I have a dream - Black History Month

Thulsa Doom said:
but you were allowed in correct? thats when you STRUT in like yer king of the world. Ive been to plenty of all white affairs where people give me a what the hell do you think yer doing here look. I love it. i like forcing acceptance. its a thrill. let me know what blues clubs do that. ill go there and make a fuss about them not having Johnny Lang or Charlie Musslewhite on the line up.
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No, I was not. They would have been uncomfortable having me there, and I would have been uncomfortable being there. Tolerated it not the same as allowed. This in no way lends any credence to Gonz's statements about "average" blacks or whites, that was the very definition of bigotry. I was not afraid, and I don't think anything untoward would have happened had I gone in and listened for a while (okay, I might have had difficulty being served). I understood where they were coming from, and feel no need to shove my personal beliefs down someone else's throat.

Gonz said:
...now that made me assume
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Why? Haven't you?
 
chcr said:
No, I was not. They would have been uncomfortable having me there, and I would have been uncomfortable being there. Tolerated it not the same as allowed.
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Im too clueless generally to know any better or pick up any vibes. and if i do it only encourages me. Im of the Animal House school of thinking: WAIT TILL OTIS SEES US! HE LOVES US!
 
Thulsa Doom said:
Im too clueless generally to know any better or pick up any vibes. and if i do it only encourages me. Im of the Animal House school of thinking: WAIT TILL OTIS SEES US! HE LOVES US!
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Well, if we're honest, more people use your philosophy than mine. :D
 
Gonz said:
How are they different?

Let's look at an average day in teh life of an American teen.

Parent yells at them to get their ass out of bed.
They shower, eat breakfast & dress.
They school.
They end the schoolday by going to a freinds house.
They go home for dinner.
They do chores.
They study.
They go to bed.

There are an infinite numbers of variations of that theme but that is an American teenagers day. The diferences are individual (what they eat, where they study, what chores they do) but the grand scale is the same. There are still only 88 keys on the keyboard.
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thats not the life of every teen gonz. some shower at night, some sadly are HS dropouts, some dont go to a friends house after school, and some dont study.
 
Gonz said:
So, the good Rev Doctor was wrong too?
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Not the point, but look around. Things have improved for miniorities, but I don't really see us any closer to the quote (do you know any blacks or hispanics who judge other blacks or hispanics by how dark their skin is?). Point was the world you see around you is not the one you're living in. If it isn't workable in the real world, it isn't a solution no matter how much you want it to be.
 
Not the one I'm living in? Maybe then you can explain to me why, of 12 negro friends, 9 wear pinstripes (Versace, not county) and the other 3 are artists & choose to hate pinstripes.

They all came from unbroken homes. ('cept one & his folks were legally married & divorced)

Not one of them say life is a bowl of cherries (nor do the white guys) but they admit that 99% of the problem is what I go on & on about.

It's very workable. People are too lazy to work.
 
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