A top conservative publication published a column on Wednesday advising young
white children to stay away from black people, despite firing a columnist
roughly a year ago for writing a very similar piece in a different publication.
white children to stay away from black people, despite firing a columnist
roughly a year ago for writing a very similar piece in a different publication.
Victor Davis Hanson, a scholar of military
history and longtime National Review foreign affairs columnist, has a
habit of dipping his toes into racially uncomfortable water. In a past column,
for example, Hanson accused President Obama of attempting to victimize white people for political gain.
history and longtime National Review foreign affairs columnist, has a
habit of dipping his toes into racially uncomfortable water. In a past column,
for example, Hanson accused President Obama of attempting to victimize white people for political gain.
His column today, however, directly echoes the now-infamous piece by self-described
“race-realist” John Derbyshire that National Review deemed a firing offense. Derbyshire’s TakiMag
piece, the conceit of which was that the author was giving a white equivalent
of “The Talk” that black parents give their children about racism, included
gems like “avoid concentrations of blacks not all known to you personally,”
“stay out of heavily black neighborhoods,” and “if accosted by a strange black
in the street, smile and say something polite but keep moving.”
“race-realist” John Derbyshire that National Review deemed a firing offense. Derbyshire’s TakiMag
piece, the conceit of which was that the author was giving a white equivalent
of “The Talk” that black parents give their children about racism, included
gems like “avoid concentrations of blacks not all known to you personally,”
“stay out of heavily black neighborhoods,” and “if accosted by a strange black
in the street, smile and say something polite but keep moving.”
The thrust of Hanson’s argument — black men are
criminals and you should stay away from them, my son — is largely
indistinguishable from Derbyshire’s. “Be careful if a group of black youths
approaches you,” Hanson quoted his father as saying before a move to San
Francisco. “After some first-hand episodes with young African-American males,”
he continued, “I offered a similar lecture to my own son.”
criminals and you should stay away from them, my son — is largely
indistinguishable from Derbyshire’s. “Be careful if a group of black youths
approaches you,” Hanson quoted his father as saying before a move to San
Francisco. “After some first-hand episodes with young African-American males,”
he continued, “I offered a similar lecture to my own son.”
Hanson’s piece included some weak caveats
seemingly aimed at distinguishing himself from Derbyshire. “Note what [my
father] did not say to me. He did not employ language like ‘typical black
person.’ He did not advise extra caution about black women, the elderly, or the
very young…In other words, the advice was not about race per se, but instead
about the tendency of males of one particular age and race to commit an
inordinate amount of violent crime.”
seemingly aimed at distinguishing himself from Derbyshire. “Note what [my
father] did not say to me. He did not employ language like ‘typical black
person.’ He did not advise extra caution about black women, the elderly, or the
very young…In other words, the advice was not about race per se, but instead
about the tendency of males of one particular age and race to commit an
inordinate amount of violent crime.”
This is bollocks. Hanson, like innumerates Richard Cohen and Kathleen Parker before him, is relying on a
common mathematical fallacy, called the base rate error, to draw fictitious
conclusions about the danger posed by black men. Even if black men are more
likely to be violent, and that’s a big if, it still doesn’t follow that
all others should avoid them: because the absolute rate of crime is extremely
low, any individual black man is almost certainly not going to be a criminal.
But, as Ta-Nehisi Coates puts it in a sterling critique of Hanson, “one
of the effects of racism is its tendency to justify stupidity.”
common mathematical fallacy, called the base rate error, to draw fictitious
conclusions about the danger posed by black men. Even if black men are more
likely to be violent, and that’s a big if, it still doesn’t follow that
all others should avoid them: because the absolute rate of crime is extremely
low, any individual black man is almost certainly not going to be a criminal.
But, as Ta-Nehisi Coates puts it in a sterling critique of Hanson, “one
of the effects of racism is its tendency to justify stupidity.”
The point, then, is that any supposed difference
between Hanson and Derbyshire is a smokescreen. Both improperly manipulate
crime statistics to make incorrect generalizations about the criminality of
entire groups of people based largely on the color of their skin. The fact that
Derbyshire is blunter about it makes no substantive difference.
between Hanson and Derbyshire is a smokescreen. Both improperly manipulate
crime statistics to make incorrect generalizations about the criminality of
entire groups of people based largely on the color of their skin. The fact that
Derbyshire is blunter about it makes no substantive difference.
When National Review editor Rich Lowry dismissed Derbyshire, he wrote that Derbyshire
was advancing views with which “we’d never associate ourselves.” But Wednesday
morning, they did just that.
was advancing views with which “we’d never associate ourselves.” But Wednesday
morning, they did just that.
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