jbrownson0831
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Blacks are oppressed by themselves.You seem to be full of white supremacist mythologizing. Blaming folk for being oppressed by the system.That's funny.... "a link".... if you are not familiar with the liberal social policies between the Democrats and blacks from the 1960s - 1980s.... then what the hell are you posting on an American forum about Black struggles??That wasnt mentioned in the film. It seemed that housing policy was an extension of Jim Crow and designed to keep black folk out of white neighbourhoods. A bit like Soweto.Manufactured by liberal social policies that was designed to segregate blacks into slum housing projects.The doc argues that the hood is a manufactured environment. Its difficult to disagree with.Depends on if its in the hood or in a decent place.What I am saying is that going to a better funded school is better than going to a poorly funded school. Thats pretty basic stuff.Are you saying that going to school with a bunch of white kids and living with a bunch of white kids is better than going to school with a bunch of black kids and living with a bunch of black kids? That's Wacist..The Black American Fight for Freedom
Fifty years on from the promise of equality and the Civil Rights Act, this documentary reveals the moments where America had the chance to become more equal and why that didn’t happen.www.bbc.co.uk
I dont know if this is available over there.
Its basically explaining why America is where it is today. It starts with the fight against segregated housing in Chicago and features Dorothy Guatreaux a black woman who had the outrageous belief that as an American she could live where she chose.
It showed the barriers she faced from whitey in Chicago She won her case but very little changed.
It moves on to Detroit and the case of Helen Moore , a lady who wanted to send her kids to a better school. It explains how housing affects shooling and eventually life chances. The better off areas get better funded schools and it becomes self perpetuating.
Mrs Moore won her case but it then went to the Supreme Court. They agreed that she was suffering discrimination but declined to back the solution of bussing.
The film moves on to the Justice system but I had lost the will to live and I will watch that later.
Its a sobering watch but it trashed the usual racist bolloks we hear on these forums.
It worked flawlessly. Prior to these policies and building mass housing units all over the map - America was reasonably unsegregated. After - whole cities overnight became segregated.
And the Democrats applauded.
Perhaps you have a link to illustrate the point you are making ?
Seriously... how could it be possible you don't know?
You never heard of welfare?? Never heard of the housing projects? Never heard of the schools they built next to the projects - so black kids would go there and not white neighborhoods?? Never heard of mass test standards lowered so blacks looked like they were doing ok...when their actual education was little better than 3rd grade??
If a documentary you watched doesn't cover the single largest reason why blacks are so much behind literally every other race in the country - then you should be asking why did they exclude that?
This case was covered by the film.
Race, poverty and fair housing: Chicago’s landmark Gautreaux case winds down
A federal judge, several lawyers and representatives of the Chicago Housing Authority on Friday formalized a special date: July 31, 2024. If all goes as planned, that last Wednesday of July more th…www.chicagotribune.com