From one 62 yr old black man to another. I appreciate your comments. Having been subjected to the taunts, the stares, the use of the "n" word when applied to me while I was young wasn't easy. I was not a fighter, a confrontationist (if that is even a word). But rather bashful, shy and insecure. So yeah, I too- like Willie Mays, like Jackie Robinson just had to suck it up. They did it thru being mentally tough as trailblazers due to a deeper cause. Me? I just bore the weight of it knowing that this particular incident would pass by. Which it always did. Reggie by his own admittance had his limits- he could have become very combative. But being bullied does something to you when you get older. I developed a short fuse for bullies. Ready to fight at the drop of a hat. But as I matured I learned to check myself- not ever issue had to be mine. But had to temper such ignorant racism with the realization that people who displayed it- didnt even realize they were doing it much of the time. Racism is interwoven into the very fabric of this country. The international experiment which is the US is not really as "united" to its core as it declares itself to be. The reason for that is because while man can create laws, mandates and even institutions that demand the very best of the character of a person- Man cannot change was is deeply embedded in a person's heart. I enjoyed Reggies' honest appraisal of what it was really like for him back then. But will admit that my experience growing up was not even close to what he had to endure.

Yea nothing has changed we had a Black president voted in by a mostly white population twice 😂

So true…for colored and white signs were only taken down. Treatment is still the same.