weblog entry: Saturday, 28 May 2005 http://educationright.tripod.com/blog/index.blog?entry_id=1117527
African Americans didn't choose to be segregated Now Playing: more mpls list discussion re: Terrill's open letter Topic: Police / Gang violence In a message dated 5/28/2005 11:16:23 AM Central Standard Time, Re: [Mpls] Responses to Terrill's open letter to African American community, Dennis Plante writes: <<There are cultural differences that exist between all ethnic groups. These cultural differences remain intact to a large degree because we choose the remain isolated from each other and never take the time to open our eyes and realize that it is okay to be "different" from your neighbor. But it is NOT okay to think that your neighbor is less of a person BECAUSE they are different.>> Although at one time or another immigrants from various European countries were far more "ghettoized" in many Northern US cities than blacks were on the eve of the 20th century, it has been unusual for members of a "ghettoized" European nationality to be the majority in their own ghetto [American Apartheid: Segregation and the making of the underclass, page 32]. It was through the action of a white Supremacist movement of the so-called progressive era (1890-1920) that a pattern of racially segregated housing was achieved throughout the Northern US. Neighborhood associations were formed during the first decade of the 20th century that employed a variety of methods to cleanse their neighborhoods of black residents, including arson and murder. The Segregation of the Housing market along racial lines began not long after the 1896 Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, which allowed the States to enact laws that required separate accommodations for blacks and whites, so long as the accommodations are equal. However, as Justice John Marshall Harlan, the lone dissenting Supreme Court Justice noted, racial separation was the only aspect of the "separate but equal" doctrine that would be enforced. The "separate but equal" doctrine was justified as an acknowledgment of the "natural affinity" that members of each race had for others of their own kind... (There is more. For the full text go to) http://educationright.tripod.com/blog/index.blog?entry_id=1117527 -Doug Mann, King Field Candidate for 8th ward city council REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
