IT’S COME TO THIS: New York Times Discovers a New Source of Racism, and This One Could Be the Most Ridiculous Yet.

The New York Times, that intrepid warrior for anything and everything that the Left is hysterical about, on Friday published a lengthy piece about a source of systemic racism that no one has ever noticed before: It seems that equestrian helmets are racist because they don’t accommodate the dreadlocks that some black horse riders wear. One black rider’s mother lamented: “Mostly everything in this sport isn’t designed for us.” Well, that’s got to change, and these Jackie Robinsons of the Coiffure, with the Times’ generous help, are leading the way to the Equestrian Helmet Justice that our society so desperately needs.

Chanel Robbins, the Times tells us solemnly, “has been riding horses most of her life, ever since her grandmother traded a cow from their family’s farm in Ontario for a pony when she was 7.” Horse riding “offered an escape from thoughts that weighed on her,” which included the fact that “she was the only Black girl in the neighborhood.” But when she grew dreadlocks, her helmet didn’t fit anymore, and that, as you must know by now, is racist.

Fighting back tears (really, the Times actually said she was), Robbins said: “I finally freaking feel like myself, and now society is asking me to change. I just want to be able to ride.” How dare Whitey do this! Is there nothing to which he will not stoop? Poor Chanel Robbins can only find relief on the back of a horse from the systemic racism that confronts her every hour in Amerikkka, but now Whitey has taken even that away!

I eagerly await Bruce Springsteen’s protest songs and his actual protests as a result of this shocking development.

TEVI TROY: The Last Great President. A new book gives Ronald Reagan’s successful foreign policy the detailed history it deserves.

DODGING BULLETS. David Thompson writes:

Via Mr Muldoon in the comments, a shocking revelation:

Resumes including ‘they/them’ pronouns are more likely to be overlooked, new report finds. 

Not so much overlooked, I think, as warning signs heeded.

As we’ve seen many times, pretending to be a they does rather send a message regarding neuroticism, pretentiousness, captiousness, and the likelihood of disruption. If a job applicant in effect announces that they expect anyone nearby to indulge their tedious psychodrama and pretend along with them, this will not always be met with enthusiasm. Demanding that others lie – and ignore or contradict the evidence right in front of them, daily – is, in short, rude. An act of hostility.

Similarly, I’ve seen people put their veganism into their LinkedIn profiles, which means it’s likely in their resumes as well. However, as one resume writer told her readers, “Unless you are applying for a position at a religious organization or a political organization, recruiters and hiring managers do not need to know your religious or political views. Unless you are applying to cook at a vegan restaurant, they do not need to know that you are a vegan.”

But she repeats herself.

THE POWER LINE WEEK IN PICTURES: Lightfoot Meets Bigfoot.

READER BOOK PLUG: From Ed Moser, THE OLD TOWN HORROR: Murder and Theft in America’s Most Historic Locale. #CommissionEarned

BOTTOM STORY OF THE DAY: ‘How we eat our chicken’ is a racial issue according to this professor.

THE DEMAND FOR HATE IN AMERICA FAR EXCEEDS THE SUPPLY: LGBTQ slurs found at MIT done by students protesting school’s new pro-free speech efforts.

So you’re opposed to free speech, and you’re posting slurs on campus. Perhaps it’s time to ask “are we the baddies?”

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Here’s The Lawmaker Who Accepts More BlackRock Money Than Any Other Member Of Congress.

THEY’RE NOT GIVING UP: ‘Hidden Hazards’: Biden Appointee Teases New Gas Stove Regulations After Backtracking on Ban.

BY DESIGN: Decades of Subsidies Have Made the Essentials of Middle-Class Life Increasingly Difficult To Afford.

Related: Why Team Biden might be purposefully grinding down the middle class.

UPDATE: A reader emails:

What the writer doesn’t see – or ignores – is this: the POINT of these subsidies is to make education unaffordable without them.

Why? Because subsidies come from politicians. And once a person can’t afford college or a home on their own, then the politicians get to decide who does, with subsidies. Then middle-class hallmarks like home ownership and higher education can be doled out – or denied – based on a person’s race, gender, or political persuasion.

As a parent of teens approaching college, it has become abundantly clear to me that students must signal the appropriate political virtues to college admission committees, not only to gain admission but to receive the subsidies necessary to afford admission.

And I can’t help but to think that is by design.

Oh, it absolutetly is by design.

DEMOCRATS ARE BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CRIME ISSUE IS KRYPTONITE: Democrats Melt Down as Biden Stands with Republicans. “On paper, Biden’s decision to stand with Republicans and overrule the District of Columbia city council’s overhaul of its criminal code may turn out to be something much bigger than a local controversy. First, Biden managed to reach his decision after 81 percent of House Democrats had voted to keep the District’s criminal-code overhaul in place, and now, some of those House Democrats are seething and spitting hot fire over Biden’s unexpected stance. Secondly, Biden is telling progressives that the entire narrative on crime hasn’t changed, that ‘restorative justice’ is a loser, and that ordinary voters are genuinely scared about rising crime rates and voting accordingly.”

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: I’m a proud cougar at 52 – women hate me but I won’t stop hunting college hunks.

OPEN THREAD: Make it special.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China’s Shenzhou-15 astronauts conduct secretive second spacewalk.

Contra the commentators, I don’t think the Chinese want to be seen as a “normal space power.” I think their ambition is to be seen as the dominant space power.

LIFE IN THE BLUE ZONES: Cops quit woke Austin in droves, plunging Texas city into crisis: ‘If you’re conservative, it’s a hostile place.’

Shitting in their own nests is a hallmark of leftism. It’s not an unintended consequence, it’s an integral part of the philosophy.

HMM: Depressive Symptoms And Memory Loss in Older Adults Linked to Telomere Shortening.

WHY IS HIGHER EDUCATION SUCH A CESSPIT OF BIGOTRY AND EXCLUSION? White Student Suing Historically Black Howard University for Alleged Racial Discrimination.

MATT MARGOLIS: The Democrats Have Lost Their Senate Majority … for Now.

FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: She Used the Kitty Litter in Self-Defense. “This week we have the suspect who tried to hide from police inside the house he’d set on fire, the soda and water urine test, and a Texas freelance state trooper.”

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FLASHBACK: Moral Outrage Is Self-Serving, Say Psychologists: Perpetually raging about the world’s injustices? You’re probably overcompensating.

FASTER, PLEASE: Virginia Next for Occupational Licensing Reform: The state will fast-track applicants who have out-of-state credentials or experience.

BE PREPARED FOR SPRING: Expandable Garden Hose 50 ft. #CommissionEarned

HOW TO UPGRADE YOUR AK: Communism only made one thing that works, and capitalism can make it even better.

RECOVERING AMERICA’S PAST: Tim Goeglein’s “Toward a More Perfect Union: The Moral and Cultural Case for Teaching the Great American Story” is a succinct, thoroughly documented analysis of how the Left has destroyed the teaching of actual American history in our public schools and replaced it with lies, distortions and fables.

As one of the best such works I have encountered in many years of following the issue from both a scholarly and a news perspective, I highly recommend this new book, as is explained in my latest PJ Media column.

UGH: LGBTQ-Activist Mayor Linked to Buttigieg Arrested for Child Porn.