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Originally Posted by Afro Saxon
The CRM had good intentions,but they were fighting a different beast. Segregation which was unequal. If segregation can be equal it is perfectly fine and for me preferred. Personally, my sandwich never tasted better because I sat next to a white guy, I didn't read my books any better being seated next to Sally. If the schools are funded equitably, the roads and city services equitable, and laws applied equally, separation will be far superior. A race without any self determination ever will never be confered respect.
We must look at the facts. Since integration; schools are worst; poverty rate has not decreased; violent crime; areas that were economically dominated by Blacks, are now dominated by Arabs, Chinese and whites. The largest increase ion Black income was not after CRM, but the ten years before the Civil rights Act. We also must remember their were many Blacks who did not support the CRM, but it isn't promoted that way now; do some research many rather pro Black people didn't support the CRM. It is not a cut and dry situation, many groups had many different schools of thought. CRM was most moderate and able to satisfy whites(Jews & Liberal) and moderate & intergrationist Blacks.
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Afro, you have some great points, but come on now....The problem with our social infrastructure has nothing to do with race. It's elitist government agendas that are deliberately under investing in it's people. We, as a people stand to gain the most when we have equal access to the same opportunities that whites have. THAT is the primary purpose of the Civil Rights Movement. To suggest that segregation is somehow beneficial for the qualitative survival of our people is ridiculous.
Take myself for example. Military brat, borned and raised on welfare. We had it so bad, mom had to leave me with kinfolk, while she joined the ARmy because that was the only thing she felt she could do. If Jim Crow were alive an well, my mom would never have had that same chance to get us out of the ghetto, and I probably wouldn't be in I.T. and probably wouldn't be typing this post, because I wouldn't know, let alone have access to the internet or a computer.