In an op-ed written for WorldNetDaily, rock star, veteran hunter, and apparent African-American studies expert Ted Nugent calls President Barack Obama the “clear and present engineer of the destruction of black America.” Nugent bases this claim on unemployment, divorce and graduation statistics related to the plight of African-Americans. He attributes the issues to the politics of the Democratic Party, dating back to Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Depression. Nugent, of course, says that he “honors blacks,” and plans to name his 2013 music tour “Ted Nugent: Black Power 2013.”
“It’s been said that history is written by the winners. If that’s true, black Americans won’t be doing any writing as it pertains to this era in America,” Nugent wrote.
“As a MotorCity Motown guy whose gravity-defying career pivots on my intense adulation for my black musical heroes, it pains me deeply to witness this self-inflicted destructo derby,” he continued, referencing the 93 percent of African-Americans who voted for Obama in last year’s election.
“The destruction of blacks has been engineered by President Obama’s party for at least the last 50 years. The New Deal was a raw deal, and The Great Society experiment didn’t turn out to be so great after all. It has been an unmitigated disaster for black Americans.”
Of course, Nugent chooses to lay the blame on Democratic leaders, who he claims “have raped and plundered black America forever.” He is one of many conservatives who believe that the social support programs implemented by Democrats created generations of blacks who are not self-driven or responsible.
The Detroit rocker opts not to source any of the statistics given, and of course doesn’t specify any actions taken by Obama that have damaged the nation’s minority community. In the past, Nugent has suggested that the nation would have been better off had the South won the Civil War, and characterized himself as “a black Jew at a Nazi-Klan rally,” for his political beliefs.
Still, Nugent professes that he celebrates black America every day, specifically through his music, citing influences such as James Brown, Little Richard, BB King and Chuck Berry, among others. Those inspirational figures are what has led Nugent to launch “Black Power 2013,” ending his article with “Say it loud: my music is black and I’m proud!”