Who are the real bullies on race?
As absurd, extreme and reckless as the American left has been on race, and despite growing public disapproval of their antics, they are doubling down rather than pulling back. On the Fourth of July, Utahs Black Lives Matter chapter described the American flag as a symbol of hatred.  When we Black Americans see this flag we know the person flying it is not safe to be around, it declared. When we see this flag, we know the person flying it is a racist. When we see this flag we know that the person flying it lives in a different America than we do. When we see this flag, we question your intelligence. We know to avoid you. It is a symbol of hatred.  Lex Scott, the chapters founder, was hardly sorry when called out on the statement. Ever since we put up the post, our page has been flooded with hatred from people who fly the flag, Mr. Scott said. And we want to thank those people for proving our point.  It seems that all flag-waving patriots are to be lumped in with the Ku Klux Klan, because according to Mr. Scott, the Klan proudly waves the flag at their rallies. Im sure it would never occur to Mr. Scott that her categorical smear smacks of the same type of shameful mindset that drives racism. Its not just Black Lives Matter not by a long shot. Pretty much the entire leftist freight train is steamrolling its way through our cultural, educational and media institutions even our bar associations  not to stamp out actual racism but to ensure that it thrives, to force people to obsess on it as much as they do and to divide us as a people along racial lines. A friends son was given an assignment in a university writing class requiring him, essentially, to explain why white people are privileged and bad. You can nitpick over my words, but youve surely heard similar stories. But be careful that you dont confirm that youve heard of such experiences lest you be accused of white fragility  you know, the unwillingness to condemn yourself as a racist for what others may or may not have done, and your audacity in disputing the narrative. Just imagine being wrongly accused of one of the most egregious sins imaginable and lifting one of your pinkies in self-defense. How dare you! Consider a less anecdotal example. American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten asserted that many GOP legislators are bullying teachers (on the subject of race) and trying to stop us from teaching students accurate history. She shared her views during a live-streamed conference billed as How to Be an Antiracist. This teachers union has some 1.7 million members, incidentally. Illustrating her formidable skill at projection, she allowed that these Republicans might just be trying to raise the temperature on race relations because of the next election. Even more delusionally, she claimed that culture warriors are labeling any discussion of race, racism or discrimination as (critical race theory) to try to make it toxic  as if conservatives launched the so-called culture wars, and as if we are the ones toxifying society through endless, fraudulent stereotypical racial smears. Apparently, Weingarten is outraged that 26 states  so far  have introduced bills or taken other action to limit or ban the teaching of critical race theory in public schools. Shes not alone. The National Education Association just passed a resolution to fight back against anti-CRT rhetoric. The stated intent of the broader resolution  New Business Item 39  is to share and publicize research that critiques empire, white supremacy, anti-Blackness, anti-Indigeneity, racism, patriarchy, cisheteropatriarchy, capitalism, ableism, anthropocentrism, and other forms of power and oppression at the intersections of our society. Orwell was obviously a piker. Im old enough  actually, my kids are old enough  to remember when our society overwhelmingly embraced Martin Luther King Jr.s dream that all people be judged by the content of the character rather than the color of their skin. How far weve descended. Dont be bullied by those seeking to intimidate you with false charges of racism from standing up for your children, for accurate history and for promoting the laudatory goal of seeing and treating people of all races as individuals made in Gods image. David Limbaugh is a writer, author and attorney. His latest book is Guilty by Reason of Insanity: Why the Democrats Must Not Win. Follow him on Twitter @davidlimbaugh and at www.davidlimbaugh.com. To read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com. Copyright 2021 by Creators.com.