Democrats’ Obsession With Diversity Distracts From Party’s Policy Failures

The University of Southern California canceled its gubernatorial debate 24 hours before it was to start. Why? The six candidates who qualified under polling and fundraising metrics were — gasp — all white. Democratic candidates of color immediately accused USC of excluding “candidates of color.”Mind you, their platforms — on housing, crime, homelessness, taxes, etc. — are virtually indistinguishable. Is there a difference between a black, Hispanic or Asian American candidate who wants to raise taxes on the rich versus a white candidate who wants to do the same thing? Is there a difference between a black, Hispanic or Asian American candidate who trashes President Trump versus a white candidate who does it?The Democrats’ obsession with race ignores the overwhelming evidence that race is a nonfactor in contemporary America. The left-wing Brookings Institution’s new report, “Interracial Cooperation in the United States,” found that 90 percent of respondents called race a nonfactor in their business decisions and 83 percent said likewise when it came to choosing friends. Yet California’s Democratic gubernatorial candidates believe voters want candidates who look like them.When minority politicians stray from the issues deemed important by the left, watch out below. Representative Ayanna Pressley, a Massachusetts Democrat, in 2019 said “We don’t need any more black faces that don’t want to be a black voice. We don’t need any more brown faces that don’t want to be a brown voice.” So much for President Obama’s 2016 Howard University commencement address, where he said, “… there’s no one way to be black.”When I ran in California’s 2021 gubernatorial recall election, a Los Angeles Times columnist, Erika D. Smith, a black woman, called me “the black face of white supremacy,” presumably for believing racism is no longer a major issue; for opposing race-based policies; for supporting lower taxes and less regulation; and for embracing strong families and personal responsibility. I say “presumably” because she declined my invitation to come on my radio show to explain the slur she used.As for race being no longer a major issue, this requires qualification. It very much still is for the left. Ms. Smith of Los Angeles Times called the election of Los Angeles’ mayor, Karen Bass, “a big deal” because Ms. Bass is black and female, a first for the city. Ms. Smith wrote, “Representation matters.” Had I been elected governor, I would have been the first black governor in state history. For Ms. Smith, it was NOT a big deal.A few years ago, a leaked audio clip captured three Hispanic Los Angeles City Council members and a Hispanic labor leader making vile remarks about the black adopted son of a gay white Los Angeles council member. One called the child “a little monkey” who needed a “beatdown.” They made antisemitic and homophobic comments while plotting ways to redistrict the city to dilute black political power in favor of more political power for Hispanics. This sounded like a KKK meeting.As usual, these Democrats, as well as the Democratic gubernatorial candidates, say nothing about America’s most consequential domestic issue: the epidemic of children born without a father in the home married to the mother. This breakdown, particularly acute in the black community, drives poverty, school failure, and crime far more powerfully than the racial grievances these politicians complain about.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show roughly 70 percent of black children are born to unmarried mothers, compared to about 54 percent for Hispanics, 27 percent for non-Hispanic Whites, and 12 percent for Asians. Overall, 40 percent of American births in 2023 were outside of marriage.Children raised without a married father in the home are far more likely to live in poverty. They face significantly higher risks of dropping out of high school and committing crime. Father absence predicts these outcomes better than race or income alone. Yet Democrats, who control most urban policies, rarely talk about broken or nonexistent family structure.Democrats have run major urban school districts for generations. On the National Assessment of Educational Progress, black eighth-graders consistently post proficiency rates in the low teens for both math and reading. The Democratic Party opposes school choice while the politicians place their own children in private schools.Yet Democrats focus their energy on matters like debates that lack minority candidates, even though they think the same as white candidates. The children caught in the “diversity” crossfire deserve far better.Creators.com

Democrats’ Obsession With Diversity Distracts From Party’s Policy Failures

Democrats’ Obsession With Diversity Distracts From Party’s Policy Failures

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