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<blockquote data-quote="formyson" data-source="post: 51747" data-attributes="member: 3818"><p>MELISSA, HI! I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE. I KNOW PEOPLE'S ATTITUDE CONCERNING MIXING THE RACES CAN VARY ACCORDING WHAT PART OF THE COUNTRY THEY LIVE IN. I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, BUT WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ILLINOIS. GOOD PEOPLE IN BOTH STATES. MY CHILDREN ARE PART BLACK/FROM THEIR DAD AND PART HISPANIC/ME. BECAUSE OF WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE A MORE ACCEPTING ATTITUDE OF MIXED MARRIAGES/CHILDREN, I STAY IN CALIFORNIA. THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES HERE AND VERY UNPOPULAR TO BE RACIST. I WANT MY CHILDREN WHO ARE 9YRS AND 7YRS TO NOT HAVE TO FACE RACISM AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. </p><p>I JUST RAISE THEM TO BE GOOD AMERICANS. AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THE LAWS DID NOT PROTECT BLACK PEOPLE, BUT THROUGH THE EFFORTS AND SACRAFICE OF ALOT OF PEOPLE THESE LAWS WERE CHANGED.</p><p>I DON'T KNOW IF WHAT I AM SAYING IS ANY HELP TO YOU. I WOULD JUST SAY TO NOT MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT WHITE, BLACK, ASIAN, HISPANIC OR NATIVE AMERICAN. JUST LET THEM KNOW THEY ARE LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A RICH HERITAGE AND BE PROUD.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="formyson, post: 51747, member: 3818"] MELISSA, HI! I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE. I KNOW PEOPLE'S ATTITUDE CONCERNING MIXING THE RACES CAN VARY ACCORDING WHAT PART OF THE COUNTRY THEY LIVE IN. I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, BUT WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ILLINOIS. GOOD PEOPLE IN BOTH STATES. MY CHILDREN ARE PART BLACK/FROM THEIR DAD AND PART HISPANIC/ME. BECAUSE OF WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE A MORE ACCEPTING ATTITUDE OF MIXED MARRIAGES/CHILDREN, I STAY IN CALIFORNIA. THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES HERE AND VERY UNPOPULAR TO BE RACIST. I WANT MY CHILDREN WHO ARE 9YRS AND 7YRS TO NOT HAVE TO FACE RACISM AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. I JUST RAISE THEM TO BE GOOD AMERICANS. AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THE LAWS DID NOT PROTECT BLACK PEOPLE, BUT THROUGH THE EFFORTS AND SACRAFICE OF ALOT OF PEOPLE THESE LAWS WERE CHANGED. I DON'T KNOW IF WHAT I AM SAYING IS ANY HELP TO YOU. I WOULD JUST SAY TO NOT MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT WHITE, BLACK, ASIAN, HISPANIC OR NATIVE AMERICAN. JUST LET THEM KNOW THEY ARE LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A RICH HERITAGE AND BE PROUD. [/QUOTE]
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