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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 1199352" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>My ex is American Indian and very prejudiced against blacks. When I would have friends of mine over she would go and lock herself in the bedroom until they left. I tried to explain to her that if hadn;t been for those guys I would have ended up never being promoted and probably kicked out of the Navy for bad conduct. 3 Black guys and 1 Filipino took me under their collective wing and brute force changed my ways, forced me to study for promotions and generally kicked my butt when I screwed up seriously. Sort of like an older rother would do.</p><p>Gladly my daughter didn;t inherit her mothers attitude. I was talking to her about her mothers prejudice one day and she said siomething that is pretty true and awfully insighful for an 18 year old. "Every one has to feel superior to someone for whatever reason". I don;t think I feel superior to anyone, but just as in everything else, some people take pride i being better at doing somethings then others. I take pride in being able to get cows to settle and usually to see the other side of an issue. I think not feeling superior is what gives me the ability to explain things (in a way that they can be understood. I dropped out of high school andjoined the Navy at 17, the education I acquired was through reding, figuring and doing. I was giving seminars fairly regularly at the Naval Weapons Center and 1 guy asked me where I got my degree. I told him the school of hard knocks. From that day on a lot of the people that had been asking me for help wouldn;t even talk to me and if they did it was on the sly. The particular place was just degree crazy, but most of the people had phds and masters. I didn;t feel superior, just sorry for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 1199352, member: 34"] My ex is American Indian and very prejudiced against blacks. When I would have friends of mine over she would go and lock herself in the bedroom until they left. I tried to explain to her that if hadn;t been for those guys I would have ended up never being promoted and probably kicked out of the Navy for bad conduct. 3 Black guys and 1 Filipino took me under their collective wing and brute force changed my ways, forced me to study for promotions and generally kicked my butt when I screwed up seriously. Sort of like an older rother would do. Gladly my daughter didn;t inherit her mothers attitude. I was talking to her about her mothers prejudice one day and she said siomething that is pretty true and awfully insighful for an 18 year old. "Every one has to feel superior to someone for whatever reason". I don;t think I feel superior to anyone, but just as in everything else, some people take pride i being better at doing somethings then others. I take pride in being able to get cows to settle and usually to see the other side of an issue. I think not feeling superior is what gives me the ability to explain things (in a way that they can be understood. I dropped out of high school andjoined the Navy at 17, the education I acquired was through reding, figuring and doing. I was giving seminars fairly regularly at the Naval Weapons Center and 1 guy asked me where I got my degree. I told him the school of hard knocks. From that day on a lot of the people that had been asking me for help wouldn;t even talk to me and if they did it was on the sly. The particular place was just degree crazy, but most of the people had phds and masters. I didn;t feel superior, just sorry for them. [/QUOTE]
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