Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-03 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 8/3/05 8:06:17 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Barry used to drive between Tenesse and DC during that period?He said he made many car trips from Florida andGeorgia to New England.  Not sure going throughCarthage, TN, where the Gores started f

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-03 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > [...] > > I'd really like to hear from Sparaig on what he actually believed > > when he asked us to name one restaurant that was integreated and > > what he believes

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > [...] > > I'd really like to hear from Sparaig on what he actually believed > > when he asked us to name one restaurant that was integreated and > > what he believes

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" [...] > I'd really like to hear from Sparaig on what he actually believed > when he asked us to name one restaurant that was integreated and > what he believes now that he has heard what Barry has had to say > about his experiences in the Sout

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Elvis on black velvet? > > > > I used to sell in homes back in the '80s. One of the places I was on > > the road selling was Newfoundland. More than once on the walls I > > would see photos of the Pope, the Quee

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 8/2/05 3:26:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kinda like the triad of Martin Luther King, John Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy that are seen in African-American homes. I've already written the next verse to Abraham Martin and John. Anybody here see

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread TurquoiseB
> > Elvis on black velvet? > > I used to sell in homes back in the '80s. One of the places I was on > the road selling was Newfoundland. More than once on the walls I > would see photos of the Pope, the Queen and...Elvis! > > Kinda like the triad of Martin Luther King, John Kennedy and Bobby

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 8/2/05 10:28:26 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Hey akasha, do you think the decor of those > restaurants was tacky back then? ;-) > > > > > Elvis on black velvet? I used to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 8/2/05 10:28:26 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hey akasha, do you think the decor of thoserestaurants was tacky back then? ;-) Elvis on black velvet? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/g

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 8/2/05 10:01:09 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Sounds more like they had a favorite place  or two that were > > higher class and didn't allow "coloreds" and they told Mammie all > > the places were segregated and they had no choice. > >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 8/2/05 9:56:06 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That's a possibility, but it's unlikely becausenone of the right-wingers pushing the notion thatGore Sr. was a segregationist have discoveredsuch establishments.  Given how much they've madeof th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's not that she's bad or evil or just trying to fuck us over. It's just that she places alot of stock in the rational mind. She is either a virgo or leo. Probably a virgo with leo ascendent. Pisces sun with Can

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Just when I thought that I was out they pull me back in. > > You just fell for an old game. Uh-huh. Just a little reminder: it was

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread Llundrub
Arguing is the only level of spiritual discussionwith which Judy is comfortable.  Just watch.  Everytime the discussion moves into the realm of realexperience, and people here start having conver-sations that she can't join in because she's neverhad any of those experiences, within a couple

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I give up. > > > > If you'd just said that 10

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shemp

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "aut

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread Jeff Fischer
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > I called specific attention to what he asked some posts > > back, twice, but you just ignored it. He asked for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempm

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread Peter
--- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > "shempmcgurk" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > I'd really like to hear from Sparaig

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I'd really like to hear from Sparaig on what he actually believed > > when he asked us to name one restaurant that was integreat

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd really like to hear from Sparaig on what he actually believed > when he asked us to name one restaurant that was integreated That isn't what he asked. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > In a message dated 8/2/05 7:54:05 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > I made many, many auto trips from Florida

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Depending on when the Gores were traveling back and forth between > Nashville and DC I find it hard to believe they couldn't find > decent food establishments that would accept Al's Mammie. Sounds > more like they had a favori

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Turqu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 8/2/05 7:54:05 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > I made many, many auto trips from Florida and Georgia > > up to New England in my youth, because my father's folks > > lived up t

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 8/2/05 7:54:05 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I made many, many auto trips from Florida and Georgiaup to New England in my youth, because my father's folkslived up there.  Encountering a segregated restaurant along the way would have been a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 te

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgur

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread shempmcgurk
--- 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 Nann

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread authfriend
--- 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 Na

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- 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 >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While a few articles does not make me an Al Gore Sr. scholar, and I > am open to more information, the above record appears tobe clearly > not of one whe was a "life-long segragationist". But rather of a > pragmatist

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-01 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 8/1/05 7:59:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Al Gore, Sr., > > who was one of those who spent his life fighting > > for equality for blacks, was: "the segregationist > > Al Gor

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 8/1/05 7:59:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Al Gore, Sr., > > who was one of those who spent his life fighting > > for equality for blacks, was: "the segregationist > > Al Gor

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-01 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 8/1/05 7:59:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Al Gore, Sr.,> who was one of those who spent his life fighting> for equality for blacks, was: "the segregationist> Al Gore, Sr.," as if he'd spent his life doing> precisely the opposite.He di

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akas

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-01 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > The point is a lot of people > > > object

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > The point is a lot of people > > objected to how things were, but things were the way they were > > and most lived their lives as p

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-01 Thread shempmcgurk
--- 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

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-01 Thread shempmcgurk
--- 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

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perspective on Racism and Segregation in the US

2005-08-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So those that went to an essentially segregated all white HS, did > you protest, did you refuse to to go to HS because no blacks lived > in your school district? Did you protest vehemntly until blacks had > the legal