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BR Native Tim Parrish writes book on growing up in BR
Posted on 6/22/15 at 7:25 am
Posted on 6/22/15 at 7:25 am
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Parrish is 3 years older than me, so would have been a HS senior when the last big busing shockwave hit BR in 1982.
Eta: I'm wrong on dates. Apparently he graduated from Istrouma High in 76
quote:
Author Tim Parrish, an LSU alumnus raised in Baton Rouge, said in a New York Daily News guest column Sunday that he “grew up a Southern racist,” “learned how to hate at home and at church” and “drank from the same poisonous well as Dylann Roof.”
Parrish is 3 years older than me, so would have been a HS senior when the last big busing shockwave hit BR in 1982.
Eta: I'm wrong on dates. Apparently he graduated from Istrouma High in 76
This post was edited on 6/22/15 at 9:30 am
Posted on 6/22/15 at 7:26 am to Mung
The city is a shithole.
Fin.
Shortest book ever
Fin.
Shortest book ever
Posted on 6/22/15 at 7:34 am to Mung
Some of what he's saying is probably true, but I'll bet he's going to exaggerate like hell to sell some more copies. At the expense of everyone he can throw under the bus.
Posted on 6/22/15 at 7:36 am to gorillacoco
Of course. Need to appeal to the lowest common denominator
Posted on 6/22/15 at 7:39 am to Mung
quote:
Author Tim Parrish, an LSU alumnus raised in Baton Rouge, said in a New York Daily News guest column Sunday that he “grew up a Southern racist,” “learned how to hate at home and at church” and “drank from the same poisonous well as Dylann Roof.”
Way to use what happened to try and sell copies Tim.
frick your book.
Posted on 6/22/15 at 7:40 am to Mung
The article says he graduated in 1976; I wonder what high school he attended.
Posted on 6/22/15 at 7:44 am to Dorothy
I remember when Tim used to be the singer for the Human Rayz, AKA the precursor to Dash Rip Rock. Friend of mine used to heckle him just to get him to react. Good times.
Posted on 6/22/15 at 7:45 am to SEClint
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learned how to hate at home and at church”
Which church did he go to? Swag-town on Bluebonnet? What church in BR was teaching hatred of blacks?
I think the book should be retitled, My Shitty Racist Parents.
Posted on 6/22/15 at 7:46 am to Dorothy
Born in 1964, so guessing HS in '83
Posted on 6/22/15 at 7:49 am to Mung
quote:
“I participated in gang fights, raised a chain to a black boy three years younger than my 15 years and even considered going along with talk about burning some black people's house after a friend was stabbed.”
shitty written column is shitty.
Posted on 6/22/15 at 7:50 am to Mung
Oops, does say 76. Not sure where I got 64
Posted on 6/22/15 at 7:51 am to LSUTigersVCURams
our huge southern racist.
pah-fricking-lease
pah-fricking-lease
Posted on 6/22/15 at 7:53 am to Mung
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“I participated in gang fights, raised a chain to a black boy three years younger than my 15 years and even considered going along with talk about burning some black people's house after a friend was stabbed.”
He grew up in a violent time. I think most white and black people hated each other at the time...older friends tell me of the black on white brawls in high school.
Posted on 6/22/15 at 7:54 am to meauxjeaux2
quote:
"I participated in gang fights"
Posted on 6/22/15 at 7:55 am to Dorothy
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Istrouma HS from '73-'76
Some of my older friends went there...the stories of the fights were pretty bad.
Posted on 6/22/15 at 7:56 am to Mung
Does anybody remember when he was in a bad called the Human Rayz with Bill Davis?
Posted on 6/22/15 at 7:57 am to SEClint
quote:the ole boy is a hack and a downright liar. fricking sensational piece to earn readers because of the Charleston Shooting. Plain and simple
"I participated in gang fights"
Posted on 6/22/15 at 7:59 am to Dorothy
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Istrouma HS from '73-'76. I think that would be about the time Istrouma went from majority white to majority black.
That was actually in the early '80's. Istrouma was still predominantly white all through the '70's. The low interest rates of the early '80's drove the white folks out in droves.
This post was edited on 6/22/15 at 8:01 am
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