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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 189244" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>Mutt, </p><p> </p><p>This is a wonderful post. I feel however very sad that a lot of what you posted in remembering in the 60's STILL exists today. I unknowingly have had lunch a few years ago with the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan - or rather the White Knights. To live where I live in Dixie now is not much different to me than where I lived up North in the 1960's. There is still segregation, but it's a whisper. There are still names and slurrs for all races, but it's not as accepted. It's the AS accepted in it all that bothers me as a human. Maybe it's my truly black and white thinking (no pun intended) but I think as a race our tolerance for each other irregardless of race, color, creed has moved forward. Eventually there will be a world where forward thinking people are the majority. </p><p> </p><p>Incidently - the man that I spoke of earlier, the KKK guy. He was eating a peanut butter sandwhich. I told him that while I found his thoughts to be narrow and found it ironic that the very "meat" of his sandwhich was discovered by a black man. I had to explain it to him. I found that to be all the answer I needed in generations of narrow minded thinking. He didn't know who George Washington Carver was, he didn't know a black man discovered peanut butter, he didn't KNOW that he was SUCH a sought after scientist that even Einstein himself asked him to join his team. </p><p> </p><p>I believe it's about the level of education you receive and the weight of your heart for others. </p><p> </p><p>I'm glad moreso than anything that in my lifetime I was able to witness a black man, and a white woman running for the highest office in our land. Truly a remarkable year and a breakthrough in raising the bar. I'm glad it's a little higher. </p><p> </p><p>And if Duckey ever runs for president - I'm going to be proud to say I 'watched" her grow up. </p><p> </p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 189244, member: 4964"] Mutt, This is a wonderful post. I feel however very sad that a lot of what you posted in remembering in the 60's STILL exists today. I unknowingly have had lunch a few years ago with the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan - or rather the White Knights. To live where I live in Dixie now is not much different to me than where I lived up North in the 1960's. There is still segregation, but it's a whisper. There are still names and slurrs for all races, but it's not as accepted. It's the AS accepted in it all that bothers me as a human. Maybe it's my truly black and white thinking (no pun intended) but I think as a race our tolerance for each other irregardless of race, color, creed has moved forward. Eventually there will be a world where forward thinking people are the majority. Incidently - the man that I spoke of earlier, the KKK guy. He was eating a peanut butter sandwhich. I told him that while I found his thoughts to be narrow and found it ironic that the very "meat" of his sandwhich was discovered by a black man. I had to explain it to him. I found that to be all the answer I needed in generations of narrow minded thinking. He didn't know who George Washington Carver was, he didn't know a black man discovered peanut butter, he didn't KNOW that he was SUCH a sought after scientist that even Einstein himself asked him to join his team. I believe it's about the level of education you receive and the weight of your heart for others. I'm glad moreso than anything that in my lifetime I was able to witness a black man, and a white woman running for the highest office in our land. Truly a remarkable year and a breakthrough in raising the bar. I'm glad it's a little higher. And if Duckey ever runs for president - I'm going to be proud to say I 'watched" her grow up. :happy: [/QUOTE]
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