that was not self-centered and it was not based on division but on unification. i do want to chime in on this. there was a great difference between nelson mandela and dr. king, which i ll get to in one second. our two countries were going on divergent paths. apartheid is not that old. it came in in 1948 with the national party. at the same time, america was moving toward civil rights, toward the brown versus the board of education was a few years later. he realized south africa was on the wrong side of history. but he also realized, when he came out, he had to repair the breach. part of the reason he never showed his bitterness, which he did have, was that he knew he had to reconcile white and black for a new south africa. the white business center was the engine of prosperity for africa. south africa couldn t survive without them, he knew that. and that was one reason he never showed the anger or bitterness. the 1986 decision for
democrats. now, don t misunderstand me. i m not saying that this is a racial matter. i m just saying that the nature of the politics is the same and i ve been thinking a lot the last two days about a term that you re probably familiar with called massive resistance, which was a term that was used in the 1950s to people who opposed the brown versus bored of education decision and used any means necessary, constitutional, legal, illegal, whatever it took to fight the desegregation of the public schools. and that, in that sense, the republican politics of today are the same as the politics of the southern democrats of the 1950s. rejectionism, economist bruce bartley, former staffer mike lofgren. we sent producers out in the field today to find out how
the politics of the southern democrats. now, don t misunderstand me. i m not saying that this is a racial matter. i m just saying that the nature of the politics is the same and i ve been thinking a lot the last two days about a term that you re probably familiar with called massive resistance, which was a term that was used in the 1950s to people who opposed the brown versus bored of education decision and used any means necessary, constitutional, legal, illegal, whatever it took to fight the desegregation of the public schools. and that, in that sense, the republican politics of today are the same as the politics of the southern democrats of the 1950s. rejectionism, economist bruce bartley, former staffer mike lofgren. we sent producers out in the field today to find out how people were doing.
caucus that want the strategy don t look like the constituents that went to the poll to elect barack obama. they re right. one thing i want to add to what mike said is there are deeply historical forces at work here. we talk about republicans taking over the south but actually it s the other way around and the politics of the republican party today can best be understood as the politics of the southern democrats. now, don t misunderstand me. i m not saying that this is a racial matter. i m just saying that the nature of the politics is the same and i ve been thinking a lot the last two days about a term that you re probably familiar with called massive resistance, which was a term that was used in the 1950s to people who opposed the brown versus bored of education decision and used any means
i would say, do i have to really say that to this kid? and now i can say it. now i can see that being what it was, if you can find an unusual individual. when i talk about unusual, it is not just the color of his skin. he is a remarkable person. certainly. and to find that combination in the united states is difficult. but i tell you, what he and especially his wife has done in terms of the image and i m moved by brown versus the united states with kenneth brown, did the psychological test with the black doll and white doll. it s still that way. i think, i know that obama has changed that. if you were to say which president do you like the best? the black kid is going to pick the darker doll and i think that s great. all right, as a good note to