Women's Rights, Civil Rights and Environmental Movements - Are They Still Relevant?

Question

It's a generation of two, or three, later, and it seems that the problems that these movements were started to combat no longer exist - haven't in decades.

There are always a few idiots but that will always be the case - - - - - the vast majority of people are neither racist nor sexist. And the air and water in the US are cleaner than they were 100 years ago.

I submit, these movements were important at one time - they're not anymore, and a handful of career activists, political dinosaurs, like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Gloria Steinem, have just continued to try to conjure up historical demons to maintain their livelihoods.

Answer 1

I think there's still cause, but not as severe.

Sure blacks have every opportunity now, but that doesn't mean its an even playing field (some would argue though that the black community is contributing to that).

I think things are much more even for women, but there's still a lack of intellectual respect going around.

The environment is one I'll have to severly disagree with you on. Most companies are profit driven, and will pollute to whatever degree they want if it enhances the bottom line. I think pressure needs to be kept up.

Answer 2

Women have all the opportunity that men have. The issue is whether they earn what they want or sit around and complain like most Americans.

The Civil Rights movement was hijacked by racists and pimps who profit from black suffering. The "leaders" are a complete disgrace.

The environmental movement is filled with communists and anti-capitalists. Their global warming/climate change religion is a joke.

They are relevant today because they are being used to destroy this country.

Answer 3

Environmental issues certainly still exist, even though the movement itself has taken on some of the characteristics of a religion (complete with fanatics).

The civil rights movement (which, really, includes and was preced by the women's movement), hasn't achieved all it's objectives, in large part, because it's stopped working towards them. MLK wanted the races to assimilate and live together, not form enclaves within a multi-cultural framework of enforced sepparate-but-equal 'tollerance,' for instance.

So, I guess the answer is that the movements have retained relevance by re-inventing themselves. As soon as one issue is more-or-less resolved, they find (or even create) another.

Answer 4

You are terribly wrong. Those movements have lost a great deal of steam because the problems aren't as blatant as they once were but they are still in existence. You think of these things in such blatant terms but they exist today much more subtly. They have been built into our systems and they do even more damage on a more wide spread level.

I see the problems every day, to say they don't exist and have not for decades is extremely ignorant. It makes me wonder if you are a white male (or white looking male) who has not had to face any barriers in life.

Try volunteering, getting out into the field of social justice and read some current work in those fields.

Answer 5

i say throw them out

along with the laundry water

and that con thing too

you know

the CONSTITUTION too

it only gets in the way of the republicans

and don't forget that crappy

GENEVA CONVENTION


throw it out too


hallelujah ...........................................

get me a white robe and a hood too........

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