Posted on June 6, 2020

America is Not Racist

Thomas D. Klingenstein and Ryan P. Williams, The American Mind, June 3, 2020

A Statement from the Claremont Institute.

The pretext for this entire nationwide riot is that America is a racist country. That is not true. America is not a racist country. {snip}

The reckless charge that American law enforcement is “systemically racist” is also not true. As with any large organization of men wielding power, some will abuse that power. But police do not systematically target innocents—either by race or any other criteria. Any fair-minded review of the available data demonstrates that.

Why is it that so many of our citizens believe that America is racist to its core? Because this lie has been preached by our universities and media like the Gospel for a generation. From there it has traveled throughout society, particularly among the elite. {snip}

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America must have a full accounting of how the riots happened, who made them happen, and who let them happen. {snip} The only way America can survive is as a united country dedicated to living out the true meaning of its creed. The elite want to rob us of that future. The rest of us should pledge our lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to stopping them.

Thomas D. Klingenstein
Chairman

Ryan P. Williams
President

The Claremont Institute