Re:The Last Slave Ship Survivor Gave an Interview in the 1930s
by tptacek on Friday May 11, 2018 @11:47PM
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Read the article. For this thread, reparations aren't the point. I'm simply saying Ta-Nehisi Coates has done a better job than any other writer explaining how segregation extended far beyond the legal conclusion of government-mandated segregation.
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Re:The Last Slave Ship Survivor Gave an Interview in the 1930s
by aaron-lebo on Saturday May 12, 2018 @12:02AM
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You're not wrong, I'm just surprised when educated people aren't aware of this stuff. Jim Crow was discussed in high school here in the South and there was plenty of opportunity to learn about it in college. The only way people can't know of this is if they haven't actually interacted with minorities that much, which I guess is possible in certain places.
Similarly, this was really great, as it shows the outlash King got when he tried to approach wider social issues as well as the outright hostility against him in places we don't usually consider "racist".