American Triumph: Fall of the Evil White Man

(Hugh Martin is an associate columnist with the National Alliance Foundation. As with all opinion columns, his words do not forcibly represent foundation beliefs, yet we greatly appreciate his addition to the socio-political debate).


No, I my intention was not to ignite any sort of firestorm over this issue--but then again, it's unlikely one will be regardless of the title to this particular article. As an African-America, some might even wish to indict me in the courts of racial legacies for daring to put forth what I inevitably must over the following sections, but I'll truly be damned if it manages to impede my goals with this written piece.

Ever since I can remember America has been on a path to more empowerment; in fact one might just say we have reached a pinnacle of success, with the still recent election of Barack Obama as our chief executive a sure sign. Despite the downsides of the segregation and slavery histories of the past, the Land of the Free continues to live up to its unique title, blessing thousands of immigrants and native citizens each year with a tremendous opportunity at personal liberty and financial achievements. Besides African-Americans, Hispanics and other minorities are seizing scholarships, attending universities, and forging their own part of our wonderful marquee of freedom.

But the grace of success is not limited to male members of a minority group. Even now women outperform the opposite sex in education, job superiority, and as more become bold, American Politics. So we might tend to view everything in our modern day like a perfected fantasy--where liberty and multiculturalism reign victorious as the cataracts of ancient discriminations fall to present day intellectualism. Except for a tiny fact. Far as we have come as a nation, the casualties of our racial advancements can clearly be understood in the almost universal pillaging of the white male image in American society.

Like I refused to deny earlier, I am African-American, but as much as I welcome the empowerment of my race and others I am forced to pay tribute to the white male's rather alarming movement from equal status in America to the new social untouchables; denizens who are characterized as categorically racist and steadily have lost basic chances at success with the rise of balanced racial standing. Lower income whites hold the highest nationwide poverty levels, for example, yet the guise of progressivism has lobbied for minority-only scholarships and university slots which have begun to remove what were once standard routes for success available to average males citizens who, by virtue of their birth, are Caucasian.

                                                   (Photo courtesy of blog.cleveland.com)

Too often we are treated in the modern day to the stereotypical white corporate inhuman in popular media whose sole purpose is to line his own coffers or those of his Wall Street cronies by employing corruption and abusing minorities. When James Cameron's smash hit Avatar soared into theaters at the end of 2009, its stunning visuals gained instant appreciation, even to the extent as to cause its followers to attempt suicide in order to reincarnate as a peaceful Na'avi alien on Pandora, where everything appears to be in sync with nature through Cameron's dazzling styles. Notwithstanding the digital gold, Avatar's simple and straightaway political message manages to weave its two bastardized villains as the commonly-imagined white corporate bad boy and crew cut Caucasian Army Officer who leads a band of redneck-like soldiers in their pursuit of "unobtanium," a rare fuel type required for production by the military industrial complex. The heroes of course remain a white and a Hispanic woman, and the aliens, who look like a cross between Native Americans, African-Americans, and cats.

Although James Cameron's fantasy is in the media world, the reality of white male treatment in the media is hardly any better. Senator John McCain was maligned by the new outlets as being a hard-line "old rich white man," in their portrayals during 2008, and even President George W. Bush's generous provisions of AIDs cure research funds to Africa and military defenses to Colombia were lost to their fixed mindsets. Never mind President Obama's scaling back of both these programs, as he seems immune to their drivel given his racial status.

The reality of the modern day remains bleak if one considers that regardless of attitudes, white males still make up a majority of the population. While it can be said definitively that mistakes were made by their forefathers, criminalizing them in the modern day for transgressions long since passed is not only unfair, but also destructive to American hopes for full equality. Creating a disadvantageous situation for a major group in society will not help our nation in the long run, even if the racial extremists feel retribution is due. Though slavery and racism did occur in our country in the past, many Caucasians of today are descended from families who came after the end of slavery, or from countries which simply rejected it entirely. At the same time, dictators in Africa today have turned things around, targeting white farmers with racist policies to force them into exile.

We cannot hope to be perfect, yet playing races off one another for the sake of some poisonous multiculturalist fantasy is lopsided towards mental unreadiness. As Americans we should remain united as an image of racial moderation, representing a nation where anyone can succeed, and no person's birth status denies them that treasured hope.




Hugh Martin

Adjunct Writer, Liberty for the Union Blog.  

Why Reject Faith?

Editor's Note: this article contains the opinion of the author and not that of the National Alliance Foundation. We are however very grateful to his contribution in this manner. 


The question is fundamental, yet still I spend many hours ever-wondering if I will one day see a definitive answer.  Few in the modern day would find it shocking to see or interact with an individual who is adverse to the idea of God--or a religion committed to an supernatural deity, yet their reasoning is quite difficult to explain in particular situations.

To start, why might a middle aged man with a decent, but not overwhelmingly rewarding job as a computer programmer choose to reject the tenets and scrolls of dedication and spiritual loyalty? Such a man has less hopes of a dramatic future with power at his fingertips or the constant companionship of the most attractive to him, and still he holds on to atheist principles. Would this man not desire something more when he dies; a place in which he is made anew and can enjoy the wonders of salvation instead of the cold and empty reality which he feels destined to return to at passing?

In the case of a clever man or woman--I might take the example of Julia Gillard, the accomplished and newly minted Australian prime minister, the attraction to disbelief in God or an afterlife is perhaps stronger, for one like her shall spend most of her life in the spotlight, perhaps reverting to humanitarianism afterwards and never seeking to travel about the world. She embodies a rare opportunity in which a person is seen and admired by millions, never fearing for the future due to her visibility and power in the nation and across the world. Her life will never become dull or unexciting because by the world's standards, she is of greater importance than the typical human, and will likely retain that status until the day when he passes on.

Absent the presence of riches or the profuseness of worldly pleasures in life, there can be less clear explanation for why a poorer human would choose to abandon God for the uncertainty of the afterlife. Where, in this case, would the person find their accomplishment and fulfillments? A life can only be enjoyed so much for one of little financial superiority, and the absence of power greatly decreases a person's chance of critical importance to others, thus undercutting the true satisfaction of a romp through the earth over a period of multiple decades.

Perhaps it is God's grandeur which turns so many away; the necessity to except something so large without absolute certainty or the confirmation of his existence in the realm above. Or it may simply be man's incessant need to explain and control everything; a difficult achievement when one's life is pledged to an omnipresent and potent being.

Still, rejecting faith is an issue in our world because it decays the morality of those who choose it as an option, causing them to cast aside otherwise fortified columns of societal structure. As culture has left religion behind in the past 50 years, the statistics are alarmingly blatant: more crime, less social responsibility, and visible destruction of the old family structure which made the world so better populated in the past. This so called "enlightened age" has corrupted the earth by removing fear of God from people's hearts, allowing them to lead lives which they view as intellectual, all the while as the world falls apart alongside them.

The duty of the academics and scholarly of the world must remain forever more to preserve faith and employ others to its worthy commitment. If intellectualism continues to push for even those with no reason for it to turn to atheistic dialog, the world can only come to a more depraved and unspeakable level of voidness.


Patrick McCann

Adjunct Writer--Faith and America Blog