archaicearth wrote:.
we, who are white.. have not had the same kind of relentless hate thrown our way.. When I was little and then again when I became paralyzed..I spent years reading Black History because I thought the best way of dealing with my probs was to gain perspective.. reading of other folks struggles has always given me strength and made me grateful for what I do have.. T
ve only time today for this one post but wanted to also say Francois I have sent some very intelligent folks your way of late to LIberty Think. two of my neighbours who are French Canadian..I'' be back when I can peace and love folks
peace and love..it works.. even for cynical menopausal witches like me*L*

I agree - even the small amount of 'racism" I was shown down South is a tiny drop in a huge ocean. It cannot compare in the least to what Blacks and other races have suffered by Caucasians and other invaders. I also have read books, to give me more perspective - I had to put down "I Lost my Heart at Wounded Knee" because it sickened me within a few pages, to the point that I was up all night thinking about it all. I  wrote in another post that I have recently finished reading a mother's story of the lynching of her son in the 50's in Mississippi. Emmett Till was only 16. It was a lynching that shocked the nation. I have watched movies etc, but nobody can "understand" - I don't know how much of the history is really felt by most of today's more rising classes of blacks - I am sure they still encounter racism, but at least they now have much more freedom and can live a good , or even better, lives than many white Americans. They are able to have higher education, and become doctors, lawyers and many professions. They do feel the racism, I am sure, but nowhere near what their (fairly recent) ancestors did. I hope they never do. I hope nobody ever does.

*edit* I have also known "different' forms of social outcast-ism, both due to my manic depression, and as well my "religion " of choice, paganism /witch.


Edited 1 time by Hornet May 11 11 10:31 AM.