The GI Bill is relevant because (at least after World War II) African-American service members were largely denied its benefits. Here's an excerpt from Kuznicki's article on the subject:
"Particularly shabby was the treatment black veterans received at the hands of state administrators of the Selective Service Readjustment Act, better known as the GI Bill. Representative John Rankin (D-Miss.) chaired the Committee on World War Legislation, which drafted the bill, seeing to it that Veterans Administration facilities in the South, including hospitals, would be segregated by race. Rankin also zealously insisted that “no Department or Agency, or
Offices of the United States . . . shall exercise any supervision or control whatsoever over any state educational agency,” the better to exclude black veterans from schools. Yet federal money certainly would flow to state educational agencies, to be administered locally, according to Jim Crow rules. On this point he was quite explicit: “a definite line should be drawn in the schooling on the matter of race segregation” (Katznelson 2005, 127). Recent analysis suggests that Rankin succeeded, and that, particularly in the South, the education gap between whites and blacks actually widened at least in part as a
result of this federal subsidy for Jim Crow (Turner and Bound 2003).
Kuznicki's article is pretty detailed on this point. Subsidies from New Deal programs like the Federal Housing Administration may not have single-handedly created the middle class, but they certainly helped a lot of American families accumulate wealth.
Interesting post, Justin. I think I agree with you insofar as there are real moral distinctions between certain categories of crime, but the uncertainty of guilt strikes me as a concern that applies just as much to a cop killer as a petty thief. Indeed, I suspect the heated circumstances surrounding particularly heinous crimes like terrorism or cop killing make it more difficult to ensure those defendants get a fair hearing.
Oh come on. There's a clear distinction between dictating policy to state and local governments and a national conservation among competing factions of a party that is supposed to represent a coherent ideological worldview.
I am a bisexual Muslim new media consultant and former Peace Corps volunteer who just completed a Fulbright Fellowship at Oxford. In my spare time, I rehabilitate stray kittens and run a homeless shelter out of my garage. I will leverage my perch at America's Next Top Pundit to make you feel inadequate about your life accomplishments.
A literature survey? C'mon dude - we're talking about Newt Gingrich, The Economist, and The NY Times, not some podunk newspaper or obscure academic journal.
Movies often find cult followings years after they were released. If I remember correctly, Napoleon Dynamite came out either my freshman or sophomore year.
As Mike says, I think the issue is cultural rather than race-related. I mean, does anyone think that Kid Rock is going to be financially solvent 10 years from now?
Right, so isn't there an opening for a credible financial organization that isn't on the hustle? You'd figure that players and agents would get wise to these guys eventually.
Here are a few relevant excerpts from Serwer's post:
"Ross Douthat is heartened by Pope Benedict's outreach to Anglicans because, well, there's a war against Islam to fight and Jesus needs foot soldiers . . ."
"Glenn Greenwald rightfully notes the irony of "someone who is virtually calling for a worldwide religious conflagration is simultaneously condemning his targets for lacking 'Western reason.'"
"I've already made this point implicitly before, but the kind of anti-Muslim bigotry demonstrated by reasonable conservative Ross Douthat and his ideological cohorts in Congress directly undermines national security."
These strike me as examples of willful misinterpretation, not "tut, tut, old boy - check your word choice."
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Good on Frum for posting that.
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Orijerk speaks the truth.
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The GI Bill is relevant because (at least after World War II) African-American service members were largely denied its benefits. Here's an excerpt from Kuznicki's article on the subject:
"Particularly shabby was the treatment black veterans received at the hands of state administrators of the Selective Service Readjustment Act, better known as the GI Bill. Representative John Rankin (D-Miss.) chaired the Committee on World War Legislation, which drafted the bill, seeing to it that Veterans Administration facilities in the South, including hospitals, would be segregated by race. Rankin also zealously insisted that “no Department or Agency, or
Offices of the United States . . . shall exercise any supervision or control whatsoever over any state educational agency,” the better to exclude black veterans from schools. Yet federal money certainly would flow to state educational agencies, to be administered locally, according to Jim Crow rules. On this point he was quite explicit: “a definite line should be drawn in the schooling on the matter of race segregation” (Katznelson 2005, 127). Recent analysis suggests that Rankin succeeded, and that, particularly in the South, the education gap between whites and blacks actually widened at least in part as a
result of this federal subsidy for Jim Crow (Turner and Bound 2003).
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Art Deco -
Kuznicki's article is pretty detailed on this point. Subsidies from New Deal programs like the Federal Housing Administration may not have single-handedly created the middle class, but they certainly helped a lot of American families accumulate wealth.
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Interesting post, Justin. I think I agree with you insofar as there are real moral distinctions between certain categories of crime, but the uncertainty of guilt strikes me as a concern that applies just as much to a cop killer as a petty thief. Indeed, I suspect the heated circumstances surrounding particularly heinous crimes like terrorism or cop killing make it more difficult to ensure those defendants get a fair hearing.
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Fair enough. But wrongful execution bothers me more than the
thought of some convict getting life without parole instead of a death sentence.
Also, if you're going to Savannah, Churchill's Pub is worth a visit.
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No argument here.
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Jamelle -
Any chance you could knock up a similar chart using the exit polls from '08? I'd be interested in a visual comparison.
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Even better! Well done, Cupp.
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HA!
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Yeah, I think I agree that Kwak's take on hard work is overly-deterministic. But it's an interesting entry nonetheless.
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I can't wait until Obamacare passes so I can forcibly suicide your ass, Dave.
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Your anachronistic pop culture references are too dated for the League's young, hip audience.
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Firstie-firstie? Girlie-girlie? WTF?
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Oh come on. There's a clear distinction between dictating policy to state and local governments and a national conservation among competing factions of a party that is supposed to represent a coherent ideological worldview.
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I am a bisexual Muslim new media consultant and former Peace Corps volunteer who just completed a Fulbright Fellowship at Oxford. In my spare time, I rehabilitate stray kittens and run a homeless shelter out of my garage. I will leverage my perch at America's Next Top Pundit to make you feel inadequate about your life accomplishments.
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We dropped the ball on that one.
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A literature survey? C'mon dude - we're talking about Newt Gingrich, The Economist, and The NY Times, not some podunk newspaper or obscure academic journal.
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Thanks for the recommendation, North. I've also noticed an uptick in biological/chemical disaster scenarios, at least in post-apocalyptic movies.
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Movies often find cult followings years after they were released. If I remember correctly, Napoleon Dynamite came out either my freshman or sophomore year.
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As Mike says, I think the issue is cultural rather than race-related. I mean, does anyone think that Kid Rock is going to be financially solvent 10 years from now?
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Right, so isn't there an opening for a credible financial organization that isn't on the hustle? You'd figure that players and agents would get wise to these guys eventually.
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Traitor.
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Ryan -
I don't think that's true at all. What part of his column suggests he holds Muslims in contempt?
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Chris -
Here are a few relevant excerpts from Serwer's post:
"Ross Douthat is heartened by Pope Benedict's outreach to Anglicans because, well, there's a war against Islam to fight and Jesus needs foot soldiers . . ."
"Glenn Greenwald rightfully notes the irony of "someone who is virtually calling for a worldwide religious conflagration is simultaneously condemning his targets for lacking 'Western reason.'"
"I've already made this point implicitly before, but the kind of anti-Muslim bigotry demonstrated by reasonable conservative Ross Douthat and his ideological cohorts in Congress directly undermines national security."
These strike me as examples of willful misinterpretation, not "tut, tut, old boy - check your word choice."
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