re: You think things are bad now?

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black people in America had it better in the 1950s than they do now……wow

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in most respects, yes. there were far more black doctors, lawyers, serious leaders of the local community who talked about philosophy and self reliability and being a good person. my grandad was able to pay a mortgage on a house and 100 acres of land and 2 vehicles on a teacher's salary.

true, there was disrespect for blacks built into the government, but black folks back then had self respect, and a little talked about fact was that they had the respect of most white folks in the community, but as usual the government created the problem instead of allowing people to assimilate over time on their own terms.

the leading cause of death for a black man was not another black man then as it is today. today, black people have neither the respect of the government nor much self respect.

that said, there is more opportunity in america today for black people than anywhere in the history of mankind. but there is also more opposition to black people recognizing that fact than anything social conditioning campaign that has ever existed.