Is the US more racist now than int he 1960's?

[HomerJS]

Hey OP, I wish you had made the title

"Are Republicans more racist then in the 60s?"

The answer would have been different...

Texas Republican Party declares President Biden was "not legitimately elected"

It's shit like this, the constant lying and conspiracy theories by Republicans why this country can't solve its problems. Don't believe me, take from another Republican... Rep. Adam Kinzinger 'My Party Has Utterly Failed the American People at Truth.' (insider.com) Now we have yet another...

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In it they claim they want the removal of the 1965 Civil Rights Act,

 

[Captante]

LOL. That's the best retort you've had, because you have nothing to say when called out for being a lying c*nt.

That a$$-clown is the current sole-member of my AT block-list.... even Brandon-Bull$hit has more credibility.

 

[Braznor]

Move along folks, just liberals excreting bile through their mouth here.

 

[HomerJS]

Move along folks, just liberals excreting bile through their mouth here.

The bile is Republicans bragging about their association with white nationalists

 

[Stokely]

I think the desire is there by the Right to return the country to some fabled past time when white was right, ethnic jokes were standard, we didn't have pesky environmental laws and darkies knew their place. aka, Maga. Probably some time before 1920 when women gained the right to vote, considering that college-educated women are the most likely to vote against the GOP.

However, it's hard to say "more racist". I mean, minorities couldn't use the same bathrooms or drinking fountains, and iirc there were still "sundown towns" (which is pretty mind-blowing). Mixed couples were really a shocking thing, and these days happily people are mixing up the "pure" ethnicities. Once the race becomes more of a uniform light beige or whatever we'll have to come up with some other easy way to know who is undesirable.

My vote is then that we are overall less racist. But more zany, I mean we have a fricking self-admitted member of QAnon in Congress. That cult or whatever it is--wasn't it just invented on 4chan or something--is absolutely nuts. They make flat earthers look like scientists. I think if social media had been a thing in the 1960s then people would have been just as nuts though.

 

[HomerJS]

The country is moving backwards and will soon be worse that the 60s

If we haven’t already reached that point

Whitewash black history
Disenfranchise the black vote. Get caught doing it and ignore SCOTUS to correct districts
Tulsa survivors get their case thrown out
Pubs more comfortable openly supporting/associating with white nationalists.
Black man wins mayoral election and white people move to keep him from taking office


All the above have happened this year and getting worse.

 

[ondma]

The country is moving backwards and will soon be worse that the 60s

If we haven’t already reached that point

Whitewash black history
Disenfranchise the black vote. Get caught doing it and ignore SCOTUS to correct districts
Tulsa survivors get their case thrown out
Pubs more comfortable openly supporting/associating with white nationalists.
Black man wins mayoral election and white people move to keep him from taking office


All the above have happened this year and getting worse.

Come on, I agree we are moving backward, but we are a far cry away from the 50s and 60s of segregated bathrooms, restaurants and public transportation. And I hate to tell you, there was no formal DEI when Robinson broke into baseball or Powell became chairman to the Joint Chiefs. They got the jobs because they were excellent candidates and yes, some people obviously stood up for integration, but there was no formal DEI programs.

 

[pmv]

Come on, I agree we are moving backward, but we are a far cry away from the 50s and 60s of segregated bathrooms, restaurants and public transportation. And I hate to tell you, there was no formal DEI when Robinson broke into baseball or Powell became chairman to the Joint Chiefs. They got the jobs because they were excellent candidates and yes, some people obviously stood up for integration, but there was no formal DEI programs.

I don't think it's a simple issue, as if "racism" were a simple scalar quantity that could be measured with a single number on a line. It can change form, for one thing, and it interacts with other issues like gender and class.

But shouldn't be forgotten that German Jews were among the most 'integrated' and 'succesful' Jewish population in Europe right up until the point where...they suddenly weren't. Things can seem to improve on many measures, while bad things happen in ways that don't show up in those metrics...and then suddenly turn very bad indeed.

 

[HomerJS]

Come on, I agree we are moving backward, but we are a far cry away from the 50s and 60s of segregated bathrooms, restaurants and public transportation. And I hate to tell you, there was no formal DEI when Robinson broke into baseball or Powell became chairman to the Joint Chiefs. They got the jobs because they were excellent candidates and yes, some people obviously stood up for integration, but there was no formal DEI programs.

You can't get away with segregated bathrooms. If Republicans could, they would. Same logic when they created the dog whistle. Can't say ni**er in public so invent another avenue to get out the same hate agenda.

What do you call the intentional racist gerrymandering to disenfranchise blacks of political representation? Just another way for state governments to discriminate against black people. Then when they get caught states like Alabama refuse to change the maps.

Same policy just dressed up differently.

 

[Stokely]

The GOP is trying to win the only way they know, which is to cheat (and accuse the other side of doing the same). If--big if--minorities and young people say f*** that and find a way to vote anyway the GOP is screwed and they know it. They'd have nobody to blame but themselves for their white-is-right policies and attitudes though they love to bleat "if you liberals weren't so mean we wouldn't feel this way..." Keep telling yourselves that, rationalization is a hell of a drug.

And yes if they thought they could get away with it they'd set the calendar back decades. They are doing their utmost to move the goalposts one policy at a time. Hopefully abortion gets the women that otherwise couldn't be arsed to vote, out to the polls.

 

[amenx]

Internet justice is brutal for racists. They can run but they cant hide. Anyone wanna bet he's not a Lib or a Dem?

 

[HomerJS]

Come on, I agree we are moving backward, but we are a far cry away from the 50s and 60s of segregated bathrooms, restaurants and public transportation. And I hate to tell you, there was no formal DEI when Robinson broke into baseball or Powell became chairman to the Joint Chiefs. They got the jobs because they were excellent candidates and yes, some people obviously stood up for integration, but there was no formal DEI programs.

JR and CP did NOT get their jobs just because of excellence. The Negro leagues were loaded with excellent players but were not allowed into MLB. Robinson was a diversity hire.