Memo to Kaepernick, Beyoncé and Hillary: “If you playact being shot by the police, cry “racist!” on Twitter, or denounce capitalism, you, too, can feel good about your capitalist’s privilege”

NATIONAL REVIEW
The Virtue-Mongers
by Victor Davis Hanson
September 6, 2016

Wearing a mask of virtue is done not to save one’s soul for eternity but to still feel good about enjoying privilege…Not long ago the popular criticism of Beyoncé by her fans was that she seemed in appearance too eager to culturally appropriate “whiteness”…We do not hear so much flak these days. Beyoncé is just as privileged, probably wealthier, and on her way to multibillionaire Oprah status. But she has suddenly metamorphosized into a social-justice warrior, at least in theory. READ MORE

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