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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: LindyBill who wrote (77184)2/24/2003 3:24:30 PM
From: michael97123  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Bill,
I knew alot of folks in the sixties in the north who said they didnt object to lester maddox refusing to serve food to blacks. I said what if it was a black family whose child was hungry. They would say Tough--this is america-- a store keeper can serve who he wants. And then i said what if they had no place to sleep and were turned away by the Motel--same answer--even if it was freezing cold??.
In defense of John, i think he is remembering those types of arguments against the 1964 civil rights law and wrongly applying it to his overall view of AA. Many folks do that. AA was is a valid means to right wrongs by essentially breaking a tie or a close call in a certain way. When it gets out of control as it might have in Michigan, it becomes quotas and those are bad. Mike
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