His opposition to busing over fears of a “racial jungle”
Early in his career as a U.S. Senator from Delaware, Biden became one of the most vocal advocates for maintaining racial segregation in all of America. He was the “leading anti-busing crusader” for the Democrats and found himself very much “in league” with staunch segregationists. According to The New York Times:
In an interview with CNN, Jason Sokol, a professor at the University of New Hampshire, emphasized that Biden was “strongly opposed to busing and was very interested in the passage of the anti-busing legislation” and that his approach “wasn’t a half-hearted thing.”
In his opposition to integration through busing, Biden famously warned that such a policy could create a “racial jungle” or sorts, as detailed by David Harsanyi of the National Review:
His rubbing elbows with segregationists
Joe Biden’s opposition to busing was surely supported at the time by segregationists around the country- some of whom Biden considered allies.
He regarded George Wallace in a positive light and “bragged about receiving an award from… the former Alabama governor and one of America’s most notorious segregationists,” according to Rolling Stone.
In the same piece, Rolling Stone reported that Biden also once proclaimed during a campaign speech that “we (Delawareans) were on the South’s side in the Civil War.”
As The Washington Examiner detailed, former segregationist Strom Thurmond was one of Biden’s “closest friends” by his very own admission.
His 1994 Crime Bill
The inherently specious notion of “systemic racism” has been at the forefront of the Left’s narrative these last six months and counting. Spurred on by the extremism of organizations such as Black Lives Matters and the growing prevalence of ideas such as ‘Critical Race Theory,’ the term is fast becoming an unfortunate and divisive cultural mainstay in our nation.
If, for the sake of argument, we concede to the idea of “systemic racism,” then Joe Biden was very much an architect of it for close to three decades as the author of The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. Critics of his bill argue that it disproportionately targeted Black Americans and lead to their mass incarceration, according to the National Review.
The Atlantic argued that Biden’s crime bill “helped lead to the wave of mass incarceration that’s resulted in the United States accounting for 25 percent of the world’s prison population.”
“You ain’t Black”
Biden’s most recent racist gaffe occurred recently on the campaign trail. In an interview with The Breakfast Club, Biden exclaimed that anyone who voted for Trump “ain’t Black” in his closing comments to the host: “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t Black.”
The insinuation, of course, is that any minority that votes for Trump is some form of an Uncle Tom – one of the most derisive and racist accusations leveled at minorities, often by the Left.
The Racist Legacy That Should Haunt Joe Biden
Early in his career as a U.S. Senator from Delaware, Biden became one of the most vocal advocates for maintaining racial segregation in all of America. He was the “leading anti-busing crusader” for the Democrats and found himself very much “in league” with staunch segregationists. According to The New York Times:
In an interview with CNN, Jason Sokol, a professor at the University of New Hampshire, emphasized that Biden was “strongly opposed to busing and was very interested in the passage of the anti-busing legislation” and that his approach “wasn’t a half-hearted thing.”
In his opposition to integration through busing, Biden famously warned that such a policy could create a “racial jungle” or sorts, as detailed by David Harsanyi of the National Review:
His rubbing elbows with segregationists
Joe Biden’s opposition to busing was surely supported at the time by segregationists around the country- some of whom Biden considered allies.
He regarded George Wallace in a positive light and “bragged about receiving an award from… the former Alabama governor and one of America’s most notorious segregationists,” according to Rolling Stone.
In the same piece, Rolling Stone reported that Biden also once proclaimed during a campaign speech that “we (Delawareans) were on the South’s side in the Civil War.”
As The Washington Examiner detailed, former segregationist Strom Thurmond was one of Biden’s “closest friends” by his very own admission.
His 1994 Crime Bill
The inherently specious notion of “systemic racism” has been at the forefront of the Left’s narrative these last six months and counting. Spurred on by the extremism of organizations such as Black Lives Matters and the growing prevalence of ideas such as ‘Critical Race Theory,’ the term is fast becoming an unfortunate and divisive cultural mainstay in our nation.
If, for the sake of argument, we concede to the idea of “systemic racism,” then Joe Biden was very much an architect of it for close to three decades as the author of The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. Critics of his bill argue that it disproportionately targeted Black Americans and lead to their mass incarceration, according to the National Review.
The Atlantic argued that Biden’s crime bill “helped lead to the wave of mass incarceration that’s resulted in the United States accounting for 25 percent of the world’s prison population.”
“You ain’t Black”
Biden’s most recent racist gaffe occurred recently on the campaign trail. In an interview with The Breakfast Club, Biden exclaimed that anyone who voted for Trump “ain’t Black” in his closing comments to the host: “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t Black.”
The insinuation, of course, is that any minority that votes for Trump is some form of an Uncle Tom – one of the most derisive and racist accusations leveled at minorities, often by the Left.
The Racist Legacy That Should Haunt Joe Biden
