Today while watching "MORNING JOE" the subject of the greatest Generation came up yet again.
The generation that lived through the Depression.
Yes, they worked hard on public building projects and did fight a war that saved the world from Nazi domination.
They were brave and went to war in Europe with such courage and valor. We remember the vets of WWII and honor them.
but to make canonize this Generation is a mistake.
They are also the Generation that had Real Estates "Red LINE" Neighborhoods so minorities could not buy homes in white neighborhoods. In the north this was done very quietly urging real estate salespeople to not show homes to minorities that were in white neighborhoods. Banks would not give mortgages to women or minorities.
In the South this was done by state Governments to keep black out of white neighborhoods.
An African American could not vote in some states in the 50s
Lunch counters were segregated and Black people had to eat out back in some places in the south
all of this was ignored by the "GREATEST GENERATION".
The generation that lived through the Depression.
Yes, they worked hard on public building projects and did fight a war that saved the world from Nazi domination.
They were brave and went to war in Europe with such courage and valor. We remember the vets of WWII and honor them.
but to make canonize this Generation is a mistake.
They are also the Generation that had Real Estates "Red LINE" Neighborhoods so minorities could not buy homes in white neighborhoods. In the north this was done very quietly urging real estate salespeople to not show homes to minorities that were in white neighborhoods. Banks would not give mortgages to women or minorities.
In the South this was done by state Governments to keep black out of white neighborhoods.
An African American could not vote in some states in the 50s
Lunch counters were segregated and Black people had to eat out back in some places in the south
all of this was ignored by the "GREATEST GENERATION".
Women were treated like second class citizens they were accepted as Nurses or Teachers only.
In corporations were secretaries and did not have equal pay for equal work even in a factory.
This protected the White worker from minorities and women.
Women could not get loans in banks with out their husband.
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It was the 60s Generation who addressed these inequalities and Marched in Large cities and the Capital urging laws to be passed for equal pay and equal employment.
Barak Obama could not have had coffee in a coffee shop in Alabama or buy a house in a white neighborhood in New York or Boston.
So before we Deify any Generation remember": we all have failed in some area of our lives
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