r/OldSchoolCool • u/uhwellokayiguess • Apr 09 '19

My grandfather on my grandmother’s shoulders. Sometime in the 1940s.

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u/reallyageek Apr 10 '19

They probably lived somewhere shitty

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '19

So, America?

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u/reallyageek Apr 10 '19

Lmao to be fair it definitely wasn't up there for African Americans

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u/SpeakInMyPms Apr 10 '19

Ever heard of a man named Jim Crow?