Racism on Both Sides of the Mason-Dixon Line | National Catholic Reporter

Racism on Both Sides of the Mason-Dixon Line | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Confederate sympathizers are often Scotch-Irish, while the cops on the beat still are a largely Irish force - both by family tradition.  Civilization is about abandoning family loyalties and doing the right thing because it is the right thing.  Like taking down the bloody flag or putting cops under a microscope for how they deal with Blacks.



Democrats have been moving from Jefferson-Jackson to Kennedies-King for a long time, starting in DC.  Jump in, the water is fine!  Its also a bad idea to offend your donors, which is why DC changed as the black and white in Wards 3 and 4 love the Kennedies and Dr. King, not Jeffereson or Jackson.



Serra is different, its not political to canonize someone. A Devil's Advocate would have been good.  Serra used the sword like Charlemagne and Clovis, but neither king is sainted.



Cities are racist in the north.  First the WASPs moved out when the well-to-do Irish moved in, then the Irish moved out because of the Jews, then the African Americans then the Latinos.  The law is supposed to stop this, but I suspect that socialist cooperatives taking over home building and selling to members is the only thing that stops ethnic patterning, as it is just not done to move out of the neighborhood when your boss or employees move in.  Even if you don't want your daughter dating their son (which is what happens now in Ward 3 of DC).  On funding improvements, socialist cooperatives will take care of that too - no more giving neighborhoods improvements based on their property tax payments.  It goes without saying that suing Gov.Walker for doing just this would be a bonus.  Sadly, people think in terms of supply and demand in housing, not in terms of equity.  Equity would give us a land value tax and citizens dividend.  On this topic, you can do economic efficiency or equity. Hard to do both - but we probably should not do both (again, the solidarity answer is smart growth by employee-owned socialist cooperatives).



I am glad for your parents.  May they continue to be an example through your writings.  Amazing what occurred in so called liberal Connecticut!  I am always amazed when there are disconnects between political agendas and personal beliefs.  The term is limosene liberal (my liberal sister and brother-in-law can be very Ozzie and Harriet, especially on the issue of who in the marriage should work, buy my sister supports Sanders, as do I).



Solidarity, to work, has to start with economic change.  No one objects to someone different in the neighborhood if they are the CEO, very rich or famous.  Real equality will stop anyone from objecting to anyone.