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Posted by BrooklynBus on Thu Jul 26 10:39:11 2007, in response to Re: Brooklyn Dodgers (on topic), posted by Michael549 on Thu Jul 26 03:02:14 2007. "Robert Moses who through his Parks Department built almost no swimming pools, parks and playgrounds in areas where poor and minority folk lived."QUESTION? Is that a true statement? He built about 300 parks within the City. Were there really that few built in low income and minority areas? I know what you mean about discrimination. I can remember often being discriminated as a child in the 1950's waiting on line in a candy store, watching the clerk bypass me to serve the next adult in line behind me. I also remember going to the movies with and without my parents. With my parents we would sit in the center section. When I would come alone, I would have to sit in the "Children's Section" at the sides of the theater. The rationale was that children paid less and made more noise so they shouldn't disturb the adults. So I could live with that. But what got me angry was when I turned 12, I had to pay the full adult price of 75 Cents and the usher still put me in the Children's Section. Unlike when I was younger in the candy store and too scared to speak up, I questioned the usher telling her I am no longer a child because I paid full price and should be able to sit anywhere I want to, her response was, "outside your an adult, but once you're inside, you are still a child," and she put me in the Children's Section anyway. That was over 45 years ago. Discrimination hurts and is not easily forgotten. |
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