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Pin the tail on the honky
May 8, 2006
by Mike S. Adams

Over my last 13 years as a college professor, I've heard some pretty
wild conspiracy theories attempting to blame various social ills on
white people. After hearing a particularly strange one about Hurricane
Katrina - from a 20-year old white girl, no less - I decided to publish
my Top Ten.

Most of these quotes are paraphrased because they were not recorded soon
enough after I heard them for exact duplication. But no subtle nuance in
wording can alter the idiocy these paraphrases contain. And, sadly, 100%
of them come from college professors and students at our so-called
institutions of higher learning. I hope they entertain you as much as
they entertained me - although something tells me they will irritate
more than a few readers:
10. "911 was a conspiracy planned between the Bush administration and
the Jews. They wanted an excuse to attack Arabs and the ignorant public
bought into it." (from a now-deceased college professor).

9. "I don't want any teacher who supports George W. Bush. If Bush is
elected he's planning - along with the rest of the Republicans - to
bring back slavery. I don't want to work picking cotton in the cotton
fields like my ancestors." (college student).

8. "It is a known fact that the Reagan administration invented crack to
destroy the black community." (college professor).

7. "The Reagan administration hired Jewish doctors to develop the AIDS
virus to destroy Africa." (college professor).

6. "The Mona Lisa was painted by an African artist and stolen from a
museum in Ethiopia. Most of the great works of art are African in origin
and stolen by white people. This is done to promote the myth of white
cultural superiority." (graduate student).

5. "The voting machines in Florida were built by white supremacists.
They may well be able to distinguish between black and white voters. Who
knows what they are capable of making those machines do?" (college
professor).

4. "Newt Gingrich's election as Speaker of the House, limiting
affirmative action, limiting welfare, the Republican tax cuts, and the
balanced budget are all part of the same idea. Everything the
Republicans do or discuss is about racism. Everything is a
well-orchestrated effort to keep the black man down." (college
professor).

3. "The ABC news doesn't tell you. The CBS news doesn't tell you. The
NBC news doesn't tell you. Even CNN doesn't tell you. Nobody tells the
truth that almost all serial killers are white. The news outlets all
work together to make folks think that all killers are black." (college
professor and diversity director).

2. "The death penalty is a genocidal mechanism that seeks to control
black people through extermination or, more importantly, the threat of
extermination." (college professor).

1.  "It is a proven fact that U.S. Coast Guard ships - on orders from
President Bush - were seen crashing into the New Orleans levees during
Hurricane Katrina. Bush did it to kill black people living in government
housing projects." (college student).

If you haven't been following the campus cultural wars lately, you might
find it hard to believe that some of those quotes were actually uttered.
But if you have worked or studied on a campus lately, chances are you've
heard variations of several of them.

Since these crazy conspiracy theories have become more common in the age
of diversity - that is, over the last fifteen years - I propose that we
put them to good use. First, we should collect the wackiest conspiracy
quotes and post them on the walls of the various diversity office
bulletin boards - all with proper attributions, of course. (You can send
your favorites to http://www.DrAdams.org).

Next, I propose that we rename all of the "African American" and
"Diversity" programs on college campuses in honor of their help in
promoting racial paranoia on the university (and American) landscape.
From now on, we could call them "Woefully Hypocritical Initiatives for
Never-Ending Racial Scapegoating."

Or - if our universities ever decide that budgeting scarce resources is
important - we could save time and ink by calling them WHINERS. One
could hardly conspire to find a better name.

Mike Adams is a criminology professor at the University of North
Carolina Wilmington and is a regular columnist for Townhall.com.
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