of his honest essay<\/a>.<\/p>\n“I take no pleasure in doing so but feel obliged to report this reality: equality of dignity, equality of standing, of honor, of security in one\u2019s position within society, an equal ability to command the respect of others\u2014such things cannot simply be handed over. Nor will they be the fruit of insurrection, violent uprising, or rebellion. Equality of this sort is something we must wrest with our bare hands from a cruel and indifferent world by means of our own effort, inspired by the example of our enslaved and newly freed ancestors. We must make ourselves equal. No one can do that for us. My fear is that, until we recognize and accept this unlovely but inexorable fact about the human condition\u2014until we disdain the rhetoric and embrace the realities about race in our country\u2014the disparities that have so troubled our politics and so threatened our domestic tranquility will continue to persist.”<\/strong><\/p>\nI think if you read his post you’ll be hard pressed to disagree with any of it.\u00a0 Unfortunately the Left is invested in denying this reality and feed the false narrative of “white supremacists” around every corner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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