Lyndon B. Johnson was the GOAT president for Black people

[JadeB]

Passed the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968

Passed the Voting Rights of 1965

Created Medicaid and Medicare

Established Affirmative Action as policy

Declared war on poverty and passed the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and Elementary and Higher Education Acts of 1965

Passed the Immigration Act of 1965, which allowed millions of Black immigrants to come into the country. My family wouldn't have been able to come to America from Nigeria without this law

Put Thurgood Marshall in the Supreme Court

It seems like LBJ done the most for brehs and his legacy continue on to this day

 

[King]

The Civil Rights Act did more for Nigerian Americans, such as yourself.

Many of these policies are still anti-black and coded in ways that oppress Black Americans.

Look into CRT before speaking so openly about a racist CAC who cared more about his political career than anything remotely related to black people.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

I hear you but as crazy as it sounds, if Lincoln hadnt stood on business and was willing to go to war, these devils would have tried to keep us in slavery longer.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

The Civil Rights Act did more for Nigerian Americans, such as yourself.

Many of these policies are still anti-black and coded in ways that oppress Black Americans.

Look into CRT before speaking so openly about a racist CAC who cared more about his political career than anything remotely related to black people.

I'm MAGA too but are you telling me the civil rights act did nothing for us? Absolutely nothing?

 

[CopiousX]

I hear you but as crazy as it sounds, if Lincoln hadnt stood on business and was willing to go to war, these devils would have tried to keep us in slavery longer.

Worth noting that Lincoln only freed slaves in the rebelling states (which he didn't have control of whatsoever ) and he was cool with enslaved people keeping their status in the union states (which he had complete control of).


It would be like a modern day American president deciding that the American poor should get resources, but allocating the wealth of Canada or Sweden to the American poor .

Luck was on his side.Had the war been a stalemate or a loss, then both the north and the south would've been enslaving folks until the 1900s.

 

[Jefferson Jackson]

OP you mean this Lyndon B Johnson?

Lyndon Johnson was a civil rights hero. But also a racist.

Lyndon Johnson was a racist. He was also the greatest champion of racial equality to occupy the White House since Lincoln.

www.msnbc.com

 

[3rdWorld]

All I know about Johnson is his names on Kennedys Vietnam War.

 

[I Really Mean It]

the state of black america hasn’t advanced in any qualitative manner since the passage of those bills; many would argue we’ve regressed.

a voting rights act that allowed us to vote for people who do nothing for us.

affirmative action hasn’t made any considerable dent against rampant discrimination in employment and education, providing cover for the upward mobility of whites women.

war on poverty papers over the systematic causes of black poverty, ignoring its historical context and treating it as a pathological issue.

economic opportunity act was passed over half a century ago, yet the economic divide between black and white america is wide as ever.

elementary and higher education act did nothing to curtail segregated schooling and only invited banks to offer predatory loans that ensnared black college graduates in a life of debt.

immigration act opened the doors to a wave of immigrants from countries steeped in anti-blackness.

 

[Fiji Water]

I'm MAGA too but are you telling me the civil rights act did nothing for us? Absolutely nothing?

I love you brother but he didn't say "nothing". He said it did more. And he's right.

Civil rights acts installed more handicap ramps than saved black lives, in effect and spirit.

 

[Amo Husserl]

No.

 

[J-MIL]

Neg rep pending

 

[SuaveyBoi115]

OP you mean this Lyndon B Johnson?

Lyndon Johnson was a civil rights hero. But also a racist.

Lyndon Johnson was a racist. He was also the greatest champion of racial equality to occupy the White House since Lincoln.

www.msnbc.com

The language in this article

Spoiler

 

[JadeB]

the state of black america hasn’t advanced in any qualitative manner since the passage of those bills; many would argue we’ve regressed.

a voting rights act that allowed us to vote for people who do nothing for us.

affirmative action hasn’t made any considerable dent against rampant discrimination in employment and education, providing cover for the upward mobility of whites women.

war on poverty papers over the systematic causes of black poverty, ignoring its historical context and treating it as a pathological issue.

economic opportunity act was passed over half a century ago, yet the economic divide between black and white america is wide as ever.

elementary and higher education act did nothing to curtail segregated schooling and only invited banks to offer predatory loans that ensnared black college graduates in a life of debt.

immigration act opened the doors to a wave of immigrants from countries steeped in anti-blackness.

Having a right to vote is better than not having a choice. Plenty of Black people wouldn't have the opportunity to go to college freely without afffirmative action. A lot of government funding to schools that serve minority students trace their origin to the higher education act

 

[JadeB]

OP you mean this Lyndon B Johnson?

Lyndon Johnson was a civil rights hero. But also a racist.

Lyndon Johnson was a racist. He was also the greatest champion of racial equality to occupy the White House since Lincoln.

www.msnbc.com

Not doubting he was a racist but to deny his contributions is insane

 

[JadeB]

I hear you but as crazy as it sounds, if Lincoln hadnt stood on business and was willing to go to war, these devils would have tried to keep us in slavery longer.

Lincoln is also goated for that too