I was the front vehicle in a long line sitting at a red light. A black dude on a motorcycle rode between two lines of vehicles and pulled in front of me so he was the first. I'm pretty sure my thoughts at that time would have got me called racist.

So to me idgaf about what color someone is if you’re a sh**ty person I’m not gonna mess with ya, I’ll give anyone a chance. We all have the same colored blood and same internal organs, I don’t understand why people have to be racist to people that look different. I am white and I deal with racism a lot from all colors of people but I have to say from my experience from where I live there is one color that seems to be more racist than others. F*** them

I agree. The way they act makes a yuge difference.

Just curious how does black act? Don't have many where I call home so what I see is I guess a small sample. Do they carry ghetto blasters on their shoulders and break dance and rap at the drop of a hat when their not shooting at or being shot at?

Yep actions speak louder than words. Looking for a DR based on skin color is not the action of a someone will h and sense

I wanna make sure I am correct. Its okay to insist on a black dr for black kids so its ok to insist on a white dr for my mother?

That's an interesting statement. What exactly is "acting black?" I had no idea 'til I enlisted in the Air Force in 1970.



December, 1970. I'm the one with no T shirt on. So hot down there in Texas in December . . .

During the short duration of basic training I got to know the fella on the left side of the picture. Growing up on the west coast of Wisconsin in the 50s and 60s I'd never had an opportunity to talk with a fella that apparently was "black", and I've forgotten what the correct term at the time was now. And if memory serves correctly he hadn't ever had long talks with a "white" guy. So the two of us were able to have long talks about life in general without this cloud of "racism" hanging over our heads. We apparently didn't know better.

Talked about all kinds of things. And off to tech school with an open mind about the difference between the white guys and the black guys I went. Not too many black fellas in language school for some reason. No changes noted in my attitude towards those who didn't look like me.

Then came my year in SEA, most of it at Korat AB, Thailand. Most all the good feelings I had about fellas that looked different from me quickly evaporated. Seemed like there was a race war going on that I hadn't heard about. No need to go into detail. Those of you who were over there know what I'm talking about. I made a few friends that looked different from me, but for the most part I hung out with fellas that looked and acted more like myself. Safer that way. Ugly time it was.

How do we as a nation of different looking peoples ever join hands and sing kumbaya?

At this point in my life, now 50 years out from my first conversation with a fella that looked different from me, I see no hope. We are a country divided and subdivided into varying degrees of angst.

And I, for the most part, have retreated.

Carry on.

Excellent, Muskrat.

Don't give up hope. I had a bee consult today. Bees inside a house I went there to provide a bid. Nice young lady of color.

While sitting and talking bees her daughter, about the same age as my grand daughter, comes up with the cutest grin and gives me a hug. So sweet.

Younguns get it, us grownups not so much.

It wasn't a moral decision at all. We just figured it was going to be a rough bar and didn't want to be bruised up for the wedding photos or miss the wedding, from having to sit in jail for fighting. We had been in likely similar bars in the past. Both of us enjoyed fighting and trained for it. My friend even got trained in all of the traditional oriental weapons. I used to tease him about being the World's only 6' 4" Polish ninja. If it wasn't close to the wedding, we would have gone in.

Keith

I been thinking about it all day Wolfdog. I think I understand what you were saying. While choosing a DR based on skin color is probably not the best way to choose, we are all human and who can blame a parent for trying to do right by their kid.

Is that close?