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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:05 PM Original message |
Poll question: Were you raised around people who had racist views? |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not really but I too come from an eastern european family |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. my dad had very particular views regarding people |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. that sounds a lot like my mom's dad |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. hee hee...I have heard the Trieste argument .... |
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hnsez (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 03:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. Mother was in Hitler Youth, Father hated blacks |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes.... |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes.... |
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patricia92243 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. Here in the South, racism is alive and well - underground - but still very |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The north is even scarier... |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. Here's the thing |
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Fleurs du Mal (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. Not raised around |
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taps (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. My grandparents were so racist....yet |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. That isn't uncommon |
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Aunt Anti-bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yes but luckily, I was an avid reader... |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. my mom's views are completely different today |
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Career Prole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. My Mom and Dad ("pale blue" white folk) were in the NAACP in the 60's |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. that is cool |
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Career Prole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Thanks! |
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underseasurveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
49. That's great. My mom in the 60's use to sometimes take me to |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. My paternal grandmother was horribly racist |
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libpunkmom (160 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
17. YES |
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chookie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
19. Oh by golly YES |
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wysi (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
20. My family... |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. yup..."those god damn muslims" |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 09:42 AM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Oh, my! I am so sorry that you have to deal with this |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. Not at ALL |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. I didn't notice it until I was older. |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
24. anti-Irish |
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Doncha_know (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
25. I was a victim of racism |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 03:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. You were "a white boy... |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 09:39 AM Response to Reply #36 |
57. bwahahahaha |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
26. My father was from the south and was a racist. |
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Tennessee T (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I remember KKK |
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Tennessee T (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
29. I remember KKK |
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recoveringrepublican (779 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
30. my mother was ignorant, my father counter acted it |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
31. Not at all for me. In fact, nobody ever mentioned anything |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
32. I was raised in Texas by Texans. What do you think? |
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Carson (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 09:52 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I was raised in Kentucky by Kentuckians and despite how some may |
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greekspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
37. My grandmother was an irrational racist |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
38. No, I was raised by Roosevelt Democrats. |
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anti_shrub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
39. A little |
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DemGirl7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
40. Yes... |
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malmapus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
41. Yes - Raised in Georgia |
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kerry-is-my-prez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
42. When I was 6, I told my grandmother off for using the "N" word. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
43. For some people there always has to be some group to scapegoat |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
44. Absolutely not! |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
45. Hooboy, I guess so! My father was as racist as they come. |
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underseasurveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
46. Heavens no my parents would slap the crap outta ya |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
47. Does Grandma count? |
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oldgrowth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 01:52 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Dad was a ass face racist and a lot more |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
50. yes. |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
51. I lived in a small Ohio town |
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jsw_81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 03:39 AM Response to Original message |
52. Yes, unfortunately |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 04:51 AM Response to Original message |
53. My dear old gran didn't mean anything by it, |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
54. My parents were Ignorant (vs hateful) racists |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
55. No- I Never Heard The N-Word In My Household.. |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
56. Yeah, especially after the race-riots |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
58. In my immediate family I |
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