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<blockquote data-quote="weeds" data-source="post: 1058326" data-attributes="member: 39"><p>I wasn't a teenager then, I was a full-blown adult and I do remember the ESPN piece and yes, it was during the mid-90's Super Bowl run although I don't recall exactly who was in it or what they said for that matter. As I said, I was already an educated adult, lifetime Northeastern Wisconsin boy who recognized it for what it was. It seemed that the producers had their presupposition before starting the story and built it backwards.</p><p></p><p>Now that's not to say that racism didn't exist, here...there...and everywhere, but they did like zero'ing in on Wisconsin during this time - and guess what ... it's still around around today ... here, there..and everywhere.</p><p></p><p>They made a big deal out of the fact that Ron Wolf made a point of bringing barbers who knew how to cut Afro-American hair and had what was called "soul food" chefs brought in to Green Bay from Milwaukee and Chicago ... and then, continually beat that drum to the crescendo. This wasn't a new theme to me. I had two black roommates in college (late 70's and early to mid-80's) who complained about those things and used to haul me to their family gatherings in Milwaukee and Kenosha - so that stuff wasn't new to me. </p><p></p><p>What WAS new to me was the reaction these two guys received when I'd bring them to my dinky little hometown which WAS lily-white. Nothing blatantly racist but I did have to tell an old friend of mine to shut the hell up because he wasn't hearing what was coming from his mouth after half a night of drinking and he was embarrassed but Mickey and Mark never said a word about it. Conversely, I felt the same quizzical looks and backhanded comments from their families as well, it IS a two-way street, but took in stride and kept eating.</p><p></p><p>Still ... I didn't grow up feeling the sting of racism personally - I just couldn't understand it because my father didn't allow such thinking in his house. That's just me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="weeds, post: 1058326, member: 39"] I wasn't a teenager then, I was a full-blown adult and I do remember the ESPN piece and yes, it was during the mid-90's Super Bowl run although I don't recall exactly who was in it or what they said for that matter. As I said, I was already an educated adult, lifetime Northeastern Wisconsin boy who recognized it for what it was. It seemed that the producers had their presupposition before starting the story and built it backwards. Now that's not to say that racism didn't exist, here...there...and everywhere, but they did like zero'ing in on Wisconsin during this time - and guess what ... it's still around around today ... here, there..and everywhere. They made a big deal out of the fact that Ron Wolf made a point of bringing barbers who knew how to cut Afro-American hair and had what was called "soul food" chefs brought in to Green Bay from Milwaukee and Chicago ... and then, continually beat that drum to the crescendo. This wasn't a new theme to me. I had two black roommates in college (late 70's and early to mid-80's) who complained about those things and used to haul me to their family gatherings in Milwaukee and Kenosha - so that stuff wasn't new to me. What WAS new to me was the reaction these two guys received when I'd bring them to my dinky little hometown which WAS lily-white. Nothing blatantly racist but I did have to tell an old friend of mine to shut the hell up because he wasn't hearing what was coming from his mouth after half a night of drinking and he was embarrassed but Mickey and Mark never said a word about it. Conversely, I felt the same quizzical looks and backhanded comments from their families as well, it IS a two-way street, but took in stride and kept eating. Still ... I didn't grow up feeling the sting of racism personally - I just couldn't understand it because my father didn't allow such thinking in his house. That's just me. [/QUOTE]
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