#white

While stationed in Fort Jackson, I experienced racial prejudice for the first time and came to the understanding that humans are not born with prejudice, but learn prejudice. Back home in South Dakota, I only knew one black American. The Scandinavians in my community treated him just like any other Swede; my family considered him a friend. My parents taught me, and I believed that all men are equal because God created all men in His image. One day during a week end furlough, I boarded a crowded city bus. As I walked down the aisle, I looked for an open seat. Looking towards the rear of the bus, I noticed three huge, young black men sitting on a bench in the back. I decided to squeeze onto the bench with them. As I sat down, a woman said in a very loud voice, "What is that white soldier doing in our part of the bus?" Neither my life experiences nor my education prepared me for what I experienced walking the streets of Fort Jackson. I saw water fountains for whites only, barbershops for blacks only, and separation for most aspects of Southern living. I discovered that the feelings of prejudice ran deeply amongst many of the people that we encountered. In fact, the blacks even trained separately from the whites during our military preparation, even though we all worked towards defending the United States of America. ↗

— Oliver Omanson

#black-americans #black-soldiers #bus-segregation #fort-jackson #racial-prejudice

I prescribe a quick jerk off in the shower and a return to sanity. (Dr. Hugo Peralta) ↗

— Kate Richards

#f-m-f #interracial-romance #menage-romance #paranormal-romance #shapeshifter-romance

First of all it's usually women who run these higher primate sanctuaries, rarely men. They are white. They come from privileged backgrounds. They are educated. ↗

— Russell Banks

#come #educated #first #first of all #higher

Carter's done a lot more good since he's been out of the White House than when he was in it. ↗

— Walter Annenberg

#carter #done #good #house #lot

I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#engineer #ever #i #i am #nerdy

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#demonstrations #equal #eternal #hairs #heart

Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#got #house #i #invited #kennedy

Don't ever forget where you came from--especially if you don't even know where you are going." Catho Darlington in the book Catho Darlington--Lessons Learned in the Space Age ↗

— Sara Marie Hogg

#cool #elementary-school #hideouts #hula-hoops #middle-america

I would wear pink because I knew my future was anything but rosy. I would accessorize myself to the hilt, and I would wear flirty shoes because my world needed more beauty to counter all the ugliness in it. I would wear pink because I hated gray, I didn’t deserve white, and I was sick of black. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#black #grey #pink #white #beauty

White men are irresponsible with their power and money. Our beautiful earth is million of years old, and in a mere five hundred years, white people have nearly destroyed it. Another hundred years like the last hundred, and there won't be a living creature left on the planet. -character Amber Johnson (Broken) ↗

— J. Matthew Nespoli

#global-warming #money #power #white-men #beauty