Wow! your stories are something! I love hearing them! Awesome folks here! Up from the non-intellectual sludge that could have kept you (us) down.
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 2:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: South Carolina black leaders back Clinton I undersand what you're saying, James. When I was growing up in Ole Virginny (Danville, the Last Capital of the Confederacy, to be exact), the only decent guidance I ever got from any guidance counselor was, "When you graduate, leave town as fast as possible. If you're here more than two weeks after you do, you'll *never get out*. I got out eleven days after and, everytime I go back, I see someone new who didn't. But they're all strung out on meth or in rehab from it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com> .com wrote: My wife (originally from the Bronx) put up with that garbage for years growing up in South Carolina. Apparently, getting good grades, participating in extracurriculars, being able to communicate in a professional manner and wanting more out of life than your peers was a crime. She went on to be one of the first black women to compete for the Miss South Carolina pagaent by winning a local crown (Marion, SC) the same year Vanessa Williams won Miss America, earned several scholarships, served as an Army officer, became a well-known radio personality in S.C., national education journalist and later magazine editor and my beautiful wife. I find it satisfying when we visit her home in S.C. and some of those same individuals who made her life hell are still working dead-end jobs (not careers) and have never experienced anything outside of the small bubble in which they grew up. She doesn't rub it in their faces - too classy for that, but I think they get the point when they ask about her life today. __________________________________________________________ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com> .com cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslan <http://www.jameslandrith.com> drith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multirac <http://www.multiracial.com> ial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multirac <http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/> ial.com/abolitionist/ __________________________________________________________ > Keith; > Most of the time I hear that term, it's from ignorant goons who know > nothing about themselves, let alone having never left the boundaries of > their own neighborhood...And ANY idiot who accuses someone of 'acting > white' or black or anything else on that level has a self-esteem problem > they're trying to compensate for... > "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" --------------------------------- Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
