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I saw my mom do something as a child that really stuck with me. This was back in the 70s cause I’m old. It was summer in the Midwest we were in the car in a sto
by le-mark 10mo ago
I saw my mom do something as a child that really stuck with me. This was back in the 70s cause I’m old. It was summer in the Midwest we were in the car in a store parking lot gettin ready to leave. An African-American lady pulled into a spot beside our car. In front of her was a pickup truck with two men and a pregnant woman. They started accosting the lady telling her she had bumped their vehicle and now the pregnant woman was in pain. This was the 70s so everyone’s windows were down so we heard the whole thing. The gist was these people were clearly trying to extort money from this lady. My mom got out and dressed them down because she had been watching and the ladies car didn’t touch their truck. They sulked and drove away. The lady was very afraid and very grateful. This was a time and place where not a lot of African Americans lived. That really stuck with me over the years.
- stavros 10mo agoYour mom was especially courageous to do this as a child!
- ElasticBottle 10mo agoLoL
- dtgriscom 10mo agoPeople are having kids earlier and earlier these days.
- bitwize 10mo agoBack in the 60s, my mom befriended a black lady at work. I believe this was in Texas, so a couple of her (white, male) superiors approached her and tried to impress upon her that this was something that Just Wasn't Done 'Round These Parts. It didn't take, and she and the other lady continued to go out for drinks after work.
- fsckboy 10mo agoI grew up in a time and place where there were very very few African Americans, and nothing like that ever happened. It was really a pleasant place to live, the kind of place where cars stop and wave when a pedestrian steps into the street. Old New England.