Originally Posted by
WhistlePig
I was wondering how many pages it would take for folks to pine for the days gone by when everything was better because people knew their place. Thirteen. I guess that’s progress. Although Seneca was very clear about his opinion on the natural order of things circa 1950-1965 many pages earlier, the chorus of agreement didn’t really hit its stride until 13.
There may have been more black-owned business then,. But that was due to the required redundancy created by Jim Crow. There were also twice as many water fountains, back entrances for non-whites, and a Green Book that was required for car travel and survival lest you end up in the wrong town after sundown. Tulsa, Oklahoma also had a thriving black community way back in the 20’s with the prospect of passing generational wealth that was unheard of — until hundreds of residents were murdered and their community reduced to ashes. If you are going to turn to history to underline your point, you owe a duty to tell the whole story. America is better now than it was a generation ago, but, regarding issues of race, it is still not good.
Who is living in the past? Jim Crow was repealed because it was wrong. There haven't been any massacres of blacks in this country for generations. Blacks were seeing gains seventy years ago that they do not see now. I was simply trying to open the minds of militant people to look at why. I am about as non racist as anyone can be. You don't know me or my situation.
You are simply hardened in your view and not open to debate. Anyone who posts anything here that doesn't meet your scrutiny is labeled racist. You are just as bad as the KKK on the other side. You are not open to learn anything either. You only have your viewpoint. There are many who do not share it. A discussion would be a much more productive way to bridge that gap than the sh*^ slinging you are guilty of here.