When I was a teenager, I worked at a local hospital, in the respiratory therapy department. One of my co-workers was an African-American man who grew up in Mississippi (he lived in NJ for only about 5 years). We used to talk about racism - growing up in a predominantly white neighborhood in the suburbs kind of shielded me from the reality, so it was fascinating to talk with him - and I recall one thing he said vividly. He said that while racism is more prevalent in the South, he preferred living there because 'it's easier to tell which ones didn't like me simply because I am black'.
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> wrote: > > lol, im not swayed by them or anyone in this light. i know all about > racism, racists, and the like. > it's never going to go away, i know this... in fact, im all for people > REALLY talking about how they > feel, talking about the differences between the races, cultures, etc. > fuck hiding it, bring it out in the open > and be ready to deal with the REALITY of the internal unwarranted hate > some people have. until then > its all lies, smoke and mirrors. > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> That's how he is, he always sounds nervous when he talks. >> >> But as for getting past this in America, Jerry and Larry won't let you >> because they're planting these thoughts and hoping you run with them. >> >> . >> >> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> i dont. i know some that arent. >>> >>> i heard/saw a white man get uncomfortable when he was speaking to a >>> group of VERY >>> white people in iowa and his brain was thinking "ni**ers" and he ended >>> up with "blacks" >>> because the other wasnt right for the forum. would i have thought it >>> to be THAT racist, nah >>> not really... but still, its retarded and i wish we were past this as >>> a country. >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345098 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
