W.E.B. Du Bois declared in 1920, "Absolutely segregate the races and sections of the world." Thirteen years later, the NAACP would eject him from the organization he helped found because of such statements as "I fight Segregation with Segregation." After traveling to Nazi Germany in 1937, he returned to America with largely glowing reports, penning an article called "The German Case Against the Jews" that excused anti-Semitism in the Third Reich by labeling it "a reasoned prejudice." At mid-century Du Bois propagandized that North Korea was attacked to launch the Korean War, that "Harry Truman ranks with Adolf Hitler as one of the greatest killers of our day," and that Stalin was a "great" and "courageous" man. In the early 1960s, Du Bois renounced his American citizenship and formally joined the Communist Party, declaring communism "the only way of human life." Why, in 2005, would John Kerry push the United States Senate to honor this man? Read my Human Events article that broke this story today to learn more about the extremist John Kerry seeks to honor.

Pretty nutty politicians we have up here in the land of liberalism and taxes.

I am curious about the comment which connects WEB DuBois with eugenics.

It appears that WEB was an early opponent. True?

Carl D., Du Bois was a proponent, not an opponent, of eugenics. "[T]he mass of ignorant negroes still breed carelessly and disastrously," Du Bois wrote in 1938, adding, "among human races and groups, as among vegetables, quality and not mere quantity really counts." I don't have the article in front of me Carl, but I have it on file and will try to dig it up to give a more complete picture of Du Bois's thoughts on eugenics.

John Kerry, Ted Kennedy and company are what Sean Hannity has continued to label as those who are "on the wrong side of history."

Not only have they come out with radical claims such as this, they opposed Reagan in the 1980s when he confronted Communism, they are proponents of radical income redistribution, and they have helped foster a liberal culture that disrespects life.

They are modern day Marxists. I have said, and will continue to say, that modern liberalism in America is a watered down form of Marxism.

This really says it all. This explains, in a very concise way, why I could not vote for John Kerry. Anyone who followed the last presidential election cycle would not be surprised that John Kerry would pull something like this.

It’s all about dependency on government for these guys. They know that as long as they think they can convince majority segments of the population that we need re-distribution through government, that they will always have their phony boloney jobs.

This shtick still works in the Republic of Massachusetts. Thus, we have what we deserve.

Fortunately, this form of watered down Marxism (I like that) in the guise of Liberalism, has not been embraced by the rest of the country and luckily the liberal weirdoes from the Mass. political contingent will be doomed when it comes to national politics. As it should be.

We just have to suffa with it hea.

Any bets on the number of Republicans that will vote "yea" on this resolution? I guarantee Kerry's move will pass no problem, in part because of strong majority support from GOP congressmen and senators.

W.E.B. DuBois, Professor of Sociology, Atlanta University. "Black Folk and Birth Control." Birth Control Review, Volume XXII, Number 8 (New Series, May 1938, the "Negro Number"), page 90:

"... the low incomes which Negroes receive make bachelorhood and spinsterhood widespread, with the naturally resultant lowering, in some cases, of sex standards. On the other hand, the mass of ignorant Negroes still breed carelessly and disastrously, so that the increase among Negroes, even more than the increase among whites, is from that part of the population least intelligent and fit, and least able to rear their children properly.

"There comes, therefore, the difficult and insistent problem of spreading among Negroes an intelligent and clearly recognized concept of proper birth control, so that the young people can marry, have companionship and natural health, and yet not have children until they are able to take care of them. This, of course, calls for a more liberal attitude among Negro churches. The churches are open for the most part to intelligent propaganda of any sort, and the American Birth Control League and other agencies ought to get their speakers before church congregations and their arguments in the Negro newspapers. As it is, the mass of Negroes know almost nothing about the birth control movement, and even intelligent colored people have a good many misapprehensions and a good deal of fear at openly learning about it. Like most people with middle-class standards of morality, they think that birth control is inherently immoral.

"Moreover, they ["Negroes"] are quite led away by the fallacy of numbers. They want the black race to survive. They are cheered by a census return of increasing numbers and a high rate of increase. They must learn that among human races and groups, as among vegetables, quality and not mere quantity really counts."

