Why do we ask Race and Sex on Applications?
The short answer is that the EEOC and CEI ask for it. You are allowed to decline a response, so it seems meaningless. The guidelines state that one cannot use race, sex, religion, and myriad other meritless qualities to discriminate in employment. If one cannot use these qualities, why ask for them at all? The answer, as always, lies in a complicated history of well-meaning but terrible legislation.
(Note: There were Executive Orders dating back at least to President Roosevelt regarding employment and meritless qualities. We will focus only on Affirmative Action as enforced by the EEOC in this document.)
Affirmative Action was put into effect by Executive Order of President Kennedy. This measure was to ensure employers treated and employed people without regard to their meritless qualities. This is OK. this is not just a black thing or a woman thing. It allows people to sue for discrimination irrespective of the like and kind of discrimination: blacks, whites, women, and men have all taken advantage of this (white men have taken advantage of this as recently as April 2024 [judgment] [opinion]). This is a general policy for the general welfare and can be applied without reference to special interests. We begin to see the destruction of this policy in the very next Administration.
President Johnson made subtle changes to the doctrine here. This was also by Executive Order. Johnson tasked the Federal Government with ensuring equal opportunity in recruitment, hiring, training, and other employment practices. This, on the surface, sounds reasonable; equal opportunity is a hallmark trait of a great society. However, the equal opportunity of recruitment opens the door for abuse and discrimination. It is not the Government’s place to tell a society who should be applying for jobs, it is only the Government’s place to ensure that once applied for, the job is decided upon merit. this was part of President Johnson’s “Great Society”.
Due to the emphasis on recruitment, the Government and private industry struck many deals migrating thought leadership away from Kennedy’s goal of equal opportunity and toward the “Great Society” goal of equal outcome. this caused a flurry of over-regulation, over-adjudication, extreme Government expansion, and bad outcomes contrary to the stated goal. Any one of Dr. Tomas Sowell’s books can provide a rudimentary look at these bad outcomes; a reading of his entire catalog can constitute a masterclass.
This went on for quite some time and many class action lawsuits and other challenges to business and the Government persisted. President Reagan (with Clarence Thomas, Esq. then the head of the EEOC) changed this in good and bad ways. The unintended consequences of their actions are felt to this very date. First and foremost, President Reagan’s Administration diminished the size and ability of the Agencies responsible for Affirmative Action and, at the same time, altered the enforcement of these policies and deployed the Government to regulate the regulators. In hindsight, maybe the latter portion of this plan should have been foregone.
The Reagan Administration forced the proponents of Affirmative Action to find new and exciting ways to enforce the Equality of Outcome narrative while getting around the return to Equality of Opportunity. While Reagan was campaigning in 1980, it was fairly clear he would be victorious and have the opportunity to push his ideals. A PAC was formed, the Human Rights Campaign Fund, to promote Equality of Outcome. This later became the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF) and, in turn, created the Corporate Equality Index (CEI).
CEI is used to strong-arm corporations into performing DEI, meritless reporting, and other wasteful activities. They are backed by the largest funders on the planet including Black Rock, Vanguard, and State Street. What they do is push an unsanctioned government agenda by forcing that agenda onto corporations and marketing their CEI score as the end-all-be-all of corporate responsibility and equality. They have placed themselves as the sole authority regarding corporate merit.
Now, this private corporation requires organizations to provide demographic information in order to validate and certify the equality of each firm. The problem is this private organization makes the rules, and thus has the power to bend the rules. They often give low scores for companies that are largely male, and high scores for companies that are largely female. This same trend is apparent when you control for race and religion. If the goal is “Equality” shouldn’t a score drop be warranted irrespective of the direction of disparity? The goals are born out of the results, not the statements made; of this I am sure.
Further, the EEOC and similar groups use demographic information (if provided) as evidence against corporations when discrimination requests are filed. If a corporation shows it has too many whites and too many males, watch out; here comes big daddy Government to take care of our childish adults who cannot do for themselves. In this respect, Government has been weaponized to take from those who are hard-working and give to those who complain the most.
If you look around and see blacks getting ahead and women getting ahead, you have probably wondered why these questions are still asked of job applicants in the year 2024. Many of us have asked this, and the answer is not surprising in the least. This is done to divide We, the People. No further proof is required than the form of some of the questions. There is no such thing as “Black/African American”. I am an American - if you want to call me “black” that is on you; Elon Musk is an African American.
Missing and Exploited Children
Enough is enough. We have been trying to get a handle on this situation for years and have had no effect on the Biden Administration. Children are being harmed, and their attackers are being let go with little to no repercussions. Disgraceful.
The Honorable Senator Susan Talamantes for California addressed this issue directly in her district. She had the courage to stand up to the elites and make a difference. We all must show this level of courage because it is right.
