By Lt Col Eric M. Vogel, USAF ret, USAFA ’73
“The demand for racism far exceeds the supply.”–Thomas Sowell
Matt Walsh’s new film Am I Racist? is currently being shown in U.S. theaters. Perhaps the documentary will help you answer that question, although you might not like the advice of the racism “experts” of the film.
Walsh’s previous movie, What Is a Woman?, was released in 2022. That brilliant film is one that Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson should have viewed before her Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. This film should be seen by everyone in Government, the Military, Business and Academia who are part of the Diversity-Equity-Inclusion training, indoctrination and enforcement industry.
Full Disclosure: I am a white male. I firmly believe that Critical Race Theory and DEI are part of a nefarious plot, with Marxist roots, satanic influence, and Communist goals, all of which have nothing to with improved conditions for minorities and peaceful, healthy race relations. No, CRT and DEI are about division and power.
Furthermore, I trust completely in the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr’s guidance regarding the judgement of individuals by their character and not the color of their skin. Despite the present turmoil in our nation, his beautiful words remain a beacon of hope for the future of race relations.
This is a thought-provoking film, often humorous, but with levity always presented in a manner to support a serious point. Am I Racist? may occasionally appear to be a mockumentary—such as Best in Show, or This is Spinal Tap—but the underlying honesty and realism of the interviews and news segments denote a true documentary.
With racism dominating the news, Walsh asks himself if he is racist. He begins his “journey,” ostensibly to answer that question, by becoming a “Certified DEI Expert” with online training. Card in hand, he seeks to know and improve himself, and understand others.
In doing so, he discovers–and clearly documents–a stark contrast between influential DEI experts and ordinary, real people.
We learn from the DEI elite that the teaching of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr is passé.
Microaggressions are rampant and widespread in today’s racist American society.
Cultural Appropriation is inappropriately racist (unless you are Senator Elizabeth Warren, or Nkechi Amare Diallo—born Rachel Anne Dolezal—who, as a white woman self-identifying as black, served as President of the Spokane, Washington Chapter of the NAACP from 2014-2015).
Land Acknowledgement Statements are now de rigueur. (Such a statement was noted upon entering The Barnes Museum in Philadelphia during a recent visit. But what about the indigenous people who were there before the indigenous people mentioned on the plaque?)
We must accept that “The only remedy for past discrimination is present discrimination.” (From How to Be an Anti-Racist, by Ibram Kendi, born Ibram Henry Rogers; perhaps that birth name was not revolutionary enough.)
Walsh, in subtle disguise, interviews authors, PhDs, and DEI trainers with masterful aplomb, feigning ignorance, and leading them to proclaim their absurd, irrational mantras. His controversial interview with Robin DiAngelo (author of White Fragility), by itself, is worth the price of admission to the film.
Walsh skewers the elite, but intermittently turns to the good, the true and the beautiful (see Plato, Aristotle, Paul, Aquinas, et al.) of real, “ordinary” Americans.
Three young white fellows think that Walsh is crazy for considering himself a racist just because he’s white; they are convincingly colorblind in their friendships and relationships.
Four ladies–African American friends–are proud to be Americans, love their country, and deny rampant and harmful racism in their lives.
Another person of color (perhaps of Cuban heritage), interviewed in front of his auto repair shop, likewise strongly affirms his love for America and explicitly denies racism as a factor in his life or as having a dominant role in his country.
The testimonies of these people offer heartwarming relief to the absurdities expressed by the elite.
Upon analyzing and contrasting the two groups, the proponents of DEI appear to be the real racists. They are projecting.
According to Psychology Today, “Projection is the process of displacing one’s feelings onto a different person…most commonly used to describe defensive projection—attributing one’s own unacceptable urges to another.”
Critics panned this film, with some reviewers refusing to write about it. However, it has a 98% positive rating on the Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter.
If this film is not worthy of the critics’ time, they should view and review Common Sense in a Senseless World (Thomas Sowell) or Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words as films which exemplify the triumph of courage, wisdom and faith over racism.
Trigger Warnings regarding ideas presented by the “experts” in this film: If you are white, by definition you are a racist and a participant in the evil of American Systemic Racism. You cannot do anything to change your status; these characteristics are part of your existence. As an American, you are a citizen of a vile, disgusting country. And if you are a Republican, you are a Nazi.
Nevertheless, do not be afraid: grab your emotional support teddy bear and enjoy Am I Racist?
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