• This is a political forum that is non-biased/non-partisan and treats every person's position on topics equally. This debate forum is not aligned to any political party. In today's politics, many ideas are split between and even within all the political parties. Often we find ourselves agreeing on one platform but some topics break our mold. We are here to discuss them in a civil political debate. If this is your first visit to our political forums, be sure to check out the RULES. Registering for debate politics is necessary before posting. Register today to participate - it's free!

Colin Kaepernick and Black Power...

I dunno if recognizing how far we have come is really patting ourselves on the back, so much as recognizing we can improve. We have done it.

Fair enough...but you understand, of course, that one of the prevailing arguments from the "racism is no longer a thing" crowd is "look at how it used to be, and how much better it is now".
 
When I was in the navy, I served with a guy named Grady Jackson, a senior chief, black as you could be. You would never mistake him for some one heavily tanned, he was jet black. I got along really well with him and he kinda took me under his wing. He one night when nothing was going on told me some stories from when he was just a youngun in the navy, back in the 60s. You did not go to the head by yourself, you took 2 frinds, because trouble making groups of whites and blacks would jump people of the other race if they where alone. Blacks always tended to do worse on evals unless they where really exceptionally good, which made advancement harder. There where riots and near riots. The painfully weak command structure of the time could or would do nothing to stop it.

Whenever any one talks about how little we have come, or that we are no beter than we were, I think back to Senior Jackson's stories, and think, you know, maybe we are improving, maybe we have gotten better. I think we just see how far there is to go, and lose sight of how much has been done.

Good post!

We have made progress. There is still work to be done though.
 
Back
Top Bottom