Derbyshire: No regrets for my "mild racism"---‘I May Give Up Writing and Work as a Butler’

[kpete]

‘I May Give Up Writing and Work as a Butler’: Interview with John Derbyshire

The mild and tolerant racism I've owned up to, and which seems to be very common, is not usually a problem in people's personal social lives. It's never been a problem in my life. I've always got on pretty well with persons of all races, excepting those individuals nobody can get along with—we've all met 'em. But then, of course, as an individual, one can "navigate" through life, making choices that avoid difficult quandaries, by just the kinds of strategies outlined in my article.

http://gawker.com/5900452/i-may-give-up-writing-and-work-as-a-butler-interview-with-john-derbyshire

[Ecumenist]

1. This guy is the world's most arrogant cretin, WHY WOULD RACISM HE REFLECTS AFFECT HIS LIFE,God he's

stupid. MILD racism??!! REALLY The, what is SEVERE racism, public dismemberment and burning in town squares? Wow, he's WAAAAAAAAAAY out in left field. I wonder if he has the nerve to walk around, spouting this slop OPENLY and letting people know who he is.... I bet he doesn't...Creep.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

4. I'll say one thing. As disgusting as he is. I at least "respect" (using the term loosely here) him

more than I ever would and O'Lielly or a Hammitty. Who just loooove black people but are soooo concerned about them (wink, wink). That type of closet racism is even more repulsive to me. Because unlike this assclown they pretend they are not bigoted. If more right wingers were more open about their bigotry like this guy is. It'd be easier to show others were they stand. I guess the only positive thing I can think of after reading this is the fact that these people are dying off. We still have a long way to go, but the younger generation gives me a tad bit of hope in this regard.

[Enrique]

2. it's not a problem in his life

no, white supremacy is more of a problem for members of the "inferior" races than it is to white people.

[1StrongBlackMan]

9. You caught that too? n/t

[joeybee12]

3. My mother was "mildly pregnant" when she carried me...nt

[Ecumenist]

7. Exactly, JoeyBEE and my mother is "slightly" dead. These types will NEVER learn.

[joeybee12]

11. Yup, and the idiots who listen to this schmuck are nodding their

heads and saying, "Yup, that makes sense." Can't reason with people incapable of reason.

[GodlessBiker]

5. What an asshole.

[hfojvt]

6. What did Derbyshire say again?

I did not follow the original story.

[kpete]

8. SHIT AND MORE SHIT

(10a) Avoid concentrations of blacks not all known to you personally.

(10b) Stay out of heavily black neighborhoods.

(10c) If planning a trip to a beach or amusement park at some date, find out whether it is likely to be swamped with blacks on that date (neglect of that one got me the closest I have ever gotten to death by gunshot).

(10d) Do not attend events likely to draw a lot of blacks.

(10e) If you are at some public event at which the number of blacks suddenly swells, leave as quickly as possible.

(10f) Do not settle in a district or municipality run by black politicians.

(10g) Before voting for a black politician, scrutinize his/her character much more carefully than you would a white.

(10h) Do not act the Good Samaritan to blacks in apparent distress, e.g., on the highway.

(10i) If accosted by a strange black in the street, smile and say something polite but keep moving.

http://gawker.com/5899884/racist-john-derbyshire-writes-most-racist-article-possible-pegged-to-trayvon-martin-case

[Old and In the Way]

13. Father-son?

[liberalhistorian]

10. Derbydick, it's never been a problem

in your life because you're WHITE. Do you not grasp that simple, salient little fact that makes all the difference? YOU. ARE. WHITE.

Sometimes I'm really ashamed to be white, and this asshole makes it one of those times.

[Tom Ripley]

12. Butler? Why not? He has long experience as a footman.