Growing up in the South of the 1950s, I remember the various signs in the windows and on the doors of the businesses in town saying, “No Coloreds” I also remember the outrage in certain quarters when the Johnson “civil rights” laws were passed banning such signage. It was considered “un American” to be told WHO you could serve and who you couldn’t!
Recently, this has been the stand of more and more Republicans, starting with Rand Paul – his Rachel Maddow interview points to that! A large proportion of Trump supporters are already getting the signs ready!
Granted, THIS decision does no completely clear the way for a total return to “Jim Crow” but the Supreme Court’s direction here is clearly discernible
I wonder if we’ll go all the way back to the old signage – “Help Wanted! No Irish Need Apply!” and “Papists Not Welcome!” America has a very storied history of discrimination from which to pick and choose! At various times, we even discriminated against the Chinese, Germans and Jews!
Growing up in the South of the 1950s, I remember the various signs in the windows and on the doors of the businesses in town saying, “No Coloreds” I also remember the outrage in certain quarters when the Johnson “civil rights” laws were passed banning such signage. It was considered “un American” to be told WHO you could serve and who you couldn’t!
Recently, this has been the stand of more and more Republicans, starting with Rand Paul – his Rachel Maddow interview points to that! A large proportion of Trump supporters are already getting the signs ready!
Granted, THIS decision does no completely clear the way for a total return to “Jim Crow” but the Supreme Court’s direction here is clearly discernible
I wonder if we’ll go all the way back to the old signage – “Help Wanted! No Irish Need Apply!” and “Papists Not Welcome!” America has a very storied history of discrimination from which to pick and choose! At various times, we even discriminated against the Chinese, Germans and Jews!