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In reply to the discussion: White progressives’ racial myopia: Why their colorblindness fails minorities — and the left [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)27. I've never heard ANYONE- except members of the religious right- say things were awesome in the 50s.
I don't understand how anyone can take "shit, repealing glass-steagal was a crap move" and hear "boy, things were great when we had sock hops and whites-only soda fountains"
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White progressives’ racial myopia: Why their colorblindness fails minorities — and the left [View all]
geek tragedy
Jun 2015
OP
Given that the article exerpt you provided contains at least one major historical inaccuracy
mythology
Jun 2015
#6
Just wanted to add, that if you want to find a racist agenda you'll probably find it
Baitball Blogger
Jun 2015
#7
Are economic populists trying to go back to the worst aspects of the 50s? I think not.
bklyncowgirl
Jun 2015
#9
l agree, but the trick is to do this without turning off too many working and middle class whites.
bklyncowgirl
Jun 2015
#12
Frederick Douglass said the same things about free Blacks and Irish immigrants back in the 1850s.
bklyncowgirl
Jun 2015
#79
"Workers of the world unite! You have nothinig to lose but your chains. You have
KingCharlemagne
Jun 2015
#80
The concern that I/we have with the economic populist "looking back, going forward" ...
1StrongBlackMan
Jun 2015
#89
Before they left, there were black posters here who talked about how they had land that was straight
Number23
Jun 2015
#20
When black people say these things, we are "manufacturing outrage" and "calling Sanders a racist"
Number23
Jun 2015
#14
Yes, "stop and listen" would be a great strategy when running for Pres. Imagine Bernie feels
Cha
Jun 2015
#51
This web site has been hostile to black opinions for a long time. NONE of this shit is new
Number23
Jun 2015
#43
"NOT ONE of the folks that dived head long over the cliff with the "manufactured outrage" and "Stop
Cha
Jun 2015
#52
Some things were better in the 1950s, like tax rates. We have to be able to say that.
Cheese Sandwich
Jun 2015
#19
I've never heard ANYONE- except members of the religious right- say things were awesome in the 50s.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#27
Anyone who did not bail on the GOP by 1972, fails the racial awareness test.
McCamy Taylor
Jun 2015
#30
I don't hold that republican membership against Warren or anyone that has awaken ...
1StrongBlackMan
Jun 2015
#71
Reaganomics and deregulation aren't good policy because they happened after the civil rights act
TheKentuckian
Jun 2015
#38
The consenus is that Obama has not addressed these issues, as his approach was not specific to
Jefferson23
Jun 2015
#46
If this election were strictly about who has the best voting record, Bernie would be the
geek tragedy
Jun 2015
#60
The Pres hasn't rejected all "race specific solutions", Jefferson.. from my previous post to the OP
Cha
Jun 2015
#81
The OP is what I am referring to, Cha..and good morning. Here she lends her opinion
Jefferson23
Jun 2015
#84
Yeah, and if I thought that that bland descriptor was an accurate gauge, I would agree.
Bonobo
Jun 2015
#49
2008 definitely strained relations, but this is someone who's been in the public
geek tragedy
Jun 2015
#66
Yep. That tactic is as old as the hills. And it certainly helps when some of the folks in that 13%
Number23
Jun 2015
#87
Some people are going to be shocked when this campaign goes south and west
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2015
#53
Warren was a Republican for 30 years. She is very much not my cup of tea due to her reluctance
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2015
#62