(April 28, 2014 at 6:14 am)Cato Wrote:(April 28, 2014 at 2:39 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: The country is just a minute away from re-instating Jim Crow laws.
That's a bit melodramatic.
That's what I was thinking.
Yes, absolutely, there are race issues in the country. I don't doubt that for a second and anyone who does just needs to look at the racial background of the people in prison. But to say we haven't change over he past 60 years is an insult to everything MLK fought and died for. Have we forgotten what things were like then? Do we see 'colored' restrooms or water fountains now? When's the last time a store or restaurant refused to service someone for being black? How often is a black person told to sit in the back of the bus so a white person can sit in their seat? Have we forgotten that these things, once common place, now never seem to happen?
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
