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To: RoosterRedux

I seriously doubt that a black person would be treated unfairly “in the world of Donna Reed”.

Seriously, the 50’s middle class Western Culture society would be the absolute best circumstances for anyone of any skin color to live in.

The deal would be, though, that you’d have to behave within the expectations of that culture in order to thrive.


12 posted on 01/21/2013 8:30:01 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: MrB
The deal would be, though, that you’d have to behave within the expectations of that culture in order to thrive.

"You axing me to act like Whitey?"

Seriously though, as my grandmother used to say, "if you don't want to be disappointed, quit expecting others to live up to your expectations. You focus on being the best you can be and leave others to their own devices."

Or as I interpret that, "quit your beatching and get to work."

18 posted on 01/21/2013 8:38:57 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: MrB
I seriously doubt that a black person would be treated unfairly “in the world of Donna Reed”.

Au contraire, mon frere. I'm black, and lived through the 'Donna Reed' years in the US. Unfairness directed toward blacks was endemic in this country at that time.

That's not to say that there wasn't opportunity for bright, skilled, and determined blacks to achieve something approximating the American Dream, but my fathers had to work twice as hard to get half as far as men in the majority culture.

Luckily for me, that oppression was largely a relic of the past when I came of age.

58 posted on 01/21/2013 10:01:19 AM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: MrB
Seriously, the 50’s middle class Western Culture society would be the absolute best circumstances for anyone of any skin color to live in. The deal would be, though, that you’d have to behave within the expectations of that culture in order to thrive.

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Oh, and exactly what were those expectations?

You can't eat here...you can't use this bathroom...you can't belong to this club or organization...you can't work here...you can't walk here...you can't sit here...you can't live here...and a hundred more everyday things that you can't do...

Yep, the absolutely best circumstances anywhere, anytime for anybody.

Where do people like you come from?

62 posted on 01/21/2013 10:08:07 AM PST by wtc911 (Amigo - you've been had.)
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