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To: Kaslin
Good article. Jim Crow laws were the problem. The government was the problem. Let people be people and you will find them ready to live alongside each other. Pass legislation for Jim Crow, Affirmative Action, ACORN subsidies, etc. and you will find yourself living is a racially charged society.

Government screws things up.

4 posted on 05/29/2010 5:43:53 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: ClearCase_guy

Forgive me if this sounds racist; I wasn’t alive during this time in our country’s history: the law is written to state, essentially, that the forced segregation of races was intended to maintain morality and community cohesiveness within the respective communities. Has integration made society any better? I agree with you ClearCase, government screws up everything, and in this case, these laws created a perceived injustice. In reality, however, wouldn’t it be safe to say that the white and black communities segregate themselves on purpose anyway?

I live in a 95% white community. The nearest black “community” consists of a few blocks of row houses and section 8 apartments about 15 miles south of me. Those folks can’t afford to live where I live, and likewise, no one from my area would want to move there. Why push the issue of integration between races when they’re going to subconsciously segregate anyway?

Humans are animals like the rest of the orders, phyla, and geni on this planet. To be colorblind to race is to ignore fundamental differences in each other. That doesn’t mean that hyenas, lions, and gazelles can’t live together, it just means that on occasion one of those lions is going to get hungry and attack.

Thoughts?


7 posted on 05/29/2010 5:56:31 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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