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Sistermadly and firehouse-I like BOTH of your posts!
My mother (75) and I were discussing this last night. I know the change seems slow to most people, but there IS change. Here is some honesty for you-I grew up not liking the segregation I saw in the smallest aspects of daily life, but it became the norm. I never took up a crusade, but griped about it. Then my daughter became friends with the most wonderful young woman who happened to be black, I'll call her Linda.
One day Linda was the subject matter of her fellow black students in Journalism class. They were popping off how Linda was trying to be white. My daughter responded-WHY, because she doesn't have 6 inch long nails-use the "f" word or like rap music? Of course she didn't stop there. The point is Linda was being criticized because she was friends with white girls, had her own sense of style AND because she would not be intimidated by either "side". She sought her own success based on WHO SHE WAS. At the end of HS, one of those "bitter sweet" moments came. Linda gave my daughter a card that said how much thier friendship had meant...it had two little puppies on it, a black one and a blond one. She also said their paths would lead them different directions.
Now, BOTH are at LSU. They BOTH pick and choose when and where they meet for lunch or visits. There are places NEITHER would go with the other. I know if Linda were to rush, my daughter and probably many in the group would LOVE her. Could she get in? Who knows. She is such a powerful, intelligent WONDERFUL example of not only a black woman, but of WOMANHOOD. I think the day will come when percentage wise, integration in GLOs will be the norm. I also think there will remain "nuts" you just can't crack.
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