(You wouldn’t believe how hard it was to copy this image.)
Remember this, from 2019? Savannah, Georgia: Blacks Only public meeting–only not so public, because there were no whites allowed (https://leeduigon.com/2019/03/29/black-press-only/). The meeting was supposedly about the city’s mayoral race.
We very much hope that this blatant racism will dry up and blow away while Donald Trump is in the White House, working to put an end to race-baiting public acts and policies.
Defy the Democrats: don’t be race-happy.
in my childhood years, there was a huge effort to end segregation in the southern states. I lived in a northern tier state, and it never seen segregation, but I in my neighbors were 100% behind this effort to end institutionalized segregation. The idea was to move society towards equality and not have anyone treated as a second class citizen, simply because of their skin color. Much progress was made during this period of time, and while they were still problems, they were successes as well.
Many of the younger generation seemed to have the notion that in the late 60s and 70s we were living a Jim Crow existence in much of America, but if so, I never saw it firsthand. This is not to say that there were not problems and sadly I did witness acts of prejudice and unfair treatment towards Black people, including a very prosperous friend who is given a look that would freeze water when he and I were were enjoying a meal and a nice restaurant.
But one does not accomplish victory by concentrating on negative events. There were many success stories, and in that era many Black people found success that their parents or grandparents could never have dreamed of.
One does not remedy discrimination with discrimination. Discrimination in any direction is still wrong. While I am mostly Caucasian, and Caucasian in appearance, I have experienced being on the receiving end of discrimination. There are parts of town where my business is not welcomed with open arms. It’s subtle, and not nearly as bad as what was happening in the Deep South up into the ‘60s, but it was real, and it didn’t feel good.
We need to find common ground, with all peoples, to the greatest extent possible. As divided, as some people groups may be, we all have much more in common than not. We all share the experience of being human, and all of the many emotions which are part and parcel of the human experience. Moving towards segregation and discrimination is not the answer.
Very well said–thank you.