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To: PA Engineer

Back in the early 1960s, I saw “White only” and “Colored only” signs on drinking fountains and bathrooms but never “Gentiles Only” signs. New one for me.


2 posted on 04/05/2018 8:36:17 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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It was present in the 60’s in Western PA. A couple of “Country Clubs” come to mind. I experienced it from teachers in elementary school too.


7 posted on 04/05/2018 8:59:25 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: Inyo-Mono
Back in the early 1960s, I saw “White only” and “Colored only” signs on drinking fountains and bathrooms but never “Gentiles Only” signs. New one for me.

Are you suggesting that it wasn't the case? Because I doubt that, in the 1960s, you had visited every public accommodation in existence in the U.S.

Regards,

8 posted on 04/05/2018 8:59:54 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Inyo-Mono
Back in the early 1960s, I saw “White only” and “Colored only” signs on drinking fountains and bathrooms but never “Gentiles Only” signs. New one for me.

I, too, have never heard of such a thing, and I have my doubts. Reminds me of when an Irish-American radio and TV pundit claimed that his father saw "no Irish need apply" signs in the mid-twentieth century. Pure blarney.

14 posted on 04/05/2018 9:14:25 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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The article is talking about the 1930s and 1920s

Until the world found out where this "casual" anti-semitism led to (the holocaust), all of this was to be found across the USA and Europe

The Nutzis showed what happened if we tolerated such disgraceful behaviour towards Jews.

40 posted on 04/05/2018 11:02:05 PM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: Inyo-Mono

More common with upper class yankees. Rare in the south, although Dallas did have a Jewish country club (Colombian) as did Atlanta (Standard).


105 posted on 04/06/2018 5:20:56 AM PDT by PAR35
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“Back in the early 1960s, I saw “White only” and “Colored only” signs on drinking fountains and bathrooms but never “Gentiles Only” signs. New one for me.”

Ironically, there were restrictions against Gentiles in some areas. They were placed by Orthodox Jews who wanted to avoid violating any unclean laws, especially regarding women.
We had a Jewish country club because Jews weren’t allowed in many organizations.


111 posted on 04/06/2018 8:02:33 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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