[White Out 403]

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/05...ite-supremacy/

Provocative title, but, some really worrisome stuff for Jeb to say.

“I like Charles Murray books to be honest with you, which means I’m a total nerd I guess,” Bush said.

Charles Murray is a darling of the right-wing because of his book “The Bell Curve” which declares that black people are not as smart as white people because of their inferior genes. No, seriously, that’s exactly what the book is about. Here’s what the Southern Poverty Law Center says about Murray:

According to Murray, disadvantaged groups are disadvantaged because, on average, they cannot compete with white men, who are intellectually, psychologically and morally superior. Murray advocates the total elimination of the welfare state, affirmative action and the Department of Education, arguing that public policy cannot overcome the innate deficiencies that cause unequal social and educational outcomes.

As you can imagine, this speaks deeply to the unmitigated racism of the conservative movement. I regularly see right wingers cite his work and claim, in the same sentence, that they’re not racist at all. They just think black people are inferior. What’s racist about that?

In a sane world, a presidential candidate endorsing a White Supremacist would be the immediate end of their bid for the White House. It would be like a Democratic candidate endorsing Louis Farrakhan. But, of course, this is the real world and Republicans are held to a radically different standard. The “liberal” media would rather slit their wrists than point out the blindingly obvious racism of Republicans.

I would be shocked out of my min