America is a different place than it was 75 years ago - it was relatively safe

[rightwinger]

Considering STD's, drug addiction, broken families, etc., it's no surprise that people have felt unsafe to hitchhike for a couple of generations already.

WTF does that mean?

hitchhike?

 

[rightwinger]

75 years ago was 1942

Hundreds of thousands of Americans were killed in the war
Blacks were second class citizens
We were in a state of panic from a possible Nazi invasion
Basic necessities in life were severely rationed including food, gas, cars, rubber
We were under strict curfews


I'll take today

It's unfortunate that the OP's semi-arbitrary number landed on 1942, where the Great Depression meets WWII. But, that's okay, and it's the principle, not the specific year that counts. We're second class citizens today compared to blacks in 1942. Other than the war, blacks were so free that they would hardly have known the federal government existed. They had much more freedom than whites have today. It's too bad that the modern Africoon American longs to be a slave, not a free man.

WHAT???? Have you lost your mind? Much of the country was still segregated. Blacks could be arrested for sitting at the lunch counter. Free?? Tell that to the blacks that tried to register to vote.

Not nearly as segregated as today. The law mandates race quotas and people segregate themselves everywhere and emphasize their segregation. Some refusing to even learn English.

Do you understand what segregation was?
Blacks could not use the same restrooms, could not eat in a restaurant, could not serve in the military with whites

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Considering STD's, drug addiction, broken families, etc., it's no surprise that people have felt unsafe to hitchhike for a couple of generations already.

WTF does that mean?

hitchhike?

When's the last time you saw a hitchhiker?

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

75 years ago was 1942

Hundreds of thousands of Americans were killed in the war
Blacks were second class citizens
We were in a state of panic from a possible Nazi invasion
Basic necessities in life were severely rationed including food, gas, cars, rubber
We were under strict curfews


I'll take today

It's unfortunate that the OP's semi-arbitrary number landed on 1942, where the Great Depression meets WWII. But, that's okay, and it's the principle, not the specific year that counts. We're second class citizens today compared to blacks in 1942. Other than the war, blacks were so free that they would hardly have known the federal government existed. They had much more freedom than whites have today. It's too bad that the modern Africoon American longs to be a slave, not a free man.

WHAT???? Have you lost your mind? Much of the country was still segregated. Blacks could be arrested for sitting at the lunch counter. Free?? Tell that to the blacks that tried to register to vote.

Not nearly as segregated as today. The law mandates race quotas and people segregate themselves everywhere and emphasize their segregation. Some refusing to even learn English.

Do you understand what segregation was?
Blacks could not use the same restrooms, could not eat in a restaurant, could not serve in the military with whites

Do you not see what segregation is?

 

[WinterBorn]

75 years ago was 1942

Hundreds of thousands of Americans were killed in the war
Blacks were second class citizens
We were in a state of panic from a possible Nazi invasion
Basic necessities in life were severely rationed including food, gas, cars, rubber
We were under strict curfews


I'll take today

It's unfortunate that the OP's semi-arbitrary number landed on 1942, where the Great Depression meets WWII. But, that's okay, and it's the principle, not the specific year that counts. We're second class citizens today compared to blacks in 1942. Other than the war, blacks were so free that they would hardly have known the federal government existed. They had much more freedom than whites have today. It's too bad that the modern Africoon American longs to be a slave, not a free man.

WHAT???? Have you lost your mind? Much of the country was still segregated. Blacks could be arrested for sitting at the lunch counter. Free?? Tell that to the blacks that tried to register to vote.

Not nearly as segregated as today. The law mandates race quotas and people segregate themselves everywhere and emphasize their segregation. Some refusing to even learn English.

Segregating themselves is a choice by that person. Forced segregation is not. It goes counter to the OP's claim that blacks were more free.

 

[rightwinger]

Considering STD's, drug addiction, broken families, etc., it's no surprise that people have felt unsafe to hitchhike for a couple of generations already.

WTF does that mean?

hitchhike?

When's the last time you saw a hitchhiker?

What does that have to do with STDs?

 

[rightwinger]

75 years ago was 1942

Hundreds of thousands of Americans were killed in the war
Blacks were second class citizens
We were in a state of panic from a possible Nazi invasion
Basic necessities in life were severely rationed including food, gas, cars, rubber
We were under strict curfews


I'll take today

It's unfortunate that the OP's semi-arbitrary number landed on 1942, where the Great Depression meets WWII. But, that's okay, and it's the principle, not the specific year that counts. We're second class citizens today compared to blacks in 1942. Other than the war, blacks were so free that they would hardly have known the federal government existed. They had much more freedom than whites have today. It's too bad that the modern Africoon American longs to be a slave, not a free man.

