The conservative Republican opines: "From the perspective of one who accuses John McCain of racism [because he opposes U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice's ascension to Secretary of State, due to her comments surrounding the Benghazi scandal], it
isn’t that conservatism is wrong so much as that there is no such thing
as conservatism to begin with. It’s all a trick to keep whitey in power,
rather than the racially-indifferent means by which whitey came to have
power. Nothing is racially indifferent, least of all the tools that
built the master’s house."
Mr. Jackson continues his commentary: "This attitude, in turn, means that great numbers of black Americans
have turned away from the unchanging prerequisites of power, prosperity,
and liberty. These are viewed as goods held by the white man, the
acquisition of which for black people is a matter of forcing him to open
the spigot. Whatever compass by which Rice might have measured herself a
good, or bad, UN Administrator, deserving of promotion, is simply
erased. There is no compass. Her promotion is entirely captive to
whether white racism wins or loses – today. Tomorrow, the same contest
will rear its head somewhere else."
More: "Black conservatives can’t promise that goodness and innocence lay at
the bottom of white conservative hearts. Our best bet is to insist that
there is a compass. Our work is to insist that the master’s tools will
build our house, too – and that in fact there are no other tools. Do
this, and we will crack open a tiny space, not for the claim that white
conservatives aren’t racist, but for the more powerful claim: that it
doesn’t matter if they are."
Todd Jackson Commentary: Susan Rice, The Racism Charge, & Black Conservatism
