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FIRST you need to STOP listening to the pill popping drug addict .... Race relations were far WORSE in the 60'S, 50'S, and before ... again he says stuff just to get a rise out of the peanut gallery.
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Originally Posted by green_mariner
You're 32. That is the thing. You have to understand this from a historical perspective. This nation has always had issues as far as race relations are concerned, and this nation has seen far worse days than this.
A look at history shows that severe racial division has been a fact of life throughout this nation's history, and outbreaks of racial violence were far more common place back then.
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I posted on the "Sundown Towns" the other day..all of these little towns around here were Sundown Towns until very recently..the town I live closest to had "No N After Dark" in 4' high black letters againt a green background that looked like a neon light til the early/mid 90's..I had seen it for so many years that I didn't really notice it and infact used to sit directly under it while working radar..that's how people are indoctrinated into racism in a lot of areas.
FIRST you need to STOP listening to the pill popping drug addict .... Race relations were far WORSE in the 60'S, 50'S, and before ... again he says stuff just to get a rise out of the peanut gallery.
I'd trade a little racism for a stronger economy any day.
Sorry, I just meant that racism has always been alive and well. The civil rights act gave equality but it didn't end racism. Racism has been pretty much silenced until we elected a black president. Then all the silent racists came out then. You can see them here.
I'm sorry to have to disagree with you, but that's simply not true. Racism was not "silenced". As a young woman in the 1970s, I had coworkers proudly admit they were prejudiced against blacks, and they didn't use the word blacks, either.
where did it all start? this racism.. go back tot he forefathers ,,, England- Africa and the thinking behind it- WE came to America to get away from the Brits and their control freak kings and queens and>? what have we recreated?
I think its more about the recognition of certain issues than it is about pure racial division. I'd say there's much fewer racists now than then, but our political environment is extremely toxic and we're currently hearing from the small but vocal minority of racist.
I would say the Left has worked very hard to divide the nation along racial, gender and ethnic grounds. We seldom here the phrase "melting pot" but are constantly reminded about "multi-cultural" society. This is a huge mistake.
I posted on the "Sundown Towns" the other day..all of these little towns around here were Sundown Towns until very recently..the town I live closest to had "No N After Dark" in 4' high black letters againt a green background that looked like a neon light til the early/mid 90's..I had seen it for so many years that I didn't really notice it and infact used to sit directly under it while working radar..that's how people are indoctrinated into racism in a lot of areas.
It isn't that surprising. I live about an hour from a town that gained a similar reputation. It chased out its Black population a long time ago, and pretty much stayed that way into the 1980s. Forsyth County,GA. Ironically, it would become one of the fastest growing counties in the USA.
I would say the Left has worked very hard to divide the nation along racial, gender and ethnic grounds. We seldom here the phrase "melting pot" but are constantly reminded about "multi-cultural" society. This is a huge mistake.
I would disagree with you in terms of being more divided today. Name a time in this nation when we weren't divided racially. In fact, I have posted things showing that things have always been this bad, or much worse in older times.
Before Obama was elected, Limbaugh stated that race relations would deteriorate under Obama. Have you ever seen the country so racially divided?
I wasn't alive in the 60s and don't remember the Rodney King riots, but I've never seen the country this torn apart by race, and I think Ferguson finally blew the lid off the pressure cooker.
It's been a steady drumbeat of racial issues the last few years. The Skip Gates arrest outside his home a couple years back, Trayvon Martin, and now Ferguson. In each one of those cases, the media and the "advocates" seem to want to drum things up and get people upset. It's certainly worked.
Do you think race relations are going to continue to deteriorate? I'd say this is the worst it's been since the 60s.
Thank the divider in chief.
Obama has fomented the racial divisions in this case as well as the Trayvon Martin case. Obama is an overt racist. The sentiment of the nation is magnified by the position of the president, which is far from being "presidential".
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