Was Woodstock too white?

[CTyankee]

I asked this question when I kept seeing articles on the 50th anniversary of the event. This article explains a lot and I feel better about the event and its place in our racial history.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/columnists/mike-kelly/2019/08/15/woodstock-1969-tried-diverse-crowd-didnt-work-kelly-harlem-cultural-festival/2011323001/

I was not exactly a part of the Woodstock Nation. I was a 30 year old mother of 3, living in Westchester County, New York. Politically, I was pretty naive.

Glad to read this article...

[comradebillyboy]

1. I was in college then. But now I'm tired of 60s

nostalgia. From the news coverage and all it appears like the audience was very white.

[CTyankee]

2. The article explains that its founders were aware of that and wanted to diversify it but had

obstacles not related to racial discrimination on the part of the participants or event founders.

[comradebillyboy]

3. Yeah I don't think racism was involved but all

sorts of barriers existed for keeping the races separate in those days.

[CTyankee]

4. I notice that my neighborhood in New Haven has grown less diverse. When we bought our house

on this street over 30 years ago there were several black families living here. Now I don't see any. It can't get any bluer politically than here in New Haven and our mayor is a WOC, yet this is the case. It makes me sad.

[comradebillyboy]

5. My neighborhood is pretty diverse. Here in Albuquerque

anti-Hispanic discrimination has really diminished since the 60s.

[CTyankee]

6. That is good to hear.

I grew up in Dallas, TX which I hated. I always thought that New Mexico was so outstanding and I looked up to it, but I went East to go to college and never returned to Dallas to live.