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03-16-2009 #31Bussing in the 1970s was crazy.
America got over it. Brown overturned Plessey & the Civil Rights Act (CRA) overturned all of Jim Crowe. It all caused some consternation, especially among the Klan remnants hiding in the trailer parks. But so what? Forced segregation was/is illegal. The reason bussing happened is because 20 years after Brown & 10 years after CRA, everybody's patience ran out. After all those years of balking, it only took a couple of years for the whole country to find ways to comply with law of the land once the courts got serious.
As for the sociology of it all: Holder's a bit light on tact, but he's right somewhat. Everybody walks on eggshells when the subject of race or any kind of prejudice comes up. All that gets heard are the shrieks from the fringes. It's nice if the stereotypes can be shattered all at once, but time & generations destroy them anyway. My grandkids have no idea what the fuss was all about. I never understood it fully because I was a navy brat & Truman integrated the services a couple of years before I was born. It wasn't part of my world until we moved off base. My pal Freddy's dad saluted my dad because of the stripes on his sleeve. So did all the other sailors. Social changes take time. Rational discussion of problems just speeds up the process.
Just ask the kids who lived through it.
"You can pick your friends & you can pick your nose, but you can't wipe your friends off on your saddle."
~ Kinky Friedman ~
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04-07-2009 #32
SEE OBAMA IS GOING TO SURPRISE YOU!
look what he is doing now in the G20
Originally Posted by JelenaCD
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04-08-2009 #33
There is nothing Obama does that surprises me (except repudiate Bilderberger control of his agenda). I'm not holding my breath waiting for that to happen.
If I got a dime every time I read an ad with purloined photos I could retire right now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QjS0AbRpAo Andenzi, izimvo zakho ziyaba.