
Disgusting: Liberals, White Guilt and Race Hustling (4)
Leveling the Playing Field
This great society program came out of the white guilt phenomena. There was already affirmative action to some degree in America, however. Under President John F. Kennedy and LBJ administration, this plan was designed to reverse discrimination. It was meant as a temporary means to help level the playing field for American blacks. As of today, over fifty years later, we can see this temporary plan in full effect. Those who benefited the least have been American blacks; just ask Senator Elizabeth Warren, now running for president.
Systematically Alienated From Their Roles as Husbands and Fathers
In the report, Moynihan documented the greatest threats facing the black families at the time was the rise of single motherhood. At the time it was around twenty-two percent. Today, however, it is at about seventy-seven percent. His report was severely condemned and dismissed by the Civil Rights groups and also the NAACP.
Acknowledging the Sins of the Past
Most of these whites would not picket or stand up for what was wrong with Jim Crow. However, after the Civil Rights and voting rights Act were passed, and America acknowledged the sins of the past and apologized for it, this opened the door. Those whites who stood on the sidelines started looking for ways to pay atonement for America’s great sins. This was the birth of a new movement, one that culminated with the election of America’s first Black President, Barack Obama.
The Elephant in the Room
One trend most liberals and race hustlers will never allude to was that the rise of the Civil Rights movement coincided with the decline in racial prejudice which threatened the Southern grip on Jim Crow. This is not to trivialize the Civil Rights movement or the sacrifices many made in their unrelenting pursuit for equality under the law and the end of racial quotas preferring whites during this torrid period. As economist and philosopher Thomas Sowell brilliantly put it, most private bus owners did not share the same sentiment towards segregation as the Southern Democratic law makers.