--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, braaahmaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > In a message dated 12/20/05 7:02:05 P.M. Central Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > But for a southerner growing up during segregation its hard to imagine > > he didn't understand what it meant. > > > > Or he is dense. Like someone who grrew up in the 50's and 60's and > > doesn't "get" that there was inherent racism in "Aunt Jamaiah" ads. > > And to then walk up to a modern day elderly black woman and say, "You > > look just like Aunt Jamaiah -- I bet you make great pancakes". > > > > Either way, its not a pretty picture. > > > > > > > > No it's not hard to imagine at all. I grew up in Texas during > segregation > > and never heard that rubbing a Negroes' head was done for luck. > > > Ok. If you are saying this is teh first time you have ever heard of > the practice. Which is odd, I grew up in the north and heard of the > practice at some point -- probably in college years. Perhaps we each > had different levels of social awareness.
Howard Stern habitually refers to Spike Lee as a "peanut head". Do you think it would be racist of him if he were to give Spike Lee noogies on the top of his head? > > > > > > In fact I could > > see that being used as an excuse to put your hand a head full of > stubble or > > short napping hair to feel the texture. Growing up in the fifties > the common > > hair cut was either a crew cut or a flat top and rubbing a white > person's > > head was just as common if not more so. No racism or disrespect was > ever > > intended, if anything, it showed affection and acceptance. Of course > if somebody > > rubbed a Negroes' head and said "boy, aren't you on the wrong side > of the > > tracks?" you have a different story. Attitude is the key. > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Need Help? Get Help! Tools and Strategies for Healthy Drug-Free Living</a>. http://us.click.yahoo.com/wI.OUB/dbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
