tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post9166785612029772583..comments2024-03-24T19:55:32.537-05:00Comments on The View from This Seat: The Worst Aspect of Racial SegregationLKSeathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-79514024582966665362019-03-21T10:01:07.695-05:002019-03-21T10:01:07.695-05:00Sounds like the history of the rest of the world. ...Sounds like the history of the rest of the world. Slavery, wars, tribalism, religion... Each heralds its own praise. And the victor sets the terms. I personally look at my "home" continent of Africa in the post-colonial years (see "Homeland" by Michelle Frost) and the new imperialism of China brought in by the former American Communist, WEB Dubois and his "African Socialism" - they are paying the high price, Ndugu. (Laissez faire is no better.) History keeps repeating itself. Including strains of various economics... But everywhere, all know "to the victor goes the spoils" - whether tribe, religion, or economics, it works. <br /><br />With age and experience, we have all been burned, and somehow must learn to forgive. Would that we could find reconciliation that was just for all, without the militancy. Jesus loved, and commanded it, and so we seek love and goodwill, but still lack trust - even of other followers of Jesus. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-21989097411103577362019-03-20T22:18:21.775-05:002019-03-20T22:18:21.775-05:00So much for "free markets." Somewhere J....So much for "free markets." Somewhere J. C. Nichols must be laughing at what he has wrought. There is an older term, "political economy," that admits that how an economy operates, and who benefits from it, is more of a political result than an economic result. I am reluctant to put the title "worst" on anything since I may have overlooked something. Other than that, I agree that redlining and racial covenants are a horrible part of American history which still cast a long shadow on our country today. As recently as the 2008 Great Recession, when the dust settled the devastation to black family wealth was far greater than to white family wealth. Yet not one banker went to jail for illegal, fraudulent subprime loans with which black families were targeted. Wealthy blacks were denied standard mortgages for which they qualified. Poor black were sold homes with mortgages they had virtually no chance of ever repaying. Only vulture capitalists celebrated the carnage that followed.<br /><br />America was born in genocide, raised on slavery, and found a "manifest destiny" in empire. Perhaps we should be concerned that we now have our very own Nero, fiddling on Twitter while one half of America burns, and the other half drowns. The mills of God may grind slowly, but they sure have been grinding loudly of late!Craig Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00033176451913108084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-48161488370773544752019-03-20T14:51:39.449-05:002019-03-20T14:51:39.449-05:00There is a wonderful little children's book by...There is a wonderful little children's book by Debbie Anderson which is a remake of the song and titled "Jesus Loves the Little Children". Seven verses which cover more than skin color. A great sing-along lesson.Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-41997840199766081072019-03-20T14:06:15.016-05:002019-03-20T14:06:15.016-05:00Bob, one of the books referred to in the article s...Bob, one of the books referred to in the article says that every major city has a street (or railroad tracks) that divides the city in the same sort of way Troost Avenue does in Kansas City.LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-61368131590456710412019-03-20T13:23:42.252-05:002019-03-20T13:23:42.252-05:00Thanks, Tim!Thanks, Tim!LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-28549498528494912712019-03-20T13:23:08.809-05:002019-03-20T13:23:08.809-05:00Yes, Temp, even though my article was primarily ab...Yes, Temp, even though my article was primarily about the racial problem in Kansas City, and elsewhere, I certainly think that the matter of equity applies to all aspects of society. There needs to be equity for all.LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-75411994659650388682019-03-20T13:20:35.992-05:002019-03-20T13:20:35.992-05:00Thinking Friend Bob Hanson in Wisconsin sent this ...Thinking Friend Bob Hanson in Wisconsin sent this brief comment related to today's article:<br /><br />"We have the same here with zip code 53206."<br />LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-62977317053533611512019-03-20T13:11:53.666-05:002019-03-20T13:11:53.666-05:00And then I was happy to receive a brief email from...And then I was happy to receive a brief email from local Thinking Friend Tim Laffoon, who shared the link to the website of Reconciliation Services in Kansas City. (See https://www.rs3101.org/) Located at 3101 Troost Avenue in Kansas City, the top of their website says,<br /><br />"JOIN US AS WE STRIVE TO CULTIVATE A COMMUNITY SEEKING RECONCILIATION TO TRANSFORM TROOST FROM A DIVIDING LINE INTO A GATHERING PLACE, REVEALING THE STRENGTH OF ALL."<br /><br />LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-26828151609939261132019-03-20T13:04:30.001-05:002019-03-20T13:04:30.001-05:00A few minutes later I received another brief comme...A few minutes later I received another brief comment, this was from Thinking Friend Glenn Hinson in Kentucky:<br /><br />"I think you and I share similar conclusion, Leroy. Our challenge is to find a way to overcome inequity in distribution of wealth!"LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-56736046354360483592019-03-20T13:02:12.323-05:002019-03-20T13:02:12.323-05:00So far there has not been much response to this ar...So far there has not been much response to this article. The first was from a local Thinking Friend whose email says only "Thanks." The second response was from Temp Sparkman, another local Thinking Friend, who wrote,<br /><br />"Your closing statement moves the discussion in the right direction. Does the question of equity apply to a social analysis broader than ‘race’?" <br /> LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.com