WHAT???? Have you lost your mind? Much of the country was still segregated. Blacks could be arrested for sitting at the lunch counter. Free?? Tell that to the blacks that tried to register to vote.

Not nearly as segregated as today. The law mandates race quotas and people segregate themselves everywhere and emphasize their segregation. Some refusing to even learn English.

Do you understand what segregation was?
Blacks could not use the same restrooms, could not eat in a restaurant, could not serve in the military with whites

Do you not see what segregation is?

WTF are you blabbering about?

 

[Coyote]

Seventy five years ago people in America walked the streets at night in major cities with few concerns...and left doors open all night.

Shoplifting was a minor problem and violence against Law Enforcement was nearly unheard of.

It was a friendlier time when you were more likely to be helped by your fellow American than hurt by them.

Today...we live in a totally different place. Danger is lurking everywhere. Theft and crime run rampant. Police are shot and killed for fun. The elderly are victimized as quickly as anyone else.....
Brazen Thief Steals Purse From Woman, 82, on Scooter at California Supermarket

Young people text and drive killing thousands each year......People cheat the system rampantly....

The ONE caveat, and an important one, is that Civil Rights are more equally spread among all Americans.
But at what cost? Did we trade a safe society for one that has everyone closer to equal?
Surely VERY few people actually would still support slavery and the majority are pleased with equality for all.
But again, at what price?

So, what exactly has changed?

That caveat...is a big one. If you are less then equal you aren't very safe.

 

[BulletProof]

Segregating themselves is a choice by that person. Forced segregation is not. It goes counter to the OP's claim that blacks were more free.

There weren't any federal laws forcing anyone within the states to be segregated, and many places that had no coerced segregation. But, yes, whites were sometimes forced to be segregated. How does that make blacks less free? Blacks want to be segregated.

 

[WinterBorn]

Segregating themselves is a choice by that person. Forced segregation is not. It goes counter to the OP's claim that blacks were more free.

There weren't any federal laws forcing anyone within the states to be segregated, and many places that had no coerced segregation. But, yes, whites were sometimes forced to be segregated. How does that make blacks less free? Blacks want to be segregated.

Now you are speaking for an entire race? There may be plenty who choose to stay within their communities. Whether that is a desire to be among their own or a fear of what happens outside their community is up for debate. But it is also their choice.

But when you are forbidden from entering a certain store, using a certain water fountain, eating at a lunch counter, or registering to vote, you are certainly not more free.

And you are right. There were no federal laws forcing segregation. You are aware, I hope, that there were plenty of state and local laws that did enforce segregation?

 

[beagle9]

"So, what exactly has changed?"

The philosophy of racism by whites is coming home to roost like some of the founders predicted.

You have got to love a race of people who for decades have had their foot on the necks of minorities in this country, holding them back from just the basics of decent housing and jobs, would now complain about the very problems, they themselves created. These people will never ever ever understand the monster of exclusion, racism and bigotry, they created and how it continues to impact people, that is until they themselves find the tables turned, then its time to vote in a Trump, kill a white woman and riot.....(sigh), someday, someday, they'll get it.

. Someday we'll get what you racist crybaby ?

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

75 years ago was 1942

Hundreds of thousands of Americans were killed in the war
Blacks were second class citizens
We were in a state of panic from a possible Nazi invasion
Basic necessities in life were severely rationed including food, gas, cars, rubber
We were under strict curfews


I'll take today

It's unfortunate that the OP's semi-arbitrary number landed on 1942, where the Great Depression meets WWII. But, that's okay, and it's the principle, not the specific year that counts. We're second class citizens today compared to blacks in 1942. Other than the war, blacks were so free that they would hardly have known the federal government existed. They had much more freedom than whites have today. It's too bad that the modern Africoon American longs to be a slave, not a free man.

WHAT???? Have you lost your mind? Much of the country was still segregated. Blacks could be arrested for sitting at the lunch counter. Free?? Tell that to the blacks that tried to register to vote.

Not nearly as segregated as today. The law mandates race quotas and people segregate themselves everywhere and emphasize their segregation. Some refusing to even learn English.

Segregating themselves is a choice by that person. Forced segregation is not. It goes counter to the OP's claim that blacks were more free.

Institutional segregation is no more freedom than gov-mandated segregation.
Neosegregation isn't just about individuals. It's an industry.

 

[Gracie]

75 years ago, many of us were not born yet. We remember Happy Days, the 1950's, etc. No clue what was really going on because we were in our poodle skirts and wearing our ducktail haircuts and mom and dad paid all the bills.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Considering STD's, drug addiction, broken families, etc., it's no surprise that people have felt unsafe to hitchhike for a couple of generations already.

WTF does that mean?

hitchhike?

