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03-21-2013 #31
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Re: Which era would you like to live in?
If you think racism was worse in the 60s / 70s then IŽd assume you didnŽt live through that period.
Plus no computers, cars that were crap, basic TV, basic land-line phones etc. etc. Along with the good bits went all the stinky bits.
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03-21-2013 #32
Re: Which era would you like to live in?
Blacks' right to vote and civil rights weren't constitutionally protected until the 1960s. Some parts of the country if you were a BM openly dating a WW, you could lose your job and not be allowed to buy a house in your chosen community. That's just for starters.
The federal government had to force public schools to integrate, with many parents protesting against it.
Way more lynchings happened in the 1960s and 1970s. Blacks were openly excluded from certain career paths and many universities in the Midatlantic region and further South were still racially segregated.
People who have this crazy nostalgia for the 1960s/70s based on the assumption it was less racist are really out of touch IMO.
No way a guy like Obama could have been elected POTUS at any other time except now. Definitely not in the '60s/'70s.
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