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Rhiannon12866

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13. Good Grief! We learned all about the Civil Rights Movement in 9th grade history
Mon Oct 13, 2025, 11:20 AM
Oct 13

And then I watched "Eyes on the Prize" which was certainly disturbing. I grew up in a fairly diverse community and no one ever mentioned skin color or heritage, not my parents, my grandmother or my teachers. Everyone was different, anyway, we weren't black or white like chess pieces.

And when I had just turned 8, I went to Florida with my aunt, uncle and closest cousin to spend Easter vacation with my grandmother who was spending the winter there and my uncle stopped at a car wash in Georgia. The older couple who ran it was friendly to us kids, little blonde girls, gave us each a pen with the name of the car wash on it. But then I spotted the rest rooms - there was a pink door that said "Ladies," a blue door that said "Men," and a yellow door that said "Colored!" Obviously I'd never seen anything like that in my life, so I started to ask my aunt what that meant, but I could tell from her expression that I needed to shut up. And I never brought it up again. The South in the early '60s.

So is this something we want to go back to, have we made so little progress?? Did MLK Jr. sacrifice his life for nothing?? We know that TFG is a nasty bigot, but he has no right to turn back the clock to that awful time when I was 8.

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I have a question, for people labeled "colored." raging moderate Oct 13 #1
O dear God some_of_us_are_sane Oct 13 #2
it took 1/2 century to get this far rampartd Oct 13 #4
It's a 'shitshow now'.... some_of_us_are_sane Oct 13 #6
i'm kinda hoping for an internal power struggle if trump ever dies. rampartd Oct 13 #8
I agree, rampartd some_of_us_are_sane Oct 13 #9
Remind me what year we're in? vapor2 Oct 13 #26
provision was flagged because it was revised under the Obama administration to include "gender identity." BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 13 #3
they have a list, and trans/gay people are on it rampartd Oct 13 #5
Oh? I can't wait until the mandatory blood/DNA tests go into effect. ... littlemissmartypants Oct 13 #7
Good Grief! We learned all about the Civil Rights Movement in 9th grade history Rhiannon12866 Oct 13 #13
I would like to think that American society Mblaze Oct 13 #10
Well, women ,in general,have been considered a "color" for a long time.. BattleRow Oct 13 #12
The only segregation I want The Madcap Oct 13 #11
Fucking try it and see what happens WhatTheFlux Oct 13 #14
THIS orangecrush Oct 13 #19
Absolutely sickening! Fuck these evil motherfuckers LymphocyteLover Oct 13 #15
If anyone opens up a segregated restaurant in this day & age KS Toronado Oct 13 #16
I would certainly do the same, my friend! Rhiannon12866 Oct 13 #25
I grew up with white people. Now I live where there are many nationalities. Neighbors have been twodogsbarking Oct 13 #17
WTF orangecrush Oct 13 #18
And scotus is about to kill the voting rights act. Kablooie Oct 13 #20
I kind of wonder why it took them so long rurallib Oct 13 #21
They waited til they "owned it all". calimary Oct 13 #22
Does this mean that Clarence Thomas will have to divorce his wife at some point? Any lawsuit must force the USSC to in2herbs Oct 13 #23
Good Point, in2herbs! some_of_us_are_sane Oct 14 #27
THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 Jimvanhise Oct 13 #24
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