[kj] projectile vomiting

[gregslawson at aol.com]

I'm not saying that the middle class are holding down the rest or anything. I'm just saying that the c.r. movement didn't go far enough--it didn't really liberate everyone (including poor whites, who also suffer indirectly from racism because they deal w/similar poor living conditions. Why not fight for better condidtions for all?
 
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From: Jpwhkj at aol.com
To: gathering at misera.net
Sent: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:09:15 -0500
Subject: Re: [kj] projectile vomiting


Hi Greg,

Civil rights apply to everyone, don't they? Or do you think it's a mistake to 
allow the middle class to vote? Dictatorship of the proletariat and all that... 
The civil rights movement was certainly quite left wing, but there's no way they 
could or should have said "oh, you might become a doctor (and move out of the 
poor neighbourhood), so we won't help you".

I agree that the poor (black, white, etc) in America have a very rough deal 
these days - but I think that's for other reasons than the fact that the middle 
class now includes a few people who previously would have been mowing your lawn.

Cheers,
Jamie


gregslawson at aol.com writes:

>Well, I think the main problem w/the civil rights movement was that it helped 
some of the black middle class. Many just became part of the "sysetm"--school 
and city administrators, cops, managers & businesspeople, etc. The black working 
class is in many ways worse off than they were during segregation (when black 
communities had their own doctors, teachers, lawyers, etc): higher prison rate 
than ever, bad schools, health care,and housing, more crime and drugs, etc. It's 
similar in a way to what has happened in South Africa since Apartheid 
ended--people still struggle for decent housing, electricity, etc. 

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