tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24957384.post116131725779685879..comments2024-03-16T17:47:20.680-05:00Comments on MIDDLE GIRL: Serving "Darkies" Today?Middle Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12334580430376973159noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24957384.post-1161988330874230162006-10-27T17:32:00.000-05:002006-10-27T17:32:00.000-05:00I just got goosebumps. What a touching gift!As for...I just got goosebumps. What a touching gift!<BR/>As for the "darkie" comment ~ it's so frustrating to see all the progress that has been made and then have something like that happen to remind ourselves that we are still so far away.Amayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713956004117499618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24957384.post-1161709471881976882006-10-24T12:04:00.000-05:002006-10-24T12:04:00.000-05:00I just don't understand people.No really, I don't ...I just don't understand people.<BR/>No really, I don't get it.<BR/>right now - if you could see me... my brow is furrowed, my eyes are squinted and my cheeks raised underneath them as i slowly shake my head side to side.<BR/><BR/>and people wonder why i like to stay home so much.<BR/>(your son is poised to do great things)weesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618625306145677343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24957384.post-1161618221165876102006-10-23T10:43:00.000-05:002006-10-23T10:43:00.000-05:00It does shock me the amount of ignorance that is s...It does shock me the amount of ignorance that is still in the world. I guess I have been sheltered or ignorant to it growing up but now that I am older and have a more diverse group I see it everywhere and it sickens me that we can not look beyond the surface to see what a person truly is.<BR/><BR/>Your son's poem was amazing and he sounds like a very lucky young man to have a mother like you.Rissamama3https://www.blogger.com/profile/07067167845097870458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24957384.post-1161568054555312322006-10-22T20:47:00.000-05:002006-10-22T20:47:00.000-05:00I'm in open mouth shock that that happened. It's ...I'm in open mouth shock that that happened. It's just so wrong, so shocking.<BR/><BR/>Your son sounds like a very bright, talented, insightful young man.SassyFemmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11825555906386002414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24957384.post-1161461559431778502006-10-21T15:12:00.000-05:002006-10-21T15:12:00.000-05:00So wrong; it's just so wrong. I'm angry and regre...So wrong; it's just so wrong. I'm angry and regretful that such still takes place. Michael seems a wonderful young man.WenWhithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894708908646890568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24957384.post-1161437178475714412006-10-21T08:26:00.000-05:002006-10-21T08:26:00.000-05:00Hi sweets, thank you so much for coming by my plac...Hi sweets, thank you so much for coming by my place, moreover, thank you for your heartfelt words. You are such a sweetie :-)<BR/><BR/>I dont know where to start with the comment which was made to your son, it sickens me to know that there are still these kind of people out there, morons! Pigs!<BR/><BR/>I just dont know why some people are determined to be cruel and unkind to others. As long as The Mad Hatterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17758892582289178843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24957384.post-1161430215396445142006-10-21T06:30:00.000-05:002006-10-21T06:30:00.000-05:00Idiocy like the 'darkie' comment never ceases to s...Idiocy like the 'darkie' comment never ceases to shock me.<BR/>Hats off to your son for his self-control and sense of humour!<BR/><BR/>On a much brighter note... Michael sounds like an absolute star! How wonderful that he should write such a respectful and caring sentiment to you! (Lucky Mum!)<BR/><BR/>Love LBPxLittle Blue Petalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10759726679693342090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24957384.post-1161407971057761282006-10-21T00:19:00.000-05:002006-10-21T00:19:00.000-05:00AAaaahhhh, damn. That darkie shit is pathetic. B...AAaaahhhh, damn. That darkie shit is pathetic. But I, too, know all too well that it still happens everywhere. I cringe when Doris reports her dailey events. Disgusting.<BR/><BR/>That your children love you so much is the greatest tribute ever!KMaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04359800799114686974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24957384.post-1161368602084120242006-10-20T13:23:00.000-05:002006-10-20T13:23:00.000-05:00What a beautiful tribute from your son! The life o...What a beautiful tribute from your son! The life of integrity and courage has obviously profoundly affected your children and is an inspiration to the rest of us. I hate that the world takes so long to change. I can only take heart in that it is changing. Blessings to you and yours! :DZannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05740258189536994184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24957384.post-1161346428338514242006-10-20T07:13:00.000-05:002006-10-20T07:13:00.000-05:00Wow.All of it.Just wow.Wow.<BR/>All of it.<BR/>Just wow.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832720652240317984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24957384.post-1161339582281605792006-10-20T05:19:00.000-05:002006-10-20T05:19:00.000-05:00I'd like to find this shocking, but I don't.There ...I'd like to find this shocking, but I don't.<BR/><BR/>There are white women in my neighborhood that cross the street ratrher than pass me on the sidewalk in the neighborhood that I live in. <BR/><BR/>I still see women clutch their purses when I pass by (as if that would really mean anything if I wanted what they have, badly enough), and all of that stuff that a lot of people in this country Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com