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Let's hear it for old white people

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swbsam

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I was just thinking about this - time are changing pretty quickly and life is very different now than it was just a few decades ago. For example, I'm a brown guy married to a white girl who's family's from the midwest. Her grandfather, about 80 years old, came from a time when brown people just didn't marry white people, yet he (And they all) have been nothing but kind and loving to me. There are a lot of people who's social concepts are changing, and they're embracing it - and have cute, curious questions sans the anger and full of hope.

How's your granparents (or parents) dealing with all that has happened as of late, from mix raced relationships to a black president?
 
My in-laws are old white people. They didn't trust the 'colored' guy in their family for years. Now get they compliments everytime they take their 'half-colored' grandkids anywhere.
 
My grandpa, all things considered, is pretty tolerant. He lives in an upscale retirement community and there are people of different religions and the like. He'll make comments like, "so and so was a Jewish doctor you know" or "they have to put up decorations for people celebrating that other holiday" but he's never outright racist or anything.
 
My grandpa, who died in 1981 at the age of 87, was from Ioway...and he didn't think too highly of any person "of color."

Didn't matter WHAT color, nationality, race, or religion...if you ain't white...you ain't right.

I can only imagine how he'd react to Obama being elected...although he WAS a staunch Democrat all his life.

I was raised by a mildly prejudiced dad and a VERY prejudiced step-dad...
My dad, who was from NW Pennsylvania...just across the state line from Doc Pizza, would probably not have any problem with Obama...as long as he's honest and is successful in his job.
My step-dad, who grew up in Northern Illinois, would be outraged at the country electing a ni**er...and would rage about it every time his face was on TV.
 
Interesting. I have never in my entire life heard someone refer to themselves as a "brown" person. Times are indeed changing.
 
Originally posted by: Xanis
My grandpa, all things considered, is pretty tolerant. He lives in an upscale retirement community and there are people of different religions and the like. He'll make comments like, "so and so was a Jewish doctor you know" or "they have to put up decorations for people celebrating that other holiday" but he's never outright racist or anything.
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That's pretty much outright racist. Thank god he's retired - I've made a point of avoiding his type as long as I've lived.

(Note: I'm Jewish. And broke. Lollerskates!)

Originally posted by: swbsam

How's your granparents (or parents) dealing with all that has happened as of late, from mix raced relationships to a black president?
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My father's first wife was Catholic. And insane.

When she married my father, she had officially "left the church", but at some point moved into the scary category between "Catholic" and "Agnostic" where you do all sorts of horrible things with the justification that it's okay if you repent for them afterwards. She did cocaine, and once ate a diet of nothing but canteloupe for so long that the beta carotene made her skin turn orange.

When my father met my mother, a Jewish girl from New York, they were overjoyed with the prospect of having a daughter-in-law that wasn't completely loony.

OTOH, my aunt and uncle on my mother's side went way, way, way backwards through the history of human stupidity to hit one of the oldest forms of discrimination: Classism. While one of their daughters is married to a harvard-educated $250,000 a year business-dispute lawyer, the other is currently working at an REI in Flagstaff, Arizona to pay her blue-collar boyfriend's way through forestry school. The very mention of his name sends her into a fit, which is why I surrepticiously do so as much as possible at every family gathering.

 
The funny thing is, my side (indian) seems to be the most intolerant (at first, at least) and were a bit miffed about me marrying a whitey. now, of course, it's a big novelty and they show her around town, but her side never had a moment of pause when it came to introducing me into the family
 
How's your granparents (or parents) dealing with all that has happened as of late, from mix raced relationships to a black president?
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my entire family is ethnic/black, so they obviously support such things
 
My grandfather, who took Dec7.1941 personally, and spent most of that war in the Pacific Theatre on an aircraft carrier that conducted HELLISH raids on mainland Japan, was nothing but the classic model of Southern Gentleman with my SO, a Japanese -American (3rd Gen) lady.
 
Originally posted by: swbsam
I was just thinking about this - time are changing pretty quickly and life is very different now than it was just a few decades ago. For example, I'm a brown guy married to a white girl who's family's from the midwest. Her grandfather, about 80 years old, came from a time when brown people just didn't marry white people, yet he (And they all) have been nothing but kind and loving to me. There are a lot of people who's social concepts are changing, and they're embracing it - and have cute, curious questions sans the anger and full of hope.

