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The Massachusetts senator died Tuesday at the age of 77, leaving behind a moral legacy in the fight for civil rights.
Sen. Edward Kennedy's skills were never more successful and constant than in the area of civil rights: for minorities, for women, for the disabled and for immigrants.
Over nearly five decades, the Massachusetts Democrat, who died Tuesday at age 77, assumed an increasingly important role in framing the nation's civil rights laws and in leading the opposition to Supreme Court nominees he viewed as hostile to civil rights.
Perhaps it was the NINA — No Irish Need Apply — signs his grandfather told him about in Boston. Perhaps it was the moral legacy left unfinished by his assassinated brothers. Whatever the reason, Kennedy long identified with those who are left out and left behind. Over the course of almost a half-century in the Senate, Kennedy would lead the fight for enactment of a truly astonishing list of civil rights laws.
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like i said, the last man, from the most over-rated family in american history. this drunk lived to 77 years old, last laugh my a**. did you see how he was living, am sorry, i mean dying the last 5 years? and all that sh*t you listed, c'mon jerkoff, that sh*t would have passed without this boy from brookline. the only thing that pisses me off more than dumb nig**** with dumb nig*** ideas, is anyone who thinks a kennedy was good for this country. the old man was a bootlegger...so, this drinks for you.
Our country owes him a debt of gratitude.
As for the rest of you saying all sorts of ugly things, I'm sure you have a lot more to do with your internet time than flame negativity at one another? Why turn this or any other page into your private war-zone?
Haters can hate all they want but Senator Ted Kennedy had the last laugh and lived a full life filled with service to his country. What have YOU done for YOUR country lately??
He authored 2,500 bills in his 47 years in the senate. One of the MOST productive senators in our nation's history.
1) If you voted at age 18 instead of 21-Thank Teddy
2) If your family immigrated to the U.S. based on their education level instead of race-Thank Teddy
3) If you have children with disabilities who can go to school and get caretakers-Thank Teddy.
4) If you received government grants or loans to go to college-Thank Teddy.
5) If you are a woman and got to play college sports under title 9 -Thank Teddy.
6) If your children get free or discount health are- Thank Teddy.
7) If your insurance company stone-walled you and refused to provide you service until a senator called to twist their arms-Thank Teddy.
8) If you are a woman getting equal pay for equal work-Thank Teddy.
9) If you are a woman getting prenatal care-Thank Teddy.
10) Thank Teddy for the 2,491 other bills that he Authored to make YOUR day to day life better.
Nappy Hair, you state that Afro-Americans "... are the most inferior race of people academically across this nation...". Oh, really? It is abundantly clear that you took The Bell Curve much too seriously. But, as long as you're going to follow that line of thinking, let's go with that.
If The Bell Curve is to be taken in earnest, then conversely, the Vikings, who were about as Caucasian as you can get, should have been as intelligent as you can get. Were they? Are you kidding? They were a bunch of dumb brutes who were incapable thinking about anything beyond who to pillage and plunder next. Come on, now!
You have not made what you mean by "... failure rates...for Blacks going to college" very clear. I guess what you mean is graduation rates. Well, there's reasons for that. The biggest has to do with the social class of the student. Students of color from the middle class seem to do better than those from a working-poor class background. These students of color from the working class feel more alienated in an academic environment. As a result, they don't as well. Please see:
Oliver, Melvin L., Rodriguez, Consuelo J., Mickelson, Roslyn A. "Brown and Black in White: The Social Adjustment and Acacdemic Performance of Chicano and Black Students in a Predominately White University."
The Urban Review. Vol. 17, No. 1. March, 1985.
Also see:
Loo, Chalsa M., Rolison, Garry. "Alienation of Minority Students at a Predominately White University."
The Journal of Higher Education. Vol. 5, No. 1 ( Jan.-Feb., 1986 ), pp. 58-77.
In general, a student of color 1) encounters a hostile attitude from fellow students of your ilk who feel that they ( the student of color ) doesn't belong in college, 2) encounters a campus culture that fails to accept the student of color ( Please see number 1 at this time ), or 3) the student of color starts to have financial problems. Higher education is costly, you know.
If Teddy was for "women rights", why did he leave Mary Jo to die in that pond in 1969? Why did he lie about too. Why Teddy, Why?