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Date Posted: 12:21:07 03/23/06 Thu
Author: Jes
Subject: Re: Black. White.
In reply to: lump 's message, "Black. White." on 08:57:29 03/09/06 Thu

MAN!!!! You missed a great show. First, the white couple dressed as black went to a square dancing bar. He didn't notice anything, but she did. They weren't welcome there. THEN, she 'came out' to her new black friend that she was white and that was kinda funny. Her friend said she knew something was wrong when she said she hadn't read the bible in like 10 years! Anyhow, this lady (who does a radio show I've heard, an advice/talk one but I can't remember her name) take the white lady and her husband in black makeup through a hostile community where they are REALLY REALLY uncomfortable. This is because it's a white woman with a black man - or so they say (part may have been just because they weren't from that area). Anyhow, the white lady was just drawn to this and wanted to walk through this alone. She was so upset she cried - apparantly she'd never been in a situation like that. The husband is retarded and just said he felt hostility. He made it sound as if only black men were prejudice - but the retard was in black makeup. She tried and tried to explain to him what it would feel like to have generation upon generation of your family treated this badly simply for the color of their skin. She gets it. He doesn't. It's just really really interesting. I think next week they'll delve into the black family again.

It's the FX channel btw - and they replay it again at 11.

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[> Re: Black. White. -- taurus, 13:04:19 03/23/06 Thu [1]

OK, it is definately different for someone who is black.

I don't want to start anything, but I asked my husband if he watched the show the other day and I explained what it was about and he said it sounded interesting and wondered if there may be the preconcieved idea of what each person goes through.

Anyway, he said that the otherday he went down to get the parts at work from the truck delivery. He said he just took all the stuff in and no one even blinked or said anything about it. The next day he said the black guy he works with went down to get the parts instead and he was stopped and they called the office to find out if he was an employee. My husband asked him how he can handle stuff like that and he said he was used to it, because it's happened his whole life. No wonder the woman on the show was crying.

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