During Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing, one senator had the courage to pop the question on the minds of all Americans.
While grilling Jackson on critical race theory on Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz described a children’s book called “Antiracist Baby.” He turned his steely gaze on Jackson and asked the veteran Harvard-educated lawyer if she believed “babies are racist.”
Some viewers wondered why a man who looked like he was rubbing his face with honey and then rolling on the floor of a barbershop would ask such a question. In fact, the collective eye-roll was so intense that the Earth briefly tilted off its axis.
But I stood up and applauded the bold senator from Texas/Cancun. He was speaking truth to power and addressing an issue few Americans have ever wanted to confront: Babies are incredibly racist.
Extreme childhood racism is common
I don’t mean just a little racist. I’m talking about full packets of hate and racial animosity full of fontanelles. Swaddled little monsters are what they are.
I can already hear the cries of the baby apologists.
“Oh, that’s ridiculous. They are so cute!”
“Not possible, they’ve only been alive for a few months!”
Let me ask you this question. When was the last time you heard a baby speak out against racism? Hmmm?
Never. They are silent on the matter.
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If babies aren’t racist, and if a clearly smart and serious U.S. senator is initiating a possible epidemic of childhood racism, don’t you think babies themselves would rise, fall immediately, and then assure everyone those who don’t have a racist bone in their soft, malleable bodies?
It’s crisis management 101, folks.
babies hate everyone
No, those suckers come out of the womb hating anyone who doesn’t look like them.
Think about it. They are often found wrapped in white sheets. (Coo Cluck Klan?) And if you introduce a white baby to a person of color and that person leaves the room, the baby acts like that person no longer exists. The same thing happens if it’s a black baby meeting a white person.
Some say, “Well, it’s called object permanence, or the idea that people continue to exist when you can’t see them or hear them.” Babies don’t develop this until they are about eight months old.
To which I say, “That’s what’s called a lame attempt to use science to excuse blatant baby racism, and you should be ashamed of yourself as an adult.”
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The undeniable reality of widespread and virulent racism among newly born humans is why it was so important that Cruz took precious moments from his life and ours and dedicated that time – time none of us will ever get back. ever – to ask a brilliant and widely respected judge over a brightly colored 24-page children’s book.
Do children’s books deny the racism of babies?
The existence of a book called “Antiracist Baby” suggests that it is possible for a baby not to be racist. But as I have so eloquently proven here, all babies are definitely racist. So how can we clear someone in the Supreme Court if they don’t recognize “Antiracist Baby” as insidious baby-washing propaganda?
As this confirmation hearing continues, I hope Cruz and other sharp Republican senators will pursue this important line of questioning.
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Are babies also racist against Whos, and the book “Horton Hears a Who!” try to conceal a hostile child Who hates? Is the “very hungry caterpillar” an allegory of the supremacy of a particular race over all others?
Yes on both counts, probably.
It’s high time someone in this country had the courage to call out the vile Machiavellian babies who have turned our day care centers into hate parks.
Before Judge Jackson is confirmed, she must meet what I will call “Cruz’s requirement.” She needs to stand up, face the American people and honestly say, “YES!” All babies are racist! Thank you for asking such an important question. Did you all arrive in the same clown car or did you drive separately? »
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