Do you refer to the Dixiecrats? LBJ had a hell of a time getting the Civil Rights Bill through his Dixiecrat congress. I still believe the democratic party is way to focused on keeping minorities poor and reliant on the welfare system. Playing devils advocate here, one could say that Donald Trump has done more for blacks and minorities by opening up jobs. Low wage jobs for sure, but still a job. However, it was Obama and only Obama and not Trump that shamed companies into increasing their wage for low waged workers. Before Obama, all service jobs paid minimum wage, now most low wage jobs start out at least $10 an hour, or more. And one could argue that with Donald Trump humiliating illegals and cracking down on illegal immigration, fewer illegals we finding jobs and fewer companies were hiring illegals. And that could possibly have opened up more low wage jobs for minorities and especially for blacks.
Blacks that could not get a job before or had a hard time finding a job, once the illegals became unavailable and too afraid to work those jobs illegally, that opened up more jobs for the black community and for minorities in general. After all, a fast food outlet must have workers and if the illegals are not willing to seek those jobs due to Donald Trump and the illegal immigration crack-down, then those fast food outlets are more willing to hire blacks and minorities they were uninterested in hiring before. Donald Trump may have opened up more opportunities for blacks and minorities that did Obama or any other democratic president or democratic policy. I myself noticed a fairly noticeable decrease in illegal hispanics working at the fast food outlets and in the restaurants once Trump started demonizing and scaring those illegals into hiding.
Illegals were afraid and they feared deportation. And companies began using E-Verify more and more where before they were not. And so, black employment did definitely increase under Donald Trump. And that brings us to the current situation with black-lives-matter and blacks protesting for equal rights and equal treatment. When you have a black man or women able to work for a living instead of relying on government assistance, that black man or woman discovers something they had not realized before. That being, blacks and minorities are definitely treated as second class citizens by law enforcement and by society, and that naturally made them mad. Mad enough to march and protest for fair and decent acceptance within society.
Having a job gave a black man or woman the dignity they may not have experienced before when on government assistance. Now, more blacks and minorities were out there in the world and taking part within society by working for a living just like everyone else of different skin color. And the injustice that black men and women discovered out there in the workforce was something they would not tollerate. Before, under government assistance, minorities had no choice but to submit to the indifference and inequality that they were forced into. But once they became a full fledged working class citizens, having a job and earning a wage, the inequality that had plagued them before needed to stop. And so, they marched.
And one could say, this was a side-effect from the Donald Trump economy where the jobs were opening up and companies were starting to hire more blacks and minorities. If those companies could not get the illegal immigrant to work the jobs then the only other option was to hire the "legal" minorities like black men and black women. So, with playing devils advocate, one could give Donald Trump the credit for improving the lives of blacks and minorities not by directly helping blacks and minorities but by opening up jobs for those black and minorities. Something I am sure Donald Trump did not intend to do, but an obvious side-effect from Trump's anti-illegal immigrant stance. Trump scared the illegals away, and then the legal minorities took over those vacant jobs.
The bottom line..... having a job and earning a wage had so much more dignity than sitting at home collecting government assistance. People would say that illegals were not affecting the US jobs market, but they were. Those low waged jobs were in fact going to illegals where companies wanted that cheap labor and would refuse to E-Verify their hirees. Once the illegals were scared away, and vacant jobs needed to be filled, companies began to hire those which they refused to hire before. Blacks and minorities. And thus, you have people wanting and expecting more and expecting to be treated just as everyone else is treated whether it be from the employer or from law enforcement. And when that did not happen for those hard working blacks and minorities, then the protesting began and the marching began.
The mass protesting and marching was the correct response for achieving equality within this not so equal society. Even if that protesting might involve some rioting and looting from time to time, so be it. If Donald Trump were smart(er), Donald Trump would take advantage of the protesting and marching to make his point that he himself has enabled the black society into a better life by working a decent job. Donald Trump should not be shutting down the protestors, Donald Trump should be embracing the protestors and fight right along side them. However, Donald is way to clueless to know when a real opportunity hits him in the face.
In short, having more available jobs allowed for more black employees. And once out there working at those jobs, this was an eye opener where blacks realized the inequality they were faced with. And thus, they want that inequality corrected, like ASAP. Like yesterday. Like right away. (Sorry, I thinkest me went way off topic)
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