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In reply to the discussion: 9 Ways FDR's 'New Deal' Purposely Excluded Blacks [View all]ananda
(28,856 posts)It's a mixed bag.
While I'm sure he seemrd pretty craven on the issue
of race, we can all hope that hearkening back to New
Deal politics is more inclusive now.
Also recall how Johnson's Great Society and the Civil
Rights bills of the sixties did exactly what FDR feared
would happen in the thirties... namely drove the south
to the GOP and states rights politics that has resulted
in the mean stupid crazy stuff that is so prevalent now.
If you follow the money, it's clear how racism has been
used as a tool to widen the wealth gap and keep people
of color incarcerated or disenfranchised.
The only upside to all this, if there is one, is that the crazy
is now SO crazy that it might not be able to sustain itself
on a national or international level, though it still has
considerable traction in state and local communities,,sad
to say.