Inverse Racism
What do you call it when people of a race tell you you no longer belong to the club. Why? Because it hurts their bottom line. Welcome to the world of Native Americans.
“Cherokee Nation members have voted to revoke the tribal citizenship of an estimated 2,800 descendants of the people the Cherokee Indians once owned as slaves.”
Ever since Congress allowed Indian nations to each own one casino back in the late 1980s, many tribes have been expelling marginal members to increase the slice of the pie for the remainder.
That’s because the main benefit of belonging to a tribe—the rake-off from a single casino—is finite. In contrast, black and Hispanic organizations have backed broad, inclusive definitions of who is black or Hispanic because the rake-off from being black or Hispanic—affirmative action quotas—are indefinite in magnitude. The larger the percentage of the population, the larger the quota, and the larger the number of voters who are beneficiaries. (Of course, in this zero sum game, the greater the black and Hispanic rake-off, the more pain is inflicted upon whites, but the more white political opposition the more minority ethnic activist groups seem necessary to their constituents, so, for their leaders, what’s not to like?)
That’s the problem with identity politics. It has become nothing more than a scam of its own, to extort money from the government (and in some cases, businesses). In the case of Native Americans, we see how the way their deal is structured, they have to cheat their own to maximize the take. Human nature takes over. Say goodbye to the idea of unity.
I’m suing the Cherokee for reparations.
Posted by Edshugeo The GodMoor on 03/05 at 05:32 PM
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