When's the last time you saw a hitchhiker?

What does that have to do with STDs?

Social demise.

 

[beagle9]

75 years ago, we were free, safe, and (relative the the world) prosperous. Then the dark ages came with the "Civil Rights movement". Crime skyrocketed. The government started coercing people to discriminate (and calling it freedom) while being engaged in a slander campaign against white people. Our freedoms, safety, and middle-class started evaporating.

Must have sucked having that white male AA taken from you partially?

75 years ago, Blacks were making nice economic gains from the savages their ancestors were in Africa. 75 years ago, black communities were relatively safe. 75 years ago, blacks were far more free than they are today. Sure, no one was admitting them into Harvard with low SAT scores.... But, no one was doing that for whites, either.

You really are delusional. I mean, your "facts" are so off kilter it is almost funny.

Black communities were certainly not safe. They may have been safe from black on black crime. But they were not safe. Black men could be accused by rumor, dragged from their homes and lynched. Law enforcement not only refused to arrest those responsible, they were often instrumental in these atrocities.

And regardless of their SAT scores (only 300,000 took students took the SAT in 1943), most blacks would never have been admitted to Harvard.

. And this means what today ? For some groups the past represents for them safer times, but you and your group want to trash that thinking why ? Yes, for sure there was worst times for different groups, and at different times in the world, but the reflection of times gone by where groups can remember a time of peace is A-ok in my book. We should all be working to have peace always, but some are hell bent on destroying the peace all due their personal anger for a number of reasons. Well don't spoil it for anyone else, and get counciling if you need it, but that ain't happening because you would claim the counselor as part of the conspiracy to hold you back by trying to trick you eh ?

 

[BulletProof]

But when you are forbidden from entering a certain store, using a certain water fountain, eating at a lunch counter, or registering to vote, you are certainly not more free.

And you are right. There were no federal laws forcing segregation. You are aware, I hope, that there were plenty of state and local laws that did enforce segregation?

I don't think coerced segregation laws were as common as we're led to believe. And, water fountains? No big deal. We have his and her restrooms, and as a guy stuck with usually the less impressive of the two restrooms, I'm more than fine with it. If you segregated your business yourself, it's your business.

Anyway, suppose segregation was everywhere and if you didn't segregate, the Democrat Party goon squad would shoot you in the head. That was a bad thing, whites being forcefully segregated. Those laws should have been repealed.... but not replaced with "reverse" racist laws which don't even rise to separate but equal.

Here's the thing about freedom, what you're not allowed to do is not as big a deal as what you're forced to do. No law forced anyone to drink from segregated water fountains, ever. You didn't have to drink from a public fountain in the first place. Additionally, if you chose to drink from a segregated water fountain, you still weren't being forced to do something you didn't want to do. No one ever went home and repented of caving to their thirst and drinking from a water fountain. What you object to is that the guy of the other race couldn't drink from the same fountain.

 

[beagle9]

Sometimes I long for the past.....a long gone past....

Right or wrong....it's just the vintage thing in me!

. I loved going out to trick or treat for Halloween when we were kids, and being able to go without our parents, and being able to go just about anywhere we wanted to go without worrying about anything. We came back with bags of candy that lasted almost till the end of November.

I believe that with modern technology, bad news spreads much more quickly than it did many years ago. If a child got molested 75ish years ago, it would perhaps be local news and people would be hush-hush to outsiders to avoid tarnishing there communities. Today when bad stuff happen it goes viral....something that was impossible before the net.

. Or there just wasn't that much of it back then.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

75 years ago, many of us were not born yet. We remember Happy Days, the 1950's, etc. No clue what was really going on because we were in our poodle skirts and wearing our ducktail haircuts and mom and dad paid all the bills.

George Clooney wants to show the world how bad the 50s were.

 

[JoeMoma]

Sometimes I long for the past.....a long gone past....

Right or wrong....it's just the vintage thing in me!

. I loved going out to trick or treat for Halloween when we were kids, and being able to go without our parents, and being able to go just about anywhere we wanted to go without worrying about anything. We came back with bags of candy that lasted almost till the end of November.

I believe that with modern technology, bad news spreads much more quickly than it did many years ago. If a child got molested 75ish years ago, it would perhaps be local news and people would be hush-hush to outsiders to avoid tarnishing there communities. Today when bad stuff happen it goes viral....something that was impossible before the net.

. Or there just wasn't that much of it back then.

Maybe.....or perhaps both.

 

[Asclepias]

Considering STD's, drug addiction, broken families, etc., it's no surprise that people have felt unsafe to hitchhike for a couple of generations already.

That because white serial killers started getting press and cops started giving people tickets for hitchhicking. Had nothing to do with the stuff you mentioned.