How's your granparents (or parents) dealing with all that has happened as of late, from mix raced relationships to a black president?
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..work ethic and integrity are the older gen's legacy. Doubt that todays cellphone hiphop fashion show generation will ever measure up to the older gen's work ethic and integrity.
 
Originally posted by: swbsam
I was just thinking about this - time are changing pretty quickly and life is very different now than it was just a few decades ago. For example, I'm a brown guy married to a white girl who's family's from the midwest. Her grandfather, about 80 years old, came from a time when brown people just didn't marry white people, yet he (And they all) have been nothing but kind and loving to me. There are a lot of people who's social concepts are changing, and they're embracing it - and have cute, curious questions sans the anger and full of hope.

How's your granparents (or parents) dealing with all that has happened as of late, from mix raced relationships to a black president?
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I think old white people have a lot less issue with indians than other races in particular (there's some legacy/historical baggage..)
 
Originally posted by: theflyingpig
Interesting. I have never in my entire life heard someone refer to themselves as a "brown" person. Times are indeed changing.
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Waat? are you from utah or something? The brown mob is everywhere!
 
Originally posted by: IGBT
Originally posted by: swbsam
I was just thinking about this - time are changing pretty quickly and life is very different now than it was just a few decades ago. For example, I'm a brown guy married to a white girl who's family's from the midwest. Her grandfather, about 80 years old, came from a time when brown people just didn't marry white people, yet he (And they all) have been nothing but kind and loving to me. There are a lot of people who's social concepts are changing, and they're embracing it - and have cute, curious questions sans the anger and full of hope.

How's your granparents (or parents) dealing with all that has happened as of late, from mix raced relationships to a black president?
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..work ethic and integrity are the older gen's legacy. Doubt that todays cellphone hiphop fashion show generation will ever measure up to the older gen's work ethic and integrity.
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Thanks for noticing.

The only job my grandkids want is one with a good salary, no duties and flexible hours. But I still love them. 😉
 
Originally posted by: IGBT
Originally posted by: swbsam
I was just thinking about this - time are changing pretty quickly and life is very different now than it was just a few decades ago. For example, I'm a brown guy married to a white girl who's family's from the midwest. Her grandfather, about 80 years old, came from a time when brown people just didn't marry white people, yet he (And they all) have been nothing but kind and loving to me. There are a lot of people who's social concepts are changing, and they're embracing it - and have cute, curious questions sans the anger and full of hope.

How's your granparents (or parents) dealing with all that has happened as of late, from mix raced relationships to a black president?
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..work ethic and integrity are the older gen's legacy. Doubt that todays cellphone hiphop fashion show generation will ever measure up to the older gen's work ethic and integrity.
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wow, this is eye-opening. it must be the first time that sentiment has been expressed about the newer generation compared with an older generation??
 
Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
Originally posted by: sash1
How's your granparents (or parents) dealing with all that has happened as of late, from mix raced relationships to a black president?
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my entire family is ethnic/black, so they obviously support such things
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whats an ethnic?
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i mean like a mix of indian/malaysian/filipino
 
I tend to believe that white Americans get a bad rap for racism when they are really one of the least racist groups in the world.
 
Originally posted by: joshsquall
I tend to believe that white Americans get a bad rap for racism when they are really one of the least racist groups in the world.
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America's turnaround from the civil rights era to now is remarkable. From segregation to a black president, it is quite amazing.
 
Originally posted by: woodie1
Originally posted by: IGBT
Originally posted by: swbsam
I was just thinking about this - time are changing pretty quickly and life is very different now than it was just a few decades ago. For example, I'm a brown guy married to a white girl who's family's from the midwest. Her grandfather, about 80 years old, came from a time when brown people just didn't marry white people, yet he (And they all) have been nothing but kind and loving to me. There are a lot of people who's social concepts are changing, and they're embracing it - and have cute, curious questions sans the anger and full of hope.

How's your granparents (or parents) dealing with all that has happened as of late, from mix raced relationships to a black president?
Click to expand...


..work ethic and integrity are the older gen's legacy. Doubt that todays cellphone hiphop fashion show generation will ever measure up to the older gen's work ethic and integrity.
Click to expand...

Thanks for noticing.

The only job my grandkids want is one with a good salary, no duties and flexible hours. But I still love them. 😉
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Good, that means they're not stupid. Why would they want anything less?

I arrive at work sometime before 12, can only remember a few days where I was stressed out and get paid pretty well (especially for my age). I wouldn't expect anything less.
 
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