As I watch all of the video of Van Jones, who I first pegged as a race baiting opportunist months ago (Green the Ghetto, Give Pookie A Job), I am left wondering exactly what will it take to assuage the rage and contempt that he and his ilk feel towards America.
I'm particularly amused by the term "environmental racism" (eco-racism), now I know that term wasn't coined by Van Jones and has been around for sometime among the granola-eating, liberal types who refuse to shave their legs or armpits and ride their bikes to work but seriously for Van Jones to repeat that ka-ka (code for bulls**t) publicly in an auditorium filled with black folks is just too duplicitous for words. Van Jones says "I'm black, how can I not love the Earth? I'm black how can I not love life? That's the legacy, that's where we are from..." (not making this up check it out for yourself). Is Van Jones saying that because we are black we have some special connection with Earth that white folks don't have? Further, if we love life so much--you know, because we are all black and "earthy" then why aren't we outraged by the number of abortuaries in our communities. And as far as enviromental racism is concerned does Van Jones and his ilk believe that evil white conservatives litter the streets and alleys of the inner cities with chicken bones, broken glass and used condoms when all of the "earthy" life-loving black folks are nestled in their beds sleeping at night? Is it the evil white racist conservatives who piss in apartment halls and elevators when the "earthy", life-loving black folks aren't looking? Is that the environmental racism he speaks of?
I'm particularly amused by the term "environmental racism" (eco-racism), now I know that term wasn't coined by Van Jones and has been around for sometime among the granola-eating, liberal types who refuse to shave their legs or armpits and ride their bikes to work but seriously for Van Jones to repeat that ka-ka (code for bulls**t) publicly in an auditorium filled with black folks is just too duplicitous for words. Van Jones says "I'm black, how can I not love the Earth? I'm black how can I not love life? That's the legacy, that's where we are from..." (not making this up check it out for yourself). Is Van Jones saying that because we are black we have some special connection with Earth that white folks don't have? Further, if we love life so much--you know, because we are all black and "earthy" then why aren't we outraged by the number of abortuaries in our communities. And as far as enviromental racism is concerned does Van Jones and his ilk believe that evil white conservatives litter the streets and alleys of the inner cities with chicken bones, broken glass and used condoms when all of the "earthy" life-loving black folks are nestled in their beds sleeping at night? Is it the evil white racist conservatives who piss in apartment halls and elevators when the "earthy", life-loving black folks aren't looking? Is that the environmental racism he speaks of?
The point I'm making here is that influential black folks such as the distinguished Van Jones are doing a great disservice to the community they purportedly care so much about by extolling the evils of racism both real and imagined rather than encouraging self-reliance and empowerment.
