Portrait of an Extremist

According to Sarah Huckabee Sanders systemic racism no longer exists in the US.

Only a lily white, self-entitled debutante and proven liar from Arkansas, born into privilege with all the trappings and advantages, would tell us on international television coverage, that America is no longer racist. What better way to promote racism than to declare it over. 

During her response to Biden's State of the Union speech she stated "100,000 Americans a year are now killed from drug overdoses, largely from fentanyl pouring across our southern border."

Whereas it is true that Mexico is the US's primary source of illegal fentanyl, most of the drug is  smuggled through official ports of entry in the US in large trucks or cars, according to the Congressional Research Service. And most is smuggled in by U.S. citizens, the libertarian Cato Institute said. She knows this - she is trying to terrify you about the brown hoard pouring across our border to drug your children, rape your spouse, and steel from you. Why?  - because she's a racist using racism and fear to garner political support. 

This women is a proven liar. She lies with ease - stunningly so. When questioned under oath she admitted to lying repeatedly to the international media as Trump's press secretary. She said Trump’s policy of separating children from their parents at the border and locking them in detention facilities was “very biblical” instead of condemning it as the crime against humanity it was/.

She admitted to lying during a press conference about former FBI director James Comey when she claimed “countless” FBI agents told her they were happy Trump fired him. 

She falsely claimed that Trump’s border wall had stopped nearly 4,000 known or suspected terrorists at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2018. In reality, the wall ― for which Trump was demanding $5.7 billion in federal funds to build ― had only stopped six people on the No Fly List. 

Sarah Huckabee Sanders is a sociopathic liar - the ease of which she lies is a sickness. I'd classify that as a major character defect and a non-starter for any future presidential aspirations she may have. But this is who the Republicans chose to give an opposing speech to Biden's  State of The Union. A racist liar. 

Racism is over, says the racist liar. 

Tell that to the babies and children separated from their mothers at the border during her time as press secretary despite them having legally entered the country asking for asylum.

Tell that to muslims, people of oriental descent, to native Americans, and to blacks in this country that the Trump administration persecuted while cuddling up to white supremacist.

Tell that to the law enforcement system where: 

    1. A Black person is five times more likely to be stopped without just cause than a white person.

    2. 65% of Black adults have felt targeted because of their race. Similarly, approximately 35% of Latino and Asian adults have felt targeted because of race.

    3. 84% of Black adults say white people are treated better than black people by police; 63% of white adults agree based on 2019 research on police relations.

    4. 87% of Black adults say the U.S. criminal justice system is more unjust towards Black people; 61% of white adults agree.

    5. There are 3 million people in jail and prison today, far outpacing population growth and crime. Between 1980 and 2015, the number of people incarcerated increased from roughly 500,000 to 2.2. million. Despite making up close to 5% of the global population, the U.S. has nearly 25% of the world's prison population. In 2014, African Americans constituted 2.3 million, or 34%, of the total 6.8 million correctional population.

    6. 32% of the US population is represented by African Americans and Hispanics, compared to 56% of the US incarcerated population being represented by African Americans and Hispanics.

    7. African Americans are incarcerated at more than 5 times the rate of whites. Nationwide, African American children represent 32% of children who are arrested, 42% of children who are detained, and 52% of children whose cases are judicially waived to criminal court. African American children represent 14% of the population.

Well poor people commit more crimes, and there are more poor blacks - say the racists - a lie. 

Moving on from law enforcement let's examine the financial sector. 

A Brookings institute report, published November 2, 2021 by Kristen Broady, Mac McComas, and Amine Ouazad finds that at a local level, '..there are stark contrasts in access to credit for African Americans: Interest rates on business loans, bank branch density, local banking concentration in the residential mortgage market, and the growth of local businesses are markedly different in majority Black neighborhoods. Most houses are bought with a mortgage and most businesses rely on credit to fund their expansion. A lack of credit hinders investments in better homes, better schools, better local infrastructure such as roads and public transport, better amenities, and better health care.'  

The report goes on to find 'In 2019, the median net worth of a typical white household, $188,200, was 7.8 times greater than that of a typical Black household, $24,100.' 

Let's try education: 

Another Brookings report in 2020 by Jon Valant Thursday, June 4, 2020 found that..

 'There are exclusionary zoning policies that keep families that can’t afford single-family homes out of high-performing school districts; tax policies that prevent Black wealth accumulation (and corresponding spending on educational resources); and mass-incarceration practices that remove parents from children’s homes and strain those left behind.

....'Other manifestations are direct matters of education policy and practice. Some are subtle decisions that happen largely out of sight, day after day, like missed opportunities to assign students of color to advanced coursework and excessive discipline practices that send misguided messages. Others are there for us to see: funding levels that leave many high-poverty schools inadequately resourced; attendance boundaries that erect barriers to desirable schools; and test-based accountability measures that stack the deck against high-poverty schools by emphasizing student proficiency over growth.'

My child while nervous if the police pull her over is just nervous, but not terrified. Blacks and Hispanics cannot same the same. 

Of course this country still suffers from systemic racism. Sarah Huckabee is a cold calculated liar and racist. She is an extremist as her speech in response to Biden's clearly revealed. Do not listen to her poison. Do not succumb to her sociopathy.