{"id":41421,"date":"2021-04-10T15:57:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T22:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/?p=41421"},"modified":"2021-05-16T11:50:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T18:50:04","slug":"to-be-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/community\/patriot-co-lab\/patriot-co-lab-blogs\/pwi-co-lab-staff\/to-be-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"To Be, is to Be Racist \u2013 Apparently"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opening Insights: It Doesn't Take Much<\/h2>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Hypocrisy is the audacity to preach integrity from a den of corruption<\/em>.<br \/>WES FESLER<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">It doesn't take much to be labelled as racist these days. The foaming-at-the-mouth, politically-correct, totalitarian powers-that-be have adapted the label of \"racist\" to be their executioner's sword and have whipped their socially-conditioned followers into a fervor preparing them to wield it mercilessly. Beware \u2013 there is no defense against being labelled as \"racist.\"<\/p>\n<p>The following article was published by The Federalist, \"a wholly independent division of FDRLST Media.\" It was written by <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/tristanjustice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tristan Justice<\/a>, \"the western correspondent for The Federalist.\"<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Informational Insights: Trees are Racist<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>One high school in Oregon postponed a vote last week on whether to change its mascot from the Trojan to the Evergreens over concerns the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/04\/05\/portland-high-school-delays-vote-on-evergreen-mascot-because-trees-are-racist\/\" target=\"_blank\">imagery of lush timber was racist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School, named after the prominent black activist and journalist who documented lynching in the post-Civil War era, was considering a mascot change to adopt a symbol more representative of its connection to the community. Board members complained, however, that evergreen trees would conjure up imagery invoking the brutal execution of African-Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think everyone comes with blind spots and I think that might\u2019ve been a really big blind spot,\u201d said Director Michelle DePass at the school board meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The episode is emblematic of how the country has come to see race, viewing minorities deemed oppressed by the woke left as fragile special-interest groups that Americans must hold a religious commitment to buttress in the moral righteousness of \u201cantiracism.\u201d Everywhere, Americans are explicitly reminded of the racial inequities among minority groups as evidence of their inherent racism and the nation\u2019s irredeemably racist past \u2014 and present.<\/p>\n<p>Starting at an early age, Americans are barraged with statistics and anecdotes, about everything from income to health status, that are always broken down by race to highlight disparities that victimize minorities and define their destiny as one determined by racist circumstance over personal responsibility. This ideology of abject victimhood taught in classrooms, newsrooms, and boardrooms after being bred for an entire generation on left-wing university campuses has now produced a nation dangerously constrained by a toxic obsession with race.<\/p>\n<p>Under this doctrine, anything and everything must be vetted by 21st-century standards of cultural acceptance to root out the poisonous racism. This obsession, however, is the root of American demise. A nation primed to think only about race will only think about race.<\/p>\n<p>Americans are now trained to see racism in everything, even where it doesn\u2019t exist. Trees are racist.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2018\/jul\/13\/hiking-african-american-racism-nature\" target=\"_blank\">Hiking is racist<\/a>. Your&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/06\/16\/black-lives-matter-activist-your-kelloggs-box-is-racist\/\" target=\"_blank\">cereal box is racist<\/a>. Your depictions of&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/11\/21\/santa-claus-is-immune-to-covid-but-is-he-safe-from-the-culture-war\/\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Claus<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.knoxnews.com\/story\/entertainment\/columnists\/terry-mattingly\/2020\/08\/27\/depictions-white-jesus-raise-concerns-racism-terry-mattingly\/5625111002\/\">Je<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knoxnews.com\/story\/entertainment\/columnists\/terry-mattingly\/2020\/08\/27\/depictions-white-jesus-raise-concerns-racism-terry-mattingly\/5625111002\/\" target=\"_blank\">s<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knoxnews.com\/story\/entertainment\/columnists\/terry-mattingly\/2020\/08\/27\/depictions-white-jesus-raise-concerns-racism-terry-mattingly\/5625111002\/\">us<\/a>&nbsp;are racist.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrIbram\/status\/1367473187131449350?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">Claiming otherwise<\/a>&nbsp;to any of it is also racist.<\/p>\n<p>Minorities are trained to see themselves as hopelessly oppressed and facing endless aggressions at every turn. Every slightest impolite infraction can earn the morally indignant condemnation as racist, wrecking the perpetrator as a villain responsible for deep personal trauma. The so-called trauma, however, is merely a preconception inculcated by years of woke indoctrination.