Tea’d Off
Most epochs are defined by one or another anxiety. More important, though, is the form which that anxiety takes. Millions of Americans are currently worried about two things that are, in their minds, emotionally related. The first of these is the prospect that white people will no longer be the majority in this country, and the second is that the United States will be just one among many world powers. This is by no means purely a “racial” matter. (In my experience, black Americans are quite concerned that “Hispanic” immigration will relegate them, too.) Having an honest and open discussion about all this is not just a high priority. It’s more like a matter of social and political survival.
Christopher Hitchens points to the heart of the matter in this alleged Tea Party uprising. Cut down to the basics, it is the impending loss of control and change that scares these people. Like everything else, hopefully, this too shall pass.
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