Emboldened White Liberals

That's the title of a post by LaShawn Barber, who thinks white liberals will step up their attacks on black conservatives in the months ahead. She has this to say about the motives for such attacks:

People who claim to be “for” black folks can be viciously condescending toward them. Perhaps black liberals don’t notice, but it’s crystal clear to me. Reading what’s written about other black conservatives was more than enough to convince me that liberals don’t really care about us, but being the target of their just-below-the-surface racist attitudes drove it in like a drill.

That’s why I expect to see more articles like Racism, Democrat-style, written by people like Ruben Navarrette, Jr. More “people of color” will begin to see white liberals for what they really are. I suspect they’re not interested in our opinions, even if we’re one of the 90 percent who voted for John Kerry. Blacks are to be seen and not heard. That’s my assessment until I see evidence to the contrary.

In the article linked to above, Ruben Navarrette wrote: As Democrats sink their teeth into the Gonzales and Rice nominations, note the condescension. Liberals can -- in one breath -- convey both the high opinion they have of themselves and the low opinion they have of everyone else.

We'll continue to follow this subject closely. Unfortunately, I have to agree with La Shawn that this is a problem we're going to be dealing with for a long time to come.