Originally Posted by Anti-Polar Bear
We're not still living in the 1820's or the 1920's and the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964 (more than half a century ago). Sense then , with some clear exceptions, the American society has catered to minorities with the desegregation of schools, affirmative action, housing, welfare, and more. Minorities in entertainment, business, government, and medicine have worked and achieved great things. Granted there will always be those on the extreme edges that live to tear apart instead of building to create better tolerance and civility. The world does not owe any citizen or illegal immigrant anything that they have not worked for and earned. America was built on immigration, but for the most part it took place under the laws set in place and not by illegal means. Let us welcome those that want to come and live in America, but an open border is not the answer.
"Class-consciousness " or the rich and the poor has existed long before recorded history. Don't be fooled into thinking that a Socialist or Fascist or Communist society is classless. They have their elite class and peasant classes and always will. The great thing about America is that while class exist here as well, we have over time struggled to feed and house our most needy, better, moving forward. Bitching and complaining about my America makes me rage. APB you need to go and live in Costa Rica or The Dominican Republic or Liberia or The Philippines for 2 to 3 weeks and your views of America will dramatically change. It would teach you to appreciate your country more.
Are there things that need to be addressed in America, sure there are. Yet change is and will always come through the ballot box. It may not be as quick as some would want, but it remains the only legal path. Presidential decrees that the next President can/and often do overturn don't carry the weight of a law passed (by both houses ) Congress and signed into law by a President. If you don't like the way things are, then run for public office, or elect a representative that shares your views, or move to somewhere where you can be happy, but stop making things worse by continuing to stir up the race pot.If you don't like the police, then join a police dept. and work to change that which you find fault with. I don't personally care for police or sheriff's deputies myself, but without someone to keep the laws that serve to protect society we would be in one hell of a big mess. I know that all police and courts are not perfect, yet someone will always be needed to protect the much greater mass of people that just want to live and work in pease.
I'm not pro right or left, I do want to see those that work and earn a better life be fairly treated. Yet in America business is still private and those that own those businesses (in spite of any laws) still can /and do as they see best. It is not always fair, but it is how it is. If you feel that you can't succeed in their corporation, then do as many over the centuries have done and go into business for yourself and be your own boss in life (for the most part).
Sean Connery was the best 007.
Marilyn Monroe remains the most beautiful female ever. (RIP)
Christopher Reeve remains the best to portray Superman. (RIP)
John Wayne's military and western films still remain in the top 10% of movies ever made. (RIP)
No one has yet fill the shore of Humphrey Bogart or Gregory Peck or Sidney Poitier or Sir Laurence Olivier. Some like Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman, and Meryl Streep will too be remembered when they are gone.
A well made movie, weather made in the 1930s or in 2019 is worthy to view if the story, actors, and production work to present an experience that is memorable beyond 10m minutes following the viewing.
Rest in Peace Diane Carroll. You made history and you made a difference.
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