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Mary Mebane's rhetoric of past injustice and special privilege in our society during the '40s reminded me of my introduction to black people. I grew up in rural South Dakota, where blacks were seldom seen. Then I joined the Navy. I knew of no reason not to sit by a black man on a city bus in Norfolk, Va. Consequently I was astounded when the black passengers screamed "White trash!" and "Move up where you belong!" On the other hand, the whites seemed content with casting hateful looks in my direction...
...this country's most progressive social service programs, President Reagan assures us that "we will not balance the budget on the backs of the poor." I don't think he will either, but certainly his attempt will increase the number of poor and soon to be poor. Seldom in our history has one man proposed taking so much from so many to so little purpose...
...often her symbols become stereotypes removed from the realities of the society. The church seems too milk-white, beneficently bestowing its noble goodness on peasants and Guardia alike. The revolutionaries seem too selfish, petulant and shallow. The audience hears the superficial fire of the speeches, but too seldom can see the real fire in the minds of the faithful, whether churchgoers or revolutionaries...
Marshall I. Goldman, professor of economics at Wellesley College and associate director of the center, shares this concern. "These days we give $2000 or $3000 to someone and think we've done them a big favor," he says, adding, "Senior scholars from Europe seldom come here anymore--they go to Washington instead...
...Keneally seldom discusses slavery, yet his book describes bondage. Confederates is about a war's ability to enslave, about bondage to a misguided cause which has long outlived the Confederate States of America...