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BTW, I am not heated, angry or uncomfortable about discussing this - it's just an interesting topic and I don't take any of this personally. The subject is interesting because we have two different points of view to share. I do not expect your P.O.V. to be any less legit and correct to you than mine is to me. At the very worst we each get some food for thought to chew on.
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Buzz; Glad to hear that, I feel the same way......you make some very valid points and great food for thought....
I see your point about segregation and certainly would not be happy had I been bused across town to an all black school for racial equality....An old saying comes to mind: "the more things change, the more they stay the same". I certainly don't have all the answers and I don't think anyone does. Racial problems will be with us to the end of time, unfortunetly.....
As a young kid growing up in the late 50s and early 60s, I can remember eating at places that had a white section and a black section, same for the rest rooms, now I go eat with black co-workers and friends, hopefully things will continue to improve and someday we will not have to even discuss this anymore.....
As I think back about my youth and today, I wonder what people my grandparents age would think if they were here now....So much has changed in the south (for the better) that the older folks would turn over in their graves if they knew.....
One example: when I was in high school there was this white girl that secretely started dating a black guy, this was unheard of at the time and not accepted, when they finished high school, they were married and basically had to leave town, today no one gives a second look or thought to mixed racial marriages...
As bad as the South was, great strides have been made in race relations, but sometimes the stigma of the past is hard to forget and live down.....
I was supposed to be working yesterday in the Jena area, but put it off until today as I knew the town would basically be shut down with the traffic and people...The state police were prepared for the worst and thankfully the march when on without any problems, which knowing the people from Jena really suprised me.....
David
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