Language Mongrelized.

It occurs to me that I have been blogging about the grim subject of race more than any other subject, since The Essayist was re-booted. Indeed, it was the very subject that prompted its re-boot. So today, I lingered at The Root far more than I normally would at so leftyish a web site, and was treated to their Would a Black Person Get Away With This? feature.

The continuing irony of race relations in America is the degree to which people of different races don't hear each other making the same arguments. There isn't a white person in America who doesn't think that there are things you can get away with when you're black that you can't when you're white, and so it's nothing short of amusing to note blacks feeling the reverse is true.

Behold, blunt evidence of what we honkies speak of: President Obama Calls African-Americans a "Mongrel People".

The president's remarks were directed at the roots of all Americans. The definition of mongrel as an adjective is defined as "of mixed breed, nature, or origin," according to dictionary.com.

I have no difficulty believing that. I'm fine with the word "mongrel" and have no objection to the way the President used it. But imagine, just for a second, these same words, with this exact same intent, coming out of the mouth of Sarah Palin, and then imagine someone on the left saying "that's fine".

You can't do it, can you?