tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732202318489795253.post5731340722595268512..comments2022-12-13T05:09:56.088-08:00Comments on Tamara Epps: No TitleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732202318489795253.post-88571932529101552662011-09-28T04:51:13.018-07:002011-09-28T04:51:13.018-07:00Thanks for sharing Lynn, I really appreciate your ...Thanks for sharing Lynn, I really appreciate your honesty and opinion. I do have to ask, how did you realise it was wrong? Or were you just an exceptional seven year old!<br /><br />I think in general, as children we accept the world our parents show us and it is only by leaving and living with others that we can begin to understand there are other ways of living (not necessarily better or worse ways, just different) and viewing the world.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15092117102877690831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732202318489795253.post-12292577163530903962011-09-27T09:08:13.006-07:002011-09-27T09:08:13.006-07:00I grew up in the deep South in the U.S. so racism ...I grew up in the deep South in the U.S. so racism has always existed in my world. My childhood (the 1970's)was spent during a transition time in the South due to the Civil Rights Movement. Because of local culture influence, I was taught to be "nice" to everyone even though every race "wasn't really equal" and that everyone should "know their place." (Implying white people were just a little smarter, a little better, a little cleaner, a little superior). It was a kinder, gentler form of racism than my parents were taught in the 1950's but it was still RACISM, pure and simple. Crazy, isn't it? <br /><br />Fortunately, by the time I was 7 years old, I understood it was wrong.<br /><br />Things have come a long way since then but I still hear subtle racist remarks on occasion in the work place, from family or friends, and in the general public. My daughter (who is Hispanic) has dealt with the same kind of subtle racism at school. I just encourage her to treat everyone as an equal (because they are) and to do right no matter what.<br /><br />I was intrigued by your post because racism in the South (from a child's point of view) is the topic of my current WIP.Lynn Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06412103387731375323noreply@blogger.com