No, you don't understand!
Sep. 30th, 2006 11:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ghiniSeen today at Stone Mountain:
A teenage girl wearing a t-shirt that had a confederate flag on it, and said "It's a white thing, you wouldn't understand"
A teenage girl wearing a t-shirt that had a confederate flag on it, and said "It's a white thing, you wouldn't understand"
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Date: 2006-10-01 04:24 am (UTC)just wow.
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Date: 2006-10-01 07:26 am (UTC)My favorite quote this week: "I cant support that cigarette tax because those hospitals will just use the funding on Mexicans."
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Date: 2006-10-01 06:03 am (UTC)protection first is all I say
I got it they want it
believe it, they’ll steal it
Some of them punks just want to feel it
When they see me grip with both hands
it’s a black thing they don’t understand
It’s true they want to take it all
so before they rip you ball for ball
Cup your hand and cover up
NWH say grab your stuff
Chorus
Grab it, you gotta grab it
Grab it
Grab it, you gotta grab it
Grab it
You gotta grab your stuff
Four hundred years and it ain’t enuff
Suckers still tryin’ to take our stuff
Stealin it, swipin it, rippin it, bitin it
they can’t grow it so punks try to heist it
NWH ain’t down with that
gotta look out for the black
When they start going for the family jewels
protect that gear by whatever tools
Cup your hand and cover up
Nwh say, grab your stuff
Chorus
Ladies this involves you too
stand by the man that stands by you
Help him, love him, need him, believe him
Plenty of others will try to defeat him
If your man is wit you
let no other make issue
When they try to take him down
you can keep him off the ground
Lend a hand and lift him up
NWH say, grab your stuff
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Date: 2006-10-01 11:34 am (UTC)The mountain itself and the surrounding land were once owned by the Venable family, which spawned more than its share of dragons, and wizards, and whatever other titles those sad little twits gave themselves.
I can remember when the Klan still had its Labor Day rally near Stone Mountain -- not on the property itself, which was and is a state park -- but on nearby land still owned by the Venables. They posted signs, a white arrow cut out of plywood, painted with the letters "KKK" because that is probably about as much as the intended audience could read at one sitting, and directing traffic toward the rally site.
In a bit of crowning irony, The city of Stone Mountain now has a majority-black population. The Venable name has been stripped from every local landmark, save one -- Venable Street, a rutted little quarter-mile of asphalt lined with run-down houses on muddy lots. The only noteworthy destination on Venable Street is the state prison at the end of it.
All that said, don't write off Stone Mountain Park. There's a lot more kitschy and theme-parky stuff than there used to be, but the park also has miles of good hiking and cycling trails, fishing and canoeing spots, and a parking pass costs $35 a year. If you're not driving, it costs nothing to get into the park.
Oh, and in a few weeks (Oct. 21-22) they'll be hosting the Highland Games -- aka "Scots on the Rock" -- which is a must-see if you're into men in kilts throwing telephone poles and stuff like that.
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