The Triangle

Ryan,

A.) I never said the sole purpose of the civil war was to free the slaves. It was one of the reasons, yes. While some history professors say that it was purely for economical reasons, there are several civil war historians who stated it was fought specifically to free the slaves (Ken Burns being an outspoken advocate of this idea. I, however, believe it was fought for three reasons. First, to preserve economic conditions of the north. Second, to free slaves. Third, from the south's perspective, to preserve the 10th Amendment of the Constitution and to rebel federalism. It is misleading for you to say I am supporting one theory when I never alude to that.

B.) I never "compared" the KKK to the NAACP. In fact, in my commentary, I specifically state that the NAACP is NOT the KKK, and that Julian Bond's racebaiting is a mistake that hate groups use as one of their weapons. But, I never, not once, say the NAACP is like the KKK. I might have used the two organizations in the same sentence, but to say I "compared" them is a prejudicial term as if I think they are one in the same. I specifically seperated the two in my commentary to avoid just that.

C.) Do you understand the economic history behind poverty? Let's take Philadelphia, for example. During the beginning of the 20th century, Philadelphia was relatively thriving. War economies almost always boost the manufacturing industry among other sectors of the economy. Once WW2 ended, the manfacturing jobs left town with the workers still holding on to the residency. No jobs, but people stayed, perpetuating a jobless economic cycle. Now, while there is a disproportionate number of blacks that are poor to whites, there are many other factors towards poverty than race, and blacks are not necessarily poor 100% because of slavery (although it did contribute to the problem). Even if whites are a percentage responsible, that means the whites of yesteryear are, not the whites of today. If you want sins of the father to be applied to us now, it is not only racist, but it is also counterproductive towards eliminating racial or class jealousy.

If you don't agree with my philosophical view, fine. If you don't like my view on the leadership of the NAACP, fine. But don't read through the commentary and pick out the parts that make you angry, while igoring everything else. You missed my point entirely in your response.

Ironically, you say the Black Panthers made known the interests of blacks. Funny, the Black Panthers only knew violent racial revolution, not positive change. You think it was disgusting of me to mention the KKK and NAACP in the same sentence (even though I seperated the 2?

It's disgusting you put the Black Panthers and Dr. King in the same sentence. How hypocritical.