Hartford area, CT

[slang]

Originally Posted by Cyber Wolf

...... some of them act like they've never seen a black person up close.....

I was just reading your original comment, you know, just to double check that the last post I left had something relevant to thread starter.

This quote kinda surprises me. That whole area of New England always seemed to welcome blacks. I've worked with more professional blacks in NE than anywhere else.....even Detroit.

[Troubleshooter]

Originally Posted by slang

I was just reading your original comment, you know, just to double check that the last post I left had something relevant to thread starter.

This quote kinda surprises me. That whole area of New England always seemed to welcome blacks. I've worked with more professional blacks in NE than anywhere else.....even Detroit.

It shouldn't. The percentage is still quite, quite low. A friend's daughter by one of his previous wives is from Minnesota or somewhere like that and has no idea how to handle the blacks in Louisiana.

Another friend, a black pentacostal preacher, is from Oaklahoma and had to school his son about the hazards of dating in rural Louisiana.

A look at the census bureau maps is rather illuminating.

[Cyber Wolf]

Originally Posted by slang

This quote kinda surprises me. That whole area of New England always seemed to welcome blacks. I've worked with more professional blacks in NE than anywhere else.....even Detroit.

Don't worry, you aren't the only one surprised by that. About 15 years ago, I was in Boston and even at around 10 years old, I could feel a flavor of racism...not negative hurtful racism but more along the lines of the Troubleshooter just said...they weren't sure how to handle me and my family and made assumptions from stereotypes seen on TV.

There's one incident in Boston that sticks with me to this day...My mom, dad and I were in the hotel lobby, my mom was checking us out and my dad and I were waiting nearby. A little white girl probably around 5 years old or so wandered up and just stared at us. After a few minutes of getting stared at, my dad asked if she needed something or if she was lost. The little girl came over, took my dad's outstretched hand and started to rub the top. After a moment, she looked up and asked "Doesn't it come off?"

Boston isn't the only New England area I've felt like a walking side show from the looks and stares I've gotten when I've been there, it's just the one that had the most for me. I wonder if I got so many stares because I totally don't fit the media's general portrayal of a young black female.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Cyber Wolf

Boston isn't the only New England area I've felt like a walking side show from the looks and stares I've gotten when I've been there, it's just the one that had the most for me. I wonder if I got so many stares because I totally don't fit the media's general portrayal of a young black female.

In Boston the Irish and Italians stare at each other as well as strangers. :hafucking
Many parts of NE the only entertainment is watching strangers, after all it beats watching the Red Sox. Don't dismiss the possibility they were checking out your butt.

[slang]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

........Don't dismiss the possibility they were checking out your butt.......

:thumpsup:

[Cyber Wolf]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Don't dismiss the possibility they were checking out your butt.

Woo! I like that idea much better!