Posted on 04/11/2024 12:10:58 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
I was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, in the late 50s and early 60s. My experience with racism was much more prominent than some people's experience today.
Imagine being in line at a store and you're next, but a white person pushes their way past you and the clerk takes them instead of you. Imagine going to the doctor's office and only being allowed to enter from the rear of the building. Imagine not being allowed to be in certain areas of your city after dark. Imagine living segregated in just about all neighborhoods......
I experienced a culture shock, leaving Mississippi one night and arriving in Los Angeles. I awoke the next morning surrounded by white people. I was thrown into what felt like an impossible situation, having never known this type of integration.
I still had to finish my senior year of high school. I was enrolled in a very mixed school with Black people, white people, Asian people, and other ethnicities I didn't recognize at the time.
My mom had me ride to school with her Asian friend's son, his father took him each morning. I had a lot of changing to do in a short period, or risk being an outsider in California.
The old thoughts I had been used to before had to be dropped. No more referring to my new friends using the N-word, no more hanging out with only Black people, no more segregated neighborhoods, no more viewing white people as an enemy, no more feeling less than when I was around white people. Now, they were my peers and not superior to me in any way.
My views on white people were developed under different circumstances. I was the one that had to change the way I approached my new life,
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Mississippi (and other areas) were overtly racist. In the 80's we had a military exercise in Mississippi, a group went to a bar with a black officer, the bouncer looked at him saying "Your kind ain't allowed in here."
So here is a racial joke:
Camp Shelby Mississippi is used by multiple states as a training base. The guard at gate saw a convoy driving up after dark, he stood up with his hand out saying: "Halt, who goes there?"
The reply came "Alabama National Guard", the gate guard said "Alabama National Guard come on thru."
An hour later another convoy arrived where the guard again stood up with his hand out saying: "Halt, who goes there?"
The reply came "Louisiana National Guard", the gate guard said "Louisiana National Guard come on thru."
A short time later a third convoy arrived where the guard again stood up with his hand out saying: "Halt, who goes there?"
The reply came "N@@@@@, get out of the way!", the gate guard responded "Mississippi National Guard come on thru."
If they all start toward the center at the same time who gets the $100 bill?
I’m a blonde...dumb????....140 IQ
[I’m a Black Man. I’m Not Offended by Racial Jokes]
There’s a headline I never thought I’d see.
I will respond by making a liberal California joke:
How many liberal Californians does it take to screw in a light bulb?
5
1 to screw in the light bulb
4 to “share the experience”
Substitute any liberal area for “California”
The only non-mythical character in the room, the typical BLM member.
You win! Now if you can find that typical BLM member and ask him for the $100 you can just about afford a Happy Meal in California.
I am of Polish decent have always laughed with others at a good Polish joke.
Some are bad and just plain mean but I don’t condemn those with a fine sense of humor. I have a thick enough skin.
I’m not one to throw the baby out with the bath water.
As an aside I do remember when Roe vs. Wade was being adjudicated in the Supreme Court there were a slew of “Dead Baby Jokes” that was popular to desensitize the horrors of killing of babies.
Humor can be manipulated and weaponized. Fortunately liberals and progressives have no sense of humor because they take everything seriously.
Reminds me of where a friend had a house fix issue and a black guy was helping. After many workarounds they got it working. The black guy stepped back and said “That is some awesome Afro Engineering”.
I smile whenever I think of that, great when people can make fun of themselves.
What’s another word for Cacoon?
Good one!
I’m a Baptist, and I really like Baptist jokes.
Q: Why aren’t Baptists allowed to have sex standing up?
A: It might lead to dancing.
Life is a whole lot more enjoyable if you have a sense of humor. That’s why these NeoPuritans go around so sour and joyless all the time. They have no sense of humor.
I you take one, he drinks all of your beer.
😄
I wasn’t going to stop telling racial jokes with or without a black man’s imprimatur.
Now hit my hand with that shovel.
I’m a white man and I have to issues with black jokes either !!! You can call that racist but I have no issues with white jokes, asian jokes, gender jokes or any jokes.
It’s a joke not an insult and if you’re offended then you’re the problem.
As they say F’ your feelings.
The Pope took a couple of days off to visit the rugged mountains of Alaska for some sightseeing. He was cruising along the campground in the PopeMobile when there was a frantic commotion just at the edge of the woods.
A helpless Democrat, wearing sandals, shorts, a ‘Save the Whales’ hat and a ‘To Hell with Trump’ T-shirt, was screaming while struggling frantically and thrashing around trying to free himself from the grasp of a 10-foot grizzly.
As the Pope watched in horror, a group of Conservative loggers came racing up. One quickly fired a 44 magnum into the bear’s chest. The other two reached up and pulled the bleeding, semiconscious Democrat from the bear’s grasp. Then using long clubs, the three loggers finished off the bear and two of them threw it onto the bed of their truck while the other tenderly placed the injured Democrat in the back seat.
As they prepared to leave, the Pope summoned them to come over. ‘I give you my blessing for your brave actions!’ he told them. ‘I heard there was a bitter hatred between Conservative loggers and Democratic environmental activists but now I’ve seen with my own eyes that this is not true.’
As the Pope drove off, one logger asked his buddies ‘Who was that guy?’
‘It was the Pope,’ another replied. ‘He’s in direct contact with Heaven and has access to all wisdom.
‘Well,’ the logger said, ‘he may have access to all wisdom but he doesn’t know squat about bear hunting! By the way, is the bait still alive, or do we need to go back to Massachusetts and get another one?’
Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!
Yes...I suspect there are a lot of Baptists who would grin at that!
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