truth wrote:
A White man is still White. Did they jump out of the pool an drain it when your grandfather jumped in?
No, there were other forms of ignorance acted upon my grandfather. There is no argument that the treatment of blacks was wrong and I agree that it has been a long road to ending inequalities among many groups of people. The point is – we’re all equally disadvantaged now.
Also by the way the U.S. is a democracy and was not feudalistic.
A correction, if I may. The U.S. is a Republic, not a democracy and not feudalistic. Perhaps a bit nitpicky, but a distinction to be made nonetheless. Would that more people understood the difference.
School is law not a priviledge.
It’s a shame that you state it so. Indeed, school was not law – it was a great privilege until the 1900′s. Compulsory attendance in school didn’t become law in the U.S. until Massechussetts passed it through state legislation somewhere around 1895 or so. By 1918, all states required children to receive an education. The purpose of compulsory attendance laws was to prepare students to become productive, educated, informed citizens who could make their own way in society. Those who value the opportunity do better in America, generally speaking, than those who do not.
As I am fond of telling my daughter, until she learns to read and comprehend, use the English language easily and at least mostly correctly and write beyond freshman level in college, she may as well continue flipping burgers at McDonalds.
