Rok, it's not about approval of white people, it's about making a living.
Let me tell you about the racism that does not exist; it's a long story, so I hope you aren't in a hurry.
In 1980, a "white" man without a college education, who worked at one of the car manufacturing plants, or aircraft factory, could expect to be able to purchase a 3 bedroom ranch with 2 baths, an entertainment room, plus 2 car garage. All of this would be in a nice suburb, with green grass, where everybody mowed their lawns, and there were no sirens to keep you woke, or gunfire. (a black man who worked at one of those places could do the same thing, but he wasn't the one who put the wrench in the works)
Philadelphia, Mississippi is where James Chaney, a 21-year-old black man from Meridian, Mississippi, Andrew Goodman, a 20-year-old White jewish anthropology student from New York, and Michael Schwerner, a 24-year-old White jewish CORE organizer and former social worker also from New York were murdered.
Two White jewish civil rights workers, and one black worker were lynched shortly after midnight on June 21, 1964, when they went to investigate the burning of a church that supported civil rights activity.
The autopsy report stated that Chaney had a left arm broken in one place, a right arm broken in two places and groin injuries. All three were shot to death.
This is where Ronald Reagan gave his post-convention speech after being officially chosen as the Republican nominee for the President of the United States at the Neshoba county fair. This was just a few miles from where the horribly mutilated bodies of three civil rights workers were discovered. Reagan said, "I believe in States' Rights." And he went on to promise to "restore to states and governments the power that properly belongs to them."
The people in the United States of America, who this speech was meant for, recieved the full impact, including the location, which was where the Civil Rights workers were lynched.
Since he opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it didn't matter that he opposed unions; as long as he was for "States Rights", which was a euphemism for lynching blacks with impunity. He said President Jefferson Davis was one of his hero's while campaigning in Georgia. (Jefferson Davis was the President of the slave South during the Civil War) Although Reagan opposed any and everything to do with Civil Rights for blacks, he said he was not a Racist.
His war on labor was a war on the "Serf Class", (those without college educations) If you are unemployed, or working for minimum wage; you can probably thank Ronald Reagan. However, the most unique aspect of where we are now; is that Union members voted for Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984. This is equivalent to a rabbit voting for year round rabbit hunting.
During his two terms in office, millions of Americans were thrown out of work, while the richest had their taxes cut in half. As productivity increased from 1980 to the present, working peoples wages remained essentially frozen. Major corporations laid off tens of thousands of workers while making enormous profits.
By Republican standards, Ronald Reagan is considered the best President ever. His success was the destruction of the unions that had fought so long and hard for the high wages and benefits that gave American workers the highest standard of living in the world.
The speech he gave in Philadelphia, Mississippi where he symbolically stood on the graves of three lynched civil rights workers and promised to restore states rights; solidified the southern vote for the Republican Party forever.
Union members are still voting Republican. When deer put lions and tigers in office, what do they expect. Today 20 July 16, as I am writing this; as the "Good old boy's" say "Hit don't make no difference now" and as a friend of mine used to say, "It's all over but the shoutin", when is the funeral.
Enjoy the music.
