On 6/4/2019 1:06 PM, John wrote:
On 6/3/2019 16:29:40, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Certainly, segregation and discrimination affected the entire
country. It
was a matter of degree.
It was not "actual law" in all 48 states as you claim, however. In our
area, the public schools were fully integrated before the 1920s. The
difference in the way African Americans were treated in the 1960s between
New Jersey and North Carolina was quite dramatic, based on my own
personal
experience.
I would never claim that the north was or is perfect; I am, however,
sick
and tired of attempts to excuse what happened in the south by the false
claim that it was really no worse than the rest of the country.
Well, I don't claim that.
I do, however, try to adhere to the adage of not trying to remove a
speck from someone else's eye until you can see the beam stuck in your own.
I've found as I've passed through life that this adage is generally used
as an excuse to do nothing.
It's like two kids daring each other to eat their brussel sprouts, with
each refusing until the other one goes first.
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