The Original Old Farts Club

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I think Rosty might have the same recollection as mine back on Long Island: There were no blacks at all in our town/schools in the 50's. Zerio. We were unaware of the anomaly.
We were all white until 7th grade. I don't remember any black neighbors as a kid growing up.Schools had integrated but neighborhoods had not. Once you hit Jr High, there was one and one high school. So busing brought us to the school.

Bubb
we didn't have busses...
We usually walked, so we could get good and snockered before class.

Bubba
 
this choked me up.....
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This (now humorously embarrassing) situation arose when I was a little kid. My Daddy took me to Brooklyn for some reason, and I got to ride a genuine, dead-serious trolley car. With a wonderful bell...

But back to what happened next: I suddenly saw a whole bunch of negroes ("black" had not yet been invented") for the first time in my life, and I was astounded.

I absolutely turned and asked: "How can they tell each other apart? They all look the same!"
Ha my nephew saw one for the 1st time many yrs ago
and said " it's a chocolate boy" and he was amazed , talk about it all day. LOL
 

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