To: rlmorel
I think you can, given that the sentiment of the preponderance of racism was presumed to be very much on one side back then.
Yeah, it was assumed to be so, just like it is assumed to be so now. But that doesn't mean it was, nor that it is. And our society is suffering the fallout from some seriously (probably purposefully) wrong-headed thinking on this subject. It is long past time for reasonable people to realize that demonizing white people as some sort of correction for perceived racism against black people was a cure worse than the disease. That was true back then, and it is true now.
66 posted on
05/31/2023 12:01:38 PM PDT by
fr_freak
(Such a foul sky clears not without a storm.)
To: fr_freak
This is what happens when you let the Marxists drive an issue, and they are always the first to get in the drivers seat.
67 posted on
05/31/2023 12:02:47 PM PDT by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: fr_freak
I never said that it was right or even accurate for that time. I said it was a prevailing attitude. As you properly point out, that does not make it right.
68 posted on
05/31/2023 12:31:22 PM PDT by
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
To: fr_freak
By the way, we may differ on the cause, but I think we agree on the effect.
71 posted on
05/31/2023 7:57:29 PM PDT by
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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