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Walter E. Williams: Blacks of yesteryear and today
I was a teenager, growing up in the Richard Allen housing project of North Philadelphia, when Emmett Till was lynched in Money, Mississippi, on Aug. 28, 1955, and his brutalized,
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Hello black Americans did much better in the early to middle parts of the 20th century. The fathers and grandparents of modern-day adult blacks did a great job. What great men they were.
Today there are crime problems, high divorce rates, astronomical child born out of wedlock rates, and all sorts of issues with black Americans. High drug use rates. They did not have these problems in the 1940s. Well packing those days they had honor. And in large part of US government, including Republicans have let down the black man in this country. They did much better, but is our government government and our population in the 40s and 50s.
At least we have the glorious pass to look on. White people also have similar problems today. There you go. All of America’s problems of today are coinciding with the rise of anti-Americanism and blm , the big lie that in 2024 the black man hasn’t worse. The big lie that America is built upon racism and evil.
If we can respect our American ancestors black-and-white and respect American traditions, we will get back to the glory days. Back in the day we had a better middle class. America has lost its way.