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Seth Meyers: George W. Bush's Shocking Gaffe; Republicans Vote Against Baby Formula Bill

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Decatur Deb5/20/2022 12:00:40 pm PDT

re: #57 ckkatz

Interesting!

Growing up, I remember that as a teenage male, there were certain neighborhoods that unless I was looking for a fight with that neighborhood’s teenagers, it was generally a bad idea to enter. There was neutral ground within a block of schools, but that was it.

I remember hearing occasional discussions about local ‘Gypsies’. But for some reason, I thought of them as a group of poor outsider transients rather than as a specific ethnic group. Not sure where my interpretation came from.

We still were supposed to avoid them. But mostly because they were ‘outsiders’ with unknown trustworthiness. Not because they were presumed criminals and sociopaths. But that was just my understanding. Not sure how I got that view.

Our RC school was on The Hill, just short of where the Civic Auditorium would be built. Walking there I passed through a very Hebrew-reading area (including our butcher, who gave me my pet “Hot Dog” from the cooler where it was born.) There was a small settled Gypsy enclave. One day the kid on the stoop threatened to put a curse on me if I didn’t give him by comic book. I thought a moment, then decided to take my chances. The beginnings of a life of skepticism.