I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about the social or political equality of the white and black races - I am not ... in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to inter-marry with white people.I will leave you to ponder these words over the weekend.
There is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.
"This column is dedicated to the proposition that Canada (and indeed the world) is in a crisis situation and that fundamental social change is required to remedy this situation." - The First Column, Lambda November 2, 1971 This blog is inspired by my column of the same name in the Laurentian University Newspaper, Lambda, from 1971-1973. The title refers to the concept of subverting the system from within. To read key excerpts from those columns read the first few posts in this blog.
2007-11-23
Racism in the Context of Time
Was the man who said this a racist:
Is there a reason you are cherry picking a quote from Abe Lincoln's not so finest hour ?
ReplyDeleteAnd in any case, wasn't he killed?