I was certainly unaware until recently of Du Bois's later career. All I knew was his founding of the NAACP. Could Kerry & Co be likewise unaware? If not, he seems to be counting on the ignorance of others. Surely if Du Bois's later years were commonly known, honoring him would be politically perilous.

As the kind folks at  Sadly, No! point out, several other folks have praised Du Bois as well. Should I look forward to your condemnation of the President and the First Lady?

The writers of the Harlem Renaissance, whom we focus on today, celebrated their culture in poetry and prose while capturing the stark realities of being black in America. In committing their words to paper, they shaped a rich literary history and became agents of change. W.E.B. Du Bois' character in The Souls of Black Folk captured the frustration of many with the words: "How does it feel to be a problem? I answer seldom a word.

- Laura Bush

For generations, African Americans have strengthened our Nation by urging reforms, overcoming obstacles, and breaking down barriers. We see the greatness of America in those who have risen above injustice and enriched our society, a greatness reflected in the resolve of Jackie Robinson, the intellect of W.E.B. DuBois[.]

- President George W. Bush

The First Lady's comment is rather innocuous. President Bush's comment is rather foolish. While any words coming from a president's mouth carry a lot of weight, I generally don't put a clause from a sentence--even a clause uttered by the president--in the same league as a resolution in the United States Senate. Leaving Kerry and Bush aside: What about W.E.B. Du Bois? Both you and the site linked on the trackback are silent on the subject of my article. Rob, don't you agree that it's wrong to honor a Stalinist who preached racial separatism, renounced his American citizenship, and got so blinded by anti-Americanism that he heaped praise on Nazi Germany?

I spent some time working for this administration...and I can tell you that paragraph blurbs like this are a dime a dozen. Probably neither George nor Laura have ever seen these comments that have their names on it. They're done by speech writers for special occasions and so forth.

These things are usually written for political purposes. They're vague, don't really go out of their way to praise nor condemn. It's kind of sad, but this happens a lot.

DuBois was no more and no less a traitor than John Kerry.

Found this here:
"The mass of ignorant Negroes still breed carelessly and disastrously, so that the increase among Negroes, even more than the increase among whites, is from that portion of the population least intelligent and fit, and least able to rear their children properly."
Another quotation falsely attributed to Margaret Sanger, this was actually written for the June 1932 issue of The Birth Control Review by W.E.B. DuBois, founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Taken out of the context of his discussion about the effects of birth control on the balance between quality-of-life considerations and race-survival issues for African-Americans, Dubois' language
seems insensitive by today's standards.

I think Rob's point was that it's a bit disingenuous to single out Kerry and claim that he "[fails] to identify evil even when it appears at close range" when the administration that won the 04 election by, in theory, holding its respective Michael Moore types at arm's length is just as clearly eliding all the darker material from DuBois' later years. I also disagree with your characterization of the importance of a Senate resolution. It is in fact a non-binding, a thoroughly unimportant piece of paper with literally zero effect on anyone's life, and carries far less weight than anything that comes out of the president's mouth. For example, if I were a Montana Grizzlies fan, I might be upset with this resolution [ http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.RES.45.ATS: ] that congratulated James Madison for beating them in the NCAA Division I-AA football championship game. But it's generally the sort of thing you let slide, especially when the cat is completely of out of the bag on the U.S. government honoring Du Bois in the first place. ( http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/dubois.jpg )

Moreoever, those who would call DuBois "the Ward Churchill of mid-century America" are incorrect in doing so to an embarassing degree. Of the fact that he became an outspoken Communist and near-loon in later life, there is little question. That "The Souls of Black Folk" is also one of the greatest books this nation has ever produced is also rather clear. For nearly 20 years, DuBois was perhaps the greatest mind at work in the nation, and inspired generations of writers and sociologists off all races by his example. Far more informed persons than me have examined his influence, both positive and negative, in books like "Critical Essays on W.E.B. DuBois."

Can you separate this great man's actions later in life, which were pretty clearly treasonous, from his earlier contributions to America, which were just as clearly monumentally important? I don't know. I do know that it's pretty easy to entertain the notion in a far more fair way than Mr. Flynn did in his article.

Just like always: Find some excuse for something that George Bush does, and wring every ounce of hatred out of something that a Democrat does. Your credibility suffers from such stupid venality, and does discredit to your views.

