Comments on: Politics of a Different Color http://paradisefound.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/28/politics-of-a-different-color/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:24:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: Sheila http://paradisefound.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/28/politics-of-a-different-color/#comment-3426 Sheila Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:29:56 +0000 http://paradisefound.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/28/politics-of-a-different-color/#comment-3426 Hmm, reading JoVE's comments reminds me of when my brother married his wife, a Chinese woman. My mother said (not to me) "I hope they don't have kids - it'll be hard for them if they do." I had no idea what she was talking about. Hmm, reading JoVE’s comments reminds me of when my brother married his wife, a Chinese woman. My mother said (not to me) “I hope they don’t have kids - it’ll be hard for them if they do.” I had no idea what she was talking about.

]]> By: debra http://paradisefound.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/28/politics-of-a-different-color/#comment-3425 debra Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:42:02 +0000 http://paradisefound.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/28/politics-of-a-different-color/#comment-3425 It is momentous! Even my Republican to the nines Mother-in=Law is impressed with Obama. It is momentous! Even my Republican to the nines Mother-in=Law is impressed with Obama.

]]> By: jove http://paradisefound.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/28/politics-of-a-different-color/#comment-3420 jove Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:32:48 +0000 http://paradisefound.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/28/politics-of-a-different-color/#comment-3420 It is good to remember how recent this is. Sometimes we are so anxious to get somewhere that we don't even notice how far we've come. The town I lived in as a teenager had most of its black population in one area. I think there were maybe 3 (middle-class) black families that lived in other parts of town. And one was a mixed-race couple and boy did that raise eyebrows. The high-school biology teacher was black and I remember other kids my age saying that they wouldn't take biology because she was black. It is good to remember how recent this is. Sometimes we are so anxious to get somewhere that we don’t even notice how far we’ve come.

The town I lived in as a teenager had most of its black population in one area. I think there were maybe 3 (middle-class) black families that lived in other parts of town. And one was a mixed-race couple and boy did that raise eyebrows. The high-school biology teacher was black and I remember other kids my age saying that they wouldn’t take biology because she was black.

]]> By: tribeofautodidacts http://paradisefound.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/28/politics-of-a-different-color/#comment-3419 tribeofautodidacts Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:24:48 +0000 http://paradisefound.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/28/politics-of-a-different-color/#comment-3419 Things have changed tremendously in a relatively short period of time. When I was in elementary school (we're the same age??) integration was fairly new in N.C. and black and white children mostly played and ate lunch separately. Things have changed tremendously in a relatively short period of time. When I was in elementary school (we’re the same age??) integration was fairly new in N.C. and black and white children mostly played and ate lunch separately.

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