[fr_freak]

Now I’m not one who thinks everything was perfect in the 50s. Racism is wrong, and I’m glad most whites are no longer racist...

Bah. Given the changes that the racial demographics have wrought upon the American experiment, was apprehension by white Americans regarding the influx of brown and black people unfounded? I'd say no. Are any other countries in the world, which are not white, worried about their racial diversity and level of racial tolerance? Again, I'd say no. One must then conclude that the entire concept of "racism" as being the paramount of evil in the world was more of an effort to subdue the countries of the West than an effort to create true equality, or, more specifically, the concept or "racism" was more a propaganda effort to subdue the countries of white people than an effort to create true equality. If equality were the goal, then all majority non-white countries would be equally harangued to include white people as white majority countries are to include non-white people. But they are not.

[CitizenUSA]

Racism, true racism, is wrong. Judging people based solely on their skin color is evil. While you make a good point about other countries, you cannot reasonably excuse what was done to minorities in the USA. The fact that other countries are held to different standards is irrelevant to what’s right or wrong in America.

Slavery is evil no matter where it’s practiced. So are laws that penalize or treat people poorly based solely on race or gender. We can’t fix the world, but we have an obligation to try to fix ourselves and our communities. Unfortunately, we surrendered private property rights, freedom of association, and religious freedom in an effort to stamp out racism. We foolishly permitted even more racism in order to fix the injustices of the past. Two wrongs don’t make a right.

[Bigg Red]

...concept or [of] “racism” was more a propaganda effort to subdue the countries of white people than an effort to create true equality.

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While you are probably right about that in terms of the goal, I can tell you that there truly was racism in this country in the 1950s. There was discrimination and lack of opportunity for blacks then, and it was morally wrong. Many otherwise decent white people accepted this as the status quo.

Of course, today, many in the black community are worse off because of the way the left has encouraged the lowlife segment to expand dramatically.

After the passage of anti-discrimination laws, blacks were coming along, entering job markets and schools formerly closed to them, and being accepted by whites. Great social progress was under way.

The left saw this progress as a problem, as they were then losing an important potential victim group. Thus, the left set about stirring up racial division, and, as you can see, the progressives have been wildly successful.

Unfortunately, I see their success turning up here on this site. Increasingly, there are posts regarding some disgusting ghetto behavior, and I wince when I see comments that lump all black people together with the lowlife contingent.