When the Titanic was sinking in 1912, with insufficient lifeboats to save all those on the doomed cruise ship, the cry was, “Women and children first!” Today, of course, there might be several men who would step forward to be rescued first, each one “identifying” as a woman, and others not even sure how to even define what a woman is.
But no one — not even in that era — would have said, “Whites first!” Certainly no one would step forward and say such a thing today, but if they did, the mainstream media would jump on the story and it would dominate the 24-hour news cycle.
On the other hand, when Vice President Kamala Harris told an audience this past Friday that “communities of color” should be first in line for federal assistance after the devastation of Hurricane Ian that hit Florida, barely a peep was heard from the mainstream media.
“We have to address this in a way that is about giving resources based on equity,” Harris said during a discussion with Priyanka Chopra Jonas at the Democratic National Committee’s Women’s Leadership Forum. She added that we need “understanding that we fight for equality, but we also need to fight for equity.”
“If we want people to be in an equal place sometimes we need to take into account those disparities and do that work,” Harris said, arguing that those with less before the hurricane should be given more and should be helped first. Because of this, “It is our lowest income communities and our communities of color that are most impacted by these extreme conditions and impacted by issues that are not of their own making.”
When Jonas chimed in, “And women,” Harris quickly replied, “Absolutely.”
Harris then added that “not everyone starts out at the same place. And if we want people to be in an equal [place], sometimes we have to take into account those disparities and do that work.”
Make no mistake, Harris’ comments reflect the philosophy of Marxism, that it is the role of government to make people equal, not just provide equal opportunity under the law. Her racist remarks also fit into the Marxists’ effort to divide society against each other, which they do at every opportunity. The Marxists disdain the individual, preferring to place human beings into “groups,” with one group oppressing the other.
While some more-conservative media outlets have criticized Harris, the Left’s allies in the mainstream media have been mostly silent.
But comedian Bill Maher did note the hypocrisy of that mainstream media. “If journalists were any good at doing their jobs they’d be hammering Kamala Harris on the remarks she made today about how white families affected by Hurricane Ian won’t be getting any federal funds because the money will be diverted to ‘communities of color’ before all else.”
Another journalist, Kyle Becker, rightly asked, “Can we just agree this is the tipping point when the ‘equity’ claptrap has jumped the neo-communist shark?”
Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida, whose state was hit hard by the hurricane, retorted, “If a hurricane hits a state, we should expect the government to help all those affected: black, brown, white, purple, green.”
But the audience that heard Harris actually applauded her racist comments, and the media that sees racism in practically every statement by any prominent Republican, regardless of the issue, has had little to say about actual racism coming out of the mouth of the vice president of the United States.
