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Posted on 06/13/2012 9:10:38 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
My wife’s cousin is dating a black man. I spent the week with them on vacation, and we had some rather frank discussions on race and racism.
First of all, he said that when he was growing up (graduated in 1984), there was still a lot of open segregation and racism in the deep south. Second, even though he no longer lives there, and it is no longer the same, he has noticed that the patterns he learned from his parents and grandparents are VERY hard to unlearn.
As an example, we talked about sending my daughter to a private school, and his first thought is we were doing it because we want her to be around only white kids (the school is 20% minority). After he thought about it, he knew it was just his reaction, not reality.
My point is it will take generations to undo such programming, if ever.
“First of all, he said that when he was growing up (graduated in 1984), there was still a lot of open segregation and racism in the deep south.”
Unlike the north, where no racism has existed for a hundred years and everybody holds hands, regardless of race, while riding their unicorns under rainbows.
Once thing that would help the American psyche would be to rid ourselves of the lie that racism was/is a wholly owned subsidiary of the South. The most racist white people I’ve known have been from the north...yet they walk through life with the delusion that they are superior to Southerners.
Honestly, I agree in part. But it is different.
I was talking about that with him, and he said “I don’t recognize it as much.”
Different social norms. And where I grew up, most of the blacks I knew weren’t considered much, but the Hispanics and Indians were.
God help us; we need about ten million more Larry Elders.
Born and raised in the Northeast from Philly to Bahston. Haved lived in the deep south since 1987.
I have observed more racism in Philly and Boston (up to this present day, with visits back there) than I have ever observed in the (rural) deep south.
Not saying that his experience is not real...I have had a much different experience.
That's an interesting and accurate way to put it. I plan to infuriate liberals with it.
You were in Queens? I was in rural PA during the blackout, and all we heard was horror from the city. We were all wondering when the feral blacks were going to cross the Delaware.
It has nothing to do with skin color.
It has to do with how one was brought up.
Those who were raised to be complete failures are jealous and spiteful.
Liberals, we’re gonna tell you the truth, and it’s gonna make you mad... :)
Oh, how right you are!
The Snowbirds here in Florida migrate anually to their gated enclaves scattered all over the coasts, keeping out the riffraff, voting three times in each election (once back north, twice here in Florida).
One day, they are going to pick on a member of the Triads, and then they’ll be sorry.
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Mrs. JimRed's cousin (widowed) married a black man. We visited their place in PA last weekend for a family gathering, but the missus laid down the rules- NO politics, race, religion to be discussed. If someone else brings it up, bite your tongue and grunt, but don't respond.
Too bad, because Mike seems to be the kind of guy with whom I could have a good dialogue and still remain friendly.
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Tell him where I grew up and went to school that I never saw one black ever, ever, ever, in any school that I went to from 1st grade to 12th grade graduation.
Never. I went to Worcester & Trooper grade schools, then Methacton high School.
Think I was down here in the deep South?
That was Montgomery County Pennsylvania, 20 miles from the wonderful city of Philadelphia.
Not until I moved to Florida did I see other races in school.
Doesn’t support his narrow experience.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRc_FlmW2Jc&feature=related
This video is just stunning. The twisted thinking of the studio newsreaders (20 yrs later) is mind boggling. A must see, for anyone who doubts that the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
I was actually in a Country Music bar on Long Island when the black out occurred (July 13, 1977), but I lived a block from the grocery store in question and got back home that evening to strains of Lebanese music.
Thanks for the ping...
My point is it will take generations to undo such programming, if ever.
My point being, we will never unload black racism until the elite are made to stop using it for power. They are spreading the divison and hate to all races. They divide and conquer Americans by race for power just as they have always done.
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