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Monday, June 7, 2021

Racism at Yale

There's a certain kind of person - we find them on both ends of the political spectrum - who is so sure that his convictions are correct that he believes himself justified in hating, harming, even killing, those who disagree with him about politics or religion. <br /><br />

This type of person is often a fanatic and is always frightening.<br /><br />

It's distressing that there seem to be so many such people today who are willing to publicly express their hatred, especially their racial hatred.<br /><br />

A while ago I wrote about the theologian who prayed that God would help her hate white people. That was bad enough, but a recent lecture given by a psychiatrist at Yale is an even more stomach-turning example of the kind of vicious racist hatred I'm talking about.  <br /><br />

An article at The Federalist explains:
In an official lecture called “The Psychopathic Problem of the White Mind,” given by Aruna Khilanani at the Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Child Study Center, Khilanani graphically described her fantasy about killing and burying white people, saying, “I had fantasies of unloading a revolver into the heads of any white person that got in my way, burying their body, and wiping my bloody hands as I walked away relatively guiltless with a bounce in my step. <br /><br />
Like I did the world a f-----g favor.” 
Khilanani wasn't content with simply describing to her Yale audience her fantasy of murdering whites, she also delivered herself of these heart-warming sentiments:<br /><br />
“White people are out of their minds and they have been for a long time,” and “We keep forgetting that directly talking about race is a waste of our breath. "<br /><br />
"We are asking a demented, violent predator who thinks that they are a saint or a superhero, to accept responsibility. It ain’t gonna happen. They have five holes in their brain.<br /><br />
"It’s like banging your head against a brick wall.”
Believe it or not there's more:
Khilanani’s animus against white people extends into her personal life, as she noted that she had made it her goal to “cut out everything white,” describing her motivation behind cutting off white friends and leaving institutions she considered too white.<br /><br />
“There are no good apples,” Khilanani remarked. “White people make my blood boil.” 
Well, she certainly leaves no doubt about the truth of that last sentence.<br /><br />
Imagine, now, what would've happened had the lecturer been white and had said these despicably odious things about "people of color." Doubtless her academic career would've come to an abrupt end, and she'd be permanently exiled from every social media platform.<br /><br />
But what will happen to Khilanani, who appears to be ethnically Middle Eastern? If she's given a pass or a mere slap on the wrist will that be a manifestation of POC privilege?<br /><br />
One of the silliest claims of the Critical Race Theory crowd is that people of color can't be racist because they're the "oppressed" group. Well, someone who holds a doctorate and is invited to lecture at Yale hardly seems "oppressed." <br /><br 
Hatred and bigotry are evil no matter whose heart they fester in. If Ms Khilanani's not a racist no one is.