[ClearCase_guy]

I was recently talking with someone who considered herself “extremely knowledgeable” on American history. I attempted to say that Democrats had a long history of racism. She attempted to “set me straight” —

Republicans imposed Jim Crow laws during Reconstruction when the Republicans attempted to oppress blacks in the South after the Civil War. Republicans kicked blacks out of schools and government offices so that white supremacy could take over the country. This evil Republican effort was not stopped until Democrats passed the Civil Rights act of 1964.

In the end, all I could do was to tell her that everything she believed to be true was, in fact, a lie.

She walked away thinking I was stupid and racist for blaming Jim Crow and all the rest on Democrats.

[wardaddy]

Actually both sides of the argument you describe are fallacy ridden

Concerns with being on the quote right side of racism is in and of itself a fools errand

What defines western civilization and conservatism has little to do with how whites have dealt with the dispersal of tropical Africans in our midst

[Pelham]

http://slavenorth.com/northwest.htm