Finished Tu 8/17/21 After doctor's visit with Agnes Fenner
This is a book that I borrowed on Kindle from the library. I think that I heard the author on a podcast and I'm glad I got the book. This is one of the 'Critical Race Theory' books that has gotten the D.F.N. (Dumb Fuck Nation) in a snit.
Zero Sum Game: Any aid given to ethnic or racial minorities subtracts from the dominant white race. "Whatever they get takes away from what we have".
The book demonstrates that although blacks are harder hit, this kind of thinking also negatively impacts white people. And there are more white people that are hurt than blacks because there are more whites in the country.
***I was shocked (but not surprised) to learn that during the late fifties and early sixties numerous communities decided to fill in swimming pools rather than accept integration. This occurred in the south as well as the north.
She writes of a southern pundit and author who opposed slavery because it showed that the slave states had almost no concerns for the community. Northern states had many times more public libraries and public schools than the south. The slave states didn't care because it was just the 1% running 99% of the country. The rich could easily afford what they needed and could care less about anyone else. This disparity still exists and it's very evident, but rarely mentioned so it seems like it doesn't exist.
The policy decisions of the 40's through the 60's was specially designed to only help whites. The GI Bill didn't do much to further black's educational opportunities and in housing it specifically denied black homeowners due to 'red lining'. This was a method to deny home loans to blacks because they were located in poor areas and they were automatically rejected because they were bad risks. Nothing was ever done to prove that poor whites were a better risk than poor blacks.
I want to read more books on 'Critical Race Theory'.
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