A mildly amusing story.
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My friend teaches a 4th grade class in Garden Grove and was recently dictating a book to his pupils when a picture of two black people dancing came up. A student raised his hand and asked. Student1: Do black people really exist? A student replied. Student2: I saw one in LA once... and another... Student3: My mom said she works with one. By this time everyone was chiming in with encounters and stories of the elusive 'black person' It just struck me has odd/humorous, I suppose Garden Grove is African-American-less?
public static void DoSomething() { DoSomethingElse(); } public static void DoSomethingElse() { Dosomething(); }
I remember every black African or African-descended person I've ever met or noticed in real life, all 7 of them (I live in New Zealand). I've seen a few more I guess but I don't really notice people anyway and it can't be much more. However, even as a child I don't think I ever doubted their existence. It is kind of weird when you never actually see people of a particular race, even though you know there are millions of those people in the world. Brown people don't really register with me (as in, I don't notice them any more than white people), it is only black people I notice. They generally seem to be very good-looking although it is a small sample size :) There's one woman, I think she must be an American exchange student, who I used to see around town who is the most beautiful person I've seen in real life. And unlike models and movie stars, she has no stylists or air brushing, just her. She has such a beautiful face it's crazy. (I am so jealous)
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Yea, for Christmas we had gone to Chicago to see my sister. While walking around in Macy's department store, I had never received some many awful looks. Some people thought my boots and my hat were neat. This one lady walked by my son and said how horrible he looked in his boots and that she would never put her son in something like that. I thought my wife was going to beat the crap out of her.
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jason_lakewhitney wrote:
I thought my wife was going to beat the crap out of her. God Bless, Jason
I think you mean "Beat her to death in a christian, sisterly fashion!"
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My friend teaches a 4th grade class in Garden Grove and was recently dictating a book to his pupils when a picture of two black people dancing came up. A student raised his hand and asked. Student1: Do black people really exist? A student replied. Student2: I saw one in LA once... and another... Student3: My mom said she works with one. By this time everyone was chiming in with encounters and stories of the elusive 'black person' It just struck me has odd/humorous, I suppose Garden Grove is African-American-less?
public static void DoSomething() { DoSomethingElse(); } public static void DoSomethingElse() { Dosomething(); }
I grew up in Fullerton -- city very close to Garden Grove. Went to Troy High School and then to UC Irvine. And I must agree with you here. The school and colleges were either hispanics, whites or Asians. After college, I moved to Cleveland and things were different there. I saw more black population in my first day or two there than my 10 years of growing up in Orange County. - Malhar
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