--- j c harmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a friend whose husband is African American > who was refused to be > served breakfast(although they said they'd still > serve HER) in Brainerd in > 1982. Irony is he lives in Brainerd now; they're > divorced. I often wonder > how he can stand it.
Wow. The sad thing is, I can believe it. I've heard that in some parts of northernmost MN, an African American can disappear and never be seen from again. Here in east central MN, there was a road rage incident on Hwy 23, where a white driver passed an African American driver on the two-lane road. The AA driver pulled up to the first car, pulled out the white driver and beat her. A news account in the Askov American began with this editorialized lead: "A strange incident occurred on May 23 on Highway 23." I couldn't figure out what they thought was strange: that an incident of this magnitude had occurred in this normally quiet area, or because an African American was in this normally white area. Susan Maricle Bruno, MN P.S. J.C.: Were discrimination charges ever filed? Was this restaurant a Denny's? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
