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Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
10. I grew up in the South.
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 12:10 AM
Apr 2019

I remember that even after passage of the civil rights act, there were still Whites Only facilities in my area. Blacks had the crummiest jobs because that was all that were offered. Even an educated Black person who didn't teach in the still segregated schools could not find a job as a retail clerk, bank teller, insurance adjuster, ect. Yet, some Whites today complain about handouts to Blacks. White society had been getting handouts from the country's founding until laws against job discrimination finally took hold, and even today, past discrimination has left a continuing legacy of inequity. Any White that truly want to make America great would instantly set about stomping out discrimation of all types, many simply won't do that.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
Are you kidding me? lillypaddle Apr 2019 #1
His base didn't either DeeDeeNY Apr 2019 #40
Trump promised to take them back to a time that never existed. TwilightZone Apr 2019 #2
True and part of that unspoken promise by Trump was returning to the era of Jim Crow which cstanleytech Apr 2019 #5
Yearn not only for a return of Jim Crow laws, Blue_true Apr 2019 #6
Yup and it's rather pathetic of them. cstanleytech Apr 2019 #7
I grew up in the South. Blue_true Apr 2019 #10
"Handouts" is a potent word of theirs that we should be using to explain the actual truth... JudyM Apr 2019 #18
In 1968 in Jacksonville Fla,while in the Navy INdemo Apr 2019 #21
You and your friends did good. nt Blue_true Apr 2019 #37
I grew up in the south as well. better Apr 2019 #35
Bingo. It's easy to make wages go up when you exclude two-thirds of the workforce (nt) Recursion Apr 2019 #26
The gauzy good old days were great for white males with jobs that paid for their familes. Texin Apr 2019 #30
It existed in the early 1860s. CaptYossarian Apr 2019 #33
One Area Where He Has Turned The Clock Back DallasNE Apr 2019 #3
I don't understand. How did Kennedy and Johnson cause those Blue_true Apr 2019 #11
They Started To Turn Red DallasNE Apr 2019 #17
Ok, I understand better. nt Blue_true Apr 2019 #36
The myth was also that Trump cared enough to follow thru on those hollow promises at all. Beartracks Apr 2019 #4
I don't think Trump supporters ever believed we could "go back" caraher Apr 2019 #8
"fight culture wars and cultivate bigotry" - GREAT post! Duppers Apr 2019 #24
That was what happened in 2016 NewJeffCT Apr 2019 #27
Trump promised a fantasy land Aussie105 Apr 2019 #9
that article title is misleading cvoogt Apr 2019 #12
It's a Jason Easley headline, what do you expect? (n/t) thesquanderer Apr 2019 #13
A lot of that going around lately. BannonsLiver Apr 2019 #14
While I doubt if Trump is 'terrified,' PatrickforO Apr 2019 #15
Just my opinion, but the fact that he '50's "sells" so well, doesn't speak well of rightwing boomers rwsanders Apr 2019 #16
im a boomer and HELL NO do i want to go back to : samnsara Apr 2019 #20
And there was polio, measles, mumps, chicken pox, and childhood leukemia was fatal, etc. SharonAnn Apr 2019 #43
dang i missed his speech..and i missed (yawn) tiger woods... samnsara Apr 2019 #19
here you go Celerity Apr 2019 #23
I am really liking Mayor Pete. Lonestarblue Apr 2019 #22
K&R ck4829 Apr 2019 #25
" America deserves our hope." was another line. sfwriter Apr 2019 #28
That time existed in the South greymattermom Apr 2019 #29
from 2 drinking fountains to 1 RicROC Apr 2019 #31
We white christian folks been doing that for 2,000 years. RVN VET71 Apr 2019 #42
"Terrified" ? the_sly_pig Apr 2019 #32
It's the opposite. Narcissists swagger and bluster because they are scared to death. marylandblue Apr 2019 #41
As of now, he's got my vote Faygo Kid Apr 2019 #34
Trump ran virtually as a democrat. He lied saying whatever U wanted to hear onit2day Apr 2019 #38
It's funny that the only way trump could really have maybe brought some of their jobs back, would brewens Apr 2019 #39
That's it, I'm officially switching! Initech Apr 2019 #44
you can't stop progress, you can only delay it. pansypoo53219 Apr 2019 #45
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