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Originally posted by Bobo
Was it segregated? What was that like?
I had a white Political Science prof in university who would describe living in the US when he was in highschool and fights would break out among the races.
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There wasn't any segregation while i was there. Maybe before then, but i don't know. We lived in a small community built by the owners of the power plant my father worked at. So there were black workers and white workers in our little area.
I used to go to school with black kids, and used to play with them and all that. I'm sure racism was pretty common, but when you're young and innocent, the thought never really crosses your mind.
It's hard not to feel sympathetic for the way the country is. I mean, you've got kids being born, infected with HIV, and that's it, their days are numbered from the git go. Hard not to feel bad about it.
I don't feel attatched to the place though. Pretty much all of our friends and neighbours moved out of the country as well. Just a crapload of sand left behind really.