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Marrah_G

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11. That was a great read- thank you

Reply to d_r (Reply #6)

Tue Jul 8, 2014, 01:00 AM

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In Jim Crow South, black people were denied vanilla ice cream, except on 4th of July [View all] Triana Jul 2014 OP

Sadly, the Jim Crow South was extraordinarily messed up in a lotta ways. AverageJoe90 Jul 2014 #1

Any serious contemplation of that era is a tire iron to the kneecap of American exceptionalism, or nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #12

Jim Crow did not just happen in the South...it happened all over America noiretextatique Jul 2014 #34

I never heard this before... TreasonousBastard Jul 2014 #2

Black people weren't allowed to go swimming in a lot of areas. LuvNewcastle Jul 2014 #3

Black people weren't let into the pool at Palisades Park in the 1950s starroute Jul 2014 #4

Black people weren't allowed in the swimming pools in black Jamaica malaise Jul 2014 #19

In many southern towns and cities d_r Jul 2014 #6

That was a great read- thank you Marrah_G Jul 2014 #11

That is why the privatization trend is so intimately connected betterdemsonly Jul 2014 #31

Yes. From Detroit to Atlanta d_r Jul 2014 #33

there have been recent cases where black and hispanic kids were prevented from pools, usually JI7 Jul 2014 #10

How petty. Chocolate is so much better anyway. Barack_America Jul 2014 #5

+ an absolute million Number23 Jul 2014 #8

Me, too. Louisiana1976 Jul 2014 #26

This! Sissyk Jul 2014 #14

I'm a chocolate person, too, but vanilla was the most popular merrily Jul 2014 #16

So much craziness! freshwest Jul 2014 #7

k&r tammywammy Jul 2014 #9

Meh...vanilla ice cream Jamaal510 Jul 2014 #13

Check this out, Jamaal! Sissyk Jul 2014 #15

...and then dip them into a bowl of tempered dark chocolate and refreeze. FSogol Jul 2014 #20

Yes! Sissyk Jul 2014 #21

Lately, I've been using a lot of toasted hazel nuts in desserts. FSogol Jul 2014 #22

Blue Bunny, Schwann's, and Walmart have it. nt IronLionZion Jul 2014 #23

I also want strawberry ice cream sandwiches!!! bravenak Jul 2014 #27

How stupid and ugly people can get! merrily Jul 2014 #17

I grew up in Jim Crow Dallas... ananda Jul 2014 #18

Are we sure that this is whistler162 Jul 2014 #24

Maya Angelou and Audre Lorde's words/remembrance of that time... Triana Jul 2014 #25

Really? ieoeja Jul 2014 #29

Whatever. Triana Jul 2014 #30

here's some truth for you noiretextatique Jul 2014 #35

Except on the 4th of July. KamaAina Jul 2014 #28

This wasn't literally true. It was a ranking on Jim Crow. nolabear Jul 2014 #32