Re: Rosa Parks
Rod,<br /><br />I think you need one of the secret decoder rings when repubs talk, so that you can figure out what they really mean when they say what they say.<br /><br />As for Rosa Parks, she was a brave woman, no doubt.<br /><br />But to the extent she started the race struggle in this country, she didn't end it. We continue to have a race problem in this country.<br /><br />It's been a struggle fought between the black community and mostly White Christian males. Hardly a generation ago, we witnessed our leaders trying to block school children from even attending schools,etc.<br /><br />Now we as a society have made significant progress in the last generation, but it has been in spite of the White Christian males in this country, and not because of them.<br /><br />All sorts of tactics have been employed to achieve that progress, from the peaceful demonstations of people like MLK, to the more radical Malcom X, and all manner of others.<br /><br />To the extent that new black leaders use pressure tactics, some of which may be disagreeable to some, it is not difficult to understand. Even if you disagree with the tactic.<br /><br />When for a generation they have been fighting White Christian males every step of the way, it may not be the easiest thing to convince these black leaders that the solution to their problems rests with the new batch of White Christian leaders.
