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| Someone has made a change to anti-black here - but it seems pretty clear (eg from the Pete Seeger comment, and its use by Doctorow in 'Daniel') that most people saw the driver as anti-communist; but apparently there was a strong KKK presence, so some measure of anti-black feeling was probably there and may deserve mention?? ] 11:41, 28 July 2006 (UTC) | Someone has made a change to anti-black here - but it seems pretty clear (eg from the Pete Seeger comment, and its use by Doctorow in 'Daniel') that most people saw the driver as anti-communist; but apparently there was a strong KKK presence, so some measure of anti-black feeling was probably there and may deserve mention?? ] 11:41, 28 July 2006 (UTC) | ||
| ==removal of external link== | |||
| I strongly object to Duplicity's deletion of an external link to a blog post I wrote about the Riots. He claims I have a conflict of interest in inserting this link. This is not so. Linking to my post benefits me in no way whatsoever. My blog is non-profit & I derive no benefit fr. any links to it here or anywhere. | |||
| I grew up near Peekskill & am an expert in local history & Cold War history. I wrote one of the most comprehensive essays on the riots to appear anywhere online which contains documentary photographs not available in the Misplaced Pages article. The comments section for this post has comments written by actual witnesses of the riots. | |||
| In deleting this link, Duplicity has impoverished the experience for Wikipedians interested in learning more about the critical event in 20th century American history. | |||
| I am restoring this link & before anyone removes it again please contact me.] (]) 06:31, 29 December 2007 (UTC) | |||
Revision as of 06:31, 29 December 2007
This line seems ambiguous:
- and, just months before the concert in 1949, he had appeared at the World Peace Conference in Paris, stating "it is unthinkable that American Negroes will go to war in behalf of those who have oppressed us for generations . . . against a country which in one generation has raised our people to the full dignity of mankind."
To which country is he referring? -- Viajero | Talk 17:01, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
- The Soviet Union, apparently.
- see: google and , ...
- — Davenbelle 08:35, May 22, 2005 (UTC)
Red scare
What he hell is the deal with this Red Scare edit war? I've seen it removed and readded zillions of times without anyone giving a single justification for either edit. If you're going to edit war at least discuss it in the talk page! I included it when I originally wrote this article, but I'm not married to having it remain if someone can give me any indication of why it should not stay. I'm going to re-add it if I don't hear anything soon. -R. fiend 19:08, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
It would be good to make some reference to the heightened tensions of the immediate post-war era - I had used the word 'hysteria', which has been edited out. Unfortunately, I don't find the Red Scare article really fits the bill either (it reads, even to an English Socialist, as a bit POV). Linuxlad 00:01, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
- "Red Scare" is imprecise and inaccurate. In the context of post-WWII anti-communism, it is most closely associated with another pejorative, "McCarthyism" which is altogether irrelevant and immaterial to the event in question (and it's date). As for why there is an edit war, it is simply that this (mainly) anonymous user chooses to interfere (and usually revert) with any political article I choose to work on, no matter how slightly. It is not particularly a content dispute and I doubt he will be bothered to glance at the talk page. --TJive 06:22, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
The term "Red Scare" is simply a compromise to TJive's pro-American bias, which he inserts daily at wikipedia.
anti communist v anti black
Someone has made a change to anti-black here - but it seems pretty clear (eg from the Pete Seeger comment, and its use by Doctorow in 'Daniel') that most people saw the driver as anti-communist; but apparently there was a strong KKK presence, so some measure of anti-black feeling was probably there and may deserve mention?? Linuxlad 11:41, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
removal of external link
I strongly object to Duplicity's deletion of an external link to a blog post I wrote about the Riots. He claims I have a conflict of interest in inserting this link. This is not so. Linking to my post benefits me in no way whatsoever. My blog is non-profit & I derive no benefit fr. any links to it here or anywhere.
I grew up near Peekskill & am an expert in local history & Cold War history. I wrote one of the most comprehensive essays on the riots to appear anywhere online which contains documentary photographs not available in the Misplaced Pages article. The comments section for this post has comments written by actual witnesses of the riots.
In deleting this link, Duplicity has impoverished the experience for Wikipedians interested in learning more about the critical event in 20th century American history.
I am restoring this link & before anyone removes it again please contact me.Richard (talk) 06:31, 29 December 2007 (UTC)