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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (101406)	4/20/2005 11:44:51 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I have to agree with you about the way Blacks were treated. It was immoral, disgusting, wrong--I can't think of anything good about it. My Dad was raised in the South, but the worst thing he ever said was that "They can't achieve integration overnight." He thought they were pushing too fast. I didn't agree, but then I only knew one Black kid and he and I shared the same pup tent at Scout Camp. Because we wanted to, because we were friends, not because of any knowledge that we were different. He didn't even get mad when I stepped in his frying pan while he was trying to flip flapjacks. My first day of highschool, I missed the bus. I was frantic. Roy's mother saw me riding by on my bike, and she drove me in so I was only about an hour late. THAT's how I feel about Blacks. When Roy's dad stalled the garbage truck on the tracks, a train hit them and killed his younger brother. The funeral procession, I kid you not, was a mile long. The only Blacks in the whole line were Roy's family. I think it's tragic that one cannot object to bad behavior without reference to race, if it's a Black or Hispanic who is misbehaving. That's a legacy of the mistreatment of Blacks that we all pay for. OK, I admire you for being able to teach without ridicule a kid with an orange Mohawk roach cut. I wouldn't be able to do talk to the person without looking away, I'm afraid. Of course, I don't have what it takes to be a teacher, and I know it. Today I talked to the 83 year old woman who publishes our local biweekly newspaper here. She wrote a book called "We're Driving Our Kids Crazy." I haven't read it, but from talking to her I gather that she thinks kids need to be taught to take responsibility for their choices, rather than being told what choices to make. If your Mohawk kid can do that, and you can teach him that way, I have nothing but respect for you. The kid needs to understand that some people may take exception to his appearance. Some people may object in extreme and unacceptable ways, but the kid needs to know that up front. And he may suffer consequences, however unjust they may be. I know a little about being an outsider. As a kid I was on the outside, and I liked it there. I didn't have to go to football and basketball games, which bored me. I didn't have to go to the prom with a monkey suit on. I didn't have to worry about getting some girl pregnant. I was too busy camping, hunting, hiking, or handloading for my .44 magnum. The latter was a responsibility I never abused. If I got into corporate banking I would have to wear a suit, and that is not something I'm willing to do. I got one for my daughter's wedding, and that's the only time I wore it. Well, no, I put it on again for the Marine Corps Ball so my brother could ask his sweetie to marry him in style. Being different is often a liability in the animal world. An animal who is somehow different may be treated badly or killed by others of his species. That's just the way it is.