[wardaddy]

It's a shame that the CRA of 1964 has been subsequently exploited like it has since it's enaction. One can argue the good things it brought about like enfranchisement but the aftermath has been considerably mixed and has led to Balkanizing, the cult of victimhood, the Great Society boondoggles, race exploiters, the destruction of the once fairly nuclear black family.....the list goes on....like Pandora's box.

I don't pretend to have the "answer", I just know we're all in trouble now.

[vbmoneyspender]

all that was needed was ensuring that blacks had the franchise. Jim Crow focused on the vote because the Southern Democrats knew that once blacks got the vote, segregation would be over because politicians would no longer be able to ignore the concerns of blacks. Beyond ensuring that people had the right to vote, all of the other laws that were passed in the name of civil rights during the '60s were unnecessary.