When I began this blog in 2001, I was appalled by President Bush's headlong rush to an illegal war (we were not in fact under attack). As time wore on and Bush began his assault on the Constitution and any people bold enough to criticize, I believed that "the republic is endangered more by actions of our own government than by those of any terrorist." With the election of a high-minded, compassionate, intelligent man like Barack Obama, my fears have ceased.
"Honor them with peace, not war"
United for Peace
Thursday, December 19, 2002
As he says, segregation was a horrible business and anyone who supported it was either a racist or an opportunist utterly devoid of values. It's one thing to have gone along with it, unable to see how to change it -- altogether another to have supsported and defended it as Strom Thurmond did Lott still does in the South
Copyright © 2001-03 Pam Shorey
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Segregation: separate, but never equal
...States enforced segregation in prisons and in homes for orphans, the deaf, the poor and -- my favorite -- the blind. People who could not even see color had to be separated by race.
It was always clear, as well, that this was not just about physical separation but about keeping one group constantly ostracized, always humiliated.--California history professor Robert Slayton, writing in the Washington Post 12-19-02
As he says, segregation was a horrible business and anyone who supported it was either a racist or an opportunist utterly devoid of values. It's one thing to have gone along with it, unable to see how to change it -- altogether another to have supsported and defended it as Strom Thurmond did Lott still does in the South
Palema
4:49 PM
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