What is behind Wu's 'people of color' Christmas party
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
By Social Links for Adam B. Coleman
A fundamental belief I have is no matter your race, we have more in common than we have different.
Yet the most powerful progressives in our government believe those minor differences are enough to keep us constantly separated.
Progressives reduce black people like me to colorful beings who must always be wary of those who lack pigmentation, and to remain emotionally safe and appropriately seen, we must congregate only amongst ourselves: No "people without color" allowed.
This is the mentality of these illiberal actors in government, including Boston's mayor, Michelle Wu.
Wu this week defended holding an "elected officials of color only" holiday party after accidentally sending invites to white lawmakers only to rescind them shortly after.
"We had individual conversations with everyone, so people understand that it was truly just an honest mistake that went out in typing the email field," Wu told reporters.
"I've been a part of a group that gathers, representing elected officials of color across all different levels of government in Massachusetts," she added. "A group that has been in place for more than a decade, and the opportunity to create a space for people to celebrate and rotate who hosts."
Wu believes the primary issue is that an email was sent out in error rather than her using her position in government to conduct an exclusionary holiday event under the guise of celebrating diversity while being funded by tax dollars.
Progressives like Wu preach inclusion while purposefully excluding people, and promote diversity while encouraging their separation.
Despite what Wu says, the real reason they want their own Christmas party has nothing to do with "creating a space" for people of color to celebrate the holiday season.
The truth is that it's another way for them to celebrate themselves by pretending they're special for being a minority in government.
Minority progressives don't want equality, they want special treatment, and they always want one more than whatever the people without color get: including one more Christmas party.
Progressivism promotes carrying not just a victim complex for minority believers but an additional inferiority complex.
They have an insatiable appetite for being treated like delicate flowers that will wither away if you don't constantly water them with adulation.
This mindset of believing minorities are fragile creatures who deserve special attention is the type of rationalization for progressives to institute minority-only segregated classrooms in Evanston Township High School and separate graduation ceremonies.
They'll mask their social insecurity with claims of striving for equity in any given arena, like government and education, but the end goal is not to remain on the same playing field as everyone else: They want the game rigged for their benefit.
When regular people think about Christmas, they imagine how they can bring people together despite their differences, how they can express their love for one another through gift-giving and embodying Christ by sacrificing for people who may be less fortunate than ourselves.
It's hard for people who aren't progressive ideologues to understand how even Christmas, a holiday that encourages solidarity, requires a taxpayer-funded unique space to give thanks for their blessings.
But that's the problem: These people aren't thankful, they're insufferably entitled.
Adam B. Coleman is the author of "Black Victim to Black Victor" and founder of Wrong Speak Publishing. Follow him on Substack: adambcoleman.substack.com.
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Racism is the answer to the title question. A lot of words have been spent to excuse it.
MAGA people, generally speaking, are not one to lecture people of color on racism, in my opinion. Granted, not all White people are racist, bigoted, or even separatists - but if they are any of the aforementioned, they are MAGA-masking it under other deceitful methodologies.
Find a MAGA person and tell them that.
, not all White people are racist, bigoted
How kind of you to say so.
Way to completely avoid the topic though.
Well, liberal critic that MAGA is, why wouldn't MAGA know evidentially that not all Whites are racists, bigots, or separatists. . . many white liberals sit, live, and mix with people of color everyday. Incidentally, that is one more reason for this shocking 'display' for Mayor Wu. I don't fully understand what she was trying to convey. That said, I have one more place to 'read' to try to better under her reasoning on this Christmas Party that is causing a 'stir.'
Why do you support a mayor who did a racist action? Why do you condone this sort of racist behavior?
So the mayor tried to defend it by saying the city has a history of celebrations around small groups of people. Earlier in the month the city held a Hannukah celebration with the lighting of a menorah. Was that celebration limited to only those who follow the Jewish faith or was it open to all?
What would your statement be if the mayor held a Christmas party for only white people?
Damn man, excluding any group of people based on their skin color is just wrong. Why do you defend this mayor?
I have no idea what this is supposed to mean, or why it's relevant to the Mayor's blatant racism. The Mayor isn't MAGA, she's just a progressive who's absorbed the racist progressive beliefs and is applying them in racist ways.
It's pretty obvious she was trying to convey that "white people aren't allowed."
Provide material evidence of where I "support" her decision first. Go!
So you don’t support her action?
Snuffy, gave the "explanation" Mayor Wu offered in her defense at 2.1.3. That is what I went after to read too after posting my comment at 2.1.2 online.
The "defense" seems to be some "tradition" or cultural "acknowledgement" that is ten-years running. Apparently, there has not been an email "slip-up" before. Of course, I have no way to know this. . .since I don't live in Boston or even in the region.
In my opinion, It is not sufficient an excuse and so it left me wondering (privately (to myself)) what the 'heck' is going on in Boston! Still, since it did not offer much in her defense I kept it to myself. That is, until now.
Read through my comments objectively and make an informed judgement of what I wrote.
