Posted on 06/14/2005 7:37:45 PM PDT by jimmyk
Equal Opportunity Lynchings
The ghost of Bill "I feel your pain" Clinton - biting his lip in empathy, tears welling in his eyes - rides again.
It is always interesting when political correctness and self-flagellating sentimentality meet cold, hard numbers.
Research by the Tuskegee Institute documented 4,743 lynchings in 46 states between 1882 and 1968. Three-quarters of the victims were black. In Texas, 493 lynchings took place, of which 352 involved blacks.
So, even in a southern state such as Texas, nearly 30% of lynching victims were not black. They were primarily Jews and Catholics. In the spirit of affirmative action, then, let's take a look at how this shameful aspect of our history is portrayed.
From the Indianapolis Star: You can read the whole thing here.
In doing some research on Lynchings in Texas I came acrose these facts from The Hand Book of Texas Of
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