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Kind of Blue

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2. Early '70s, too, I found a racey book

Fri Apr 8, 2016, 10:59 AM

Apr 2016

book at the library, written some time in the early '60s. Read that line somewhere near the beginning of the story and threw the book across my room like it was poo-poo or something. The phrase is repellant to say the least but shows how in every sector of society the message was/is driven hard.

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The Rise and Fall of 'Free, White, and 21' [View all] Kind of Blue Apr 2016 OP

I remember it HassleCat Apr 2016 #1

Early '70s, too, I found a racey book Kind of Blue Apr 2016 #2

It was in common use brer cat Apr 2016 #3

"Offensive and highly insensitive" Kind of Blue Apr 2016 #7

Interesting! betsuni Apr 2016 #4

"Little House on the Prairie" setting around the 1870s/'80s Kind of Blue Apr 2016 #8

racism tossed around FrenchieCat Apr 2016 #5

What gets me is that it's the government Kind of Blue Apr 2016 #9

Damn... OneGrassRoot Apr 2016 #15

Yeah, I got it from Jezebel. Kind of Blue Apr 2016 #19

That's true... OneGrassRoot Apr 2016 #22

Son of eyotch! JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #16

It really is cool finding that the AA press Kind of Blue Apr 2016 #20

I remember hearing that awful line in 1950s movies. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2016 #6

You know, I don't think I can Kind of Blue Apr 2016 #10

LOL, I was watching them back in the 1950s and 1960s. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2016 #11

Off topic.... Stellar Apr 2016 #12

Thanks. So do I. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2016 #13

hear, hear! Stellar Apr 2016 #14

Ooooooh, Good God. How I wish we could!!!!! Number23 Apr 2016 #18

How fascinating! This is so interesting Number23 Apr 2016 #17

Yeah, let it all come out. Kind of Blue Apr 2016 #21