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JustAnotherGen

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17. Glad you wrote this

Thu Mar 10, 2022, 05:19 PM

Mar 2022

My experience? I grew up in Western NY - in the 70's and 80's - as a black little girl of mixed race heritage - majority white town.

Neighbor tried to run me over when I was five.
Another person painted "keep america clean kill all the nr's" in my parents garage when our house was being built.

I could go on and on - like - I wasn't allowed to be homecoming queen in 1991 - because I was black. Won hands down - down - but the Parents association at my prep school made the decision.

In college - Poli Sci class - had folks complaining about 'free rides by minorities'
Um - I paid full tuition and the only kids standing in line for the free books at the bookstore were white kids from the Appalachians, Quebec and NY City Area.

Yeah - America is rotten. Always has been, hopefully always won't be. We were ALWAYS filled with MAGATS - just Trump gave the MAGATS freedom to be rotten.

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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