Julio Rosas accuses media of ‘inflaming racial tensions,’ cites Jacob Blake coverage, Duke volleyball story

AVENTURA, FLA. – Townhall senior writer Julio Rosas railed against the media for stoking racial tensions with its coverage in recent years. 

Speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Florida, Rosas accused America’s institutions, including the media, of being “hellbent” on “further dividing us based on skin color while telling us it is for the greater good,” portraying minorities like himself as the “victim” and that the solution is “equity.” He also asserted that the social media critics who call him a “race traitor” among other racial insults come from the left.

“They can not grasp that I, as someone who was initially raised by a single mother and is the product of immigration, can think for myself and reject the victimhood orthodoxy offered by our supposed betters,” Rosas told the conservative audience on Monday. 

Rosas, author of the book “Fiery But Mostly Peaceful: The 2020 Riots and the Gaslighting of America,” declared that “all riots matter” and saw the media’s justification of the unrest in cities across the country following the murder of George Floyd, saying it “exposed the rot that is still infecting once-trusted institutions” like the press. 

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He zeroed in on the media’s reporting of the police-involved shooting of Jacob Blake, which pushed the false narrative that the Kenosha man was “unarmed.”

“There was no time to figure out what led to the shooting because there was no need. It was just another example of racism in policing, because obviously,” Rosas snarked. “Now this once quiet lakeside town found itself experiencing widespread riots that resulted in multiple businesses burned, injured police officers and local…