Posted on 07/05/2013 9:20:56 PM PDT by MNDude
I've heard of race riots that took place back in the 1960's. I was wondering if anyone here is old enough to remember them, why they took place, and how bad they were?
My grandfather, uncle and their family (Americans of Japanese descent) ran and lived behind a small market right in the middle of the LA Watts riot in 1965. Even though we lived only 10 miles away there was nothing that could be done to help them.
Fortunately they had a great relationship with his neighborhood and suffered no harm or damage.
Not so good for others in the neighborhood, the main supermarket in the area burned down and they did not rebuild.
They won’t shoot you if they’re carrying a widescreen.
Man, I had a chance to be stationed at Travis back in 1966! Now I’m glad I ended up in Roswell NM (Walker AFB)and later Little Rock.
True.
I was born in ‘51 and raised in upstate NY. No race riots there, but I remember them on the TV every single night for what seemed like forever. It felt like they might have occurred on Mars for all the effect it had on us. However, getting sucker-punched in the face in downtown Ithaca and watching the race riots taught me to stay out of inner cities at a young age. I worked in Compton on a short job in ‘74 and was extremely wary.
I was born in ‘51, too. I was growing up on a ranch during those riots. They had no effect on us, either. We carried guns around in the pick up’s but they were for hunting or rattle snakes.
I learned about race relations in the Army.
Blacks didn’t riot in Atlanta.
My late husband had to go to DC on business during that time. NASA officials warned him what areas to avoid. He said it was terrible up there.
Although my date for the start of the decline of American culture is November 8, 1960, when JFK was elected, one can make a powerful argument for 1965.
He may have coined it but it made it's way into the vernacular of radical leftists like Obama's good friend Bill Ayers.
**My late husband had to go to DC on business during that time. ***
Do you know that there was once published a map telling visitors what areas of DC to avoid, back when Lincoln was inaugurated?
The problem is that when they destroy their own neighborhoods it’s blamed on white folks who are extorted to pay for rebuilding, retraining, welfare, lifetime victimhood holier-than-thou status, huge legal settlements, TV anchor jobs on PBS, MSNBC and CNN, Nobel prizes, and lifetime tenured professorships at Ivy League colleges to teach race hatred and lots of other stuff.
The worse racist around was Coleman Young. First black mayor. He told all the crooks to take there business north of 8 mile. (honkey areas)
Yep, that's true. The events of that period also prompted my dad to visit the local gun shop for more than just another box of 20-gauge shotshells at the beginning of rabbit season. While watching the guns and ammo sales blitz unfold since last November, I've been reflecting on what Dad bought and did back then.
Interesting date to pick. Why?
Philly was spared major damage but buy the 80’s the effect was the same. I worked with a woman who’s father had a sporting goods store somewhere around 50th and Baltimore or something like that. white business owners where the targets in LA, and other cities. after the riots they were gone. I drove thru in 1997 and the area looked like Dresden after the bombing. here is a local post now tho: I was trying to think of a bar when I thought of Dock Street on 50th St. I googled 50th and Baltimore and then I saw this post. It’s absolutely ridiculous! 50th and Baltimore is by no means a terrifying corner, ) a matter of fact, it’s one of the most improved in West Philly. With Elena’s Soul Cafe and the Gold Standard Cafe within two blocks, and Cedar Park having been so improved, with new trees, new turf, and new playground equipment, the claim that the corner is terrifying is almost laughable. The only exucse is that the post is outdated.
Read more: http://www.city-data.com/forum/philadelphia/739803-50th-baltimore-ave-high-crime-neighborhoods.html#ixzz2YEr2bNvc
) I think the effect was the lower class whites finally vacated. The area i live in now in philly was held together by the ethnics. Ukrane, German (hated the Ukranians) Spanish. etc. They would buy the abandoned houses and keep them up. i paid 45,000 for my shell now they are building and selling houses for $400,000+.
I tried to produce a before and after composite post but the laptop is putting me all over this post in edit mode.
Basically i think people survive in spite of governance and overthrow it when their patience is exhausted and they have enough tools to do so.
Travis was in a good location. I spent every day off I could camping in a different spot in the Sierras.
There is so much stuff to see and do in that area of CA.
I did finally move off base, a very hard thing to do as Airman pay was skimpy and unless you were married, you got no housing or food allowance.
My First Sgt. had to sign the paperwork. He was a racist black creature, said he wasn't going to sign them because I was moving off base just to get away from the "brothers".
He was furious, but signed the papers when I told him who my roommate was going to be. A black guy he referred to as an "uncle Tom", who is highly educated and speaks with an Oxford accent.
Good story!
Hmmmm...What is your date of birth?
Well, the terminology keeps changing. Years ago AAs were not so easily offended like today. Today you can’t even tell an ethnic joke without being tossed into prison...
I think the sequence was:
Colored folk
Negro
Black
African-American
At some point this will change again I believe.
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