"Many blacks then, as now, saw the anti-war movement as a 'white folks thing' that was totally disconnected from their daily struggles against racism and survival. There was also resentment that white anti-war organizers made little or no effort to get more blacks into the streets."
Brian
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Why aren't more blacks protesting the war? By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Originally published April 8, 2003
WITH THE attack on Iraq well under way, much continues to be made of a poll by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies that found that far more blacks than whites and Latinos opposed the war.
They have more reason than whites to condemn it. The Iraq attack could increase racial profiling; further erode civil liberties; slash billions from spending on education, health care, HIV/AIDS and drug treatment programs; and derail the fight against police abuse.
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