Civil Rights Movement Is Not a Victimhood Competition (From America's Victims: Opposing Viewpoints, P 58-61, 1996, David Bender, Bruno Leone, et al, eds. -- See NCJ-165502)

• NCJ Number: 165508
• Author(s): D L Patrick
• Date Published: 1996
• Length: 4 pages
• Sale Source: Greenhaven Press
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Opposing Viewpoints Series

Annotation

The author argues that the struggle for the civil rights of different groups strengthens rather than diminishes the civil rights of others and that the false portrayal of civil rights campaigners as competitors for entitlements leads to divisiveness in American society.

Abstract

Efforts must be continually made to expand opportunities, promote equality, and empower all people in society. Although some individuals view civil rights as a fight among competing factions for entitlements and think of civil rights as simply a battleground over who gets what slice of the piece, all individuals have a stake in the struggle for equality, opportunity, and fair play. The tendency toward the dissolution of society into mutually isolated and distrustful groups must be avoided.