The High Priests of Hyperbole!

African-Americans "with victim mentalities...insist on conjuring up images of white racists blocking their every opportunity to get ahead."

Then there are these pearls of wisdom offered up by Malkin, a temerarious Filipino-American who, like Hamblin, cozies up to  white supremacists:

"... If there's an insult to be milked – Macaca! Nappy-headed ho! – the professional victims will rush in ... issue their 21-point demands, and then recede until their next race-hustling opportunity comes along..."

"...the popular narrative of innocent young black men being victimized by the bigoted white Southern establishment is as slippery as Al Sharpton's hairdo."

Reverse-race hustlers skew out these types of distortions to mostly white audiences as if to say, "That's how they (other minorities) are.  I'm not like the rest of them."  

For better or worse, they probably don't realize how right they are.

Epilogue

I can remember being informed, as a young man by a white friend, that I was not "like the rest of them," meaning, of course, other blacks.   At the time, in my ignorance, his comment left me feeling a bit full of myself.  However, that was many years ago.  Knowing what I know now, I would not consider that declaration to be a compliment.  But I wouldn't change the generally favorable attitude I hold for this colleague whom I still consider a friend whose statement came with all good intentions. 

But beyond the fact that, prior to me, my colleague probably hadn't hung around very many blacks, another more subtle message eventually emerged.  If you want to stay in the good graces of whites, don't be like the rest of "them" (i.e., don't be too "black").

Perhaps this message was also seared into the minds of black conservatives such as Elder, Thomas, Williams, Hamblin and others who are obviously clever enough to realize that being a black, anti-black race hustler is a road more likely to lead to financial "success" and overall influence than one might achieve by carrying the mantle of pro-black "activist."

Certainly I am ascribing easily-denied motives by insisting that financial consideration, rather than a genuine desire to uplift the race, is what pushes black reverse-race hustlers to promote views that – made by whites – would be appropriately considered racist.  But it's an allowance that should be granted. After all, consider the broad-brush license encapsulated within assertions made by reverse-race hustlers like this one from Elder in Ten Things.

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"To put it more bluntly, many blacks ... assume white bigotry and hostility towards blacks, and feel -- against all evidence -- that "white racism" remains a formidable obstacle. What nonsense."

The numerous poll results cited earlier seem to indicate that it may be Elder and others of his ilk who are spouting nonsense.  They provide a distinct and measurable basis to support a contention that overall, America's black citizens are quite cognizant of the diminishing role that race plays in one's overall chance to succeed.  This should be point of concern to reverse-race hustlers.  Why?  Because it appears that overall, increasing numbers of Americans are turning away from racial and other forms of rabble-rousing. Apparently, many so-called "ditto heads" moderating their views.

To wit:  After a nationwide, sharply concerted and intensely message-focused effort, right-wing talk radio, a major vehicle for the promulgation of the kinds of viewpoints shared by reverse-race-hustlers, failed in its attempt at preventing Republican Sen. John McCain -- declared by rabble-rousing talkers like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity to be "too moderate" -- from attaining his party's presidential nomination.   

Then of course there is President Bush, an avowed conservative who, although seemingly far removed from the race-hustler label, has enjoyed poster boy status among reverse race-hustlers' core group of supporters. Bush has experienced steady erosion in his approval rating which has descended from a high of 90 percent to fewer than 30.   

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