It seems that the long wished-for discussion on racism in America is finally here. What will be the results of that conversation remain to be seen, and given the steps retreating from racial harmony which have been made in the last several years in the Supreme Court and elsewhere, I am not particularly hopeful. But I'm more optimistic than I was a week ago. In a country where "white privilege" is still up for debate (a spurious one at best) I cannot say with any confidence that people have come far enough. But I'd like to think that not unlike gun regulations, the broader population is actually in more harmony than the relatively few loudmouths who dominate the debate and dominate the donations lists for politicians. Maybe the evidence of our eyes has finally shaken off decades of scales and broken the spell of denial that many white Americans have comforted themselves with so long, and maybe a new way forward can be forged.
Above is arguably Wally Wood's most famous comic book cover for EC's Shock SupenStories #6. The cover is connected to the story drawn by Wood and written by Al Fieldstein with plot assist by Bill Gaines titled "Under Cover". To read that story check out this link. Wood's artwork is even more compelling in lush black and white than in color and that's saying something indeed.
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Very poignant story Rip in these troubling times there is no place for any racism in any society and I mean any form of racism.
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DeleteNewsflash: white people aren't the only people capable of being racist. I personally find blacks to be, by far, THE most racist people. Heck, when blacks were asked in a Rasmussen poll a number of years ago which race was the most racist, they voted THEMSELVES as the most racist people! It's funny how so many want to be fashionable and hate on whitey - take whitey out of anywhere, and you will have the third world. Try it. Or why wait? Move somewhere where whitey isn't a factor.
ReplyDeleteSeparatism is hardly an answer, especially in this modern interconnected world.
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