03-19-2024, 08:19 PM
(03-19-2024, 08:16 PM)Dill Wrote: Just a historical note:
I trace it back to the Kerner Commission of 1967, the guys tasked by LBJ to explain what caused 150 plus riots in cities
that year, especially Detroit, where some 33 people were killed. LBJ expected a Black Power conspiracy of some sort,
but the Commission found white racism to be the cause, embodied in control of the city's power structure and police,
so it went beyond just individuals with different opinions, but fell far short of some BP led conspiracy.
Blacks were responding spontaneously to race-based political and economic limitations. To fix that, the limitations
had to be addressed. Johnson rejected the findings, though.
https://policing.umhistorylabs.lsa.umich.edu/s/detroitunderfire/page/kerner-commission
Trace it back to whatever you want, it's still divisive bullshit that is dragging us backward.