<\/p>\n<p>None of this is to say racism doesn\u2019t exist. Americans can and should recognize there are racial tensions that need to be addressed. The radical obsession with defining every aspect of the modern culture through the exhaustive lens of \u201cantiracism,\u201d however, has only led tensions to new heights while deceiving millions of well-meaning Americans who are terrified of the racist label and roping them into the effort. And \u201cantiracism,\u201d weaponized by the political left to pursue political ends through intimidation of their opponents, has stifled debate, driven division, and merely created a different kind of racism.<\/p>\n<p>The debate over voter ID requirements included in the recent Republican-passed Georgia voting bill provides a perfect illustration of today\u2019s racism infecting woke corporatists and the Democratic Party, which claim \u2014 in the name of antiracism of course \u2014 that mandated identification requirements for ballot access are too difficult for minorities to comply with.<\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s affirmative action and the push for reparations, endorsed by the Democratic Party, which claims minorities aren\u2019t capable of achieving of the American dream without white saviors and billions in special assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Race relations under the mandated lens of antiracism aren\u2019t getting any better. On that, nearly all Americans agree.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/1687\/race-relations.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">According<\/a>&nbsp;to Gallup, in 2008, the year Americans elected their first black president, 70 percent of white adults and 61 percent of black adults said race relations were either \u201cvery\u201d or \u201csomewhat good.\u201d Only 46 percent of white adults and 36 percent of black adults said the same in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>If last year\u2019s radical acceleration of antiracism in the culture war has taught us nothing else, it\u2019s that the colorblind approach was likely the right one. The opposite has shown to be an aggressive form of racism featuring the bigotry of low expectations cloaked in the moral righteousness of social justice.<\/p>\n<p><cite>https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/04\/09\/a-nation-primed-to-see-racism-in-everything-will-think-only-about-race\/<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>This article was published on April 09, 2021 by THE FEDERALIST: <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/04\/09\/a-nation-primed-to-see-racism-in-everything-will-think-only-about-race\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Nation Primed To See Racism In Everything Will Think Only About Race<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"height:25px\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Possibilities for Consideration: A Power Too Great<\/h2>\n<p id=\"block-6a3a9ea8-8bf3-4aa8-866d-3d294340a9f2\">To stand against the immense power behind the technology, internet and financial organizations in charge of our government, media and education institutions we must get smarter and do it together.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-7902eb7d-aa61-45bd-949f-0975c64e1b36\">AwareComm\u00ae offers a platform that provides the resources and the guidance to meet this challenge.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-c0c4266b-0b2e-492d-a623-46da0597a782\">It\u2019s not just that we need a solution, in this new environment nobody will trust, everybody is angry, nobody listens, commerce stops, efficiency diminishes, nobody cares.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-b25dc3d4-c191-4cbb-9620-e4d3e10b3578\">Our culture consists of perception, attitude, thinking and behavior and we have created a culture now rooted in distrust, fear and anger.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-aca5e3b5-28f9-4afe-9c2f-6e4e5c05744a\">The following models illustrate the psychology of <strong>fear <\/strong>and <strong>control<\/strong><br \/>being used to force America to its knees.<\/p>\n<div id=\"block-ae6861b2-30ad-47c8-af06-5c4a6316ba33\" class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fear-Thinking-Model-1024x640.png\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Fear-Thinking-Model-1024x640.png\" width=\"512\" height=\"320\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>Once people are conditioned emotionally to accept fear as a foundation perception, they become willing candidates to accept the principles of control. Thus, they become slaves to the authority, that being government, propaganda or social media influence.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"block-0432b5dd-c1d8-4517-bebe-977621a6553a\" class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/Control-Wheel-copyright.png\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Control-Wheel-copyright.png\" width=\"448\" height=\"479\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"block-d4968898-c4ab-4e3a-bd3b-278454e601be\">Whatever we do, however we do it, this becomes the basis for how we will build relationships at home, work, worship and play. These models will permeate all dimensions of our lives and must be reversed if our communities and our country are to survive.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-f8412ea5-0fe0-4641-8bb5-9f8f09b25baf\">The Real Solution: Founded in Spiritual Principles<\/h2>\n<p id=\"block-13b5cb0e-f461-438a-8df5-d18c9df88e93\">A real solution, fully developed (tested, proven and paid for), is found in AwareComm's proprietary <strong><em>Adaptive Intelligence<\/em><\/strong> (AdI&#x2122;) algorithm.