--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > did they cook up the story of Al Gore Junior's black Nanny who used > > > to travel with the family by car from Tennessee to D.C. and when Al > > > Gore Sr. would stop at Whites-only restaurants that the Nanny had to > > > stay behind in the car? As she tells it, Jr. felt sorry for her and > > > had to bring lunch out to her outside? > > > > I am not seeking to get in the middle of this debate. > > Me, either. But misinformation *is* being slung by both > egos in this debate. I was raised in the Deep South during > this period. There were many restaurants that served both > whites and blacks.
Apropos of another posting in which the question was raised of HOW prevalent segregation was (100%? 10%? 50% of restaurants?), your comments above are significant. Can you say what you experience was in terms of percentage how many restaurants along, say, a main highway route would have been segregated? > You could always tell them because > they had four bathrooms (two each for white and "colored") > and two water fountains. There was a lot of racism, and > there were a lot of people who weren't racist but who lived > in a racist society. No one today can really tell who was > who, *especially* by what they *say*. > > But this "debate" isn't about facts. It's about ego-dominance > and attachment to being "right." > > It *does* make catching up on the posts easier, however. > Just look at the poster's name, and if it's either Shemp or > Judy, just press 'Next.' :-) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
