Despite moving to Florida in 57 and going through the "colored" fountain thing, my Mom's teaching had been absorbed already to the point that race was something I just didn't notice. When I eventually got to Air Force basic training in an integrated mix of southerners, I saw that it was VERY important to a few, but I couldn't see any good reason why. I'm 56 now and still can't see why it should be any more important than being Irish or Scots or German or Swedish or Ojibwa or French....all of which I am. I suppose it helped that my Mom is the same as WesleyS's.
Have I got a good little brother or what? JWSmith
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