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Topic: RACISM ALIVE AND WELL?
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Sun 05/20/07 04:37 PM
Tantalize I would have to say in general it's better. There are a few
ignorant ones out there still.

tantalizingtulip's photo
Sun 05/20/07 04:39 PM
yes I know.......


i live in a cummunity that is racist on many levels goes beyond color
though....

although that is an issue here too!

sad....

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Sun 05/20/07 04:40 PM
when you say "here."

Do you mean on JSH? Or in the U.S LOL

Where is she from?~clicks on profile~

tantalizingtulip's photo
Sun 05/20/07 04:41 PM
I mean my county I live in..

in Michigan.

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Sun 05/20/07 04:41 PM
Well that's not good.

Just don't let the hatred and ignorance sink into your lively
personality.

God bless :)

tantalizingtulip's photo
Sun 05/20/07 04:46 PM
im to old for anything to sink in bored:wink:

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Sun 05/20/07 04:49 PM
Well my pops always said the younger generations grow up in more
diversity and are used to different races. Especially urban areas.

So I guess it will keep getting better unless the parents poison their
children with prejudice.

oldsage's photo
Sun 05/20/07 04:51 PM
Tulip your just a kid.
Got tools older than you.
I inherited them.
laugh laugh :wink:

tantalizingtulip's photo
Mon 05/21/07 03:33 AM
sage.....................................yawn

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Mon 05/21/07 05:55 AM
"Well my pops always said the younger generations grow up in more
diversity and are used to different races. Especially urban areas. So I
guess it will keep getting better unless the parents poison their
children with prejudice."

BC, I agree to an extent, that there definitely is more diversity and
that that contributes to better understanding and acceptance.

But I grew up as a child of the '60s and I lived in a Los Angeles suburb
that was racially mixed, predominantly with a combination of Caucasians
and Hispanics. Unless I went to Los Angeles for a doctor's appointment
or to the zoo or whatever, in my town (Glendale) it was a very rare
thing to see a Black person.

I laugh when I think back now at how, when I visited the beach, I used
to think all the black people there were visiting from Africa!

But anyway...it wasn't until 1970 when we moved to Nashville that I
heard the "N" word. Not until that time did I ever hear any derogatory
remark like that about a person. I could tell by the way people were
saying it that it wasn't a "good" thing, so I asked them what a "n" was.

They said a "black person."

I was really confused. I said why would you call a person names just
because of the color of their skin?

I was only 12 years old. Now, I'm almost 49, and I STILL don't "get it."

RainbowTrout's photo
Mon 05/21/07 06:30 AM
I have always been amazed by how much ignorance the human mind can
actually hold.

tantalizingtulip's photo
Mon 05/21/07 06:32 AM
heya Roy how are yousmooched

jeanc200358's photo
Mon 05/21/07 07:54 AM
Me, too, RT. Me, too.

Native_Grl39's photo
Mon 05/21/07 07:56 AM
Some people just want to stay ignorant I think..If they reallay wanted
to learn and be educated...There is certainly enough info around for
them to educate themselves with!!!!!!!

drinker flowerforyou

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Mon 05/21/07 09:40 AM
I love you Jean! Thankyou for sharing your experience :)

jeanc200358's photo
Mon 05/21/07 09:47 AM
Why, thanks, girlfiend! I love you too!

flowerforyou :smile:

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Mon 05/21/07 09:49 AM
Hug :)

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