Racism and American slavery from 160 years ago are fueling the controversy engulfing Algerian boxer Imane Kherif’s bid for an Olympic gold medal, according to the Associated Press.
The problem is not Kerif’s XY chromosomes or high testosterone levels. It’s racism. That’s it. And that’s why so many sports fans are against Kerif’s participation in the women’s division. The reason for this opposition is not fairness or respect for female athletes. No. It’s racism.
Man cannot understand true happiness outside the Kingdom of God. The pursuit of happiness is a foolish act that leads an XY man to live as an XX woman.
In an article headlined “For women athletes of color, scrutiny of gender norms and identity is part of a long-standing trend,” author Noreen Nasir argues that “women athletes of color have historically faced disproportionate scrutiny and discrimination.”
Nasir further argues that “dehumanization and objectification date back to chattel slavery, when enslaved black women were auctioned off based on physical characteristics or skills that were deemed more masculine or more feminine.”
Well, Kerif has male chromosomes and testosterone levels that match XY instead of XX.
I don’t know if Kerif has a butt and testicles. That’s really not my business. I do know that high testosterone levels give Kerif a crucial advantage over women. I do know that my opposition to Kerif competing as a woman has nothing to do with racism or slavery.
I opposed William “Leah” Thomas competing in NCAA swimming as a woman. William is a white male whose ancestors, to my knowledge, were not dehumanized under chattel slavery.
The Associated Press, no different from the International Olympic Committee, subscribes to a worldview in which humans are their own gods: humans, not gods or science, decide gender and everything else.
The IOC has adopted the standard that what is written on a person’s passport has the final say when it comes to gender. Khelif was raised as a girl, so his XY chromosomes are meaningless. Anyone who challenges this unorthodox standard is labelled as a racist, homophobe, transphobe and outcast.
This mindset contributes to the gender confusion that pervades American culture.
In St. Louis, hundreds of Life Time Fitness gym members are fighting management over a 50-year-old man who identifies as a woman. The man has obtained a state-issued ID to back up his false claims. Life Time Fitness has found them handcuffed and homeless men with bats and balls harassing women and children in the showers. The manager of Life Time Fitness is a young black woman who advocates for men’s rights.
The manager believes she is taking a stand for justice. In her mind, she is Rosa Parks 2.0. Defending the right of psychopathic white men who want to shower with women and children is a form of racial justice. She believes the lies of the corporate media, of a society that actively rejects the biblical worldview and promotes man as god.
The Associated Press preaches to believers that happiness, not obedience, salvation or eternal joy, is the purpose of life.
The Declaration of Independence’s promise of “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” is the most misapplied phrase in American history. Many scholars, notably Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., have argued that “the pursuit of happiness” had a different meaning in the 1700s and to the Founding Fathers: not the pursuit of happiness, but the attainment and enjoyment of happiness, which means that we have a right to life, liberty, and happiness.
But let’s move away from Schlesinger, the famous historian of the 1950s and 1960s, and look at the English philosopher of the 1600s, John Locke, whose writings inspired Thomas Jefferson to include “the pursuit of happiness” in the Declaration of Independence.
Locke’s understanding of the pursuit of happiness comes from Aristotle. Happiness has nothing to do with pleasure or the satisfaction of desires, which Locke considered to be imaginary.
Locke writes:
The necessity of pursuing happiness is the foundation of freedom. The highest perfection of the intellectual nature, therefore, consists in the careful and constant pursuit of true and certain happiness. In the same way, it is a necessary foundation of freedom to take care not to mistake imaginary happiness for real happiness. The stronger our connection with the pursuit of universal happiness, which is our greatest good and to which our desires must always be subordinated, the more free we are from the necessary determination of our will to particular actions.
In modern secular America, we limit happiness to the pursuit of our wildest, most pleasurable interests. We are convinced that we cannot be truly happy unless all our desires are satisfied. This mindset is the opposite of Christianity. The Bible teaches that human desires are fallen and sinful. The Bible prioritizes obedience, salvation, and pleasure.
Man cannot understand true happiness outside of the Kingdom of God. The pursuit of happiness is foolish. It leads an XY man to live as an XX woman. It leads to excessive drinking, gambling, drug abuse, sexual promiscuity, pedophilia, homosexuality, stealing, lying, abortion, and all sorts of other behaviors.
Imane Kherif just wants to be happy, but it’s a momentary emotion that creates confusion and poor decisions. It’s the YOLO (You Only Live Once) mentality. YOLO blinds people. It replaces long-term vision with instant gratification.
Our nation’s founder, Thomas Jefferson, and other early citizens believed in the “divine will” that we only die once, that we obtain eternal life through obedience to God, that salvation is found in Christ, and that joy is found in the Holy Spirit.
At the heart of the Imane-Heriff controversy is not prejudice but a different worldview.
