I want to share my thoughts about the realities of American politics as they have played out over the last 150 years. Here at AF are people from all walks of life and many different perspectives on the topic I’m about to discuss. That is way kewl.
Having said that, let’s begin.
A lot of people think integration is the opposite of segregation. In fact the two have managed to co-exist quite nicely here in the states in a kind of ethnic symbiosis. It is precisely because so many don’t understand what segregation is that integration has been able to destroy the black family and black community as slavery and Jim Crow combined could not.
Definitions:
These definitions are not from Webster but from reality.
Segregation: when an ethnically homogenous community is controlled by forces outside that community.
Integration: when an ethnic group is a guest in the facilities of another ethnic group.
Case in point. At the turn of the 20th century, there was a black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma that was so prosperous it was known as Black Wall Street. The surrounding white community became so alarmed at this prosperity that in 1921 deputized vigilantes attacked, looted and burned Black Wall Street to the ground.
Five years later, residents returned and rebuilt their wealth. The community remained prosperous until integration. Integration did to African Americans what even bombs and fire could not. It made them think they didn’t need to have their own. Somehow, they got this idea that the only reason for having their own was because they’d been barred from what whites have.
From the time I was a child I’ve always heard my mother say “If the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence it’s because the people on the other side are taking care of their grass.” There was a time when blacks took care of their grass. Yes, they complained that the white man’s ice was colder, but that didn’t matter because they had their own ice.
Now, what are your thoughts?
Having said that, let’s begin.
A lot of people think integration is the opposite of segregation. In fact the two have managed to co-exist quite nicely here in the states in a kind of ethnic symbiosis. It is precisely because so many don’t understand what segregation is that integration has been able to destroy the black family and black community as slavery and Jim Crow combined could not.
Definitions:
These definitions are not from Webster but from reality.
Segregation: when an ethnically homogenous community is controlled by forces outside that community.
Integration: when an ethnic group is a guest in the facilities of another ethnic group.
Case in point. At the turn of the 20th century, there was a black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma that was so prosperous it was known as Black Wall Street. The surrounding white community became so alarmed at this prosperity that in 1921 deputized vigilantes attacked, looted and burned Black Wall Street to the ground.
Five years later, residents returned and rebuilt their wealth. The community remained prosperous until integration. Integration did to African Americans what even bombs and fire could not. It made them think they didn’t need to have their own. Somehow, they got this idea that the only reason for having their own was because they’d been barred from what whites have.
From the time I was a child I’ve always heard my mother say “If the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence it’s because the people on the other side are taking care of their grass.” There was a time when blacks took care of their grass. Yes, they complained that the white man’s ice was colder, but that didn’t matter because they had their own ice.
Now, what are your thoughts?
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
