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I Am American (southern)

When Country Wasn't Cool

By: ceywat
Written on March 30th, 2011
   I was "transplanted" from North Carolina to California.
Me and my brother were just teenagers. It was in the middle of the night.
We awoke to where we had moved to. Compton CA., in the middle of the
WATTS RIOT!!!
   My brother was running around outside in army gear yelling "KKK!"
I believe to this day he wasn't killed because people thought he was "crazy."
   I cried for him to come inside from my bedroom window. We didn't know where we were, or why we had moved.
But I tell you this. I had a black girlfriend named "Pearl," I wonder to this day where she is.
   Yeah, I was a lot of things when a lot of things weren't "cool."
Don't judge me or even my brother from where we came from.
   He was a "product of his environment," and I just love all kinds of people.
I believe your heart and soul is in control, not where you came from.        Love ya'll
                                                          
                                                        
By: ceywat
Age: 51-55 , Female
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  • dorobo
    dorobo

    Yep, a person will find prejudice no matter where they live. The "out" group might change color but the root is always the same, to me. The "in" group are losers that blame the "out" group for their lack of initiative, their lack of follow through, their laziness and their sense of entitlement. The world owes them more than they are willing to work for. I've been in foreign countries where I was the "out" group. That was strange and helped me see prejudice for what it really is. Especially once I learned to speak their language all of a sudden I was treated as "in."

    Apr 13, 2012
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  • zcox314
    zcox314

    North Carolina generally a white community, or what?

    Apr 3, 2012
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    • ceywat
      ceywat

      It's just still a divided state between "Black and white," I don't know why? : ( I Ieft as a young teenager for CA.) I remember sharing my stories of going to segragated schools back then in the early '60's..........I never realized how prejudice the South really was until I moved away from it. It was hard growing up that way.....to judge someone for the color of their skin. But for me and a few of my sisters that never stuck. We have mixed races in our family, mexican, african americans, oriental, love is love. So I guess I never really answered yer question did I? Nooo, it's not all WHITE, but alot of 'em act like it should be and that just ain't right. : ) Peace.

      Apr 5, 2012
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