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In reply to the discussion: I am an older white woman, a retired teacher. [View all]JustAnotherGen
(31,798 posts)If you read through that - it's pretty clear that yep -
As a black woman I like the America of 2014 far more than I would like the America of the 1940s.
We have to keep moving forward.
I would roll up in a ball and die if my only options were being a cleaning woman in someones house or a share cropper and I had to take a pee in a nasty outhouse because my ass wasn't good enough to use the ladies room.
^That doesn't have to be like or accepted by anyone here^ - but it's my truth. And I'm standing in it.
Keep moving forward and lets admit that things weren't always perfect and they never WILL be perfect - but we can at least try.
Oh god - I wouldn't even want to have to live in the 1960's let alone the 1940's. Just shoot me now if I have to go back in time and live in either era for 5 minutes. Shoot me now because they will hang me back in time.