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How many of you grew up in a racist environment?
Posted on 1/21/20 at 2:30 pm
Posted on 1/21/20 at 2:30 pm
My paternal grandparents were born in 1901 and 1904. They grew up hardscrabble in north central La, dirt poor, moved around a lot to find work. They have been gone a long time, and I remember loving them very much. But I'm not afraid to admit that they hated black people. The N word was ever present (it was the only one they used to indicate "black person"). My dad grew up in that environment, but to his credit, somewhere along the way he stopped using it because he realized it was wrong.
I grew up in Shreveport, which was very racist in the 60's and 70's. I'll even admit to sharing some of these inherited attitudes as a kid, but I was really the first generation that had to go to school with black folks (Caddo started busing when I was in the 4th grade), and they ultimately became my friends. My kids (3) don't have a racist bone in their bodies
I grew up in Shreveport, which was very racist in the 60's and 70's. I'll even admit to sharing some of these inherited attitudes as a kid, but I was really the first generation that had to go to school with black folks (Caddo started busing when I was in the 4th grade), and they ultimately became my friends. My kids (3) don't have a racist bone in their bodies
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Posted on 1/21/20 at 2:31 pm to Slippy
Most of the OT posters are closet racists.
This post was edited on 1/21/20 at 2:32 pm
Posted on 1/21/20 at 2:31 pm to Slippy
My grandma says never get behind an Asian in the checkout line Bc they’ll argue and bitch over prices not matching.
I guess that counts?
I guess that counts?
Posted on 1/21/20 at 2:32 pm to Slippy
quote:
How many of you grew up in a racist environment?
My parents believed that taxes were too high, so yes I was raised in a racist environment.
/s
Posted on 1/21/20 at 2:32 pm to Slippy
I did. My dad and grandparents grew up in what is now the ghetto and it started its transition while they (and we to an extent) were still living there. Then the house was broken into while we were all away at work and school and that was their final straw. Got the hell out of there with the quickness.
But they're all burned forever and my dad still says the n word like it's nothing. I try my hardest to shelter my kid from that word because the last thing I want is for him to think it's okay to use that word. I want him to be different and more open minded. I have to stop my dad from saying it all the time when he's around my kid and it pisses me off.
The first time he uses that word at school, my dad is going to that parent teacher conference instead of me.
But they're all burned forever and my dad still says the n word like it's nothing. I try my hardest to shelter my kid from that word because the last thing I want is for him to think it's okay to use that word. I want him to be different and more open minded. I have to stop my dad from saying it all the time when he's around my kid and it pisses me off.
The first time he uses that word at school, my dad is going to that parent teacher conference instead of me.
Posted on 1/21/20 at 2:33 pm to Slippy
My great grandparents were racialist
Posted on 1/21/20 at 2:33 pm to Slippy
CNN told me that Nazis roam the streets preying on minorities so I guess kids today are growing up in a racist environment.
Posted on 1/21/20 at 2:33 pm to Slippy
My Dad grew up in rural Alabama. I don’t think he’s actually a racist, but he says some shockingly racist things at times in kind of an offhand manner.
Posted on 1/21/20 at 2:33 pm to Slippy
Neither of my parents have ever uttered blatanly racist/offensive language in front of me. They didn't grow up like that.
But as youths, we definitely said racist shite. "N" jokes were pretty popular in high school and stuff like that. You just didn't realize how horrible it was at that age.
ETA:
My in-laws however, while being some of the kindest people I've ever known, grew up in rural Mississippi and they just have really archaic views on race. They're ~75 now so they're not changing.
For instance, they came to a wedding for one of our friends and someone had a black guy as their date and my mother-in-law was speechless. She was wondering how that girl could do that to her parents.
Again, nicest people you'd ever meet. They just kind of think races are better off separately. It is so odd.
But as youths, we definitely said racist shite. "N" jokes were pretty popular in high school and stuff like that. You just didn't realize how horrible it was at that age.
ETA:
My in-laws however, while being some of the kindest people I've ever known, grew up in rural Mississippi and they just have really archaic views on race. They're ~75 now so they're not changing.
For instance, they came to a wedding for one of our friends and someone had a black guy as their date and my mother-in-law was speechless. She was wondering how that girl could do that to her parents.
Again, nicest people you'd ever meet. They just kind of think races are better off separately. It is so odd.
This post was edited on 1/21/20 at 2:36 pm
Posted on 1/21/20 at 2:34 pm to Slippy
Anyone who says they didn't have at least one racist relative is lying.
And to some degree, I don't know if I would say they were/are racist. It has more to do with the time they grew up in.
And to some degree, I don't know if I would say they were/are racist. It has more to do with the time they grew up in.
Posted on 1/21/20 at 2:34 pm to Slippy
My family all grew up in rural South Carolina. Racism existed then and still does, but I feel we're more honest about it down here than up North. Most of the white do-gooders up there would likely cross the street if a black guy was approaching them, because most of them grew up in lily-white suburbs and are secretly scared of blacks. Down here, we basically live side by side. My town is 45% black.
Posted on 1/21/20 at 2:34 pm to beerJeep
quote:
My grandma says never get behind an Asian in the checkout line Bc they’ll argue and bitch over prices not matching.
I guess that counts?
When I was in high school I worked at a grocery store and Indian women would always argue over the price or want things to be marked down.
Posted on 1/21/20 at 2:35 pm to Slippy
Does being a race realist count?
Posted on 1/21/20 at 2:35 pm to Slippy
May the bans floweth
Posted on 1/21/20 at 2:36 pm to Slippy
I grew up in Central in the 1980s and 1990s and went to an all white private school covered in confederate flags.
This was our old basketball court after the 2016 flood.
This was our old basketball court after the 2016 flood.
Posted on 1/21/20 at 2:36 pm to Slippy
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This post was edited on 1/21/20 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 1/21/20 at 2:36 pm to Slippy
I grew up in the south and feel I've always been around the good ole boy racism that's not exactly hateful, just how they were raised. Refers to any black person as "that n***er", had a preacher mention on the pulpit as a kid he ran around with sticks they would call "n***er knockers", caught himself and apologized (but most people laughed about it), and was out of town for work with a a very country boy and he saw a poster of a black boy and white girl enjoying a picnic or something and he straight faced said "I just don't think that's right". I was kind of dumbfounded but he was cool enough to chat about it and that's just how he was raised, said he was pretty sure his grandfather killed a black guy and left him in a well in the woods years ago.
That was something
That was something
Posted on 1/21/20 at 2:37 pm to Slippy
My Mom and Pops we’re actively non- racist. It was not permitted in our home. I was raised on a person’s character being the critical factor. Now at school, I heard casual anti- black stuff all the time.
Posted on 1/21/20 at 2:39 pm to Lsupimp
I'm good friends with him now, but one guy in high school was talking about this black kid in ROTC, and said he liked him because "he didn't act black".
Posted on 1/21/20 at 2:39 pm to sicboy
quote:Definitely posts here.
he saw a poster of a black boy and white girl enjoying a picnic or something and he straight faced said "I just don't think that's right".
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