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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna
Hmm...I think the racism thing may depend somewhat on where you live. There was a lot of white discrimination where I came from - not ANYTHING on par what what other minorities go through mind you...
But Hispanics..mostly Mexicans (fully American - not recent immigrants) are the majority where I'm from - in school - all the way up through high school there were a lot of the gang-banger thug types who made it their duty to harass the white kids....so there is some discrimination there....but again nothing on the scope of what other minorities have and do face today.
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I grew up in a city that was (still) racially divided. In my hometown the caucasians were the majority and the blacks the minority (There is about 24 ethnicities represented in Muskogee, OK according to the 2000 US Census). A majority of my friends in Elementary & Jr. High were black and/or poor, We all grew up together so we had similar opinions on most anything since we came from similar backgrounds in the regard to being the poor children of families in the town (ie-Back in 5th grade, When Reagan was shot, our class stood and applauded much to our teacher Mrs.Cliff's disbelief.)
When I was in High School my friends were tossed in with the rich upper-class white kids from the rich 'country club' part of town and though racial tensions did arise, most of the time my friends of color were the ones who would be on the receiving end of the racial BS, and oddly they were the ones made to look the aggressors (Can ya say UTTER BS!!!?? I can.)...
Hell, my younger cousin was a member of a white racist group "the Posse" who started a race riot in my ol school the year I graduated. I remember asking him "Why" and his reason was more racial BS non-sensical reasons "Because they're black...Because blah blah blah".
One summer (1986) when I was playing baseball, I was the only white boy on an all black team, we had to travel out of town to play a team that was the mirror-universe opposites of my team, All white and 1 black. Can you believe the BS "N" word was yelled at us during the game, so much that the game was stopped midway when a fight broke out on the field and my team just decided to leave than contend with that BS. It was weird because I clearly remember the black player on the other team saying the "N" word wasnt aimed at me since I was white...To which I replied "No, I consider what you're saying to my teammates and an insult to me, so when you say that word to them you're saying it to me too."
My Mother worked with plenty of blacks, and the blacks loved my Mom, Because my Mother never judged someone by their skin color, she judged them by their actions. My Mom would quilt "Raggedy-Ann & Andy" dolls for her black friends that were black, not white (Why give a black friend a white doll with red hair? My Mom decided she would make some that were cool and her colored friends loved those dolls-I own the last black pair she ever made)
I am glad I was raised in Muskogee for it gave me the sight to see in a different perspective than had I been born elsewhere.
Brian "The Super Honky...err Injun too" j.