The Real Purveyors of Jim Crow

The policies of victimhood are destructive and relegate Blacks to a new form of metaphysical slavery, that which enslaves the indomitable human spirit of success, achievement, & being victors!

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I was born 65 years ago on February 7, 1961, in a “Blacks only” hospital, Hughes-Spalding in Atlanta, Georgia. I grew up in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood, the same community that produced Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and was the cradle of the American Civil Rights movement. My birth was under the first wave of Jim Crow, courtesy of the political Party of the Jackass.

Immediately after the Civil War, the southern states, in refusal to fully capitulate, Democrats created what was called “Black Codes” from 1865 to 1867. These statutes encompassed labor control and vagrancy laws, which targeted homeless and unemployed Black individuals as a consequence of labor control measures. As a result, they faced arrest and social restrictions. The purpose of these “codes” was to establish a system of racial hierarchy; they served as a prelude to Jim Crow.

Republicans, you know, the folks whose Party was established to end slavery, created the 13th (abolishing slavery), 14th (citizenship to former slaves), and 15th (voting rights to former slaves) Amendments. The other fellas were busy creating the Ku Klux Klan, our first domestic terrorist group. The purpose of the Klan was to intimidate Blacks, restrict them from enjoying their newfound freedom, and prevent them from participating in elections. Hmm, some things just never change, huh?

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This article first appeared at TownHall.com