Sheila Oliver on PoliticsNation with Sharpton: Christie's civil rights remark

by: Rosi Efthim

Wed Feb 01, 2012 at 01:27:03 PM EST

In case you missed (I did), here is an unsmiling, and deadly serious NJ Speaker Sheila Oliver discussing Gov. Chris Christie's ignorant remark about the civil rights movement, made this week.

btw - New Jersey was the last state in the union to abolish slavery. Did you know that? It's part of the history lesson Oliver, Rush Holt, Reed Gusciora, Loretta Weinberg, John Wisniewski, Gordon Johnson, Rep. John Lewis and others have been required to review this week for the benefit of a governor who let a bit too much of his own prejudices show, as he attempted to make his stand against a rising tide of Equality in marriage going on in the New Jersey Legislature.

Oliver:

15-second ad. Just deal with it.

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in 1866 there were still about 17 persons (0.00 / 0)

held in a form of slavery in New Jersey. Though the slave trade as it is generally understood was abolished in 18... 23? 32? (work with me here, I'm reciting this from memory) persons who were enslaved at that time and I believe their children remained enslaved in a form closer to what we would understand as indentured servitude (a difference without a lot of distinction). 17 or so persons were still so encumbered through he year after the end of the Civil War. lemme google it and get a better understanding ...

by: denniscmcgrath @ Wed Feb 01, 2012 at 18:36:56 PM UTC

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so much for my memory ... (0.00 / 0)

this seems a lot more reliable:

http://www.slavenorth.com/newj...

by: denniscmcgrath @ Wed Feb 01, 2012 at 18:39:41 PM UTC

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Slavery in New Jersey info. (4.00 / 1)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...

by: zi985 @ Wed Feb 01, 2012 at 19:50:39 PM UTC

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For the Governor's further edification (4.00 / 1)

about how bad things continued to be for African Americans in the early 20th century, I give you Way Down South Up North. Hint - it was about New Jersey. http://books.google.com/books/... Incredible book that gives insight into what things were really like for African Americans right here in NJ prior to the Civil rights movement.

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by: carolh @ Wed Feb 01, 2012 at 20:15:42 PM UTC

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Considerably more (0.00 / 0)

intellectual curiosity, and a far better grasp of civil rights, history, and New Jersey's place in that history on this site, and among our allies, than we seem to find in the Governor and his allies.

Where were all the know-better-than-that Republicans when they heard Christie say: "I think people would have been happy to have a referendum on civil rights rather than fighting and dying in the streets in the South."

Simple answer: They were, apparently, fine with that.

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.

by: Rosi Efthim @ Wed Feb 01, 2012 at 22:53:23 PM UTC

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