You came to the right place. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was really a positive and good thing for us to do. We have a black mark on our history for the ways we treated Blacks. However, what this act led to, in my opinion, is that it began the ball rolling for a lot of other alleged “inequalities” to be brought up, not the least of which is what we now see as the pervasiveness of the multicultural crapola being foisted on us through the schools. If your kid wants to blow the teacher’s mind, I’d suggest checking out some of David Horowitz’ writings and information on Gramsci (sp?) the Italian who a lot of Marxist and liberal academics followed. All of this kind of thought goes back to Civil Rights.
Civil Rights was good but it led to some not-so-good other ideologies that are subverting what is great about this country.
Yes, I think this is right. For me, the worst piece of legislation passed in the wake of the Civil Rights Act, was the Voting Rights Act, which was passed the next year - 1965.
It was a mistake to renew that Act two years ago, but the politics of the issue didn't allow Republican to take a principled (and correct) stand. The VRA established a separate set of rules for some states, clearly violating the spirit (perhaps the letter) of the equal protection clause. Those separate rules continue today, some 48 years later. It's time to move on from the 1960s.