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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: My take On Bernie- [View all]Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)22. A better outlook for all people?
Certainly not for blacks, gays and women.
The 1950's were great for straight white males.
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IMO people became dispirited under Carter not because things were not working but because
jwirr
Jul 2015
#27
Pining away for the segregated and punitive past in a way that denifes 'average guy' as white and
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2015
#5
Reading comprehension problem? Look for this word in the very first sentence: "economically"
Scuba
Jul 2015
#7
A better outlook for some of the people, not 'the people' and that's the entire point.
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2015
#20
So the civil rights movement did not give people of color a better outlook? And moving the
jwirr
Jul 2015
#29
I love how some people totally dismiss the struggle for Civil Rights back then
sabrina 1
Jul 2015
#34
Unfortunately today too many think change will happen just like that. It fook decades for all of the
jwirr
Jul 2015
#35
Of course that's not what I said, I suggested that over romantic veribage about the past is
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2015
#23
I for one did not vote on any anti-gay ballot issue and I suspect that is why we did not answer
jwirr
Jul 2015
#31
I support Sanders, I said nothing against Bernie, Bernie did not write this crap, Bernie does not
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2015
#17
How about you write an OP rather than going into everyone else's and criticizing
sabrina 1
Jul 2015
#36
Yes and no. Things were better for whites, but still sucky for minorities.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jul 2015
#8
No, you're right. After those kind of revolutions, there's always a terror. Not good, and something
PatrickforO
Jul 2015
#24
Yes, from about 1950 through about 1975, we had in this nation what is called by some
PatrickforO
Jul 2015
#11
Also, since unions were more common the races blended in the workplace a lot more....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2015
#32