by Rémi Tremblay

 

Race and racism are everywhere. Hardly a day passes without accusations of racism being thrown around. Usually, the simple accusation of what James Edwards calls the “R” word is enough to make the accused bow down, apologize and disappear from the public sphere. No trial is needed; the accusation is in itself paramount to a social death sentence.

 

But the thing is “that most white people have no idea when they hear or see the word ‘racist’ in the media that the people using the word mean something far different than what the ordinary person understands the word to mean.”

 

This is what James Edwards wrote in “Racism, Schmacism”, a book published a decade ago, an eternity when we consider how fast things are evolving.

 

Unfortunately, the book has not taken a wrinkle, like we say in French Canada; it is even more relevant today than it was back then. The madness has in no way cooled down, and Conservatives have failed to learn the lesson.

 

Things have taken a rather intense twist with the death of George Floyd last spring and have since then gotten out of hand. Numerous people, too many to keep a record, were fired for using insensitive language or uttering non-approved ideas. In some more “progressive” workplaces, white men were more or less gently asked to leave and make room for the oppressed black people. The examples highlighted by Edwards ten years ago have slowly become the norm and would hardly shock the current day reader.

 

If in 2010, white Conservatives were de facto racists, today it is even more true, with most whites considered racist simply because of their race. If we are to listen to the media, in 2020, the whole system is fueled by racism, the sole engine of Western Society. No one is immune. No one is innocent.

 

Not even in the countries where diversity is a rather new phenomenon. The point is that today, the United States is supposedly more racist than ever, something historically illogical, but a belief held to be true by Liberals and race baiters.

 

And Obama changed nothing.

 

Like Edwards pointed out, people “were certain that with a black man in the White House, charges of racism and hate would begin dying down, and that race would become a smaller and smaller factor in American life from here on out.”

 

That was a huge mistake.

 

The so called “conversation on race” that had been promised has proven to be a one-way street where one side can pretty much say whatever it wants and the other side must listen and nod while internalizing all the accusations thrown at it. Any other stance would be deemed racist.

 

The very election of Obama did allow us to see that trend coming. While “humor and satire that have always been acceptable for centuries when directed at white politicians become ‘hate’ and ‘racism’ when the target is a black or other non-white person.”

 

This is why comparing Obama to Curious George was unacceptable, while comparing George Bush to that same character was funny.

 

As Edwards said “in ‘post-racial’ America making fun of Obama or any other black politician, or any non-white person for that matter, is racist.” That was true than; it is even more true now.

 

The double standard and the “race card” explain why John McCain carried a mild campaign and refused to play dirty. Overall, he wanted to avoid the label and libel, but to no avail. During his campaign, he never attacked his opponent on the fact that for 20 years, Obama had attended Jeremiah Wright’s Trinity United Church, a racialist church honoring Malcolm X, an openly racist Muslim. He always kept very polite, but still got the “R” word served to him constantly.

 

Actually, not voting for Obama, judging him on his program or achievement, criticizing his actions were considered intrinsically racist. Whites were asked not to see Obama’s color, but were nevertheless invited to vote for him to demonstrate their lack of racist feelings. On the other hand, the fact that blacks voted for him based on race was perfectly legitimate. Nothing is more hypocritical than “the conversation on race.”

 

Mainstream Conservatives have unfortunately failed to understand that double standard and to act upon it. The same goes for those on the Right who try to call other people racist. This plays against them in the long run. We should not get involved in a game where the rules are set by our opponents; the only wise reaction is to laugh, quit the game and resume what we were doing. Republicans didn’t do that!

 

This is why Edwards finds the Democrats more respectable in a certain way:

 

Say what you want about (…) the Democrats, but at least they’re loyal to their voter base. Unlike the GOP, which would never do anything to advance the cause of their white base, Democrats take every opportunity to reward the non-whites who vote for them. They understand how politics works; if you want people to keep voting for you, you reward them when they support you.

 

But since the book’s publication, we can at least see that one person got the message Edwards was trying to pass: Donald Trump. Even if he has not been openly pro-White, he tended to reward his voting base, which is the reason why he has been under constant attacks since 2016. That and because he refused to bow down when the Liberals threw the “R” word at him. It is exactly what Edwards was recommending ten years ago, and in 2016, Trump won.

 

But what Trump did in the political field is still to be done in other spheres: the media and the academic world. In those two fields, the very idea of dissension from the official line is unheard of. It took Trump a lot of guts to dissent and refuse the guilt game in politics. We are yet to see someone from the mainstream media or universities show that courage.

 

But the thing is and was that the “R” word accusation is inevitable as “racist equals white person, and white person equals racist. All white people are racist, and they’re always racist, and they will always be racist.”

 

It is never stated that bluntly but anyone watching the news will realize it. The example of one’s dwelling is a great illustration of this phenomenon: it was racist for whites to move out of diverse neighborhoods, but now it is as racist for whites to move into the diverse neighborhoods. The first was “White flight” and the second is gentrification. But they are both evidences of white racism in America. “If we do A, we’re racist, and if we do the exact opposite of A, we’re racist.”

 

That nonsense is also to be seen in the media representation. We often hear that blacks are underrepresented, and that fiction would convey negative stereotypes about them. Anyone who has watched an hour of television knows the score, and for those who haven’t, Edwards present countless examples of the exact opposite. The media and especially fiction like movies and sitcoms have become a means to humiliate white heterosexual men. But we are still fed that lie on a regular basis and refusing to agree would be … racist.

 

The fact that we are forced to support certain ideas, but never express dissent raises the question of free speech. In this regard, Canada has taken an active lead with the State restricting free speech. The USA may not follow that official censorship, but thanks to the hordes of black blocs, the constant intimidation of dissidents and the banning from the media of anyone disagreeing, we see that these limitations on free speech are gaining foot in the land of the free.

 

The thing is that “white people aren’t filled with hate and ‘racism;’ but they are scared to death of being ‘perceived’ as a racist, or getting called one, because ‘racists’ has become the most powerful racial slur in America.”

 

Edwards urged us to stop accepting to play that game. The only way to move forward is to stop apologizing and trying to prove we are not racist: it’s an insult that means nothing, but that is incapacitating. By refusing to bow down, we will be able to move on.

 

Trump has at least proven that point.

 

Rémi Tremblay is the editor-in-chief of Le Harfang. He has authored several books, mostly on Canadian issues, his latest book being a biography of Jacques Cartier. He is the Canadian correspondant for different French media and contributes regularly to American websites.

 

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