Matt Walsh to the recently voiced complaint by race hustler Lisa Bond that “white men have had 400 years to do something about racism”, but haven’t done zip:
“Who exactly was fighting against racism 400 years ago? [Bond] says ‘400 years ago’ because she’s a mindless disciple of the 1619 Project, and [apparently] believes that racism was invented around that time, that it was white people who invented it, and only white people have ever engaged in it.
“In reality, of course, racism has existed in the human species, everywhere on earth and in every population since the dawn of civilization.
“Racism is just one form of tribalism — a form of tribalism that still exists today and can be found in much more virulent and violent forms in the parts of the world where white people are least present. It’s not just that there’s racial and ethnic tribalism in Africa and Asia too — it’s that there’s a helluva lot more of it in those regions of the world, and it comes in a far more brutal package.
“Nobody was fighting against racism 400 years ago. Not a soul on earth back in those days. The idea that all people should be treated equally regardless of how they look or where they’re from…[that idea] simply did not exist anywhere in the world 400 years ago. That idea had to be thought of and codified into law…and guess who thought of it? White men.
“Granted, the white people who came up with the concept did not apply it consistently because when it came down to it, they shared the flaws that were ubiquitous in almost all human beings on earth at the time. But they certainly set the stage for racial equality under the law. They put the framework in place. I’d say that’s a pretty significant achievement.”