JD Vance on Civil Rights

Same-sex & interracial marriage is a distraction

AUDIO: On the Bill Cunningham Show, "VANCE: Well, it is one of these issues that I just don't think is a live issue. I am a Christian, actually a Catholic convert. I believe that marriage is between one man and one woman, but I don't think the gay marriage issue is alive right now." [Bill Cunningham Show via Soundcloud, 6/27/22]

Criminalize gender-affirming care of a minor

Passport Sanity Act: There are only two genders

"The State Department is wasting its time and your tax dollars pushing far-left gender ideology," Vance said. "There are only two genders--passports issued by the US government should recognize that simple fact. I am proud to introduce this bill to restore some sanity in our federal bureaucracy."

Enforce Court decision ending college affirmative action

While the Court took a big step forward in eliminating racial discrimination in admissions, more work remains to be done. In his remarks in the wake of the landmark decision, President Biden proposed "a new standard, where colleges take into account the adversity a student has overcome, including racial discrimination that individuals have faced in their own lives."

We call upon the Biden administration to embrace the Court's holdings: racial discrimination [does not] have any place in schooling. The American people deserve no less than an Executive Branch committed to enforcing the law equally to all people without concern for their race.

OpEd: Mocked AOC for Native American phrase for non-binary

Cultural isolation makes whites susceptible to xenophobia

Asked about his shifting rhetoric on race, the Vance campaign replied, "The establishment media loves to inject race into every conversation, but voters aren't dumb, and that's exactly why trust in the media is at a record low."

Generals should read less about white rage, whatever that is

Black Lives Matter movement destroyed many towns and cities

Segregated neighborhoods invisible to white residents

Next, the really poor kids lived near Armco, where even the nice homes had been converted into multi-family apartment units. I didn't know until recently that this neighborhood was actually two neighborhoods--one inhabited by Middletown's working class black population, the other by its poorest white population. Middletown's few housing projects stood there.

Then there was the area where we lived--mostly single-family homes, with abandoned warehouses & factories within walking distance. Looking back, I don't know if the "really poor" areas and my block were any different, or whether these divisions were the constructs of a mind that didn't want to believe it was really poor.