when I was little

Posted By: Hick round up on 2008-11-05
In Reply to: I see a lot of posts alluding to Obama be akin to MLK. SM - Lu

Martin Luther King was killed in Memphis, where I lived, when I was two years old. My mother said fire hoses were used to hold back protesters. They were so afraid.

I was bussed to all black schools out of my white neighborhood to the ghetto schools. I was one of two white children in all the grades of the elementary school.

My extended family was very racist.

I voted for Obama. I cried during his speech and my son asked me why. Because he is special. This is special. I am proud we elected him. He is my generation. He speaks for me and my kids.

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I see a lot of posts alluding to Obama be akin to MLK. SM - Lu
- Grief? - katydid
- Agree with your post. So sad how - Pearl
- i think that it doesn't really matter who won - cesspoolmagic0_0
  - It's been the Dems all along... - sm
    - In the voice of........ - katydid
      - "I am sorry your future is so dark and meaningless" - great way to get along there kady
        Gah! we are all screwed! - katydid
        well, i would call it dark but not necessarily meaningless - nm
    - Not necessarily....enough Repub senators .... - sam
- Have you heard the Howard Stern clip - SM
- when I was little - Hick round up
  - Bless you! - katydid
  - Those of us that aren't black could - sweetpea
    - I absolutely agree! - Jess
    - I'm with you sweetpea! - katydid
    - First of all, blacks received the right to vote after the civil war, - Lu
      - Oh, BTW, you mean that Affirmative Action - sweetpea
        Affirmative Action has served its purpose. There was a time and place - Lu
        Well then, I would suggest you get - sweetpea
        Unfortunately, I don't think there will be much - Lu
      - How stupid do you think I am? - sweetpea
        Pretty stupid, because the 15th amendment was never revoked. And soon - Lu
        Revoked, not upholding the amendment, - sweetpea
        Not semantics - Law. There was a need for the Civil Rights - Lu
        semantics - hownow
        What about the white people who went to war to... - sam
        Do your homework - ExMQMT
    - She's not self-righteous.... we need to be kind to each other (sm) - MeMT
      - I was not referring to an individual as being self-righteous, - sweetpea
    - Current-day blacks are not slaves and never were. - Current-day whites didnt cause slavery either.nm
- A Sharpton on TV speaking of racism still against - blacks. What about against whites?!nm
  - Oh didn't you know...racism only pertains to - people NOT of the Caucasion race...nm
    - That sounds a little paranoid to me. - sweetpea
      - Paranoid? Puhleeze... - sm
      - Exactly. And Barack Obama attended a racist church for 20 years.... - sam
        tit-for-tat - woofer
        He was a member of the party for awhile, yes he was.... - sam
        If one is guilty by association, then let - sweetpea
        Guilt by association? You are kidding, right? - sam
    - Right, of course! To me, just voting for someone - because they are a certain color IS racist.nm
      - voting - cherry
        What is racist about that? - sam
        voting - cherry
        If someone had posted the post I answered, yes... - sam
      - Wow, you must feel very powerful, - sweetpea
    - ~~~ - CAUCASIAN that is
- I agree with you, Lu! So many questions about O. - Yet holds the highest office. Super high-risk.nm

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