Would you have voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964? (user search)
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  Would you have voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964? (search mode)
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Author Topic: Would you have voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964?  (Read 13394 times)
justfollowingtheelections
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« on: December 03, 2012, 05:59:43 PM »

Yes, for the same reason I would have voted for the Affordable Care Act.  The Civil Rights Act was more of a statement on the issue of race and segregation.  It didn't solve the problem of systemic racism, but it did change perceptions on a lot of things.
I'm sorry but anyone who disagrees with this is either ignorant of what the issue of race meant in the 1960s or simply didn't care about the wellbeing of their fellow human beings suffering in Alabama or Mississippi.
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« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2012, 06:59:38 PM »

I'm sorry but anyone who disagrees with this is either ignorant of what the issue of race meant in the 1960s or simply didn't care about the wellbeing of their fellow human beings suffering in Alabama or Mississippi.

Disagrees that it was a perception-changing statement? It certainly was. Or disagree with the Act (and its Constitutionality)? Because they are two very different things altogether.

That's my point.  The fact that it was a perception-changing statement makes all other disagreements void.
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