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CTyankee

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7. In Dallas in the 50s I was in a white bubble, not rich but privileged (largely at the expense of Mexicans and African
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 10:46 AM
Nov 10

Americans). I left to go to school (Carnegie Mellon, then Carnegie Institute of Technology) and never went back to live there again. I moved to NYC and got married to a Harvard man who basically thought all Texans were dumb shits. I had 3 kids with this man before I divorced his pompous ass. Now happily remarried and living in CT.

You weren't supposed to leave Texas (in fact, I know one fellow Texan who recalls thinking he literally couldn't leave Texas when he was a kid!).

Texas is diverse, in fact if not in equality. I think it is only a matter of time until justice is served there (or I hope so).

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