Around my parents place say a 20 minute circle around them. There's confederate flags all over. There was a black family that had moved into our town when I was in high school. They lived about 3 miles from my parents place. Little smaller trailer home. Was nice, and they kept it up. Had a nice wood privacy fence. Multiple times there was graffiti on it from people.. Painted swastikas, get out of here n*ggers.. etc. Lot of people still flyin a confederate flag up there too. It's a total different space.
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crazy how little progress weve actually made as a society. Plenty of institutional racism around here. again, group mentality.
thats happened here, too. until the black families made our basketball team better, of course. Its very embarrassing. 1 mile south of town, up until the late 90's, there was a tattered old sign that said "n***ers go home"
our mayor said something out loud at a gas station about some of their kids, who go into the gas station from the park, within earshot of my wifes friend, whose kids are mixed, and on that basketball team. big ole outcry.
dont see it gettin any better any time soon.
the confederate flag thing. You're free to do so(just not on public ground). But If you fly one, Just know, that I consider you a moron. Same people saying "he won, get over it" still fly a flag when they lost over a hundred years ago lol You're not displaying a heritage, you're refusing to accept a reality you don't like. doesn't work that way. you get over it first.
been thinking about flying the Union Jack on my truck, you know, because "heritage" after moving here...in history class, we were learning about civil war stuff, already taught in Cali. a classmate said "if the south woulda won wed had it made" a country song title apparently. I said, well by that token, "if england woulda won, wed had it made too, and get a break everyday for tea and scones"
don't say this in a room full of sheltered white kids. it will be difficult to make friends.
finally. My favorite racist experience. Obamas first election. Now, I liked the guy, but, as always- like randy and I discussed over booze, I never decide who I'm voting for until I do so. otherwise, your brain shuts down and starts changing facts to suit your pre conceived ideal.. something I always try to work on.
so it's Election day, havent voted yet. I'm working on my printer. A coworker, the building maintenance guy, whom i used to ride quads with, comes up to me "lemme guess, you voted for the n***ger?"
NOPE, But guess what, I will be now. That was the moment I decided lol Because, f**k you and everyone who thinks like you.
