In my part of the world the shift started with Reagan.
When I was a child the Republicans were the ones who would keep the rising middle class, (of immigrant stock), out of their neighborhoods, out of their children's schools and certainly not in their country clubs. They hired immigrants and blacks to be their domestics but not to be th…
In my part of the world the shift started with Reagan.
When I was a child the Republicans were the ones who would keep the rising middle class, (of immigrant stock), out of their neighborhoods, out of their children's schools and certainly not in their country clubs. They hired immigrants and blacks to be their domestics but not to be their equals. It was palpable.
I didn't know ANY Republicans until I was in my late 20's.
Did you know that the original intent of the minimum wage law, as proposed by Democrats, was to keep the "uppity xxgro" out of good jobs? It was about suppression, not support.
In my part of the world the shift started with Reagan.
When I was a child the Republicans were the ones who would keep the rising middle class, (of immigrant stock), out of their neighborhoods, out of their children's schools and certainly not in their country clubs. They hired immigrants and blacks to be their domestics but not to be their equals. It was palpable.
I didn't know ANY Republicans until I was in my late 20's.
I’m from New England and can remember when all the states except Massachusetts and Rode Island were red
NY had a Republican governor and a Republican senator (Javits) but they would be moderate Democrats by current standards.
Did you know that the original intent of the minimum wage law, as proposed by Democrats, was to keep the "uppity xxgro" out of good jobs? It was about suppression, not support.
Yup. That was FDR, right?
You've said elsewhere that you grew up in NYC. The rest of the country was very different.