Notable Quote - William Anderson and David Kiriazis - Granite Grok

Notable Quote – William Anderson and David Kiriazis

Only a question?

Could it be that the institutional racism of Jim Crow occurred not despite the Progressive era but because of it? Not only did the Progressive reforms create new economic rents that could be exploited by whites and by the politicians who enacted those reforms, but many leading Progressives espoused views on racial purity and segregation that put them in the vanguard of the American apartheid system.

– William Anderson and David Kiriazis

Like US Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV), a mighty Progressive and a “Lion in the Senate” was a white hooded Grand Kleagle of the KKK – and he always had “good intentions” as all good Progressives have.  And that is just one instance and we need to keep reminding people of it (that is, if you don’t live in West Virginia, where it seems that almost every other Federal building has his name on it – rent seeking by political “bringing home the bacon” and ensuring who done brought it).

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