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Originally Posted by HeavenlyOne
Dude, the civil rights movement was 40 years ago!!!! Let's move on!!!
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Again I think you're showing your failure to understand....the civil rights movement is still alive and well. They've made a lot of progress but they are still there to speak out against issues faced even today. They also serve as watchdogs and whistle blowers. Advocating for and preserving civil liberties is a job that never ends...because there will always be powers that be that will encroach on those civil liberties while looking out for their own interests.
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I know people who went through concentration camps, but if the still speak about those experiences today as if they were still going through them, I'd have to question their mentality!
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Doubt it. My wife's family is half Jewish. The ones I knew who were familiar with the concentration camps were Irvine & Ruth Lieberman. Irv had served in the U.S. Army in WWII and was part of the forces that liberated Dachau while Ruth was actually in a camp for a couple weeks and had the tattoo to prove it (they didn't meet until years later). Irv could tell his story with such vivid imagery. Ruth was always real quite though when anyone brought it up. Now Irv still used the terms "Japs", "krauts", and "Nazi b**tards". He could still get pretty emotional about it.
Coming from having married into a family that was half Jewish I think it's important to note...the Germans were defeated and signed terms of surrender. There were also a number of trials after the war convicting German officers of war crimes. The entire world celebrated and there were parades from sea to shining see. That means there was so closure. When it comes to what African American's faced it's more like a muffled, "Sorry about that. NOW, let's get back to business...."
There's a big difference.
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