Wes Phillips

Nice photos, back when life was simpler. It's sad however to see how racism comes so naturally to you Americans. With photos of white children fishing the caption is 'Boys fishing in a bayou', with black children fishing the caption is 'African Americans fishing in a creek...'. They are all children no matter what color they are. But I suppose it is easier to depersonalise people by categorising them, like the Nazi's did in Germany in the 30's. I hope these are the captions at the time the photo's were taken and not today. If today it suggests that the USA is on the slippery path to fascism.

My apologies Wes, you are right it was not captioned by all Americans. I'm surprised that such an organization as the Library of Congress would use such racist captions. Anyway who is Mr. Pot? I guess it is Pol Pot?Thank you for your blog, I look forward to it every day.Here is a small offering.How Smart Is Your Right Foot?1. While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles with it.2. Now, while doing this," draw the number ""6"" in the air with your right hand.Your foot will change direction", neat hey?

Nah, Ken, I wasn't calling you Pol Pot, I was referencing the old folk saying about the pot calling the kettle black. I grew up in the segregated South, so I'd never deny that racism is as American as apple pie," but I learned a long time ago that any sentence that starets with ""You people . . ."" is a good place to be very careful.BTW", my wife thought I was making a Pol Pot reference too, so I apologize for being obscure.I always suspected neither of my feet was very smart -- and anybody who has danced with me has tended to agree.