And MAGAs are opportunists. You seem desperate to establish your own narrative about me as a racist. Well, good luck with that! You will fail. . .for obvious reasons across oh, six or seven years of comments on NT.
Let's move on. . . I won't waste time on persuading you about any-thing. Here is what you need to know. I like, love, Good people AND anybody who likes, love, me including WHITE PEOPLE. The only lover in my life that ever wanted to live with me was a WHITE MAN and he was the love of my life. In fact, he has not and can not been replaced by anybody. Despite his/my loss of him to an accident.
Now if you can turn that inwards on itself into some diminished and discounted racist interpretation of me, it will prove just how desperate you are to label me what you damn well can not!
Such a simple questions remains unanswered. An A for consistency.
Well since you insist on continuing . . . race is a Social Construct. Therefore, it must have categories beneath. I won't bother to list them for I am sure you have heard of those in a long-lived life of your own. Since we have these "several" categories for which people are placed/located then in the U.S. somebody did once long ago and do continue to classify people as Whites and Non-Whites.
Long story made short. . . .
If MAGA truly wishes to be color-blind, it will have to end its stance on labeling, mocking, discounting, diminishing, and attacking on anybody that is not aligned with MAGA conservatism! That's called: RE-ALIGNMENT. That is, using word salads: Conservative, Liberal, and Progressive to divide, demonize, and express hate towards other people as a "free for all" people (based on the groups which they encompass in their ranks) will not alleviate the FACT that MAGA is not COLOR-BLIND. Indeed, racism by another name or wearing a disguise is yet: Racism all the same!
Nothing else can fix division that is the consequence of "wash, rinse, and repeat" existence of racism in which our nation labors
It's a relatively short set of comments. Mine are a 'shortlist.' And yet a complaint from one who is here 'round the clock' making snarky comments. So I will not lean into the bs of thinking this is 'real.'
Whatever.
Let me make something IMPERFECTLY CLEAR to you. . . I write "imperfectly" because with your usual flair I expect it will "deter" to some alternative dialogue in response to be immediately upcoming. . .you don't qualify to give me comment "Instructions". . .as 99.99 percent of everything you have EVER written to me has been shallow and put it mildly, careless and bullshit lacking in any sense of humanity.
Therefore, I will pass on accepting any patronizing BS now and give it back for transmission to somebody else.
Back to Mayor Wu. This is her problem. It is not a liberal "problem." I would have invited the 'lot' of the council. . .even the "messy" politicking Ones! Your issue, if you have one, is with Mayor Wu and possibly her staff.
One last thing: You shall not lecture me about racism, you simply don't have the 'chops' for it. And I am pretty sure that MAGA and 'affiliated' folks are on record as against VIRTUE SIGNALING, especially about matters they don't dare bother to understand or do anything in-depth to fix/end.
So, whites didn't get invited to the Christmas party, is Mayor Wu being racist as in payback for minorities not being invited to Christmas parties or is it a more subtle attack on whites a secret agenda of cities across the US secretly having Christmas Parties sans white folk? This is the burning question amongst certain folks. Please feel free to submit your opinion of this possible dastardly deed by a gang of thugs masquerading as minorities.
Red and I will be hosting a Christmas Party, even though I'm not Christian/Muslim/Jewish or any of Merry go Round religions. After consulting with my Cherokee Indian Princess wife (her gggggrandmother was 1/128th Cherokee or maybe it was Irish either way we have extended the invitation to a multitude of races/ethnicities/religions. Now you have to understand we have a good mix in our community, or as I have named it ''The Tribal Grounds of Multiculturism''.
As our guests arrive at the ''Big Tipi'' they will be greeted by ''Handsome Man'' who is the Indian version of Santa Claus. Fifteen types of hors d'oeuvres will be served from every continent known to man (and woman) and an open bar for those that imbibe then on to the main course which will be pure Native American (since we are the first Americans we get dibs). This may not sit well with some of the white folks (yes, you were invited) but never people to waste food we will be having Reindeer chops, Reindeer steaks, Reindeer ribs, Reindeer stew and for my south of the border friends Reindeer tripe. For dessert, Reindeer pudding.
Then all our multicultural friends will sit aound the fire watching the smoke escape through the smoke hole of the Big Tipi and enjoying the reading of: ''Tis the Night Before Ojibwe Christmas'' by my cousin, Luther Walks the Horse.
Mina Niibaanamaang
I guess that will be wond— wonderful. I have never had reindeer 'anything.' But I wish y'all, "Happy Eating! And a good time to be held by all!"
Raindeer is very tender, very lean meat with a bit of a metallic after taste probably due to its high iron content. I had sausage, tartare, roasts and stews in Norway, all delicious. It is a very healthy and tasty meat.
Did you go to Alaska to harvest the reindeer aka caribou?
Nope, those are home grown Reindeer from MN with help from the Sami in Finland, we indigenous folks help each other out when we are not inviting white folks to Christmas parties.