion. This isn’t surprising given the fact that 35% of babies that are aborted are black. Clearly, this is a problem that the black community takes seriously — regardless of their stance on abortion.
But the response of the student leadership demonstrates how the progressive left seeks to infantilize blacks and other minorities in the United States. The left views these individuals as intellectual and emotional weaklings who must be shielded from opinions that contradict progressive ideology. Even worse, they have achieved a measure of success in this endeavor; many younger blacks believe that America is a racist nation that is intent on keeping them in poor conditions.
Progressives Manipulate With Fear
It would be a mistake to believe that progressive leaders have a genuine concern for the well-being of black Americans. They are not selling fear as a means to improve the lives of minorities; they are using it to manipulate people into supporting their agenda. It is nothing more than a smokescreen designed to conceal their schemes.
Progressives have co-opted groups like Black Lives Matter — whose primary objective is to demonize the majority of police officers for the actions of a few bad actors. Meanwhile, they ignore the fact that over half of homicide victims in the U.S. are blacks who are killed by other blacks. Leftists rarely discuss the poverty and destitution that leads to high crime rates in cities like Baltimore, Chicago, and Philadelphia because it is Democratic policies that cause these catastrophes. By convincing blacks to fear racist cops, they successfully distract from the failure of Democratic leaders, who publicly claim to care about minorities.
This is only one example of the left’s efforts to con minorities into supporting them. The far left is attempting to condition certain groups of people to rely more on emotion than critical thinking because it makes these individuals more susceptible to being deceived. It is another way they are trying to teach people what to think rather than how to think. If progressives are allowed to succeed, it is unlikely that these minority groups will ever move forward. Remember, if the Democrats want to be the party of the disaffected, they must keep people disaffected.
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4 Comments
rusty4.5
“By convincing blacks to fear racist cops, they successfully distract from the failure of Democratic leaders, who publicly claim to care about minorities.”
Well-written Jeff.
My first-born grandchild is Haitian, European, Scandinavian and American Indian. He’s intelligent, tall (6’3″) and very talented. He’s a chef in Colorado. His skin tone is a beautiful auburn-brown mixture, so he appears to be more African American than European or Scandinavian. During a phone conversation with him a little over two years ago, when he was twenty-eight years old, he admitted that he was afraid of the police. It broke my heart to hear him say it. With him being so far away, and now being an adult, I’m not able to protect him like I did when he was little. My first reaction to his statement was to agree with him about the police. The only advice I could give him was to never do anything that would cause suspicion and to always be honest if questioned about anything.
I despise what the left has done and is still doing. The Democratic Party needs to be eliminated and replaced with something decent.
Jeff Charles
Thanks for sharing. It’s sad that your grandson feels that he should be afraid of the police, but I can certainly understand why. With all of the anti-police propaganda out there, it’s understandable. I know there are plenty of corrupt people who wear the uniform, but the vast majority are simply there to protect and serve. These are honorable people who should not be feared (unless you’re a criminal).
The chances of a black person getting shot by the police are miniscule when you look at the numbers, but if there is one thing the left excels at, it’s messaging and persuasion. They market their message so well that people don’t even stop and think about whether or not they are hearing a false message designed to make them afraid.
I grew up being fed a lot of the same messages, but after interactions with police (some good, others not so much), I’ve realized that despite the nature of the interaction, most of them are not out to hurt anyone. And what’s even more interesting is that the cities that have the most corruption are run by – you guessed it – the Democrats; the very people who want us to fear the police. I’m sure your grandson will realize that he’s been lied to at some point, but with the prevalence of the anti-police propaganda, it will be hard to discover the deception. Good thing he has you for a grandfather!
rusty4.5
Thanks for the encouraging words, Jeff. It means a lot to me that you took the time to reply.
(I am, however, his grandma. My login name may confuse others.)
Jules P. Guidry
Great article. The last line says it all. “Remember, if the democrats want to be the party of the disaffected, they must keep people disaffected”.
Now that the progressives(all leftist) are being exposed to the communities they have touted as serving in the mostly inner cities, they want to import a new class of “disaffected” from outside the US. They need new “victims” to continue to exist.
The black, and other minority communities, are starting to see through the bs of the left and see results from the policies of President Donald J. Trump. The left has to find new suckers to keep them relevant.