Campus Progressives Tout Support For Blacks, But Where's Support For Tidwell?
(Source: Tyler Morning Telegraph) As I have perused through social media, I have seen many Progressive students at UT-Tyler tweet statements in support of the Black community. They say, “Black Lives Matter” and “support Black businesses” and “amplify Black voices.” Anything Black goes, because Progressives are collectivists. They don’t see John and Terrance, but White and Black. In the collectivist mindset, group identity is more significant than individual identity. So when it comes to race, it is not business owners, but Black business owners that they want to support. It is not voices, but Black voices. They claim solidarity with a Black collective and aim to elevate a group. Anyone who is Black is a member of this group. So, if being Black gives one membership to a group and if group membership means you deserve support—solely on the basis of being Black—then where is their support for their African-American University President Michael Tidwell? Why doesn’t h...