This is astonishing! Back in 1953, I was every bit of 9 years old. I had seen headlines in the 2 dailies in my hometown. Actually 4. The Times, the Picayune, the States and The Item, which became the Times-Picayune and the evening States-Item.
Even as a child, I had great compassion for Jewish and Japanese people for the indignities they suffered at the hands of the Nazis and the Japanese held in the American version of concentration camps. Segregation was the Law of the land in all Southern States after Reconstruction. The piece published here is but a reminder of how other ethnic groups were ostracized and through no fault of their own, the victims of the "Red" witch hunts of the McCarthy era. If you innocently had the same last name as the Rosenbergs, you were labeled "part of the problem". Another slant on stereotypes that label, ostracize and exclude you, damage any reputation you had and instant firings before the true facts were in. For People of Color, the stereotypes range from being pulled over for no reason, housing, job discrimination and being in the wrong place at the wrong time can and does get you killed. I know of no other group, that is so discriminated against and the good suffer for the bad. I honor and respect The Jewish Faith and it's people because Jesus was a Jew. Before we became Christians I was a Jew by the practices we follow in the Old Testament. I recently found members of my family as far back as 1824, who were residents of Manhatten before they moved South. Louis Meyer was a shop keeper in NYC, whose son Albert, was the father of my grandfather Eugene, my father's Dad. Don't know when they crossed the "color" line, but they did, which accounts for the way I look, etc. We are all mixed up here and everywhere else. We should respect everyone and keep a watchful for those who trample on our civil liberties, as was done in the 50's. Great piece of History. Thanks! --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <dfsavgny@...> wrote: > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "wernerapnj" <wernerapnj@> wrote: > > > > > > An attribution as to the source of this please..... > > > > http://www.momentmag.com/moment/issues/2011/04/rosenbergs.html > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: asburypark-dig...@yahoogroups.com asburypark-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: asburypark-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
