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Survey Reveals Mixed Feelings about Brown v. Board of Ed

It's been 50 years since Pulaski County, Arkansas's Central High integrated, and believe it or not, some people still aren't so sure it was a good idea.

Researchers at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock called 1,666 people in Pulaski County and asked them about race relations in the community since the Central High crisis.

The majority of respondents (69 percent) said integration was a change for the better, but the demographic breakdown was pretty interesting: While 77 percent of African Americans surveyed said the crisis had a positive effect on the community, just 61 percent of whites did.

And some of the negative comments were real gems:

The black culture is different in a negative way and I don’t want this influencing the white culture. - White female, 79 years old

Sometimes black teachers give special treatment to the black students, that affects the quality of education the white students receive. - White female, 55 years old

Oy.






Comments

“oy” “OY!” What the hell country are you living in?

It’s a good thing they didn’t take the survey on the south side of Chicago where I grew up (Pulaski road, amazingly enough), because if they had asked the white-middle-trash haters there… Oh wait, where DID they all go? Geee, there’s not even any white-middle-trash LEFT on the south side of Chicago. What does THAT tell you socialists (liberals, leftists, progressives, whatEVER)?

The national Democratic party collapsed primarily BECAUSE they had the gall to tell the likes of the Chicago white-middle-trash that “those people” are human (the local Democratic machine, btw, was as naturally racist as any other group of losers usually is). Humans need SOMEBODY to despise. When the white-middle-trash were left without an officially sanctioned hate-target, they started voting Republican. Now the majority group in `merican can’t openly despise ANYBODY (other than each other), no wonder they are piss-off facists!!

You people need to get out of San Francisco more often.

(You probably think everybody has access to grass-fed beef too! Unbelievable..)

Posted by: john on 09/18/07 at 11:58 AM  Respond

John, why the hate? Are you a Semite?

Posted by: Mary Jo on 09/18/07 at 12:08 PM  Respond

Mary Jo, I don't "hate" the white-trash. I’m FROM the white-trash. I work with them. I HEAR them. Hating them would be like hating a pit-bull for being – well – a pit pull. The NATURAL state of many humans is “trash”, that’s why the world is in the wonderful shape that it’s in, and history has been soooo “interesting”. Without the ignorant “trash populations”, who would our glorious leaders have to kill the “enemy” with. Why, without “the trash” history would be dull. No gleeful German “trash” killing the Jews (it wasn’t JUST Hitler having all that fun, ya-know), no gleeful 1st cavalry exterminating the Injuns, no enthusiastic slaughtering of Gooks in the jungles to help stop those rampaging dominoes. Nope, the “trash” MAKE life what it is.

Besides, some of my best “friends” are white-middle-trash (MIDDLE-trash: I do have my standards). I wouldn’t want my daughter marrying one though.

Posted by: John on 09/18/07 at 12:41 PM  Respond

John, "White Trash" is a racist term like "Nigger". Please do not express your racism in the posts. I know that too many Blacks call each other niggers and say nigger this and nigger that, but it is still wrong. Just because you may be a self loathing White does not make it right for you to use the term any more than it is right for a Black to use the word nigger. You can say "cracker", but not "White cracker". Clean up your hate speech. MoJo is a hate free zone.

Posted by: Goober Jones on 09/18/07 at 3:31 PM  Respond

Then it's pretty obvious that "hate free zones" work about as well at protecting us from hateful postings as "gun free zones" work at keeping us free from criminals with guns.

This message board is full of john, hating on everyone who isn't john, and "gun free" school zones are a harvesting ground of defenseless victims.

Posted by: MissDemeanor on 09/18/07 at 3:48 PM  Respond

Curious.
Looked at from the other direction, nearly 1 in 4 (23%) blacks apparently felt the effects of Brown vs. B.O.E. were negative, or at least Not Positive, and the spread between them and 39% of whites really isn't THAT huge a gap.

We're 'treated' to some very ugly quotes from white people. Wonder what sort of quotes we aren't hearing from the blacks who don't think it was all that hot a deal..?

From the article:
"The Central High crisis resulted in a change for the worse: 10 percent whites / seven percent blacks."

Very curious.

Posted by: gvc on 09/18/07 at 6:04 PM  Respond

Some Blacks, especially the Black Muslims, like segregated schools that are all Black. Black Power they say. They say that the "crackers" just don't understand them, so be rid of them. I personally like diversity at school, but I know that a lot of Blacks do not. They are entitled to their opinion.

Posted by: Latasha Jackson on 09/18/07 at 7:49 PM  Respond

Um - I'm in the middle to tell you the truth.

I'm a white guy who went to a school that was truly 50/50 white & black. I made great friends from both races, I also had enemies from both.

I found that more problems occur when races are separate from one another. So, in that sense, I think integration is a good thing.

Posted by: Jiggy on 09/19/07 at 11:33 AM  Respond

Me too.
I went to majority white schools, but they reflected the balance of the area I lived in.
The first band I played in (grade school) was a 3-piece, one of the three being our black drummer. Later shared an apartment with a guitarist buddy, who happened to be black.
However, I've always felt that if people don't WANT to mix, then forcing them to would likely only result in resentment and backlash.

You don't change what's in people's hearts with laws and billy-clubs.

Posted by: gvc on 09/19/07 at 12:01 PM  Respond

You right gvc.

Posted by: Billybob T. on 09/19/07 at 12:20 PM  Respond

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