I wonder what the election results look like in the south during the civil rights era. Candidates who were pro segregation probably carried 90% or more of the total votes if they were pro segregation. On top of that I'm sure there were some white people who did not like those policies, but voted to keep them in place, just to protect their community.

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Thank god white people didn't exhibit the kind of homogenous behavior exhibited today by the black community...things would still be pretty fricked.

Most white people didn't care about civil rights for black folk until they were told to. Agitation from black folk bought it to the unequal rights to the forefront. Being called out as hypocrites on human rights gave the nations elected officials the push they needed to enact civil rights legislation.

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Posted by DelU249

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Posted on 8/12/14 at 9:16 am to BIGDAB

you want to talk about white culture, particularly southern white culture, in the 19th century and i'll be right there hurling shite with you...but according to all census data, there is nothing like what we're talking about TODAY.

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Posted by RCDfan1950

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Posted on 8/12/14 at 9:54 am to BIGDAB

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Most white people didn't care about civil rights for black folk until they were told to. Agitation from black folk bought it to the unequal rights to the forefront. Being called out as hypocrites on human rights gave the nations elected officials the push they needed to enact civil rights legislation.

Very true, BD. And the mark of true character/righteousness, is - when called out - what does the individual or group THEN DO. Back then, White America - nws the ingrained racism - did the right thing.

The question remains, whether Black folk will step up today; or just go the blame Whitey route.

MLK nailed it. It's not about color...it's about character. Personally first, and then in the Collective.

One of the top men in my formative life, was a simple/relatively poor Black man, who had irreproachable character. He took a lot of ingrained racial abuse in the day; the low-level version. But wrote it off as being the will of God that he bear his load honorably, and in true Christian form. This man was by far no wuss; he could play fullback for the Saints if born in modern times.

I hit him straight up one day, when I got older; asking him how, and why he put up with it. He told me that he always kept his garden tools sharp, just in case he weakened and told his (ignorant) tormentors to go to hell. He never did; the man said "yesuh and nosuh" till his dying day. For me...he is the epitome of real Christian character and humility. Supreme dignity...out of seemingly intolerable indignity. I love that man, and hope to be with Joe Baker in the next life.

Humanity moving up. Hard trog, well worth it.