Did the American Politicans and the American Political Elite stop being racist ? [Archive]

tradeunionsupporter

25th June 2012, 09:22

Did the United States of America's Government pass civil right's laws voting right's laws and anti racial discrimination laws in the 1950's and the 1960's because the American Politicans and the American Political Elite stopped being racist ? I find it hard to believe that the American Presidents Eisenhower Kennedy and Johnson passed these civil rights laws because they cared or want to helped to felt sorry for Black People in America or American Indians also called Native Americans or Chicanos and or Asians or any other Non White Race or oppressed Race. I think these White Capitalist Politicans passed these laws because they felt they had to. During the Cold War the Soviet Union and many other Nation States criticized the United States of America for it's racism jim crow laws white privilege. The American Government wanted to be a super power so of course they had to pass these laws to make it look like they wanted to change. South Africa and Rhodesia had to give up it's Apartheid laws due to being criticized and economic sanctions and economic boycotts. There were civil rights laws voting rights laws passed after the American Civil War for Black People in America yet years later another Civil Rights law was passed why another one America already had one ? The fact is that we in America and the rest of the West always seem to have White Political Leaders and Presidents because of White Privilege. People think American Politics is no longer racist but George Wallace claimed that he changed too as did David Duke Pat Buchanan and Jared Taylor. Civil Rights Laws may of also been passed to stop race riots and other kinds of riots. The Non White Nations are not going to trade deal or work with the United States of America Rhodesia South Africa and the fact that the African and Asian Nations and other Nations were getting their Independence in the 1950's and the 1960's after World War 2. Does anyone agree ? The British Government and also Winston Churchill did not want to give up running India they forced to leave. In my view the American Government never wanted to pass Civil Rights Laws they were forced to also they got new voting blocs with the Voting Rights Laws it helped them to get more votes. The White Capitalist Politicans just wanted votes. President Harry Truman integrated the American Military in 1948 he knew a integrated American Military would work better. Franklin D. Roosevelt passed the Fair Employment Practices Committee. President Eisenhower integrated a high school in little rock in 1957 because of the 1954 brown vs board case Eisenhower also passed civil rights laws in 1957 and 1960. America pased the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 which America really only wanted cheap labor more wage slaves not to get more racial diversity. America did vote for President Obama but Obama works for the Capitalist Elite. Obama is a Capitalist. What has Obama done for Black People ? America is not really a integrated nation do you agree ? America is only integrated as far the laws. American Pro Baseball was integrated in 1947 by Jackie Robinson but the White Baseball team owner most likely only wanted to make a profit. There is still a wealth gap between the races. America was racist by it's laws untill the 1970's. My question is why do White Racists feel a need to keep their racism hidden ? Also is Capitalism based on Racism ? The White Supremacists on today say they just want Separation not White Supremacy y question to them is if you wanted Racial Separation why did you bring Black People to America from Africa as Slaves then and you enslaved other races for cheap labor or to force them to work for free like the Africans you enslaved you forced to live in what you claim are the White Homelands is this correct thank you ?

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Jimmie Higgins

27th June 2012, 10:16

It's a lot of questions. In short my view is that black struggle was the decisive thing in challenging the racial system. Splits and concerns among US rulers played a part but were not decisive; these cracks (for example: splits between the old rural white eliete in the south and the post-war newly dominant urban-southern white elite who didn't need a strict caste system as much as they needed functioning capitalism) allowed parts of the black struggle to act as a wedge to break things open.

But the state never stopped being racist for it's own reasons. And racism was re-branded and reshaped as the struggles of the 1960s and 70s began to be pushed back. With economic decline in the 1970s, the ruling class turned to racism and created what people have been calling "the new Jim Crow" after the book of the same name. This would be the prison system along with the war on drugs and the anti-tax movements - all of these things and more helped push back some gains of the civil rights era and create a new way to control the black population specifically.

Of course other groups are also impacted by racism, but blacks are historically the ones who are targeted and are sort of a keystone for US racism and class-rule.