Tashi wrote:
> First of all I would like to thanx Niles and Dan for helping me plan my
> trip.. Hats off to you both.
> Yes, I'm younger than 40 but where I grew up and from my gallavanting
> around Canada, I have never experienced what I saw in the South.
> The most rednecked place in Canada is Alberta and moreso Edmonton, and yes
> there is alot of racism here but it is geared to immigrants regardless of
> race. It was just somewhat of surprise for me to hear it from people like
> it's no big thing. Just like when we went to the plantations and the person
> telling the story of the past was trying to convince us that the
> "blacks/darkies" liked being slaves.(Frogmore). blew my mind. It's like
> saying the Natives enjoyed being rounded up and put on Reserves.
One interesting thing in Louisiana is to read the histories of some
black owned slave plantations. It really rumbles the race thing. They
had all gone by the Civil War I think.
>
> What does this mean? "the sign was still up at the edge of at least
> one northern Ohio city I am personally familiar with telling
> black people to not let the sun set on them" |