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brer cat

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Reply to BlueMTexpat (Original post)

Fri Jan 29, 2016, 08:29 AM

Jan 2016

historical record that usually merits a footnote at best in accounts of that period. Having grown up in the Jim Crow south, this hit home: "One legacy of that was a long silence about the human face of Germany’s colonial history: the possibility that black and white Germans could share a social and cultural space."

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What happened to black Germans under the Nazis [View all] BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 OP

Thank you for posting this brer cat Jan 2016 #1

I am so sorry that you had to grow up BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #2

so sorry you had to grow up in the Jim Crow south steve2470 Jan 2016 #8

did America learn heaven05 Jan 2016 #3

There were no African-Americans in Nazi Germany oberliner Jan 2016 #4

come on, you knew what he meant steve2470 Jan 2016 #6

I saw something similar on CNN oberliner Jan 2016 #13

I have seen it spelled "jeez louise...." dhill926 Jan 2016 #26

ha!!! heaven05 Jan 2016 #8

One of the titles of the books I listed in post #14 seems to imply otherwise. m-lekktor Jan 2016 #15

It doesn't imply otherwise oberliner Jan 2016 #16

Chuckle. eom BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #21

the Nazis probably got a few lessons from the Jim Crow south, the bastards nt steve2470 Jan 2016 #5

I will be very interested to study this tonight. Mira Jan 2016 #7

I was born in Germany 1948 heaven05 Jan 2016 #10

Oh my JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #18

Interestingly, those German nationals BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #25

I lived there until I was 5 JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #19

You personally experienced older white Americans being cruel to you as a child? randys1 Jan 2016 #27

My mom JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #30

Interesting family there. randys1 Jan 2016 #31

Get out! JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #32

Thanks for posting mountain grammy Jan 2016 #11

+1000 n/t JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #20

This is exactly right. BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #22

Thanks for posting this important article focusing on a terrible part appalachiablue Jan 2016 #12

There are two books dealing with this on my "to purchase soon" list. m-lekktor Jan 2016 #14

Thanks so much for those links. BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #23

An amazing find. BlueMT, could you please post this piece in the Black History that Doesn't make it Number23 Jan 2016 #17

Just saw this now, Number 23. BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #24

If Trump gets in, this same shit will begin to happen to PatrickforO Jan 2016 #28

If ANY Republican gets into the WH, BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #29