Hmm.... lots of remembering "old" times. I remember segregation. I didn't understand why there was seperate bathrooms, schools, restaurants, even water fountains. I wasn't raised to be racist, so these things were a puzzle to me. I went to all white schools, it wasn't until I was in high school that there was black kids in our schools. What was the big deal? We were all friends. Geez.....what took so long? I am glad now that people get along better and there isn't such a racial division. For the younger folks, go to a restaurant now and you will see a mixed crowd. When I was a child, the only blacks (and they weren't called black, either) in a white restaurant were the cooks or busboys. Gas filling stations had 3 bathrooms on the side of the building, or at least the better ones did. Male, Female and Other. The not so good filling stations wouldn't even let anyone other than whites use their bathrooms. America is a much better place with no segregation. Anybody can become anything they want to, can go to any school, can shop in any store, can eat in any restaurant, can use any bathroom, can drink from any water fountain, can work any job, can be treated in any hospital......... Just imagine if your classmates were split up into different schools because of the color of their skin. How preposterous.
Sammy Davis Jr. was a famous black singer and performer. He headlined acts in Las Vegas........but couldn't sleep in the hotel rooms of the casino he was performing in. Can you imagine that happening today? Not likely. People are just people, whether white, black, brown, red, purple, green or plaid. It just doesn't matter. Yes, it is a better world today than it was when I was a child.
