A new civil rights movement

Many Americans may not recall the civil rights movement of the 1950s, 60s and 70s that ultimately put an end to Jim Crow laws and attitudes in America and created equal opportunity for everyone regardless of race. Individuals Like Rosa Park, Medger Evers, Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King squared off non-violently against the likes of Selma Police Chief Bull Connor, Neshoba (Mississippi) County Sheriff Lawrence Rainey and his deputy Cecil Ray Price. Their prime pursuit was the perpetuation of racism and segregation, a fight that they rightfully lost.

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While the civil rights movement sought to end the oppression of black people and was led in large pars by blacks, there were an overwhelming number of white Americans who supported the goals of Dr. King and helped make his dream come true. This resulted in the negation of the idea that any government, local, state or federal, could legally oppress the people for reasons of race, religion, national origin or sexual orientation. But what about economic oppression? The Obama regime has declared individuals who are financially successful as worthy of punishment, resulting in some 49% of the population paying 97% of all income taxes collected by the federal government. Naturally the 51% of “taxpayers who are paying a total of 3% of total income taxes see nothing wrong with this picture and in fact support the idea that those who are considered “rich” should be made to pay more. That’s pretty much the same attitude displayed by white crackers in places like Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia in their efforts to keep their black citizens from getting well-paying jobs or a university education. I lived in Mississippi during the 1960s and witnessed first-hand the struggle black Americans had in finding jobs, getting a decent education or even being treated with respect by the white power structure. My activities during that time resulted in a failed attempt on my life by someone who thought it was unbecoming for a white man to be out helping to register black people in rural Mississippi to vote. The new civil rights movement in America consists of groups such as the Tea Parties and the National Precinct Alliance. Their activities are similar to the activities of the 60s civil rights groups, as they turn out in large numbers to protest the oppression foisted on them by a callous government. And the new Bull Connor, Lawrence Rainey and Cecil Ray Price are ironically, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid and their Democratic Party, as they relegate nearly 50% of Americans to be deserving of being deprived of their hard-earned dollars and enact legislation that essentially forces all Americans to purchase a product that many do not want or need. Nancy Pelosi’s reference to the Tea Party protesters being “Nazis” and “Astroturf” is really no different than Cecil Ray Price referring to black protesters in 1967 as “#”. Both are strategies that marginalize and dehumanize those who are oppressed and to ensure that the oppression continues. Harry Reid and Barack Obama’s special deals, such as the “Louisiana Purchase” and the “Cornhusker Kickback” are tantamount to separate drinking fountains and washrooms, as special considerations are given to a few in return for their supporting the regime’s oppression. This is why so many Americans are on the streets protesting the actions of the governing elite, as they feel as powerless and stepped upon as Rosa Parks did when she was told to move to the back of the bus. But Rosa Parks discovered that she was not powerless at all once she stood up to her oppressors and declined to move to the back of the bus. Likewise many Americans are showing a similar stand against their oppressors by taking to the streets to voice their opposition to the oppressors. And like Bull Connor and Lawrence Rainey, the oppressors aren’t listening, which will result in more demonstrations and resistance as the people will ultimately take back their country.