Is segregation going to come back?
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“After a recent change by the Trump administration, the federal government no longer explicitly prohibits contractors from having segregated restaurants, waiting rooms and drinking fountains.”
”While there are still state and federal laws that outlaw segregation and discrimination that companies need to comply with, legal experts say this change to contracts across the federal government is significant.”
Slippery slope fallacy, I know I know. But with the way things are going….?? What do you think, is this one small step towards reverting back to segregation? Or is this not going to affect anything due to state and other federal laws?
Why do you think they’d delete that?
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I hope not but the the Turd Hates HATES HATES people of color. He considers them dirty. and nasty ! ! !
Institutional integration will probably last a little while longer due to state laws, but segregation never really ended anyway. I saw an example in the schools when the black students all sat together and did not join the white students on the playground.
My youngest grandson was subjected to “reverse” discrimination in school. He was the only white student left in his class (after all the white kids left) and was bullied so badly he refused to go back to school.
A large percentage of our population is either not-white or of mixed race. Segregation as it used to be would be impractical today. It’s an out-of-date law that’s been removed. I believe this is one of Trump’s initiatives.
People self segregate to some extent still today anyway, but we are more mixed than ever before. I am not sure how much things will change if the laws or lack of laws start letting segregation and discrimination be legal again. Most of America is not going to segregate restaurants, water fountains, and swimming pools, but there will be some people who will if they can get away with it. They will call their business private clubs or something, is what I expect. I don’t think government areas, government public areas, will outwardly segregate.
My impression is most of the Christian Right are very determined to show they are not racist. Many white families have adopted Black children, they insist they are not racist, they accuse the left of over focusing on race. Eventually, the Republicans are going to have to reconcile having White Supremacists in their voting block. I am not calling all Republicans WS, I am saying if the WS really start having a major visible effect that cannot be ignored, then the Republicans who are not racist will have to admit there is a problem and speak up. We will see what happens.
Personally, I do think we need the laws, but I don’t think the country will go back to the days of massive segregation in institutions and commercial businesses without them.
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