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In reply to the discussion: 9 Ways FDR's 'New Deal' Purposely Excluded Blacks [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)But he was not an FDR Democrat, and that was my point. FDR worked on economic equality without doung a damn thing about racial justice and it increased the gap between white and black by the way the monies and benefits were distributed. That is why the title FDR dems means, economic justice with no social justice. So those who use the title may think it is an all inclusive title that anyone shoukd want to bear, but in actuality, those who were left out are not interested. We know FDR focused exclusively on economics and did nothing about FAIRNESS. Regardless of the things he did, the damage that was done by not making these programs fair in the first place caused harm.
I think folks should stop getting angry that we black folks are not nostalgic for the same times that they are and try to understand WHY we are not. And they should maybe realize that they are nostalgic for no reason or a reason that we do not share. Things were not the same for everybody. A trip back in time to the FDR days would get my black self lynched real quick like.