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Capt Ron 1 said:
I actually disagree here. I grew up in the DEEP south during the 60's. We were RAISED to not be tolerant of black people, and were taught that they were less of a race. That is just reality. One of the neatest things in my life was the process finding out that this was not true. What your parents and friends taught you just was not true, but taught to you out of fear of the unknown. Then you play sports and start developing friends of different colors, and your own brain starts to question what you were taught. As you grow older, those players you grew up with you realize they are every bit as good of a person as anyone you know. It is confusing at first, then one day the light bulb goes off that you just grew up in a bad time, and a place that had not yet developed culturally. I have been hiring people for over 3 decades. I care ZERO as to their gender or race. I have been told to hire a spanish speaking person and that kind of bothers me. I hire people ONLY because I feel that they can 1. do the job. 2. Fit in with my team. 3. professionally carry on our culture as a top business in our area. Beyond that...the other stuff just does not matter to me. The only person on this entire planet that has to be good with how I view this now, and how I viewed it back when I was young is ME. I did the right thing when I learned that what I...and almost everyone else was taught around me was really wrong. I would say since I have lived in this town for 6 decades and still have many of those friends from the 60's and 70's that 95% of us feel like I do now. We were not irredeemable. And I cannot blame a child for being racist when that was the world they lived in at the time. If you STILL harbor those feelings, that is an entirely different story.
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Who raised you not to be tolerant of black people in the 60s? I didn't see that at all.
 
The South was very racist in the 60s. And also very democratic. Those two things might be related in some way.

The South is one of the most tolerant areas of the country now...and one of the reddest areas too. Those two things might be related in some way.
 
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GhostOfMatchesMalone said:
The South was very racist in the 60s. And also very democratic. Those two things might be related in some way.

The South is one of the most tolerant areas of the country now...and one of the reddest areas too. Those two things might be related in some way.
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My town then was 90% democrats.
 
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LordofallSocks said:
Say the N word with a hard R.

Unless you got a hood pass I don't know bout, id suggest you leave that one alone entirely. 😎
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Maybe this will help .........

The "n-word with the hard r" is very offensive, and only used in such manner. The "n-word without the hard r" is used to mean "mate/guy/etc." It's also important to note that it's most always only acceptable for black people to use that word.
 
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