Exploiting Race

In this Breitbart video, CA Sen. Barbara Boxer disputes the views of Black Chamber of Commerce CEO Harry Alford on the issue of Clean Energy (specifically the "American Clean Energy and Security Act") by citing an NAACP resolution on Clean Energy.

The CEO is offended by this and Barbara Boxer displays repeatedly why she doesn't get it. The best analogy I can think of is citing the NAACP during a discussion on theism with the CEO of a black Christian group. Is it really a minority advocacy group's area of expertise in either case? No. When it comes to jobs and job creation, the Chamber of Commerce is the group whose testimony should carry weight during a discussion. When it comes to Civil Rights, fighting discrimination based on ethnicity, race, National origin, etc., the group whose testimony should carry weight would be the NAACP.

The whole idea we should even advocate for our race/ethnicity to begin with is sickening. No one in America would tolerate a White Congressional Caucus or National Association for the Advancement of Whites (NAAW) or a White Chamber of Commerce. In fact, I think the real acronym for NAAW is KKK. This idea that we need advocacy groups, or ethnic/racial Congressional Caucuses, only serves the interests of those groups against the interests of the excluded. When one advocates for whites, they advocate against non-whites.

This is a problem perpetrated by Progressives like Barbara Boxer. They don't see the harm in these organizations, so long as they're minority organizations. This supporting and advocating of ethnic/racial based politics stems from Leftists having been on the wrong side of history, beginning with the fight against Slavery (Republican Party platform under Lincoln) and through Affirmative Action, which promotes one not for the content of their character but for the color of their skin (antithesis of MLK Jr.). Boxer is up for re-election in November 2010. I think it's about time she gets the boot and the beginning of the end for Progressives begins. American Exceptionalism will never return so long as Progressives like Boxer, Reid, Pelosi and Obama control American Policy.