The New American As racism continues to lead in the news — with white people cast in the role of the villains and “people of color” cast as their ever-downtrodden victims, it seems that mainstream media are running out of good anecdotes to support their weak narrative. Earlier this week, the New York Times ran an opinion piece written by an ever-downtrodden “person of color” who described her “resentment” at a racist affront that left her “flooded with emotions — astonishment, and then resentment, and then astonishment.” What was the act of racism that so inflamed her? A couple — a white couple — was browsing her “free library” book box. How dare they!
The piece was penned by Erin Aubry Kaplan, who is described in her bio as “a journalist and author who grew up in the South Central section of Los Angeles and nearby Inglewood.” She explains that about a year ago, she decided to build one of those “charming, birdhouse-like structures filled with books that invite neighbors and passers-by to take a book, or donate a book, or both.” She readily admits that she “borrowed” the idea from “upscale, largely white neighborhoods around Los Angeles.” As she wrote:
I’d spotted the phenomenon on walks through upscale, largely white neighborhoods around Los Angeles and immediately resolved to bring it home to Inglewood. Why not? A library is not so much a marker of wealth and whiteness as it is an affirmation of community and cozy, small-town camaraderie that Inglewood, a mostly Black and Latino city in southwestern Los Angeles County, has plenty of. We deserved no less…..
