Past racial struggle is fine to put on TV. Past union struggle (a class thing) isn't, because of the obvious reason that the broadcaster is a corporation. OTOH, the fact that schools currently are more segregated than at any time since the late sixties is definitely due to race, but there is an element of class in there, as upper-class people, white or black, simply refuse to allow their children to have anything to do with children of a lesser class. I almost divorced my wife over that argument. I lost, so I'm still married. Still makes my blood boil every time I think about it. BUT, she's the one who got the local school board to make MLK day a holiday. I held my tongue about the contradictions in her position when she did that, of course.
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Date: 2005-09-27 08:18 pm (UTC)OTOH, the fact that schools currently are more segregated than at any time since the late sixties is definitely due to race, but there is an element of class in there, as upper-class people, white or black, simply refuse to allow their children to have anything to do with children of a lesser class. I almost divorced my wife over that argument. I lost, so I'm still married. Still makes my blood boil every time I think about it. BUT, she's the one who got the local school board to make MLK day a holiday. I held my tongue about the contradictions in her position when she did that, of course.