The existence of institutional racism is a major point of Critical Race Theory (CRT), but the major cause of its existence has not been identified by CRT proponents. They only identified THAT the government was the cause, but not WHY the government was able to promote racism. The institutionalization of racism The institutionalization of racism was given a major boost by Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s explicitly racist New Deal policies, passed by a Democrat-controlled Congress and administered by a Democrat administration. These are described in uncomfortable detail in The Color of Law. [1] This government-sanctioned and government-enforced racism is a severe blot on American principles, and the history of the government’s …

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America is an achievement unequalled in history. We planted the seeds of freedom, individual rights, and individualism in 1776 that had not existed in the history of mankind to the degree that we have today.[1] Our tree of freedom is not yet mature. Some major branches of the tree are the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Although America has weathered many storms such as the Civil War, it is still struggling against the onslaughts of various forms of collectivism. Whether the tree of freedom reaches full maturity is still an open question. Introduction to the context of America’s …

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Why individualism and collectivism Many current issues in America are concerned with or are a result of conflicts between individualism and collectivism, as the country is a mixture of both. So, it is important to have an understanding of the two concepts. A country’s politics and government follow from a country’s predominant ethics, or morality. If a country’s ethics are primarily oriented toward individualism, then the resulting government will also be primarily oriented toward individualism and the recognition and protection of individual rights. If a country’s ethics are primarily collectivist in nature, then so will be its government, which will override and violate individual rights in the name of the …

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What is the 1619 Project? The 1619 Project is a long-form journalism project developed by Nikole Hannah-Jones, writers from The New York Times, and The New York Times Magazine. Its premise is that the central and defining feature of American history and culture is racism. [1, 2] It is a comrade-in-arms to Critical Race Theory. Quoting from the preface to the 100-page collection of articles indicates the magnitude of its (incredulous) claims. Fasten your seat belt. “It [1619] is not a year that most Americans know as a notable date in our country’s history. Those who do are at most a tiny fraction of those who can tell you that …

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In discussing immigration, I got this response. “But why do you support open borders? Don’t you see this border crisis we have? We can’t support more illegal immigration! It has to be legal! There are not enough jobs here as it is! And what about the welfare costs? We don’t have a country if we don’t have a border! It’s called national sovereignty! Plus, immigrants are stealing our jobs!” Those are all important issues. There IS a border crisis principally because we don’t have easy, open, rational immigration policies. Restrictive policies on immigration are the chief cause of this current crisis, and they are based on the premise that it …

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My first summer job as a teenager in high school paid 50 cents an hour. The federal minimum wage at that time was 75 cents an hour. My job involved helping to convert an old house into efficiency apartments, and I learned many skills – carpentry, plumbing, electrical, painting, laying tile, cement, and lots of cleaning. Some of my high school buddies worked for the highway department at 75 cents an hour painting highway guardrails. My pay was fine with me, because I was learning a lot of skills that have proved very useful as an adult, and besides, I didn’t want to work painting in the blazing sun. Was …

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