Ed Schultz Quotes
Going to an interracial high school shaped my understanding of social justice and racial inequality.
Schultz, Ed. Straight Talk from the Heartland: Tough Talk, Common Sense, and Hope from a Former Conservative. HarperCollins, 2004.
At the time, Australia had a whites only immigration policy and were relaxing it slightly for non-white business people. At the time, few could imagine Australia of the 21st century. The Prime Minister was one.
He was the first FHA administrator to make statements saying that non-discriminatory housing services should be available to the American people. At the time the Southern states had laws allowing and protecting legal segregation especially in housing. The Southern field staff interpreted his instruction to be sure that both blacks and whites had access to FHA services, but they used the “separate but equal” doctrine: Provide services to both races but always in segregated housing projects. This was typical of the kinds of problems that motivated the Civil Rights Acts offered by President Kennedy in 1963 and passed by President Johnson in 1964. See {637272} for a similar Mason statement.
Edward Andrew Schultz was an American television and radio host, a political commentator, news anchor and a sports broadcaster.