Saturday, September 18, 2010

The Black Press

The black press film really opened my eyes to a part of history that I was not aware of, and seems to be a dark time for the rights and liberties of free speech and a failure of the government. Regardless of the segregation that was happening, there is no excuse for the federal government not to intervene and deal with the corruption of lynchings, burning down the presses, and other atrocities.

The struggle of the individuals that were involved in the printing and circulation of these papers are heroes, both to their race and to their nation. I am baffled at some of the evils of the State and local governments of the south.

How are we going to keep this from happening in the future? If not African Americans what if it is Arab-Americans or Muslims or homosexuals? We might be more technologically advanced than the 19th and early 20th centuries but I still see no evidence of being "smarter" as some people would believe. How are we going to stop the discrimination that is happening now, and keep it from turning into another dark period for America?

Does this sound like we have progressed any,

"We already got one raghead in the White House, we don’t need a raghead in the governor’s mansion." - Jake Knotts, South Carolina state senator



More from South Carolina:

South Carolina Senate President Glenn McConnell

Is anyone going to do something about it? This is the federal and local governments. Robert Byrd, the longest running senator ending in 2010, ran on the segregationist ticket in the 50's.

It might sound radical, perhaps a little naive but, I feel like the news is so censored, sometimes to get real stories, you have to turn to satirical news shows such as The Daily Show. You must dig through some heavy sarcasm but they are telling facts that other news agencies don't touch, all with no other agenda by ad agencies or networks most likely due to their large fan base. Sometimes they will show big stories that no other news channel even touched on!(while of course making fun of them and exposing their downfalls). How can comedy central have some of the most watched news programs? Ridiculous times we are living in.

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