http://catherinemacivor.com/2009/05/25/deep-south-clings-to-last-vestige-of-segregation/ Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. - JFK Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:14:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://catherinemacivor.com/2009/05/25/deep-south-clings-to-last-vestige-of-segregation/#comment-3480 Tammy Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:42:19 +0000 http://catherinemacivor.com/?p=6205#comment-3480 I stumbled upon your blog and read your recent post only to read that it was your last. I normally don't respond to political discussions, but this one caught my eye. My husaband and I were discussing this topic today after hearing a sermon at church about prejudices and loving people who are different. In my personal experiences racism goes both ways, and blacks don't always want to intergrate with whites. In fact, I see many blacks who want to be to themselves. I've seen them intergrated, and they still separate themselves with those who are like them in color. We are one of a handful of white families in an all black neighborhood and my son is not accepted by the other children. It isn't all race. With race comes certain behaviors, cultural likes and dislikes. Should I rant because they don't accept my child which is so obviously more about race than differences? And on the flip side to your last paragraph, my husband would not dispaly a McCain sign in our yard for fear of someone vandalizing it. I stumbled upon your blog and read your recent post only to read that it was your last. I normally don’t respond to political discussions, but this one caught my eye. My husaband and I were discussing this topic today after hearing a sermon at church about prejudices and loving people who are different. In my personal experiences racism goes both ways, and blacks don’t always want to intergrate with whites. In fact, I see many blacks who want to be to themselves. I’ve seen them intergrated, and they still separate themselves with those who are like them in color. We are one of a handful of white families in an all black neighborhood and my son is not accepted by the other children. It isn’t all race. With race comes certain behaviors, cultural likes and dislikes. Should I rant because they don’t accept my child which is so obviously more about race than differences? And on the flip side to your last paragraph, my husband would not dispaly a McCain sign in our yard for fear of someone vandalizing it.

]]> http://catherinemacivor.com/2009/05/25/deep-south-clings-to-last-vestige-of-segregation/#comment-3403 Diane Beeler Tue, 26 May 2009 02:07:12 +0000 http://catherinemacivor.com/?p=6205#comment-3403 You are so right. I'm from east Tennessee and saw KKK crosses burning when I was a child. It's better there now, but racism definitely still exists. It comes out as saying they just don't trust Obama...as if it's a political thing...but most often it's not. You are so right. I’m from east Tennessee and saw KKK crosses burning when I was a child. It’s better there now, but racism definitely still exists. It comes out as saying they just don’t trust Obama…as if it’s a political thing…but most often it’s not.

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