This morning it hit me that it has been less than 100 years (92, to be exact) since women gained the right to vote in this country.
It has been less than 50 years since the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964...
...less than 50 years since the Voting Rights Act of 1965...
...yet there are those who still refuse to believe there is much work to be done.
This election cycle all we seem to hear is "economy, economy, economy"...but still there are those who want to exclude and disenfranchise human beings due to their skin color, sex and/or gender orientation.
In a particularly dark bit of thinking, I couldn't help but think that those who feel their income, personal taxes and the price of gasoline take precedence over civil rights and equality under the law...will always be slaves.
Yeah, it's the economy, alright. But more importantly, now and forever, it's human beings that matter.
28 October 2012
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I like this. When we made Kings of Bankers and Industry men we forgot that society is for all people. The tail is wagging the dog :)
ReplyDeleteI had been under the delusion that the economy was there to serve humanity. Seems it is the other way around!
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