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Liberals Think America Is A Worse Place Than Minorities Do

The liberal reaction to a Tim Scott speech provides another example of the racial demographics of the Great Awokening.

Zaid Jilani
Apr 29, 2021
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"US Senator of South Carolina Tim Scott at Citizens United Freedom Summit Greenville South Carolina May 2015 by Michael Vadon" by Michael Vadon is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Wednesday night featured a pair of dueling speeches, with President Joe Biden laying out the Democratic agenda for the country and South Carolina Republican Tim Scott offering the GOP’s rebuttal.

The actual content of the speeches was fairly straightforward, with both sides largely sticking to their policy shibboleths. But it was Scott’s remarks, however banal that they were, that seemed to provoke the most fiery responses from liberal commentators.

The South Carolina senator, who is African American, acknowledged that he’s suffered from discrimination and believes that “our healing is not finished,” referring to his proposals for police reform.

He also criticized the critical race theory of the world, arguing that these blemishes on our country do not define it:

Today, kids again are being taught that the color of their skin defines them, and if they look a certain way, they’re an oppressor. From colleges to corporations to our culture, people are making money and gaining power by pretending we haven’t made any progress at all, by doubling down on the divisions we’ve worked so hard to heal.

You know this stuff is wrong. Hear me clearly: America is not a racist country. It’s backwards to fight discrimination with different types of discrimination. And it’s wrong to try to use our painful past to dishonestly shut down debates in the present.

Most Americans would not find Scott’s conclusions to be all that controversial: America has an imperfect past and a flawed present, but it is not fundamentally a racist society or country.

Liberals, however, were not having it.

The phrase “Uncle Tim” trended on Twitter following Scott’s speech, a reference to the slur “Uncle Tom,” which is frequently used against minorities, particularly African Americans, who are perceived as betraying their ethnic or racial group:

Left-leaning commentators and journalists made sure to leave little ambiguity about how they felt about Scott’s speech. Here’s a sampling from Twitter:

Twitter avatar for @Toure
Young Daddy @Toure
Tim Scott gets called Uncle Tom by progressives. But he’s an Uncle Tim.
2:34 AM ∙ Apr 29, 2021
1,480Likes247Retweets
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Sunny Hostin @sunny
Tim Scott: “America is not a racist country.”
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2:48 AM ∙ Apr 29, 2021
5,354Likes1,114Retweets
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Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein
This discussion of racism and voting rights by Tim Scott is absolutely despicable.
2:36 AM ∙ Apr 29, 2021
2,076Likes410Retweets
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Eugene Scott @Eugene_Scott
Worth paying attention to the demographics of those actually praising Tim Scott’s speech ...
2:57 AM ∙ Apr 29, 2021
2,821Likes455Retweets
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Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 @Amy_Siskind
Tim Scott says "America is not a racist country." Not sure how this man lives with himself.
2:35 AM ∙ Apr 29, 2021
8,201Likes1,332Retweets
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chauncey devega @chaunceydevega
What is the price for Tim Scott's soul? His ancestors are about to jump out of their graves listening to this vile mess...or maybe not, could be an inter-generational problem and mercenary behavior. #SOTU #StateOfTheUnion #POTUS
2:36 AM ∙ Apr 29, 2021
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W. Kamau Bell @wkamaubell
Tim Scott is in a long line of Black folks who don’t understand that there is no long term future in being “The GOP’s Favorite African American”. It’s like being Miss America. A lot of celebration at first, but you don’t get the crown for long.
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3:14 AM ∙ Apr 29, 2021
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One of the developments in public opinion over the past few years is that liberals, particularly white liberals, have become increasingly fixated on the notion that America is a society consumed by racism, particularly white supremacy. Interestingly, this segment of society is more committed to this belief than members of minority groups and immigrants, who tend to have a more optimistic view of the United States and are often much more skeptical of anti-racist demands.

Here’s a few examples.

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