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In reply to the discussion: 9 Ways FDR's 'New Deal' Purposely Excluded Blacks [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)And besides, most who were actually alive and working inthe 1930's and 40's are no longer with us. My grandmother was left out and my grandad only got to use his GI bill by moving to another state and 'passing' as WHITE. White folks ever had to uproot themselves ad pretend to be another race to use govt programs they fought in WWII for and nearly died to recieve.
You said nothing about the CCC, lynchings, Jim Crow, or anything that matters most to us, our lives and saftey were paramount and that was ignored. I have many manylynching photos from that time. Those folks never recieved one thing dime of SS. An easy way of keeping peoplefrom recieving benefits is to not let them live long enough. We were sold out so that the legislation could pass. It could only pass by leaving us OUT. We want to be explicitely written IN amd i have no idea why people are fighting against explicitely writing women and minorities IN. Why fight against that unless one wantsthe same thing to happen as last time?