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In reply to the discussion: "School decides to read book on Black astronaut to all students after parent complains about it" [View all]CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)11. It sure as hell beats the way I learned acceptance (I won't stop at tolerance).
My (white) family moved from inner-city Chicago to a small town in extreme northern Wisconsin. The kids there knew there were about 1 million blacks in Chicago. I was immediately nicknamed the N-word and repeatedly beaten/kicked by these hicks. A usual encounter would have 5 holding me down with 2 doing the damage, all the while shouting "N*****!". This even happened at recess with an adult monitor with her back turned.
The bumps and bruises have healed and I developed a profound amount of compassion and empathy for women and minorities because of those hellish years.
I can't thank them enough for their making me a better person, which has been passed down to my 2 daughters.
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"School decides to read book on Black astronaut to all students after parent complains about it" [View all]
krispos42
Sep 2020
OP
They want to pretend after slavery everything was great and after civil rights it was
JI7
Sep 2020
#1
What an excellent idea to combat racism! These children need to be educated about racism
Illumination
Sep 2020
#2
It sure as hell beats the way I learned acceptance (I won't stop at tolerance).
CaptYossarian
Sep 2020
#11
WOW CaptYossarian! Sorry for what you shouldn't have had to endure! Bullying is abuse
Illumination
Sep 2020
#13
Great advice. You're raising those girls RIGHT! The flag & book are very perceptive & show an
Illumination
Sep 2020
#30
I can't even imagine what her rationale was. What was the content of her warning..
LAS14
Sep 2020
#3
had a nice NPR story corp about him when he was a kid during segregation in texas.
pansypoo53219
Sep 2020
#15
Astronaut Ron McNair died along with the rest of the crew in the Challenger explosion in 1986
MagickMuffin
Sep 2020
#35