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

2005-08-03 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 now that he

[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 now that he

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

[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 Gore Sr.

[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] snip did they cook up the story of Al Gore Junior's black Nanny who

[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 Nanny who used

[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, shempmcgurk [EMAIL

[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 terms of

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, [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 there.

[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, TurquoiseB [EMAIL

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

2005-08-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip 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

[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 and Georgia

[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: snip 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

[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: snip I'd really like to hear from Sparaig on what he

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] wrote: snip

[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 the name of a

[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, authfriend [EMAIL

[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, shempmcgurk [EMAIL

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 authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip 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

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

2005-08-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Llundrub [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip 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

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

[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 sell in

[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 Queen

[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 South.

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

2005-08-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip 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

[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 Gore

[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 Gore

[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: snip 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 part of

[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: snip The point is a lot of people objected to how things

[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, akasha_108 [EMAIL

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 did.

[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 Gore, Sr., as

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

2005-08-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip 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 who