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Imagine a person was engaging in civil disobedience and speaking to the public in order to eliminate segregation laws and gain the right to work higher paying j
by yummyfajitas 10y ago
Imagine a person was engaging in civil disobedience and speaking to the public in order to eliminate segregation laws and gain the right to work higher paying jobs, to sell products to white customers, and similar financial reasons. I could equally well characterize that as a "calculated money grab".
Various businesses also didn't want to deal with the (costly) hassle of segregation, and opposed segregation for that reason.
Would that mean they "aren't fighting a moral cause"? Were the only people who were fighting for a moral cause the white northerners who had nothing to gain?
- dllthomas 10y ago> Were the only people who were fighting for a moral cause the white northerners who had nothing to gain? Presumably the logic you are critiquing would also include any white southerners who stood to lose but still supported desegregation.