re: #648 MsJ

I often wonder the same thing. My dad (and mom) were staunch democrats. That said, they grew up in a different era (my dad was born in 1907) and when I was in college I was friends with a black girl and my dad was none too happy. I couldn’t really tell if it was that she was black or that she lived in a pretty bad part of Chicago, but he was really, really unhappy when we would hang out.

I have wondered about this several times over the years. Would he have been brainwashed by Fox News? How would he have taken to an Obama or H. Clinton presidency? Honestly, I am glad I never had to find out.

Yeah my maternal grandfather was much the same way. He was upset with my mom like your Dad was when mom befriended a black girl. At the same time though, he didn’t object to being Richard Loving’s foreman while the Lovings awaited word on their case. He wasn’t a KKK/Neo Nazi or even an alt-right type racist but he definitely had prejudices. Then again, his wife, my grandma and only survivign grandparent has grown to like Obama a lot since then so maybe he would have been okay. My dad’s parents were gone by Obama’s election and my Dad’s Dad even by Reagan’s time but Dad’s mom loved HRC and their liberalism was probably more closer to what I practice than my mom’s parents though I have some of mom’s folks blue collar edge.