Over 85,000 unaccompanied migrants have been entrusted to "sponsors" within the US. The Government has been unable to contact them. The "sponsors" all have the same story: "We woke up, and she had left." No facts, no solutions, only child suffering. Mysteriously, these "sponsors" live in areas without cameras. This was not happening under the Trump Administration. The sharp increases began AFTER January 20, 2021 in February and March.
Our State Department ranks the US in the top three nations of origin for trafficking victims. The UN ranks this nation also among the top 3; the UN statistics go further and break things down by trafficking purpose, age, sex, etc. We rank #1, and outside the margin of error, for child labor trafficking. We have the greatest police and military in the World. We can stop this if those at the top are willing to stop it; they are not.
We need to bring this topic to light and put pressure on our lawmakers and representatives to take action. Children do not have time to wait. This should be the leading topic when speaking on the border: children are being trafficked and distributed across our border and within our limits. It must stop.
Trump was Convicted
Still on the Trump train though. We all saw this coming. We take our licks today. Tomorrow we get back out there, register voters, block walk, and continue the march toward November!!!
Kyle Rittenhouse
I got attacked by friends for shaking his hand and grabbing a copy of the book written about him. This is evidently an extremely polarizing topic. I did no know how polarizing it would be until I let people know I simply shook his hand. I do not like bringing race into things; however, it appears whites have a view on Kyle Rittenhouse while blacks are largely unaware of the war going on with this name at the center. This is confusing to me, and no one has ever been able to provide a decent explanation for it. I shall set forth my position here for my posterity, that they may know what I thought and knew if ever they were to wonder.
The situation surrounding Kyle Rittenhouse’s self-defense acquittal is a legal Grey area that our Courts are trying to figure out. There are recent decisions stating that you cannot have your rights abridged (i.e. carrying a firearm) when crossing an imaginary line. So, if you can carry in your home state and travel across state lines you do not necessarily become a felon by virtue of crossing that imaginary state line. The Bruen decision out of the Supreme Court is very enlightening.
Further, Rittenhouse survived prosecution because of the Wisconsin se laws. He was allowed to use deadly force because video showed
he was being chased and
he was struck with a skateboard.
A skateboard is more than enough weight to strike someone dead. He was a 17 child being chased by adults who were brandishing skateboards and firearms themselves. He was well within a sel posture at that time.
In my estimation:
He was a scared boy being attacked by grown-ass men. They had a burden to educate and direct his life as men; they failed in that burden. Now Rittenhouse's life is forever changed and one of those men is in the ground. Those men were obstructing public thoroughfares and causing a ruckus in the streets. Those men were yelling and actively participating in the darkness of savagery. They had opportunity to debate and choose to lead with words; they instead chose to lead with violence. Rittenhouse, a boy, went to meet those men where they were. If they had been real men engaging in debate in the public square, that boy would have met them there. I take my actions as a man very seriously that I may affect boys to behave similarly. I wish we all did the same. Sad situation but very telling regarding the society in which we find ourselves today.
Kyle Rittenhouse’s father was not ever present in his life. His father suffers from a substance abuse disorder (as I do) and could not present himself as an able father. The mother did all she could, but a child needs both parents equally in their life; this is my strong belief. As I understand things, the father lives in Kenosha where Kyle was driven. Maybe his mother should have foregone a trip to his father’s city given the riots in the streets; although, if his father were around there would have been no need to drive anywhere to see him.
When a boy’s father is absent, it should be up to the boy’s community to lead that boy into manhood. This did not appear to have happened with Kyle. Instead, Kyle was surrounded by men illegally rioting in the streets, Kenosha that night was not peaceful; there were no debates; there were no letters penned; there was only chaos and destruction. There was only passion absent any reason. A boy who stood without a father and without a strong community of men went to meet the men where they were. Unfortunately, all he was driven to was violence and chaos.
An entire community of adults failed that boy. We cannot expect that he would grow into a righteous man when his world was devoid thereof. We cannot expect more out of a boy than we have poured into him. We must take the lesson here; we must raise our boys into men. These emotional and passionate boys will never grow into fully-actualized, reasonable men. That is society’s fault, not the boy’s fault.
School Choice
I believe the larger debate regarding school choice lacks nuance and consideration. This matter is one of great importance to our society’s general welfare. I struggle when voting for or against the school choice issue as it is stated because it lacks the nuance necessary to withstand assault. It would be a shame to provide a school choice win only to have it snatched away but only a few legislative sessions on from its passing due to a lack of discussion or hasty ratification.
I believe in limited school choice. I believe wholly in the idea of public to public school transfers using public money. I believe in tightly restricted, highly controlled public to private school transfers using public money. I shall take them in turn.
The reason I support public to public school transfers is human nature. Humans can be kind and reasonable; they can also be cruel and passionate. I know there are children who are murderers and rapists. This is not something one can fix over night. It is a simple and sad truth. To force a reasonable child with reasonable parents to go to school with a savage child is child abuse plain and simple. Let the reasonable children transfer to a public school full of reasonable children. It is the only compassionate option that serves the general welfare of all children. Along with this, of course, comes an expectation that the government will put into place stronger controls over school violence and harsher penalties to incentivize compliance.
