heproblemdid notrestwith thepoorvaluesofBlack parentsorpoor behaviorsofBlack students(asmanyNorthernofficials triedtoclaim)
This is a really prevalent claim that many politicians use to argue for New York's school system. They use the myth of the model minority to blame students for their lack of resources. It is very sad.
Crowds of whites harassed Black students trying to desegregatewhite schools, and often their harassment turned violent.
Sometimes, hatred can be so dehumanizing to the hated that children are attacked. It's interesting and very sad to see the hypocrisy of people stating that they are "protecting children" by attacking other children. This rhetoric can still be seen today and points to the larger hypocrisy in many people's minds.
At acollege-wide faculty meeting, professors criticizedthe occupation for disrupting classes, and the group voted in favor of aresolution to dear the building “using force if necessary.”®
There have been many such demonstrations in the past, and in recent history, and it reminds me of how many times it is college students who tend to lead public protests. It is very interesting how each time such protests take place, they are considered especially audacious, despite the fact that there is real historic precident of people doing this for years.
In February 1975, average monthly public-assistance payments per person in the city were $94
I wonder how this panned out for living wages. A common poverty benchmark is when the majority of your salary goes towards food, and I wonder what the cost of living would have been in accordance with this. How were people able to make a living wage despite the immense struggle of their salaries? Were government subsidies at play?
‘repulsive creatures’’ who men-aced the very foundations of American civilization
It's interesting how this fear has not subsided as we get to modern times, just been redirected. Even though the overwhelming majority of Americans trace their roots to immigration, there is constantly a sense of "us versus them", born from the fear of the unknown. This also reminds me of a book set around this time that I'm sure a lot of us have read in our English classes --- The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.