Comments on: Have we really changed? http://noeasyanswers.com/2008/11/have-we-really-changed/ Just Easy Questions Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:33:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: D http://noeasyanswers.com/2008/11/have-we-really-changed/comment-page-1/#comment-14 D Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:49:06 +0000 http://noeasyanswers.com/?p=79#comment-14 What I think is more depressing about the passing of Prop 8 are the percentages of minority voters who voted in favor of it rather than opposed. It's saddening, and a little worrisome, that the groups whose great interest it was in electing President-elect Obama to office had an even bigger investment in seeing a piece of discrimination written into the California State Constitution. What I think is more depressing about the passing of Prop 8 are the percentages of minority voters who voted in favor of it rather than opposed. It’s saddening, and a little worrisome, that the groups whose great interest it was in electing President-elect Obama to office had an even bigger investment in seeing a piece of discrimination written into the California State Constitution.

]]> By: erock http://noeasyanswers.com/2008/11/have-we-really-changed/comment-page-1/#comment-13 erock Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:55:31 +0000 http://noeasyanswers.com/?p=79#comment-13 We, as Americans, like to think of ourselves and portray ourselves as fair-minded, equality-conscious, champions of underdogs around the world. That's a nice dream but history doesn't bear it out. Native Americans, Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, Irish Americans, Italian Americans; all have been or are on the receiving end of inequality. African Americans probably received the worst treatment of all. Even women were not afforded the simple right to vote until relatively recently. We have tolerated an atmosphere of anti-Semitism. When JFK was elected, some believed he would turn over control of the US to the Pope. Many today equate Islam with terrorism. And the poor have always been seen as being somewhat less. The point of all this? Equality in the US does not come naturally. It's a tug-of-war, fought tooth and nail by both sides, until the majority is finally dragged over to the side of rightness and fairness through the use of governmental mechanisms put in place by the founding fathers. We, as Americans, like to think of ourselves and portray ourselves as fair-minded, equality-conscious, champions of underdogs around the world. That’s a nice dream but history doesn’t bear it out. Native Americans, Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, Irish Americans, Italian Americans; all have been or are on the receiving end of inequality. African Americans probably received the worst treatment of all. Even women were not afforded the simple right to vote until relatively recently. We have tolerated an atmosphere of anti-Semitism. When JFK was elected, some believed he would turn over control of the US to the Pope. Many today equate Islam with terrorism. And the poor have always been seen as being somewhat less.

The point of all this? Equality in the US does not come naturally. It’s a tug-of-war, fought tooth and nail by both sides, until the majority is finally dragged over to the side of rightness and fairness through the use of governmental mechanisms put in place by the founding fathers.

]]> By: erock http://noeasyanswers.com/2008/11/have-we-really-changed/comment-page-1/#comment-12 erock Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:01:38 +0000 http://noeasyanswers.com/?p=79#comment-12 Here's a story about how some people are reacting to the election: http://www.wapt.com/politics/17925627/detail.html Pearl, MS. You may remember the town from this story: http://www.cnn.com/US/9806/12/school.shooting.verdict/ Here’s a story about how some people are reacting to the election: http://www.wapt.com/politics/17925627/detail.html

Pearl, MS. You may remember the town from this story:
http://www.cnn.com/US/9806/12/school.shooting.verdict/

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