I stand against general public to private school transfers using public funds because private institutions should not be afforded public treasure lightly. In certain circumstances however, it could be the case that there is only one public school inside of 30 miles of a community. In such a circumstance, a private institution could fill in the gaps where the community has failed to provide such accommodations. If we can move toward having broadband internet blanketing the State, surely we can move toward covering the State in primary and secondary education. This may also mean giving some education duties back to the churches. The goal is to act in order to provide all children with educational choice. Who provides that choice is an opinion not an action and should not be so legislated.
With an open public to public route for school choice, money never leaves the public sector unless it is necessary to provide a choice to a rural or remote community. This is a major sticking point for opponents of school choice that can be solved with a simple consideration barring transfer to private school where many public options exist. School choice promotes the safety and welfare of all our children and should be a simple and easy policy to pass.
Living for Truth
I was given the honour of delegating to the Republican Party of Texas Convention this year. This position fell onto my shoulders. I did not seek it; I was called to serve. I answered the call.
In early 2023, I had reached out to the Blexit organization. They had a call to action on their website, and I answered the call. I did not receive word from them for months. I had forgotten the entire ordeal and figured they already had selected enough individuals to become strong.
In late 2023, I moved out of the Capital area and into Ellis County for my family. In February of 2024, I was contacted by Blexit and set for interview. This was several months after I had initially made contact; things do not happen on my time nor my will but only through grace. I spoke with some leaders thereof and was blessed by their confidence in my ability to serve their organization.
When I asked them what I should do to get started, they told me to reach out to the local GOP and see what was needed for them. I obliged.
I showed up to the Ellis County GOP office the following week. When I arrived, the office was locked. I waited. Another gentleman walked up and waited as well; he soon left. I remained for 15 minutes. No one came not open the door. I asked for guidance in the hallway and the Almighty messaged me to set for five minutes more. I obliged.
Five minutes passed and still no one came. As it is my duty to follow and not to question, I began to walk away. As I took my first steps back to my vehicle, I heard a car door slam shut and was called to wait. I obliged. A man then entered the building and opened the door. We sat and had a long and fruitful conversation about Constitutional Conservativism; I was put at peace.
I was told to go to something called a “Precinct Convention”. I had to ask what a Precinct was, why there were conventions for such things, and a boatload of other questions regarding local politics. I received a great lesson that day and went on my way after entering the Precinct Convention onto my calendar.
Once again, answering the call, I arrived to the Precinct Convention. I was a new face to everyone in attendance, but I was welcomed with open arms from the very beginning. It came time to choose people to serve their precincts. My precinct, 1022, needed a secretary, and no one more experienced than I would answer the call; I answered the call. I felt comfortable being a secretary even of a group I did not know because of my history in the Courts.
Then I was asked to be a “Delegate to the Senate District Convention.” Once more I was called to serve, and once more, I answered the call without question. I did not know what a Senate District was. Those others in attendance were happy to explain to me the duties. I was also handed a form to apply to be a Delegate to the State Convention. Luckily, I was familiar with what a State was so this was simple. I entered the Senate District Convention onto my calendar and went on my way.
As it is my duty to follow and not to question, I went to the Senate District Convention. Before the Convention was to begin, I was called to be interviewed by a committee; I answered the call. I spoke to my past, my involvement with the community, and why I went from Independent to Republican. Apparently, I made a decent enough impression as I was chosen to go on to State Convention.
The Almighty spirit resident within my heart led me through patience and understanding to the RPT Convention. The reason, I came to find was truth. At the RPT Convention, I was surrounded by like-minded, Conservative, Family-Oriented, Patriots like myself. There is no better environment that I have experienced for parents and children than the RPT Convention, No better environment.
Everyone there believed their most important duty was to serve the Almighty and move us forward with grace in search of a more perfect union. Everyone was proud to parent children who knew what a boy and a girl were. Everyone was proud to secure our border, our families, our land, and our treasure. Everyone was proud to stand on business rather than standing on handouts.
Sometimes, we are called to enter into places we know nothing of. We are asked to walk through doorways past which we cannot see and for reasons we cannot yet understand. We are asked to trespass against the unknown armed only with faith. In such situations, it is our duty to act and succeed forsaking our fear and leaping into action.
I learned the truth this convention: that there was more wonder and fulfillment behind the elephant than there was behind the donkey. The promises of each are incomparable. I learned this by living for Truth, guided by spirit and not by my selfishness. I stand with those who live their lives on the pillars of faith. I stand with those who live for and with their families. I stand with those who honour the American and Texas flags. I stand with our strongest elected officials: President Donald J. Trump, Senator Ted Cruz, Representative Brian Harrison, and State Senator Bob Hall. Let’s Make America Great Again.