The Emerging "Shadow" White Government?
Could the Governor Christie "Jersey-Bridge Affair" foreshadow the rise of a new "shadow" white government in this country? Could it be that, as the remnants of the old "shadow" white government of the Jim Crow South continues to wane, the Northern, Poor White, "Ethnic" phenomenon, that came to these shores along with the boatloads of poor whites from Europe following the War of 1812, is coming "into it's own"? We still have Graham, McConnell, 'flip-flop' McCain, Rand Paul; and the "wanna-be" Cubans on our political scene; but they are Tea Party Remnants of the old race-baiting Jim Crow South. That element is rapidly spreading its religion, hate, and poverty to the Inter-Mountain West.
1968, and "Chicago" and "Mayor Daly" were indicative of quite another strain of poor white politics in our country. The Urban Ward-Healers who derived from the Ethnic Gangs of our Northern cities.
These were the same poor whites who died fighting for the North against the "Rebs" in the Civil War. The Draft Riots of that day showed that these whites were no friends of Blacks (or any other non-whites, for that matter).
Their brand of politics depended on "loyalty" from their "kin, and kind" -- a form of "Gang" Politics, if you will. Remember; Martin Luther King led one of his famous marches into the Chicago strong-holds of white ethnics. Its ironic that the first black President for this country came from that same setting.
My Dad told me stories of the 1930's when the "heat" was on in Chicago and the "Mob" came through our home town on their way to their "hide-out" in Kansas City. He said you could hear the 'tommy-guns' rattling all over town as they performed their "rub-outs". The local sheriff "went fishing", of course. In those days, the Ku Klux Klan was the real "shadow government" of this country; installed by an arch-racist, President Woodrow Wilson.
I met a number of these ethnic citizens, as fellow officers during my time in the military. The more intelligent among them would ask me why Blacks, Native Americans, and Hispanics did not copy "their" people, and build political and economic strength based on their Parish or Ward models. My answer was that some Blacks did form alliances with them. I saw it in my home town; but those Blacks got wealthy as "individuals", not as leaders of a community. They served to "deliver" money, connections, or other things of value sought from the black community. Today, this practice is known as "gentrification" (think Detroit?)
I also noticed that ethnics carried this practice for "getting ahead" into the military. They took care of their own, discriminated against everyone else, and demanded fierce "loyalty" from those they included in their groups. The weaker members of their groups knew that they served roles as "throw-aways" when the "heat" was on for illegal dealings. The weaker ones protected themselves by keeping "Pearl Harbor Files".
Stay Vigilant! We're all about to see how these power-brokers deal "justice"; both inside and outside of their "groups".
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