[Texas resident]

Got a good one for you.

I grew up in East Texas and Western Louisiana. NEVER saw such a thing. All of us whites and blacks were in the same boat. Got a job in New Jersey and lived up there for about 5 years. Went to get a fishing licence. I start filling out the form and there was a line asking what race I was. I said out loud, what does a fish care about what race I am? Guy behind the counter tells me to mark “S”. So I ask what is “S”? He tells me “superior”.

This is in New Jersey.

[re_nortex]

I grew up in East Texas and Western Louisiana. NEVER saw such a thing. All of us whites and blacks were in the same boat. Got a job in New Jersey and lived up there for about 5 years. Went to get a fishing licence. I start filling out the form and there was a line asking what race I was. I said out loud, what does a fish care about what race I am? Guy behind the counter tells me to mark “S”. So I ask what is “S”? He tells me “superior”.

This is in New Jersey.

I'm old enough to remember that railroads were the primary means to travel from place to place. The "Colored Waiting Room" sign that I recall was in the Baltimore terminal. And Maryland was certainly not a Confederate State.