2007-02-15 03:28:45 · 8 answers · asked by Barrett G 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Why is that so hard to believe? This country is still filled with racist bigots. Quite frankly, it should shock your conscience that people including African Americans are still fighting for rights.
This country is severely retarded when it comes to basic rights of equality. Separate but equal may have been dumped by the courts in Brown v Board, and we may not be separate in some aspects, but we're still definitely not equal.
2007-02-15 03:57:42 · answer #1 · answered by Peter 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I like Leogirl's answer. Thumbs up.
But her answer is incomplete.
"Civil rights" came in steps, not all at once. The first step was the creation of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. The next step was a very gradual and incremental enforcement of the 14th Amendment over the next 96 years after ratification of the 14th. And the Civil War Amendments were only created to end slavery and prohibit government discrimination, not to prohibit private discrimination. Hence the next step was to prohibit private discrimination with the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
2007-02-15 03:43:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's people like you that keep throwing the past up in the collective faces of American citizens that are the TRUE impediment to racial harmony in this country. We have already acknowledged that we as a nation failed to treat everyone equally as was the spirit of The Constitution, and to that end we have changed the laws so those in the minority aren't discriminated against just because of the color of their skin or where they're from. But you know what? I don't own slaves, my father doesn't own slaves, neither of my grandfathers owned slaves, none of my great-grandfathers owned slaves, ditto that for my great-great grandfathers...get the picture? Stop blaming those of us who are around now for the sins of our ancestors going back five generations or more -- most of whom wanted nothing to do with slavery in the first place. Until We The People agree to put the past where it belongs (in the past, DUH!) and move forward we will never realize the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- a great man whose teachings have been twisted and bastardized by African-American leaders like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Louis Farrakhan who insist on making every issue one about black vs. white and pushing our respective races apart instead of bringing them together.
2007-02-15 03:42:20 · answer #3 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The treatment of African Americans is a black mark on this great country. Almost everyone would agree that our treatment was not acceptable, which is why the laws were changed.
2007-02-15 03:33:36 · answer #4 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Thankfully, the Republicans helped get this law passed over the objections of Democrats like Al Gore, Sr.
2007-02-15 03:36:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, I can't and if the Southern Democrats would have allowed them to assimilate into the population, we wouldn't be having the problems we have now.
2007-02-15 03:33:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No that is incorrect. you need to change that 9 to an 8.
2007-02-15 03:35:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes I can.
2007-02-15 03:32:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