Over the weekend, National Review ended its association with John Derbyshire. Why? Because of this racist essay he published.
I say John Derbyshire is harmless. Nowhere does he advocate mistreatment of anyone based on race so his “racism” is purely a matter of self-segregation. Plenty of blacks want nothing to do with whites and many members of other groups want to stick to their own kind. That’s not so bad. In fact, this world would be a utopia if people simply refrained from harming the innocent.
I know racists like John. They don’t want to associate with blacks, but they would ever knowingly lift a finger to harm anybody based on race or religion or sexual orientation, not blacks, not gays, not anyone. They would never advocate the harming of people based on skin color. They simply wish to stick with their own people. That’s not evil. They do not deserve our hatred. Only people who deliberately harm the innocent deserve our hatred.
John Derbyshire is nowhere near as bad as those people such as Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and President Obama who are trying to whip up war based on race and economic class.
