I know exactly how these Black men must have felt, as I learned at an early age that there are some very hateful people out there in the world. And my family is White!
I remember the Summer after John F. Kennedy was assassinated here in my hometown of Dallas Texas. My Dad took us on one of our many National Lampoon Vacations out West.
We had been driving through the Utah desert and we were all hungry, so my Dad pulled into one of those little Country Diners out in the middle of NOWHERE, on the Highway, and pulled right up front in our Bonneville station wagon.
We went in and no one seated us, so my dad just found an open table and we sat down. The place was pretty well packed and busy. No one even came over and handed us a menu. After we sat there for about 20 minutes, and after we noticed people coming in after us, were already being served their meals, my Dad, asked the waitress, "Can you wait on our table please"?
She said, "You people are from Texas aren't you"? My Dad said yes! And she said, "We don't serve Texans here"!
My Dad, didn't even bother to say anything further to her, he just said to me, My Mom, and two sisters, "Come on let's go"!
So we got up and left and as my Dad closed the double glass doors behind us, HE SLAMMED THEM SO HARD, THE WINDOW GLASS FELL OUT AND SHATTERED ON THE GROUND!
We got in the car and drove all the way out of that state, and we never went back to that state, as we would drive way out of our way to avoid it.
It is just unbelievable how hateful some people can be.
My parents concluded that they must have seen our Texas License Plate, and they were still upset about the president being assassinated in our state or something! There just wasn't any other explanation!
