08-30-2022, 05:14 PM
$tevie wrote:
Some were better for some things, others were better for other things.
I'm going with the 1940s because the clothes were great, the movies were fun, jazz was everywhere, and the economy was on the mend. This assumes that I am white in the 1940s.
Most Black people's lives (and other minorities) weren't miserable then. My family enjoyed their lives in the 40's. They understood the limitations of segregation and thrived anyway (not everybody of course). The stories my parents and grandparents told were incredible.
They love where they lived in the south, but there just wasn't great opportunity there so they moved north and west. Many of them returned to their home towns in the south when they retired. Growing up, the adults all called it "back home" when they referred to it.
I would love to see a depiction of Black historical success in the south. Not just Black misery. How wiley and clever Black people were. So many young Black people just don't know how amazing their grandparents and great grandparents were and what they accomplished and how they made the most of a difficult situation.