遅れて登場した人種隔離論者 : ジョージ・ウォレス再考

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  • The last of the segregationists : reconsidering George Wallace

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George Wallace was the Governor of Alabama, serving four terms from 1963 to 1987. He was an influential politician who also ran for the President of the United States four times. But he was best known for taking a political position opposing that of the President John F. Kennedy and his Attorney General, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., and trying to maintain the policy of segregation. In his gubernatorial inauguration speech of 1963, he declared, "I say... segregation today... segregation tomorrow... segregation forever" and received enthusiastic applause from the Alabama audience. However, those who live in the other parts of the United States have often criticized him as a racist and a populist. In this paper, by classifying the reasons for his persistent adherance to segregation into two categories, constitutional and emotional, I analyzed his thought and behavior, because it seems worth considering his opinion once again, not simply regarding it as meaningless remarks of a racist. Though it is obvious that racial descrimination should be abolished, it is not easily eliminated by simply claiming it is wicked. To achieve the end, it is also important to listen to and understand the voice of those who were called segregationists.

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  • Asphodel

    Asphodel 46 85-104, 2011-07-26

    京都

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