One Guy's Opinion on the Political Scene By: Jim Herndon
Berkeley on The Ridge
The Paradise Center for Tolerance and Non-violence has not been having much luck stirring up any real or imagined concern about racism problems here on the Ridge, so they sent out a return postage paid survey to determine the race of responders and details of any prejudice they may have experienced.
I'm going out on a limb here and guessing that the PCTN is comprised of, excepting a couple of stars-in-the-eyes college kids, a handful of aging flower children with way too much time on their hands out trying to save the world with love. It’s political correctness in high gear, the kind that pretends to lead the way in diversity, and they clearly do believe in diversity – that is, diversity in everything but freedom – the freedom to hire, fire, and rent to whom one desires. Freedom to say something stupid or untoward without losing one’s job or being forced to attend diversity training. Sadly, the do-gooders probably do more harm than good regarding prejudice by endlessly chattering about it, promoting non-existent problems and spotlighting those, if any, that actually exist. They may be unwitting pawns of the Jesse Jacksons and Al Sharptons who turn every negative incident involving blacks into a racial prejudice storm and do it for money because it is their livelihood. They have made a fortune extorting money from deep-pockets companies who would rather settle for big bucks than get involved in a racial controversy. The PCTN would fit in famously in Berkeley where political correctness is a creed.