Lies Of Convenience (America's Number One Export) I

The message is the same from whites across the political spectrum

While studying postwar Europe, Ta-Nehisi Coates took note of a convenient mental trait, shared by whites across the Atlantic:

“Attendant to all of this was something that any student of white supremacy in America will recognize—a strong propensity toward national amnesia,…

…This ‘strength to forget’ notion. National forgetting is always a selective endeavor. Italy had no more intention of dismissing its Roman heritage as ‘the past,’ than Americans have of dismissing George Washington as ‘the past.’ ‘The past’ is whatever contributes to a society's moral debts. ‘Heritage’ is everything else.”

One of these two shot first

I saw a bit of this in John Althouse Cohen’s piece yesterday, which blamed prejudice on all Americans equally, forgetting it is white Americans - alone - who have historically inspired anything like it in blacks. And, especially, by utilising the law.

The signs came down but how whites think has stayed the same

Considering Cohen’s mother, Ann Althouse, is a law professor, one would think she would’ve taught him better.

The hegemony of white women is unquestioned, and - right or wrong - they're proud of it

But, on the other hand, she, too, is known for telling blacks to “take responsibility” under white’s supremacy, so expectations that she or her children will have a grasp of reality - and know to do the right thing - were sure to be disappointed.

White America teaches minorities their morals - while devising ways for themselves to escape them

As Coates has also pointed out, “Laws are not synonyms for justice” but (as the Althouse family practices it) white's most handy “Get Out Of Jail Free” card - and, male or female, gay or straight, they're always looking for new ones.

White's appearance can be deceiving - in the men and women - but only so by so much

One need not wonder about the ethics (or courage) of any individual, people, or nation, that needs law to serve that purpose.

To be cont'd,…