OddEnormous
I'M FLYING!! I'M FLYING!!
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That was a good ass show, my gramps used to watch it all the time. Speaking of Lloyd Center, I remember at the age of 4 or 5 I saw my first black person there. My grandmother slapped the shit out of my grandpa when we got home. Why?
Because my 4 year old self saw a black guy and pointed and said the N word. My mom grabbed me and ran.
I had two black kids in my high school, both were adopted by a white couple. If memory serves they were cousins of Damon Stoudamire.
I am sorry that people don't accept that black kids should be expected to overcome their upbringing. I have been expected to my whole life.
My uncle taught me that homosexuals are inferior to "normal" people. My sister is a lesbian and I have had to adjust my views. I can't help it that I get a little creeped out when I see two lesbians holding hands in the mall. I know it is WRONG to feel that way but my brain does what it does.
My grandfather was a WW2 veteran, an avid outdoorsman. He killed rattlesnakes with a shovel when he went hunting in the eastern part of the Pacific NW. His hands were like leather, he wasn't anything like a man you will find today wearing makeup. I am pretty sure he wasn't born a racist, but he sure as hell was one. He actually looked a LOT like Archie Bunker and you could truly say he was a NW version of Archie.
I wish he would have told me what he did in WW2, my grandmother says it took a long time for him to seem even close to normal after he came back. No counseling, just deal with it yourself.
I think I am sorta stuck in a time when our culture is changing so fast that I can't keep up. I try to think about an issue outside of what I was taught growing up, I just often have to reconcile my "feelings" with what is right. Those two are often mutually exclusive.
I got to "I had 2 black kids in my high school" and It was over.
Sorry, I tried.

