Collective Racial Guilt

6/19/2020

"The Jews had their Kristallnacht, the Nazis and the German media justified the destruction and violence. Those that opposed the acts of violence and hate were ostracized, called "Jew lovers," and were silenced. It was their fear of losing employment, status, reputation and more that prevented them from taking a stand. Is this not what we are watching play out today?"

What we are witnessing on our television, newspapers and on social media is one of the most onerous and disturbing examples of manipulation you will ever witness. It is called Collective Racial Guilt.

I recall sitting in a 400 level history course several years ago when I first became familiarized with the phrase. My professor at the time, was midway through a lecture on Nazi propaganda. At the time, I could not comprehend how an entire nation could possibly give in to the notion that an entire segment of its population was worthy of genocide. Now I understand.

Today, we are being told that the collective guilt of all white persons in this nation is responsible for "systemic racism," oppression and injustices within the black community. There are two problems with this charge. The first is that collective guilt, on the basis of racial origin, is a wicked ideology and is already leading us into lawlessness and senseless race targeted violence. Whether it's Jews being held collectively guilty of the alleged excesses of "rich Jews" or blacks being collectively punished for the offences of individual black people, such racial extrapolation always leads to prejudice and suffering. There is a twisted irony in the fact that so many commentators and activists who are posing as anti-racist are now promoting the ideology of collective racial guilt on all whites in response to the killing of George Floyd.

There is nothing wrong with acknowledging that the lives of black persons matter. There is however something very disturbing about isolating one race and declaring them to be collectively responsible for the actions of one man or the actions of a group of men from a bygone era. The Jews had their Kristallnacht, the Nazis and the German media justified the destruction and violence. Those that opposed the acts of violence and hate were ostracized, called "Jew lovers," and were silenced. It was their fear of losing employment, status, reputation and more that prevented them from taking a stand. Is this not what we are watching play out today?

Now, as I watch the anarchy in our streets the countless videos of random violence, the looting and pillaging of businesses accompanied by persistent justification and pandering by the media and politicians, I cannot help but wonder, is there any reason to think that it will be different this time?

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2 Comments

A fan

7/9/2020 11:11:52 pm

The key difference is Jews were a minority in Germany, whites are not in the US. There should be some hand-washing by whites, at least those who up until recently have continued to glorify racists and traitors. Of course not every Confederate was a racist, most were just poor people fighting for their homeland, but the leaders of the CSA and the CSA itself as an institution clearly stood for slavery and white supremacy. The Cornerstone Address makes that clear. Confederate monuments should only exist in a historical context, not for glory, but to illustrate that Southerners for 160 years after the “disappearance” of the Confederacy as Jefferson Davis said, have continued to glorify it. Many of these statues have been put up as nothing more than a middle-finger to Civil Rights movements from 1910 onwards. If MAGA KAG *clicks heels and salutes in a straight arm motion* wins in 2020 and the Red Hat Brigade holds the South for another decade, I would not at all be surprised if more statues of Confederates went up in the South, perhaps only in deep red, deeply fascist areas like Central Appalachia.

Jonah Galt

7/10/2020 08:50:17 am

Whether one group is in the minority or the majority is irrelevant to collectively pronouncing guilt on them. Blaming all whites for the injustices committed against blacks is a dangerous doctrine.

When all of the statues are removed, they will come for more. This isn't about statues. One simply needs to look at the recent attack on any and all statues, even those of abolitionist, war veterans, war memorials, etc. to realize that this movement is about deconstruction of American culture.

Relegating Confederate statues to museums is a reasonable solution, but this movement is not reasonable. The future will prove me correct.