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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective
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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (8979)12/15/2000 4:31:31 PM
From: long-gone   of 10042
 
<<Re: And I say that based upon my own family experience, whose father grew up in poverty on a strawberry farm with 14 brothers and sisters. No one gave him or my relatives any "affirmative action".
And no one gave him or your relatives any "negative action" --or you'd still be struggling on your strawberry farm....>>

My father's family grew up, as many in the great Depression. Not until after his death did I find out(through an exhaustive 3 year search) I'm a small part African American. The term "Dirt Poor" was first used to describe those who spent the depression in eastern New Mexico. He told me he learned about the depression at school, though they could see little difference as they never had any money even before the depression.

No, even though that land in New Mexico which the family homesteaded was among the greatest amount of acres allowed per person of any in the nation - the price paid was excessive! Was told growing up it was "Land so poor Satan himself couldn't even raise Hell on 10 full sections." At times we would go there while I was growing up in the panhandle of Texas. Was told even though we were paying taxes on only the remaining 40 acres we'd need to drive all the way to Washington to see all of it 'cause of the wind.
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