Posted on 10/27/2005 10:55:50 AM PDT by Shade2
Sowell should have a prime time TV show. It would be a huge hit. Don't tell CNN or MSNBC.
In one of his books, I forget which one exactly, Eugene Genovese pointed out that the turn-of-the-century union movement in Atlanta resulted in racism and poverty.
White tradesmen were enraged that black freedmen and their children were charging less for skilled labor than the whites used to charge when they alone were free tradesmen.
They banded together in guilds and unions and restricted trades jobs to union members. The unions were, of course, all white.
Thousands and thousands of skilled black tradesmen who were making a good living were thrown out of work almost overnight and were reduced to poverty.
Many left Georgia for points north and this was part of the reason for the phenomenon known as the Black Diaspora.
Note also that Jim Crow laws are a perfect example of ..... Ta da da da da ... democracy in action. There were more white voters than black voters, and many white voters had skewed views of race relations. The Southern politicians simply reflected the views of their (white) voters.
A Republic places limits on the power of Government.
Just like government, and unions and burglary and pretty much any other activity which seeks to gain something for nothing through either force or fraud.
I seem to recall that the whole Rosa Parks thing was a set-up by some civil rights group. Anybody know anything about this?
Couldn't agree more!
Yes, indeed;
An interesting read.
One thing I would like to know:
The other day there was a post saying that Miss Parks wasn't the 'hero' I thought she was.... That she was an employee of a civil rights group and the whole thing was a staged event by the organization from the beginning.
I hope that is not true, but I'd like to know for sure.
Anybody have real knowledge about this?
I seem to recall that you're smoking crack.
** You make money by doing what other people want, not what you want. **
Great concept, that is completely lost by the Left.
They think if I make a buck, it's because I stole it from some poor soul who had no choice in the matter.
I don't think smokers themselves are excluded from buses, just their lit cigarettes.
A thing to remind the next clown who decries the evils of capitalism and the virtues of "social justice."
Bless Thomas Sowell for his brilliant ability to expose the essential kernel of an issue! These words should be carved in stone somewhere.
Totally great read on history. I knew all this stuff, but had never put it ALTOGETHER. Sowell is great. Doesn't get enough recognition.
How clever of you. If ignorance is bliss, you must be a very happy person.
The picture that most of us have of Rosa Parks is that of typical African-American woman of the time who was dragged off to jail for being the first person to refuse to give up her seat on a bus.
In reality, she was far from typical, but was very politically active - she was a secretary for the local branch of the NAACP and affiliated with the Highlander Folk School (a political activist group).
Also, she was not arrested - she was fined that day and was liable to arrest afterwards for nonpayment of the fine.
And she was not the first. Plenty of black people had refused to abide by the ridiculousness of the seating policy in Birmingham - however, she was the first one who fit the profile the SCLC was looking for. She was young, female, well-educated, happily married, gainfully employed and active in her local church and civic organizations.
So the use of Rosa Parks as the test case was a carefully managed, media-savvy campaign and not the spontaneous mass movement it was made out to be.
But it was hardly a "set-up."
>>>Sowell should have a prime time TV show.<<<
Thomas Sowell is a good man.
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