Theaters Quotes
This is an excellent example of the twisted, self-fulfilling logic of the Afrikaners in justifying apartheid. Many Afrikaners were inveterate racists, and were also usually armed which was a rural tradition of their early immigration and the Zulu and Boer Wars. Those whites would cause a riot if a black was allowed into a white audience performance. That in turn would cause chaos. Therefore mixed audiences could not be allowed. It never occurred to Botha and his colleagues that the government’s responsibility was to control and restrict the white rioters and instigators. This was not unique Afrikaner thinking; the same logic prevailed throughout the American South in the Jim Crowe segregation era.
He was the last Pope to hold temporal power.
In 17th century England the Puritans were major opponents of the Celebration of Christmas which at the time had been celebrated mostly by Roman Catholics.
What makes this quotation interesting is the fact that Mrs. Roosevelt was a strong supporter of labor unions, but she didn’t hesitate to write to union officials when a union was making absurd and unfair demands. And she also wrote about it in her column. There were some union officials who wanted her just to send a private letter, but Mrs. Roosevelt used her column not only to inform the public of her views on matters but to educate them about the complexities of many issues.
