Eliot Janeway Quotes
backlash
As an economist, Janeway coined the term to represent the potential “lashing back” by white workers against blacks if there was a severe recession and whites became unemployed in large numbers.
Eliot Janeway, 1913-1993, Political Economist, Presidential Advisor, Coined the word, Summer, 1963
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He was not only an atheist himself, but he was a major opponent of organized religion which he regarded as one or the major initiators and drivers of slavery, segregation and discrimination. For this reason he was critical of Martin Luther King—{583307}. His irreligiosity had always prevented his gaining much support from his fellow African Americans even though a great writer like H. L. Menken considered Schuyler, "the best writer in America".
The rich whites won the class war by splitting the poor and working class with race hatred and then coopting one half—the poor whites so that neither the poor whites or blacks obtained much and even into the 21st century the poor of the American South were the worst off of all the poor in America.
At the time, racial discrimination was so rampant in America that when one of the units of Pepsi Cola, under the leadership of Walter Mack, hired Emmons to sell to Black communities, the Black residents of Northern communities were so unused to seeing Blacks in a “white collar” job, that they were treated as celebrities. Emmons and a few other black salesmen had incredible results yet despite that, the practice did not grow at the time as there were too many white executives who were so prejudiced that the practice was not increased after Mack retired. This short quotation paints a good picture of the nature of racial job discrimination in the North prior to WWII.
Johnson was the first Black man who won the heavyweight championship at a time when racism in America was rampant. Many whites referred to Jeffries as “The Great White Hope” who would take the champion back for the whites. He didn’t and was beaten badly.
The Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR, was then one of America’s most prestigious organizations. It owned Constitution Hall, then one of the largest and most beautiful concert halls. In 1932 the DAR had passed a resolution banning Negro performers from Constitution Hall. By 1939 few thought they would still maintain the ban, but when Marion Anderson, the great Negro Singer was scheduled for an Easter Concert, the organization refused to rent the hall. Not only did the First Lady resign from the DAR, but she arranged to have the famous Easter Concert at the Lincoln Memorial. It was not only a rebuke to the DAR but it stimulated many other resignations as well as a de facto boycott of Constitution Hall where many citizens would not attend any event even 70 years later. Many notable figures resigned or refused to participate in DAR events thereafter and many artists and producers would never appear in Constitution Hall again.
Booth was the younger son of a very prominent Northern family of actors. His older brother was considered the greatest American actor, and the rest of the family were abolitionists and vehement Union supporters. They found young John’s views reprehensible.
This speech is often referred to as the “Ballot or the Bullet” speech. It was the first time that Malcolm X used the “Ballot or the Bullet”. He was not the first African American to use the “Ballot or the Bullet” phrase. See {624102} for a use over 100 years ago. However, he was really arguing to allow Blacks to vote in the South where it was almost impossible at the time. There was no Voting Rights Act at that time and it was his actions that helped pass one shortly thereafter.
Eliot Janeway, born Eliot Jacobstein, was an American economist, journalist and author, widely quoted during his lifetime, whose career spanned seven decades. For a time his ideas gained some influence within the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and he was an informal economic advisor to Lyndon B. Johnson, especially during Johnson's years in Congress, though he broke with Johnson over the economics of the Vietnam War. His eclectic approach focused on the interaction between political pressures, economic policy and market trends. He was at times a vigorous critic of the economic policies of presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan. His enduring pessimism about US economic prospects earned him the nickname "Calamity Janeway".
