Some of the Dots

The Eagle published a racist ad yesterday. The ad was presented under the Orwellian guise of being anti-racists, as in, anything done to repair the damage done by our long history of racism is itself based on race and therefore racist. This ad was placed by a freshman at A&M who is a white supremacist. This from a reader:

The guy is a white nationalist. He is in Facebook and I have attached a pdf file of his page.

Check out these websites he recommends.

http://www.noaztlan.org

http://www.thetruthisnodefense.com

http://www.sossaveoursisters.com/

On the same day as this ad the Eagle showed a picture of the A&M football team celebrating their victory. Guess what. They were all white. In today’s Eagle there is an op-ed piece from a radio talk show person whom I’ve never heard of and never seen published before. This is a black person arguing for a shut up and stand up for your country Uncle Tom perspective. Also in today’s Eagle is a front-page story about citizens in Madisonville concerned about what appears to be racial profiling by the Madisonville Police Department. This is not the first time that the Eagle has covered this story. Each time it has included statements like “At that meeting, Concerned Citizens of Madisonville - a group that has been organizing since September with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union – …“ Historically the subtext of that statement, especially when frequently repeated, is “Our negroes (less civilized words were more frequently used) wouldn’t be get’n so uppity if it weren’t for those outside agitators.”

Connecting the Dots

This connection I will leave to others. Is the Eagle using very sophisticated means to set out a menagerie of antiquated yet ongoing racism? Or, are they a part of an unintended menagerie? Should they, could they, have refused to publish the ad? Why did they choose the day after that ad to run an Uncle Tom editorial? Were they subtle enough to include something on the sports page? What do you think?