Years ago I spent a month in Memphis and ate out a lot. The restaurants were either no blacks or we were the only whites. Sad that was.
. On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > When I was a teenager, I worked at a local hospital, in the > respiratory therapy department. One of my co-workers was an > African-American man who grew up in Mississippi (he lived in NJ for > only about 5 years). We used to talk about racism - growing up in a > predominantly white neighborhood in the suburbs kind of shielded me > from the reality, so it was fascinating to talk with him - and I > recall one thing he said vividly. He said that while racism is more > prevalent in the South, he preferred living there because 'it's easier > to tell which ones didn't like me simply because I am black'. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345107 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