Quit trying to find ways to pin the bogus title of communist or traitor on your opponents. Just because someone disagrees with you, that doesn't mean they hate America and God. Unless, of course, you believe yourself to be both God and America.

Ben Fleming: the immediate issue, the issue at hand is John Kerry seeking to get the Senate to honor a man who preached racial separatism, called anti-Semitism "a reason prejudice" within the Third Reich, joined the Communist Party, and renounced his American citizenship. Do you object to this or don't you? Invoking some idiotic thing George Bush said in passing or downplaying the importance of a Senate resolution evades this central question: Does W.E.B. Du Bois deserve the official praise of the U.S. Senate? I say no, and that's why I wrote the article.

Max Edison, what are you talking about?

Ben,
You overrate DuBois's early career. Was he a significant figure in black intellectual life, certainly. Was he partly responsible for the disgraceful treatment of Booker T. Washington at the time and by scholars of black thought since, definitely. His intelligence is quite overrated (although he is a stylish writer)and his political views from the get-go pushed towards racial separatism, black militancy, and conflict that have done positive harm over the years to race relations in America.

It is naive to treat his later renunciation of American citizenship and ardent communism as unrelated to his early thought, it is there from the get-go and he is studied and celebrated in academic life precisely because of his radicalism not despite it as you want to suggest.

Well, I guess this proves the Postal Service people are all a bunch of commies. Because they have a WEB DuBois stamp!

The Senate used to BE FULL of people who preached racial separatism and regarded anti-semitism as a virtue. And most of them were republicans, or would be today!

I think it's a stretch to say that radical separatists were mostly Republicans then (the party of Lincoln advocating total segregation?) or would be today (Is Robert Byrd a Republican?). (And yes, I know Lincoln's personal views on the races. It doesn't change what he actually DID with the Emancipation Proclamation - in fact it makes it more impressive.)

Max, I don't think anyone here is equating disagreement with hatred of God or country. In DuBois' case, however, he renounced his citizenship, which is concrete evidence of his feelings for America.

Two factors should be taken into account when the lunatic notions of Du Bois are considered: 1. the age in which he lived. 2. The age he was at the time.

Jim Crow in the 1920s surely was a terrible yoke for blacks. That an old man, for the times, of 52 would give up hope and opt for segregation is not outrageous when he knows that most of the country reviles his color. That a man twisted by 69 years of this life lent support to Nazis is not surprising. I do not know his biography, but he was 85 when he eulogized Stalin. I cannot say I would not hate my homeland had I endured what blacks of the time did. Now, having said all that, I still don't think it's appropriate for the Senate to honor a poor degenerate nutcase.

Why can't I find any references to this resolution in the Congressional record? Does anyone know the name of the resolution?

Paroisia, the resolution is being held up--that was the status the last I spoke with Kerry's office. The companion resolution introduced in the House by Kerry's fellow Bay Stater Ed Markey can be found here:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.CON.RES.72:

Some on the Left doubt that Kerry sponsored any such resolution. Anyone know what either the Senate resolution number is or the name? Markey's resolution is retrievable why not Kerry's?

There is no such thing as a "companion" resolution for a concurrent resolution. The same resolution is voted on by both houses:

>>CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

A matter affecting the operations of both Houses is usually initiated by a concurrent resolution. In modern practice, and as determined by the Supreme Court in INS v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983), concurrent and simple resolutions normally are not legislative in character since not "presented" to the President for approval, but are used merely for expressing facts, principles, opinions, and purposes of the two Houses. A concurrent resolution is not equivalent to a bill and its use is narrowly limited within these bounds. The term "concurrent", like "joint", does not signify simultaneous introduction and consideration in both Houses.

A concurrent resolution originating in the House of Representatives is designated "H. Con. Res." followed by its individual number, while a Senate concurrent resolution is designated "S. Con. Res." together with its number. On approval by both Houses, they are signed by the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate and transmitted to the Archivist of the United States for publication in a special part of the Statutes at Large volume covering that session of Congress.

Link for previous post:

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.bysec/formsofaction.html#concurrent

the wrestler "the ultimate warrior" reads this page on a regular basis. That is all that needs to be said..................

Incredible. This is guy is required reading in all African-American Studies academic departments. But $5 will get you $10 the lowlights of his legacy described here are not acknowledged.