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Re: should I move to Alabama?
Posted by Beverly on 1/18/07

    I think there is a difference in rural areas vs urban areas in
    Alabama.


    On 1/02/07, trs wrote:
    > On 6/15/05, Tanya wrote:
    >> Hi,
    >>
    >> I really need some help. I am a special education teacher
    >> thinking of moving to Alabama. But looking for a job is the
    >> least of my worries. I am white and I am moving to be with
    >> a black man. I have a son. If I didn't have him to
    >> consider, I would have moved a long time ago. But my fiance
    >> is concerned about how other people (namely children) would
    >> treat my son because of the mixed relationship. I live in
    >> BC, Canada. My fiance says I have no idea what it is like
    >> there. I plan to visit Alabama with my son first to see
    >> what it's like but a visit isn't going to give a true
    >> picture.
    >>
    >> Can someone help me, please? Tell me what I could possibly
    >> expect? It is hard for me to believe that children would
    >> pick on another child because his step-father is of a
    >> different colour. Is that what would really happen?
    >>
    >> Thanks
    >
    >
    > I think you and your family would be fine. I teach and don't
    > see any racism coming from the children. I have had lots of
    > byracial students and the other children act as though they
    > don't know the difference. Alabama has changed a lot in the
    > past 20-30 years. I actually have a child in my class now
    > whose mother is white and father is black. All the children
    > are very nice to him and do not even ackowledge the
    > different races..
    >>
    >> Tanya

     
     

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