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TreasonousBastard

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5. I grew up in country where my father told me the nuns cracked...
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 04:17 PM
Mar 2022

cracked his knuckles with a ruler when they caught him writing left-handed.

I grew up hiding under my desk in school when we had practice air raid alerts.

I grew up in a neighborhood that was half Jewish, and some of the older ones had numbers tattoo'd on their arms. My father was drafted out of law school to fight their oppressors.

I grew up in a country where the rule was to fit in somehow--minorities weren't hated so much for skin color or origin, but simply because they didn't fit in.

Lot of other things, but it gave me the education I needed.

What America did you grow up in? [View all] Caliman73 Mar 2022 OP
Thanks for posting this Doc Sportello Mar 2022 #1
I've seen those posts too. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 #2
This country has always been what it is. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #3
It wasn't the country I thought it was. Or hoped it would be. gibraltar72 Mar 2022 #4
I grew up in country where my father told me the nuns cracked... TreasonousBastard Mar 2022 #5
Jim Crow in the south Dave in VA Mar 2022 #6
YEah Johnny2X2X Mar 2022 #7
Thanks to all who replied. Caliman73 Mar 2022 #8
When I was in first grade the teacher didn't want me to be left handed. Delmette2.0 Mar 2022 #9
The same one you did, mostly Spider Jerusalem Mar 2022 #10
Your last line summed it up perfectly. Boomerproud Mar 2022 #13
You can't learn the lessons of history when your history is actually mythology. Caliman73 Mar 2022 #14
The carefree America post-Vietnam but before Reagan Efilroft Sul Mar 2022 #11
Pictures of Washington and Lincoln were on the school-room walls sanatanadharma Mar 2022 #12
Thanks... Caliman73 Mar 2022 #15
The one where is was not acceptable for whites and "others" to socialize csziggy Mar 2022 #16
Glad you wrote this JustAnotherGen Mar 2022 #17
Sorry about your experience. Caliman73 Mar 2022 #20
I grew up in an America... WarGamer Mar 2022 #18
I grew up in inthewind21 Mar 2022 #19
When Hitler praises and copies your "racial laws" Caliman73 Mar 2022 #21
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