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In reply to the discussion: I was raised by racists, and then one day it just went away [View all]calimary
(81,091 posts)35. What a wonderful story!!! Stuff like this we need to hear and read about, every day!
It's quite reassuring, actually. Nice to hear about this anecdotal evidence of people-to-people healing and enlightenment. Stunning to think how attitudes have been, in some places, during our lifetimes. And of course we really still haven't surmounted all of this OR left it behind us, unfortunately.
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1969-71, a college friend of mine always biked home from school in FL to somewhere like Ohio (he
Nay
Feb 2013
#24
And the remaining $2 bought me a couple of burgers and more than one Nehi Orange too
1-Old-Man
Feb 2013
#11
Life experiences make people who and what they are. Just as the south suffered and lost so much
kelliekat44
Feb 2013
#55
i never saw that because I thought it glorified skinheads - will have to check it out Thanks
lunasun
Feb 2013
#36
What a wonderful story!!! Stuff like this we need to hear and read about, every day!
calimary
Feb 2013
#35
My story is almost the exact opposite, I was in my 20's before I realized I was racist.
Amimnoch
Feb 2013
#53
oh wow, I almost bypassed this thread because I ASSumed it was going to be a rant
BlancheSplanchnik
Feb 2013
#54
By coincidence, I was watching "Slavery By Another Name" while reading this post ...
eppur_se_muova
Feb 2013
#59