Topic: Enjoying Washington's Spring tradition of African American Family Day

[Pandora]

From Lawrence Auster's blog, which scooped the "media" report, which failed to mention the riot.

James N. writes (2:32 p.m.):

    I'm at the National Zoo today with eight kids.

    To my surprise, it's Celebrate the African-American Family Day.

    Too bad you couldn't be here to soak up the atmosphere.

[UPDATE, 3:45 p.m.:

James N. writes:

    Not ten minutes after you posted my e-mail, a small riot broke out--or maybe it was a flash mob.

    Running, cursing, beating bystanders, then fighting among themselves. The families are streaming out of the zoo. Cops here, ambulance. News channel 7 remote is setting up.

    News probably here for happy talk about all the AA families.]

- end of initial entry -

Greg W. writes:

    The link James N. provided states at the top:

    "Easter Monday has been a Washington-area multicultural tradition that spans more than 100 years."

    The "multicultural tradition" is named "African American Family Day." How do you call something multicultural while using a racially exclusive title? White don't count towards multiculturism, that's why.

LA replies:

    Also, it's absurd. Maybe Easter Monday has been a Washington tradition for a hundred years. But it certainly hasn't been a multicultural tradition for a hundred years. The word "multiculturalism" wasn't even used in this country until the 1980s.

    And it's ridiculous to suggest that Easter Monday at the National Zoo in, say, the 1920s or 1950s was designated as a special day in honor of black families.

Greg W. replies:

    On the multicultural take you spoke of: it's the same as the multiculturalists who claim that America has ALWAYS been about diversity. They say this while simultaneously talking of how evil Europeans were in the past for their actions against Indians and blacks during slavery and up until the CRA (well, even still today right?).

    How can one claim that America is evil for killing off Indians and enslaving a race of people AND we were ALWAYS about multiculturalism and diversity?

LA replies:

    One can claim both, at different times, depending on which argument helps the multiculturalists silence any serious resistance to their ideology. And, consistently, Americans in general and conservatives in particular have been too intellectually weak and lazy to see through this.

[IronDioPriest]

In all seriousness, what is there to celebrate about the Affkin-Mekkin family? All the wonderful, law-abiding, upstanding Black families notwithstanding, the overall state of Black families is an absolute disaster, and everybody knows it. Hell, the overall state of families in general is bad enough, but the Black family in America skews the stats something awful.

Let's not pretend things are hunky-dory and "celebrate" (whatever the hell THAT means) families of this race or that sexual orientation when the very designated group we're supposedly celebrating suffers from the most damaging behavior to the institution of the family that can be imagined. How about instead we face the issue head on, and call out Black parents - particularly Black men - for helping the Democrats destroy their families? How about taking the day after Easter to highlight all the various ways that Black culture is killing itself and eating away at the nation like a cancer? Instead of rioting at the frikkin zoo, maybe good people of all races from other neighborhoods could flood the ghetto and demonstrate what real community looks like and what real families behave like.

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one....

[LadyVirginia]

All I can say is the black families better enjoy all the days they can grab because I'm sure at some point they will be overtaken by the days celebrating Muslim family day.

[Libertas]

African American Family Day?!

WTF does that family look like?

 

[Glock32]

What's the definition of Mass Confusion?

Father's Day in da hood.

[Sectionhand]

What's the definition of Mass Confusion?

Father's Day in da hood.

Damn !  You beat me to it , except I was going to say  "East St. Louis" .

[Libertas]

Whose yo Daddy?!

 

[Pandora]

While the stabbing and unmentioned "small riot" was happening at the zoo, something else was happening at Dupont Circle.

Vid and article here.

[Libertas]

 

[Predator Don]

While the stabbing and unmentioned "small riot" was happening at the zoo, something else was happening at Dupont Circle.

Vid and article here.

Man...Holders people were busy.

[OLJingoist]

 

[johnnycab23513]

I wonder if John Kerry and his wife celebrated AAF Day? after all, unlike 99 per cent of the black population, the is a real, true, honest AA, having been born and raised on the dark continent.

[Sectionhand]

In college I had a friend from Egypt who got mad if you said he was from Africa or the African Continent . I told him that was like me getting mad about being called an American because I'm from The United States . He didn't get it ... but upon reflection I can understand not wanting to be associated with some of that riff-raff .

[warpmine]

Entitlement mentality, folks. The thieves believed that they were in fact entitled to the goods taken, so, they naturally helped themselves.

Not to worry, the Police arrived soon enough to file reports given to the insurance companies of the establishments. See, no harm done. Now move along.