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"block-83f4b20a-017f-4293-9c5e-283a8b7a74a3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/Not-Concepts-It-Really-Worked-1024x576.png\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Not-Concepts-It-Really-Worked-1024x576.png\"\/><\/figure>\n<p id=\"block-d4966b91-229d-4f10-a846-c2374f1fbb96\">The AdI&#x2122; algorithm aligns with the intent of Pope Francis's call for a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/uncategorized\/pwi-co-lab-staff\/cmmtmnt-to-hmnty-good-algrthm\/#content\" target=\"_blank\">'Good Algorithm,'<\/a> to reverse the damage done by the irresponsible use of technology.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"block-2163fd8e-f0b3-47d3-9453-b8a5e04eeea6\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/AI%E2%80%93BI%E2%80%93HI%E2%80%93SI_AdI-e1598220376822.png\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is AI\u2013BI\u2013HI\u2013SI_AdI-e1598220376822.png\"\/><\/figure>\n<p id=\"block-dbb9828d-3a6b-4730-9868-3c17257c7444\"><strong>Rebuilding Community Commerce - - Rebuilding the Soul of a Community<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"block-824a07b5-a1ac-49b2-8628-38e2603d75d1\">AwareComm's AdI&#x2122; algorithm is available in a community Collaboration Laboratory (Co-Lab&#x2122;) Research and ePublishing Institute, where people learn to take charge of their communities by transcending <strong>adversity <\/strong>to <strong>diversity <\/strong>and <strong>solidarity <\/strong>through the application of <em>responsible commerce<\/em>. Success is assured by applying the principles of Adaptive Intelligence to entrepreneurial thinking using socially responsible capitalism.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"block-a6afe929-69d3-49c8-95a1-0e4e9d548ad7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/Adversity-Commerce-Community-circled-1024x576.png\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Adversity-Commerce-Community-circled-1024x576.png\"\/><\/figure>\n<p id=\"block-55ff76c0-63c4-477a-ad6a-6dc686580138\">What comes from an established foundation of commerce rooted in spiritual principles and AdI&#x2122; is a new business model. This business model, for the application of Socially Responsible Capitalism, is our theme and driving inspiration.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-31499859-5b96-4815-a83e-7d99776ca28b\">A Co-Lab&#x2122; is the implementation mechanism of the result of 30+ years of field research.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-8b0fcb7a-c283-4341-bc59-ac4668bc6332\">Co-Labs&#x2122; create an environment conducive to learning, solidarity and change (old ideas are more quickly learned and new ideas are more quickly accepted and implemented).<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-bdef8107-a860-479b-b23e-218d378f3647\">Our Next Step<\/h2>\n<p id=\"block-bd86b33f-6a27-4d0a-b153-36f5abd571cb\">The AwareComm\u00ae Team is attracting partners in order to awaken in the people a desire for peace and solidarity as a way to fulfill their personal needs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-4bf31106-bf7a-44e7-8a10-d0ccf0112649\">Through a careful blend of&nbsp;AI + BI + HI + SI&nbsp;the&nbsp;Co-Lab&#x2122; Research Institute&nbsp;has the correct balance of technology, methodology, human understanding, spiritual principles and data science to put us on the right track to individual social and cultural empowerment.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-a6a8e98a-ffaf-4ed6-9a21-242ac740f884\">Due Diligence classes offer a deeper dive into the Co-Lab&#x2122; Research and ePublishing Institute to determine if this philosophy is effective for your community. You will learn:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-1723b861-ed88-4b2f-b8eb-69a6ec7d2fe0\">\n<li>The logical power of the AI + BI + HI + SI = AdI&#x2122; algorithm for communication and learning<\/li>\n<li>The communication power of Co-Lab&#x2122; Research and ePublishing Institute to provide secure:\n<ul>\n<li>self-funding<\/li>\n<li>self-perpetuating<\/li>\n<li>self-regulating networks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The commerce power of Socially Responsible Capitalism, blending nonprofit and commercial applications<\/li>\n<li>The application of Social Partnerships, bringing ethical business principles to overcome social challenges<\/li>\n<li>The joy, satisfaction and pride of taking a role in returning our world to a state of freedom and opportunity - <em>being proud to be a patriot<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"block-14ce7fb3-c0f0-4e23-b662-67b9efb56c5a\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/Building-Interdependent-Communities-1024x576.png\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Building-Interdependent-Communities-1024x576.png\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-4f48fb3f-6b86-420d-b248-2f68c2c26344\">Inviting Potential Partners<\/h2>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" id=\"block-9e0d8c73-5a8e-43a5-85b1-3049b08ece96\">For more information<br \/>and to receive your invitation to a Due Diligence class<br \/>email: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:SOS@AwareComm.com\" target=\"_blank\">SOS@AwareComm.com<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Opening Insights: It Doesn't Take Much Hypocrisy is the audacity to preach integrity from a den of corruption.WES FESLER It doesn't take much to be labelled as racist these days. 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