OPINION:
The cynical ploy of the U.S. State Department to invite the United Nations to investigate “systemic racism” in the U.S. beggars belief.
The U.N. harbors some of the worst human rights violators in the world. China mercilessly persecutes Falun Gong practitioners and harvests their organs for sale on the open market. Iran persecutes Baha’i believers and is a leading sponsor of terrorism. And Venezuela and North Korea routinely starve their people to death. These are the countries that are supposed to “investigate” the U.S.?
While Cubans are desperately asking for help to overthrow Communism, the Democrats are shoving Communism down the throats of Americans. Thousands of people flee their own countries and brave incredible hardships for the chance to start life anew here — would they do so if there were systemic racism in this country? No, because there is no systemic racism in America.
Does Secretary Blinken even know what “systemic racism” means? It means government institutions systematically discriminate against a minority. Can Blinken point to a single U.S. government department or institution receiving U.S. funding which discriminates on the basis of race against U.S. citizens?
On the contrary, U.S. government departments and institutions all have rules that favor minorities (except of course Asians and Jews, despite widespread discrimination against these minorities in the past) and bend over backward to give them preference in hiring and funding support.
Yes, there are cases of individuals exhibiting racism against minorities, but that is not the same thing as state-sponsored, “systemic” racism. What’s more, it isn’y only white individuals who exhibit racism. On the contrary, many Asians in this country have been the victims of racist attacks (particularly Korean shopkeepers in Washington), but most of those attacks were by Blacks, not whites.
Blinken is a fool if he thinks this charade will improve the standing of the U.S. in the eyes of the world. China and Russia can’t believe their luck; they don’t have to lift a finger to destroy the U.S. because the Biden administration is doing it for them.
JULIA WELLER
Chevy Chase, Md.
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