NATIONAL REVIEW
by Victor Davis Hanson
June 23, 2015

The Confederate battle flag is far from the only worrisome symbol in America today. 

…One wonders why in 2015 there is still nomenclature such as“the Congressional Black Caucus,” over half a century after the civil-rights movement sought to promote integration and the idea that Americans should be judged by the content of their character, not the color of their skin. The Caucus ostensibly seeks to ensure the end of exclusion by race from full participation in American society by creating a lobbying group focused entirely on one particular race. The postmodern rationale is either that groups that have suffered past disfranchisement and discrimination should not be subject to current anti-discriminatory protocols, or that they should at least enjoy a compensatory period of exclusion from color-blind values to offset centuries of oppression…The premise seems to be that African-American House members seek to promote a common “black” agenda that transcends their local, county, or state interests. READ MORE