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From: ughenry@sunybcs.UUCP (Henry Neeman)
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Subject: Re: Re:  I don't favor Apartheid, but...
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Date: Tue, 28-May-85 17:17:28 EDT
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From postnews Tue May 28 16:35:53 1985
References: <1102@cbosgd.UUCP> <694@ssc-vax.UUCP> <168@ttrdc.UUCP> <329@philabs.UUCP>
> Furthermore, for all you white, liberal, mealy-mouthed, well educated, 
> BMW driving, quiche-eating (get the picture?) bleeding hearts out there,
> the only way to get rid of racism is to destroy the source of racism.  
> You cannot reform a racist government, it didn't work here it won't work
> there.  
> 						Brian Day
[Note:  since I'm only addressing this one point, I deleted 2-3 paragraphs
of other stuff.]
  What do you mean, "it didn't work here"?  Did I miss a revolution in the
1950's-60's?  (I admit I wasn't born until 1965, but I have read a few books.)
It seems to me that, prior to the Brown v. Topeka (?) Board of Education, there
were "Jim Crow" laws in this country which allowed for "separate but 'equal'"
facilities for blacks and other minorities.  It seems that this is no longer
the case.  It seems that there are no more poll taxes, poll reading tests,etc.,
in this country (although there are people who would like to see them come
back).  It seems that racial discrimination by any branch of any government
in the U.S.A. (federal, state, local) is ILLEGAL, to say nothing of frowned
upon.
  It also seems to me that all of this was accomplished primarily by two
means:  changes in social perceptions (on the part of the citizenry) and
legislation (on the part of the federal you-know-who).  Perhaps you've
heard of the Civil Rights Acts of '64 and '65 (I believe); are these
manifestations of a violent overthrow of the U.S. government prior to my
birth?
  It seems, then, that you can reform a racist government.
  By the way, I am white (Jewish, no less), liberal, but I don't drive
a BMW (I don't even own a car), I don't like quiche, and, as to whether
I'm "mealy-mouthed" or a "bleeding heart", well, I'll leave that up to
the reader, as they say.  So there.

"Are Jews white?
Well, technically yes, but..."  -- NatLamp


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                     Henry J. Neeman (ughenry@buffalo)

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