sliding backwards

[G_j]

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3469039

Racial Justice Act Repealed By North Carolina Lawmakers
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[gordianot]

1. Jim Crowe has returned as a Republican Zombie. n/t

[spanone]

2. republican mindset...if you can't beat 'em, cheat 'em

[marmar]

3. The only good I can see coming out of all of what's going on now ........

....... is a re-igniting of massive activism. You can never get complacent when it comes to civil rights and civil liberties. Someone is always waiting to yank them away.

[G_j]

4. absolutely! nt

[Horse with no Name]

5. The dying majority of white male power

they aren't going to go quietly into the night.

[G_j]

7. Unfortunately,

some of them are on the SCOTUS.
Now we are seeing amped up efforts to deny blacks the right to vote.

[Carolina]

6. so true

K&R

So many of us kicked back and relaxed after the hard won battles of the 50s and 60s (and abortion in the 70s). Yet look where we are today. So sad. There truly is no rest and the fight never ends.

[rurallib]

8. Wish I could agree

Americans for the most part are so complacent and cowed that I doubt anything can move them anymore.