What the hell happened in just one generation...?
Reverend
King brings down the house of Segregation only to have his successors
help dismantle Integration into whole new generation of Segregation. The
reasons are complex. But the reality is not. Whereas Blacks &
Whites work together and often even live together, try finding large
numbers of them being entertained together.
Not likely, as the
crowds in ball parks, concert halls, movie houses, comedy clubs and
theatres are as racially segregated as ever. No, there is no restricted
seating. There's simply only a few of the other color there to be
seated!
Blacks have their venues; Whites have theirs; and lately
the twain hardly ever meets. You can quibble with some of the stats, but
your eyes will tell you the story. Does this mean King was wrong when
he envisioned the races living side by side...? Or dos it mean Lincoln
was right when he believed that in freeing the slaves, their best
freedom might be found in their own lands...?
I was there for the
marches. I was there with King's followers. I don't know where you
were...but I do know this. If you're White you're still being
entertained mostly among White audiences; if you're Black, you're mostly
being entertained among Black audiences.
As I said: What the hell happened in just one generation???
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