Racially Segregated Campaign Calls Are Gross

We’ve all had fun mocking the Harris campaign’s “White Dudes for Kamala” call, but, at the risk of prizing us all from our levity, I’d like to accompany that mockery with another, more serious observation about this trend that ought not be lost in the mêlée: It’s gross.

As a matter of fact, it’s worse than gross: It’s the sort of divisive behavior that Americans ought to avoid at all costs. I know that there are quite a lot of people within our elite institutions who believe that treating people differently based on the color of their skin is fine if the right people are doing it for the right reasons. But the thing is: those people are wrong. They are wrong when the issue is affirmative action in colleges. They are wrong when the issue is Department of Commerce loans. They are wrong when the issue is racially segregated campus events. They are wrong when the issue is “sensitivity training.” And they are wrong here. The problem with dividing people up by their color lies in the dividing people up by their color, not in the argument being made in its favor. Irrespective of its source, we ought to discourage the practice as emphatically as we can.

About the Author

Charles C. W. Cooke

Charles C. W. Cooke is a senior editor at National Review and the host of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast.

Featured Tags

We’ve all had fun mocking the Harris campaign’s “White Dudes for Kamala” call, but, at the risk of prizing us all from our levity, I’d like to accompany that mockery with another, more serious observation about this trend that ought not be lost in the mêlée: It’s gross.

As a matter of fact, it’s worse than gross: It’s the sort of divisive behavior that Americans ought to avoid at all costs. I know that there are quite a lot of people within our elite institutions who believe that treating people differently based on the color of their skin is fine if the right people are doing it for the right reasons. But the thing is: those people are wrong. They are wrong when the issue is affirmative action in colleges. They are wrong when the issue is Department of Commerce loans. They are wrong when the issue is racially segregated campus events. They are wrong when the issue is “sensitivity training.” And they are wrong here. The problem with dividing people up by their color lies in the dividing people up by their color, not in the argument being made in its favor. Irrespective of its source, we ought to discourage the practice as emphatically as we can.