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Apr 21, 2020reganellis Apr 21, 2020reganellis Aug 12, 2019Bond Uploader	3 BUT DESPITE A 10-YEAR INCREASE OF 150% IN THE NUMBER OF BLACKS HOLDING OFFICE, DESPITE THE ABILITY TO SIT OR EAT OR RIDE OR VOTE IN PLACES THAT FORMERLY LACKED BLACK FACES, IN A REAL WAY WE FIND OUR CONDITION UNCHANGED. A QUICK LOOK AT EVERY STATISTIC THAT MEASURES HOW WELL OR POORLY A GROUP OF PEOPLE IS DOING--INFANT MORTALITY RATES, MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, LIFE EXPECTANCY--SHOWS THAT WHILE OUR GENERAL CONDITION HAS IMPROVED, OUR RELATIVE CONDITION HAS ACTUALLY WORSENED. IS IT ALMOST AS THOUGH WE WERE CLIMBING A MOLASSES MOUNTAIN DRESSED IN SNOWSHOES, WHILE EVERYONE ELSE RIDES A RATHER LEISURELY SKI-LIFE TO THE TOP. HOW THE SKI SLOPES ARE MORE TREACHEROUS AND THE MOLASSES MELTING INTO MUD, A SARGASSO SEA OF CRIME IN HIGH PLACES, OF JOBLESSNESS FOR MANY AND HOPELESSNESS FOR MORE. YESTERDAY'S GAINS BECOME SUSPECT. THE BUS FRONT SEAT LOSES MEANING FOR A PEOPLE WHOSE LONGEST TRIP IS LIKELY TO BE FROM THE FEUDAL SYSTEM OF THE RURAL SOUTH TO THE MECHANIZED, HIGH-RISE POVERTY OF THE NORTH. THE RIGHT TO VOTE LOSES MEANING FOR A PEOPLE FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE. THE STRUGGLES OF THE SIXTIES WERE CARRIED FORWARD AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT, BOTH BECAUSE THE VICTIMS BECAME THEIR OWN VEST CHAMPIONS AND BECAUSE THEY FOUND A SYMPATHETIC EAR IN THE BODY POLITIC.	3 BUT DESPITE A 10-YEAR INCREASE OF 150% IN THE NUMBER OF BLACKS HOLDING OFFICE, DESPITE THE ABILITY TO SIT OR EAT OR RIDE OR VOTE IN PLACES THAT FORMERLY LACKED BLACK FACES, IN A REAL WAY WE FIND OUR CONDITION UNCHANGED. A QUICK LOOK AT EVERY STATISTIC THAT MEASURES HOW WELL OR POORLY A GROUP OF PEOPLE IS DOING--INFANT MORTALITY RATES, MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, LIFE EXPECTANCY--SHOWS THAT WHILE OUR GENERAL CONDITION HAS IMPROVED, OUR RELATIVE CONDITION HAS ACTUALLY WORSENED. IS IT ALMOST AS THOUGH WE WERE CLIMBING A MOLASSES MOUNTAIN DRESSED IN SNOWSHOES, WHILE EVERYONE ELSE RIDES A RATHER LEISURELY SKI-LIFE TO THE TOP. HOW THE SKI SLOPES ARE MORE TREACHEROUS AND THE MOLASSES MELTING INTO MUD, A SARGASSO SEA OF CRIME IN HIGH PLACES, OF JOBLESSNESS FOR MANY AND HOPELESSNESS FOR MORE. YESTERDAY'S GAINS BECOME SUSPECT. THE BUS FRONT SEAT LOSES MEANING FOR A PEOPLE WHOSE LONGEST TRIP IS LIKELY TO BE FROM THE FEUDAL SYSTEM OF THE RURAL SOUTH TO THE MECHANIZED, HIGH-RISE POVERTY OF THE NORTH. THE RIGHT TO VOTE LOSES MEANING FOR A PEOPLE FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE. THE STRUGGLES OF THE SIXTIES WERE CARRIED FORWARD AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT, BOTH BECAUSE THE VICTIMS BECAME THEIR OWN VEST CHAMPIONS AND BECAUSE THEY FOUND A SYMPATHETIC EAR IN THE BODY POLITIC.

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