“These Negroes, they're getting pretty uppity these days and that's a problem for us since they've got something now they never had before, the political pull to back up their uppityness. Now we've got to do something about this, we've got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference. For if we don't move at all, then their allies will line up against us and there'll be no way of stopping them, " [Said to Senator Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA) regarding the Civil Rights Act of 1957]”
Looks like their plan has worked. Control of school boards has kept the population dumb, and lax drug enforcement has kept them numb.
I think prosperity causes the general public to be asleep at the switch - or society in general just stopped giving a damn because the "how did we get here?" question has obvious answers.
Quote from LBJ
“These Negroes, they're getting pretty uppity these days and that's a problem for us since they've got something now they never had before, the political pull to back up their uppityness. Now we've got to do something about this, we've got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference. For if we don't move at all, then their allies will line up against us and there'll be no way of stopping them, " [Said to Senator Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA) regarding the Civil Rights Act of 1957]”
Looks like their plan has worked. Control of school boards has kept the population dumb, and lax drug enforcement has kept them numb.
I think prosperity causes the general public to be asleep at the switch - or society in general just stopped giving a damn because the "how did we get here?" question has obvious answers.
One of your best, my friend.
Thank you.