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In reply to the discussion: The day I got the living shit beaten out of me. [View all]aikoaiko
(34,188 posts)10. So I moved to Malden in 1992 -- just two doors down from Ed Markey's "residence"
My new neighbors (not the Markey family) told me that they were glad I wasn't black. Stunned. I didn't know how to respond.
Later on I walked up the Malden Center Orange line stop and asked the T attendant in her secure box if the all the Orange lines trains stopped at Ruggles Station (I needed to go to Northeastern). Her response, this uniformed public servant said, "why would you want to go there? That's where all the n****rs are". I was so stunned I really didn't know how to respond.
So Boston, like a lot of places, is or at least was very complex when it comes to racial prejudice.
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A lot about housing, the segregated neighborhoods, brick throwing that MLK knew I think-
appalachiablue
Apr 2015
#40
MLK said he encountered the worst racism in Skokie, IL, if I remember correctly. I think this was
KingCharlemagne
Apr 2015
#59
"much more prevalent in the South"> No, just different. I have been around more than 60 years,
jtuck004
Apr 2015
#30
I have had the privilege of living (NOT "vacationing" but "living") in most parts of the country.
bvar22
Apr 2015
#46
Since there are few if any black folk up here, it's tough to prove or disprove your
jtuck004
Apr 2015
#96
Depending on time, place, and particular measurements, the North may not be as racist, overall.
Orsino
Apr 2015
#11
No, no. Don't you understand that the South is INFERIOR, to the North, West (& everyone)?
appalachiablue
Apr 2015
#41
Globalizing it really provides context-- fits my observations of India, Europe, Mexico
carolinayellowdog
Apr 2015
#55
That is very rarely if ever heard from people in the North, unfortunately. Spent most of my life
appalachiablue
Apr 2015
#43
I'm noticing a strong correlation between bill o'reilly fandom and casual use of the n-word
redruddyred
Apr 2015
#71
Powerful account of a formative experience, Will. I too was beat up, but by some black kids in
FailureToCommunicate
Apr 2015
#8
I imagine Will's experience was worse. I always sorta thought those boys were jealous of me dating
FailureToCommunicate
Apr 2015
#42
So I moved to Malden in 1992 -- just two doors down from Ed Markey's "residence"
aikoaiko
Apr 2015
#10
"and once upon a time, I had the bruises to prove it." The bruises never really go away. nm
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#12
And this what exactly to do with the Confederacy's defiance in the face of abolition?
NuclearDem
Apr 2015
#50
" once upon a time, I had the bruises to prove it." < You still do. Lots of us do. But
jtuck004
Apr 2015
#26
Boston lost its claim to color blindness when they implemented busing in the early '70s.
1monster
Apr 2015
#36
I remember the attacks on the buses carrying the kids. Yep, Boston - especially South Boston was
24601
Apr 2015
#67
I've lived in the North and South and both have an outcropping of racists. Yes indeed they do.
Rex
Apr 2015
#52
I think you are being mighty unfair to Mr. Pitt. This is not a "I have a
KingCharlemagne
Apr 2015
#60
Was the OP trying to say he understood the what black people have to experience?
tkmorris
Apr 2015
#68