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chaos_confusion

It's a shame about raisins

May 02, 2004 21:02

J.R. had the day off on Friday and we pretty much spent the day running errands. We went to the 'Rogers Mall' for a few hours. It's actually like a huge flea market in the country where people set up stalls and sell animals, fruits & vegetables, and tons of junk...pretty much anything you can think of. This place is a total redneck convention. ( Read more... )

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speedkills May 2 2004, 19:55:01 UTC

where I grew up, it was always a big melting pot of people.
I went through both middle school through high school with white kids, black kids, bosnians, indians, etc, and I'm glad I did.
unfortunately, just because we were all together, didn't entirely mean that there wasn't any stupidity or prejudices.
but, I'd say they were mild. like maybe someone making fun of a students way of dressing, but never like discrimination, and never anything super mean, just maybe the odd stupid comment here and there.

I still come into contact with people who have very narrowminded ways of thinking and looking at things and people. that shit scares me. we're living in the 21st century, and I still hear the word nigger used. what is that?

chaos_confusion May 3 2004, 00:38:11 UTC

Yeah, I should clarify. Where I lived wasn't perfect at all. Your experiece sounds a lot like mine. Of course there was the occasional rude/ignorant remark, but I now know I was really lucky to be there. I can't imagine thinking so narrowmindedly. When I met J.R. he was horrible. He was completely the product of his surroundings. After we talked more and he moved to Tennessee and experienced a different environment, he saw how wrong he was. I'm so proud of him now, because he's the exact opposite of what he was. He often (nicely) tells people how ignorant their comments are and challenges their way of thinking. Ok, I kind of got sidetracked, but I'm just happy that I could help change at least one person's views. That gives me a little hope for the future. But yeah, it's ridiculous that the n-word is still used today. I cringe and feel sick when I hear it.

daria_blue May 2 2004, 20:00:20 UTC

Your last sentence was so cute!

I would have thought the same thing. People in NE are horrible! Hell, my parents are horrible about it. But Lincoln is pretty liberal. There are a fair amount of gay people here and a lot of other cultures, believe it or not.

chaos_confusion May 3 2004, 00:47:16 UTC

I think my mom may have changed my dad a little because his family is really racist. I never saw any racism from him though which I'm very happy about. (I did have it out with my grandma a few times though.) My mom always preached "don't judge a book by it's cover". I'm so happy I had that drilled into my head my whole life.

All I know is that I really want to move to a more tolerant place before we settle down and buy a house and have kids. I so do NOT want my kids growing up around here.

dancing_cat May 2 2004, 22:11:31 UTC

interesting. here in chattanooga, my classmates say how much they hate 'fags' at least once a day. but my high school is private and christian so maybe that has some sort of bearing on their opinions.

chaos_confusion May 3 2004, 00:52:46 UTC

I guess it really just depends on where you live. I shouldn't have generalized like that, but that's just been my experience.

I really can't stand that word. My closest friends are all gay and I love them to death. I would imagine that your school being private and christian definitely factors into their opinions. Has it always been the topic of conversation at least once a day or has it increased with the uprise over gay marriage?

chaos_confusion May 3 2004, 13:58:39 UTC

uprise? I meant 'uproar'.

sorry, i was kind of out of it when i wrote that.