Comments by "Peter Ford" (@peterford9369) on "VP Harris blasts Trump’s ‘poisoning the blood’ rhetoric: 'A leader is someone who has empathy'" video.

I doubt to many 8th graders even spot a comment from a presidential candidate. And unless you're truly a political child, which remembering back to 8th grade, who was. I'm an immigrant from Germany in 1956 at 4 years old. And even I wasn't at all into politics in 8th grade. My mom was a young girl thru the war, and we never discussed politics in our house growing up. Even though one day my mom got a call from one of our neighbors, saying, go back to Germany, kraut. And this was in the 60s. This is what happened to many soldiers during the war and in the aftermath if they brought their foreign wives back to the US. Blacks aren't the only ones having to deal with good ole American bigotry. It is sad that for all the years, MANY Americans haven't evolved past their hatred. And will still vote for someone like djt.
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@tomservo56954 I guess it depends on your definition of, Aryan.
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@itsknotmagic I wasn't trying to be critical of her response. I was actually more critical of his question. I was in 8th grade in 1966. Well before integration and busing etc. So yes I'm speaking from a more... non-inflammatory era. At least in regards to forced integration. There was still, hate speech. Because of the wars, both Germans and Japanese were subject to hate rhetoric. But I don't remember there being actual white, black rhetoric until forced integration, busing and so forth. I was in highschool then. And yes, though it was different, to have black kids in traditionally white or segregated schools, we had regular interaction with black kids and adults. It wasn't like an, oh my God moment, to most of us. My parents had black friends. I remember when I was a little kid, we didn't have a second car and would ride the bus to go to stores and stuff. I did run around the bus and the black ladies were in the back. And I went back and sat with them. My mom told me in later years that it was the rule then but I never thought of it at the time. I think it has a lot to do with, how you were raised. If your parents were bigots or held prejudice towards another person because of color or nationality, you may have been indoctrinated into those feelings. But when you're a kid in 8th grade, those types of things usually don't manifest without adult teachings or input. Whether it be teachers or parents or maybe other kids that have that kind of teaching. Maybe I was just stupid or lucky. I never learned bigotry in school or from my parents. Sure, as I grew up, went into the army. I saw it, from both sides. Blacks with animosity towards whites and vice versa. But I try very hard, to see people for who they are and how they act. Not the color of their skin or the language they speak. There will always be people, of all creeds that are bigots. But as time goes forward there will be less and less. I hope.
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@yvonneplant9434 Maybe for the same reason many bigots here in the USA have such a large following. Judge not. Less thee be judged. Germany doesn't have a monopoly on authoritarians. Or people who think, their way is the only way.
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@yvonneplant9434 What the heck do you mean, " todays Iran?". Religious bigotry has been around since time began. Think a little deeper than Google search.
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