Comments on: Racism in St. Augustine: not just a thing of the past http://gargoyle.flagler.edu/2012/04/racism-in-st-augustine-not-just-a-thing-of-the-past/ Wed, 22 May 2013 08:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: CB Hackworth http://gargoyle.flagler.edu/2012/04/racism-in-st-augustine-not-just-a-thing-of-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-205949 CB Hackworth Thu, 23 Aug 2012 02:21:01 +0000 http://gargoyle.flagler.edu/?p=20700#comment-205949 That this article was written and published is commendable. If anything, however, it understates the severity of the problem. Even as St. Augustine prepares to “celebrate” the 50th anniversary of its role the Civil Rights Act, the economic and political disparity between white and black residents is shameful. The removal of Errol Jones from office (a subject worthy of greater scrutiny) leaves not just the city, but the entire county, without black representation. Those who care about St. Augustine, and I count myself among them, need to comprehend fully that we live in 2012, not 1962, and the problems described above are not acceptable — even if they exist because of indifference rather than evil or intolerance. Good people in the community need to take an active role and do more than pay lip service to a Civil Rights legacy that in truth has accomplished very little locally.

As an aside, though I think the writer’s intentions were good, I think the word “figurehead” in misused more than once in this article.

]]> By: C L http://gargoyle.flagler.edu/2012/04/racism-in-st-augustine-not-just-a-thing-of-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-205702 C L Sun, 08 Jul 2012 23:18:20 +0000 http://gargoyle.flagler.edu/?p=20700#comment-205702 The last sentence of this article is the most poignant, for sure. Although Henry Flagler is NEVER depicted as having been a racist, we all know that he was. The economies that he “built” were not actually built by him; rather, most of the work was completed by slave labor. And a person should watch their back when listening to anyone who states otherwise. With that being said, it is no wonder that the “sleepy little town of St. Augustine” has been constructed and maintained by racists. It really is that simple!

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