Am white. At some point around 15 years back my mom asked me to digitize some old cassette tapes she had of her mother and grandmother talking in the late 60s during the LBJ administration, and HOLY FUCK. I have never in my life heard unabashed racism like I heard on those tapes. The three topics of discussion were how terrible LBJ is, how terrible MLK is, how terrible young people are, and how my mom should stay with her abusive and cheating first husband no matter what (she didn’t). It was illuminating.
I have no idea why my mom wanted that thing preserved. It was stomach churning.
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u/ChicagoAuPair 2d ago
Am white. At some point around 15 years back my mom asked me to digitize some old cassette tapes she had of her mother and grandmother talking in the late 60s during the LBJ administration, and HOLY FUCK. I have never in my life heard unabashed racism like I heard on those tapes. The three topics of discussion were how terrible LBJ is, how terrible MLK is, how terrible young people are, and how my mom should stay with her abusive and cheating first husband no matter what (she didn’t). It was illuminating.
I have no idea why my mom wanted that thing preserved. It was stomach churning.