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The last thing I need is white people telling me where I can and can't go more than they already do.
For a lot of people the only difference between Jim Crow and today is they can't be blatant about their discrimination.
It works both ways. There are neighborhoods in the East Bay owned by blacks. They make it clear that whites and Mexicans better stay clear. We see the same thing in Los Angeles, or just about any big city.
They are all equally wrong. The real discriminating factor is money. The Chinese have invaded Palo Alto. Whites need not apply.
Washington DC is nowhere near the Jim Crow South. You need to start educating yourself on what life was really like then.
That's a misconception. Washington D.C is well below the Mason-Dixon line, has always been a typical southern city like all the rest, and was just as legally segregated as Mobile Alabama or anywhere else in the deep south.
And besides, my family is originally from Texas, and didn't get to D.C until they were almost grown. That's what I was talking about when I said the "Jim Crow South".
I hope to God that never happens. I remember as a kid, I couldnt hold it any longer and went in the "colored" bathroom. Someone (not my family) grabbed me and spanked me when I came out
That's why the thread on black dorm at UConn pissed me off so much. I don't ever want to see those days again.
Ask your grandparents what would happen to them in the Jim Crow South if a black person spoke their mind to a white person, or looked a white person in the eye instead of at the ground. Ask them what happened to black people who tried to register to vote, or sit at a lunch counter or go to a hotel and be denied entry because of the color of their skin. Ask them what would happen if a black person needed to go to a hospital, and would be denied entry because of the color of their skin. Principle? really? Rosa parks was arrested for not giving her seat up on a bus to a white man. Principle?
Jim Crow went farther than the separate water fountains and bathrooms. The rights you enjoy today and take for granted are built on the bodies of the people who died fighting for their civil rights, both black and white.
Jesus, read your history, then actually COMPREHEND what you are reading.
Some very good points. I agree with you.
However, in Tritone's defense, I have heard the occasional African-American say similar things. Jim Crow was a moral abomination, but it also gave the black community a common enemy. When you have that, you tend to bond and stay united. Your community has a focal point and thus other ills do not emerge or are dealt with easily.
People had fun, lived life, and have fond memories of those days.
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