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In reply to the discussion: "American by birth southern by the grace of God" [View all]Tigress DEM
(7,887 posts)Just read a book about one of the survivors of the Birmingham bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Carolyn Maull McKinstry. She talks a lot about how if you didn't have the majority viewpoint you just shut yourself up and how so many whites who did stand up for them got killed.
It was a deep down sad book because she described so well how pervasive the racism is even after years of legal victories.
I'm sure your family loves you even though they have this area of willful ignorance. Hopefully they will learn from you and at least your children will be better buds from the south, not raised in the steep of hatred. I'm sure they will have to deal with it but not be forced to carry on that tradition.
The violence that's been on the rise by police on blacks really is what scares me the most. Authority abused and people without recourse against it. Texas is the biggest offender. Florida the most noticed.