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If you weren't black, a woman, asian or an immigrant, maybe.
I think some women liked the 50's. They were awarded with such conviniences as vaccuums and dishwashers and laundry machines . What more could one ask for?
At any rate, there weren't many non-black immigrants in America at that time, so they weren't "suffering" then because they just did not really exist at that point. And I would argue that the lives of African Americans were better then than it is now (there wasn't so much inner city crime and inner city poverty was significantly lower).
Who wouldn't love a society where the middle class made up like 95% of the population? I would love that structure in todays society.
I think some women liked the 50's. They were awarded with such conviniences as vaccuums and dishwashers and laundry machines . What more could one ask for?
Who wouldn't love a society where the middle class made up like 95% of the population? I would love that structure in todays society.
Something tells me that was not the case in the 1950's. My own family tells me that, in fact. My grandmother was a single mom raising 6 children in the 40's and 50's. Dirt poor.
My mother went to segregated schools. She still, to this day, uses the words "negro" and "colored."
Yes,I'm white. I never heard of druggies or drive-bys where people are killed in the streets. Now it seems to be going on all summer long. I wonder what black people think of their society now as compared to the 50s. That would be interesting. I wonder if they visited with neighbors in the evening and could walk the streets and not worry.
Visit with their neighbors in the evening? There were curfews for blacks in many towns.
There was a black cheerleader at my mother's high school. The poor girl couldn't even attend some of the games because the towns didn't allow blacks to be out in public at night.
Yes,I'm white. I never heard of druggies or drive-bys where people are killed in the streets. Now it seems to be going on all summer long. I wonder what black people think of their society now as compared to the 50s. That would be interesting. I wonder if they visited with neighbors in the evening and could walk the streets and not worry.
I wasn't around back then but my grandparents were, and from stories they have told it was pretty tough back then. Nearly everyone in my family was poor back then, and I don't think they joined the "middle class" until the 60's. I have old black and white pictures and all of the men looked beat down and tired because they had to work long hours of hard physical labor to feed the family. My great grandparents bought the land I live on today back in 1946, they had to farm and sell vegetables and dairy at a roadside stand just to make the land payments. They lived in a four room house and I don't think they ever enjoyed air conditioning.
Despite all of that, I do think that some things probably were better back then. Children probably respected their parents more, I know if my parents would have spoken to my grandparents like I hear kids talking today they wouldn't have been able to sit down for a week. People back then knew how to cook good food from scratch, versus many today that only know how to take a frozen entree out of the freezer. The 50's were probably great for people in urban and suburban areas, but people in rural areas and small towns had it hard.
I think many of us miss the times we grew up in, I grew up in the 80's so naturally I think it was better then. lol
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. What more could one ask for?
