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My grandparents on my mother’s side were the same. Lived in a Russian and Jewish neighborhood and moved to Mattapan which was Jewish and Italian. Yes, Mattapan and Roxbury used to be mostly Jews. Right before I was born, the black people began moving in and mostly all moved out. They didn’t get to know anyone but moved because they didn’t want to be surrounded by blacks.
My Russian great grandmother spoke little English but refused to move. She said she came here and people didn’t like Russians. She stayed and survived. Why should she move because they are black? Give them a chance. She never had any issues with anyone there. She treated everyone with respect and in turn they did the same.
I took her words and still do accept people as they are.
Older folks back then only saw black people in bad scenarios. I understand that and if raised that way, it’s hard to change.
I never thought of John Wayne as a hero but remember something about his anger at Native Americans being mistreated or something. I thought it would make an interesting discussion of opinions as to celebrity interviews and our current times.
The media is full of stories of gangs of black kids, groups of black kids, with quotes of neighbors who knew they were bad. A story of white kids always has quotes from neighbors saying how surprised they are and they’re not that kind of kid .
Times have changed. Back then, a different opinion meant parents would smack you to shut up. Their word was law an punishment was severe.
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