--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <snip> > > > > > did they cook up the story of Al Gore Junior's black Nanny > who > > > > > used to travel with the family by car from Tennessee to D.C. > > > > > and when Al Gore Sr. would stop at Whites-only restaurants > that > > > > > the Nanny had to stay behind in the car? As she tells it, > Jr. > > > > > felt sorry for her and had to bring lunch out to her outside? > > > > > > > > I am not seeking to get in the middle of this debate. > > > > > > Me, either. But misinformation *is* being slung by both > > > egos in this debate. I was raised in the Deep South during > > > this period. There were many restaurants that served both > > > whites and blacks. You could always tell them because > > > they had four bathrooms (two each for white and "colored") > > > and two water fountains. There was a lot of racism, and > > > there were a lot of people who weren't racist but who lived > > > in a racist society. No one today can really tell who was > > > who, *especially* by what they *say*. > > > > Unfortunately Barry isn't up on the facts here, > > so *he's* slinging misinformation, along with > > his usual illogic. > > > > Nobody said, of course, that there were no restaurants > > in the Deep South that served both whites and blacks. > > Barry made that up. > > Barry didn't make that up.
He did indeed make it up. > The premise of the poster who asked us to name one restaurant that > was integrated most certainly believes that and that, in fact, was > what Barry was responging to. Since the poster didn't ask that, it's not at all clear why you'd think he believes that premise. > Go back and read the postings on this > thread and then, if I'm right, be a good girl and come back here > and apologise to Barry. You're not right, and you both need to apologize to me and Sparaig. > > What I've been citing is what the *Gores* have said > > about their trips, confirmed by the very nanny who > > had to eat in the car--which was that *on that route* > > there were no such restaurants. > > You may have been citing that but that wasn't what Barry was > commenting upon. Yes, it was, because that's *precisely* what Sparaig was asking about: whether there were restaurants that served blacks and whites *on that route*, contrary to what the Gores (and their nanny) claimed. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
