Maryland was quite segregated
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As to Texas, my first experiences with the Lone Star State were in 1960 courtesy of the USAF and on a bus trip from Lackland to Sheppard I came across separate white and "colored" restrooms, water fountains, etc, for the first time. I was astounded. I'd assumed that all of that crap had ended with the 19th century, but there it was right in front of me big as life. Another interesting thing was that the white only facilities were kept clean while the "colored" were not. Can you say national disgrace?[/QUOTE]
Baltimore had a lot of sit-ins at whites-only restaurants, and blacks had separate schools, beaches, pools, and water fountains. Some of the worst riots over integrating schools were in Boston. Don't just put that on Texas.
Last word on yellow from me
[QUOTE=Gintonicrocks; 1506461]I don't know if it's just me, but the only yellow skinned people I've seen are on The Simpsons.
GTR[/QUOTE]I have the pleasure of working in a culturally diverse workplace. We have a lot of mainland Chinese in my department. They come from all parts of China. Shenzhen in the South, Harbin in the North, and Chengdu in the West. Just as in other parts of the World their skin pigments darkens depending upon the latitude. The closer one gets to the equator the darker they are. You can see the same thing in some other countries such as India or Italy. My original point was that none of these people have yellow skin. There is no discernible difference between the Northern or Western Chinese skin color and mine. That's right I'm a WASP cracker.
From the context of Dirk's original post that upset some of the more sensitive among us, I couldn't detect any racist intent. In fact, I'd bet that old Dirk loves the asian women too. If you disagree there is no need to apologize or infer that you are smarter than me (go read some books). I also agree that the South doesn't have the monopply on racism, especially in these times. I don't have to tell anyone which racial group commits the most interacial crime. It seems that people like to make excuses for that and these crimes never seem to get the attention of the national media because it doesn't fit their agenda. That being said, it was a national disgrace the way blacks, asians, or other minority groups had been treated throughout our countries history. Racism is born out of ignorance. Poltical correctness only seems to work in one direction. Nuff said.