Fascinating. One of my closest friends in middle school was a black girl and I certainly never looked down on her. But you did look down on blacks.
And no, I wasn't raised like you. That kind of bigotry and intolerance (you and yours had) wouldn't have been tolerated by my mother - not in a million years. On Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 3:39:01 PM UTC-5, ImStillMags Mags wrote: > > Good for you. How many years ago was that. I'm sure that house did not > look as it does now. > > Now, is there any way you can understand that your experience is not every > person's experience, especially if you grow up in a blighted urban > neighborhood? > > One size does not fit all. > > Myself, I grew up in the county (read redneck) in East Tennessee. I did > not know we were poor until high school when kids can get pretty cruel > about things like that. But I certainly "knew" that we were higher on the > social ladder and "better" than the kids with dark skins. Even us poor > white trash looked down on them. I bet you were raised the same way. > > > > > > On Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 12:30:10 PM UTC-8, Kamakazee wrote: >> >> Checking out the link, I see you can rotate it. If you pan to your left >> (to the right of the house), you can see Calvary Baptist Church. They >> (Christians!) took us in, I can remember them bringing us stuff all the >> time. I was a snoozer during church, and they actually had a cot in the >> back of the church for me to sleep on during sermons. >> >> Again, good, hell, great, times. >> >> On Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 2:27:15 PM UTC-6, Kamakazee wrote: >> >>> I'm not Perps, nor do I speak for her, but let me take a wack at this. >>> >>> The link below is to the house I grew up in from 1 yr until 11 when we >>> moved from FL to AR. It's far worse than the house in your meme. No, it >>> didn't look like this when I was living there, but you get a good idea of >>> the size of the house. I see the porch is still there, can recall having >>> several birthday parties there. We didn't have a car, had to load our >>> clothes in a red wagon and walk them 2 blocks to the laundry mat. We rode >>> our bikes everywhere. >>> >>> I honestly can't remember one time, even one time, thinking that my >>> situation was unfair or even wishing I had more stuff. Wonderful times, >>> even the trips to the laundry mat was an adventure. We built forts behind >>> the house endlessly. Caught hundreds of "horney toads" There was a >>> railroad track two blocks away on which we walked to town. My mom had to >>> walk to work each day, maybe half a mile to work for a realtor. She never >>> complained. >>> >>> >>> https://www.google.com/maps/@30.7576548,-86.561858,3a,75y,14h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbD0nUcCL_7mS18nc_HPSgg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DbD0nUcCL_7mS18nc_HPSgg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.TACTILE.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D392%26h%3D106%26yaw%3D14.139723%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i3328!8i1664 >>> >>> My current house is much nicer than the other house in your picture, by >>> the way. >>> >>> On Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 2:03:24 PM UTC-6, ImStillMags Mags >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tMosUoCs5Fo/WKNihUxRkLI/AAAAAAAAQ_c/UGoHmR9iKyQLxtMqGjftb5wmG8awWCFBwCLcB/s1600/16708190_10155004555484183_6205695342663662496_n.jpg> >>>> >>>> -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
