Tag: the Great Society

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During our formative years, most Americans heard much about the celebrated civil rights activist Martin Luther King and his lofty teleological vision. His doctrines, promulgated under the halo of reverence, present a compelling vision of racial harmony best exemplified in the “I have a dream” speech. This discourse ornamented with biblical flourishes conceived of a golden future in which people would be judged only by the content of their character. Another keynote of the speech envisions blacks and whites living side by side in perpetual friendship and good will. (more…)

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Beware of a new epidemic, Gibsmedat Fever!

Blacks with an entitlement complex think the government that freed their long-forgotten ancestors now owes them back wages. This became San Francisco’s second Black Plague when they entertained the ridiculous idea of collective compensation. (more…)

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Gary Gerstle
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: American and the World in the Free Market Era
New York: Oxford University Press, 2022

Professor Gary Gerstle teaches at Oxford University and has written several excellent books about America and its racial and social problems. One such book is American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century, which was first published in 2001 and was later updated with a few extra chapters describing Black Lives Matter terrorism and some quotes from the cast of non-whites in the Hamilton minstrel show who were mad about Trump being elected. (more…)