The Conservative Sage

On a March night earlier this year in Rio, the city's first black council woman was shot and killed along with her driver. The killing of Marielle Franco, also a lesbian champion of the LGBTQ and afro Brazilian communities, sparked protest for justice from tens on thousands in Rio and an out pouring of support from around the world. Ms. Franco was an outspoken critic of alleged abuse of power by military and police in the Rio slums or favelas . Ms. Franco was raised in Mare' one of the most dangerous slums of Rio. Extrajudicial killings by police and military in the Favelas' has been a major political issue for human rights activist around the world. Of 1,275 registered cases of killings by on-duty police between 2010 and 2013, 99.5 percent of the victims were men,79 percent were black. Brazil is country in spite of its multi racial population has made very little progress with regards to minority advancement. Many Afro-Brazilians are still confined to the margins of...

According to many on the race obsessed left, one only needs white skin in order to be bestowed the best of what America has to offer. To be born black or brown is most likely a first class ticket to a life of at worst poverty and despair. At best a life of second class citizenship and marginalization. It's called "white privilege". What is white privilege? It’s defined as " the level of societal advantage that comes with being seen as the norm in America, automatically conferred irrespective of wealth, gender or other factors". Several months ago Greg Popovitch, head coach of the San Antonio Spurs weighed in on the subject: "...Because you were born white, you have advantages systemically, culturally, psychology there. They have been built up for hundreds of years. Many people can’t look at it. [It] can’t be something on their plate on a daily basis.... People don’t want to give it up. Until it’s given up, it’s not going to be fixed. So apparently white ...