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Entry: Down the Memory Hole Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/down_the_memory_hole#29821 Post contents: I frankly wouldn't care if they had supported segregation. While I don't have any enthusiasm for the obsession against miscegenation that prominent segregationists held, it's undeniable that large swathes of the white working class throughout America were devastated by the mid century influx of blacks into their schools and communities. The places where my grandparents grew up and worked in complete safety are now some of the most violent areas in the country and de facto sun down towns (not that they're actually safe during the day) for me or any other white person. I know how hard my ancestors worked to build to build these places, which makes it difficult in turn for me to gnash my teeth or pull out my hair because some egghead half a century ago made some substantially correct but racially offensive remarks about the effects of racial integration. The Ruins of Detroit website ( http://detroityes.com/0tourdetroit.htm#The_Fabulous_Ruins )or similar sites for most large cities with black majorities offers some chilling visuals on the ultimate effects of integration. Sent at: 2008 11 20