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In a recent discussion in this space, I was listing Donald Trump’s accomplishments for president, but there are items I forgot or failed to emphasize. This is only what he did particularly to help blacks, and I mention this list only to emphasize that if he is indeed a racist, he is the most ineffective racist of all time:

• Opportunity zones in urban areas,
• Massive funding for HBCUs,
• The First Step Act (to give ex-cons opportunities to apply for employment or home loans without their record getting hindering this),
• Abolished the 1994 crime bill that was written by Joe Biden and supported by Bill Clinton and nearly caused the incarceration of 490,000 black men (long prison terms for minor drug possession offenses, &c.)

Let it not be forgotten that Trump NEVER took a paycheck for his service as President. Instead, this paycheck was donated to HBCUs,  to urban development charities, and other black charities as well.

In the alternative, let us list whom the Democrats have mainly benefitted. When taking into account their age, and the number of years they have been in DC, the number values are startling:

1. Mitch McConnell: 81 years
Time in Washington: 39 years
Net worth: $35,000,000

2. Nancy Pelosi: 83 years
Time in Washington: 36 years
Net worth: $115,000,000

3. Dianne Feinstein: 90 years
Time in Washington: 31 years
Net worth: $80,000,000

4. Chuck Grassley: 89 years
Time in Washington: 48 years
Net worth: $8,000,000

5. Joe Biden: 80 years
Time in Washington: 51 years
Net worth: $15,000,000?? — amount undeclared from Ukrainian money laundering cannot be estimated at this time.

A post by U.S. President Donald Trump of his police booking mugshot. 

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Exit only left a comment in my comments box on another thread where, in my judgment, with all due respect, I conclude it does not belong. But I do not with the conversation to be erased, so I have taken the liberty of moving it to this space.

The exchange was as follows, and may continue in the comments below:

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That encounter Jesus had with the Canaanite woman? (Warning: rant ahead) I bet he got that from watching The Chosen, an entertainment heresy that dares to calls itself a series on the ministry of Christ. I’ve checked out a few scenes of the series posted on YT, and boy oh boy, do they play fast and loose with the scriptures to add soap opera drama. The episode where Jesus encounters the Canaanite woman, He is tasked by the woman for asking for water, and get this, Jesus meekly apologizes to the woman for being rude! The Son of God, apologizing for an apparent faux pas?! The Canaanite woman remains offended and huffy, even though she has slept around with multiple men, and her current beau is not her husband. Even by Samaritan apostate standards, I don’t think her own society would think much of her.

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I recently had occasion to take the “White Privilege Test” endorsed by the black Lives Matter movement, and was thunderstruck, but not surprised, to find that none of the questions, not a single one, had anything to do with anything that could honestly be called a privilege.

This leads to a serious conundrum. What is White Privilege?

An even more serious question is this: How can anyone take such a silly question seriously?

Let us explore the answer below. It will lead to a larger answer explaining not merely Critical Race Theory, but also Critical Gender Ideology, Critical Intersectional Feminism, Critical Colonialism and the other Cultural Marxist theories all springing from Hegelian Hermeticism. The same perverse spirit animates all these theoretical frameworks.

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The White Privilege Test as updated by our own Eloris. The words below are his. 

1. I can criticize our government and talk about how much I fear its
policies and behavior without being seen as a cultural outsider.

As many have mentioned, this one will look just fine the other way around.

2. I can loudly complain that characters on TV shows do not share my skin color without being thought racist.

3. I can be sure that if I need legal or medical help, I will be able to find doctors or lawyers who have pledged to treat me preferentially because of my skin color.

4. Honestly this one is too dumb to even revise.

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