tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121660866664890658.post761315951124407278..comments2023-08-27T05:02:41.353-07:00Comments on Mid Century Pink: Black and White... Mid Century Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14121172283126858494noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121660866664890658.post-13078920972903349622013-09-03T18:53:48.923-07:002013-09-03T18:53:48.923-07:00The photo of the two girls in the bathroom primpin...The photo of the two girls in the bathroom primping is so fascinating. Thanks for the photos. Great stuff!<br /><br />DesireeDesireehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08003471825539460273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121660866664890658.post-62880547963879773982013-09-03T11:57:26.326-07:002013-09-03T11:57:26.326-07:00Those are wonderful photos! Love them! So proud ou...Those are wonderful photos! Love them! So proud our country doesn't do this anymore. xoxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07399307155035285501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121660866664890658.post-79167530811282195272013-08-31T14:29:01.018-07:002013-08-31T14:29:01.018-07:00Kate!!! Thanks so much for reading this!!! You and...Kate!!! Thanks so much for reading this!!! You and your family are some of the people I adore! <br /><br />Ahh, yes!!! The good ole Civic Theater!!! That is a fantastic story!! Your mom is the sweetest and cutest woman ever and I can just imagine her surprise! It wasn't her fault...it was all she knew. It is incredibly sad but it's part of our history. Thanks for sharing!Mid Century Pinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14121172283126858494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121660866664890658.post-87931437503789520562013-08-31T14:22:58.954-07:002013-08-31T14:22:58.954-07:00these pictures are amazing xothese pictures are amazing xothelittlebittyprettybloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164787207316081837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121660866664890658.post-19539871573812381672013-08-30T11:55:20.651-07:002013-08-30T11:55:20.651-07:00I love those vintage pictures!!!!
Why making diffe...I love those vintage pictures!!!!<br />Why making differences... black, white or red? Who cares!Laurencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936447176191219940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121660866664890658.post-17052994109306092012013-08-30T11:14:51.518-07:002013-08-30T11:14:51.518-07:00So wonderful, LaToya! The photo of the girls prim...So wonderful, LaToya! The photo of the girls primping makes me think of a story that my mom has about the ladies' restroom at the Civic Theater (that we know and love so well, LOL). She remembers that the very first time she went in there at an event that happened after integration (she was a teenager) she must have had a stunned and confused look on her face, because an older black woman looked at her and said, "Don't worry, honey, you're in the right place." She has always told us how she felt so embarrassed and ashamed of her reaction, but it was literally the first time in her life that she had ever been in the same public restroom with black women. I can't even think of that story without crying, and I just feel sorry for everyone involved who had to live in a world where the simple fact of blacks and whites sharing a public space was initially "weird" and foreign. I think about all of them every time I'm in that crazy green restroom. I always think photographs are the best way to understand the civil rights movement, and these are all wonderful.Kate Pedrottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03675457579651441938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121660866664890658.post-52218575704075966612013-08-30T05:24:19.933-07:002013-08-30T05:24:19.933-07:00What a wonderful post! These photos are so striki...What a wonderful post! These photos are so striking and beautiful and totally brought a tear to my eye! Thanks for sharing such moving set of images, which show so much positivity in the face of adversity.Incendiary Blondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09528321687210279974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121660866664890658.post-20208029983750726782013-08-29T20:42:26.477-07:002013-08-29T20:42:26.477-07:00Awww...Thanks, hun! Go ahead and pin away!!! They ...Awww...Thanks, hun! Go ahead and pin away!!! They are really great photos. I really do try to find the silver lining of every situation. Life is too short for blame and finger pointing.Mid Century Pinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14121172283126858494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121660866664890658.post-58178646133036977652013-08-29T20:42:24.076-07:002013-08-29T20:42:24.076-07:00La Toya! Thank you for these wonderful photos. I&#...La Toya! Thank you for these wonderful photos. I've scrolled through them at least a dozen times. I was listening to all the speeches on the radio yesterday as I drove around in the car running errands and I was thinking about how different times were in the sixties and you brought it to life for me. Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03938255518222756688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121660866664890658.post-65532846726681680982013-08-29T20:40:10.374-07:002013-08-29T20:40:10.374-07:00I'm glad that I could share.I'm glad that I could share. Mid Century Pinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14121172283126858494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121660866664890658.post-57127830530497243402013-08-29T20:39:23.288-07:002013-08-29T20:39:23.288-07:00Thank you, Jessica! I have so many people of diffe...Thank you, Jessica! I have so many people of different colors that I love and who love me that I always try to focus on everyone coming together for this cause.Mid Century Pinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14121172283126858494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121660866664890658.post-23738051553089997172013-08-29T20:37:02.993-07:002013-08-29T20:37:02.993-07:00Isn't it funny how you can be discriminated ag...Isn't it funny how you can be discriminated against by people who are just like you? It's insane and pointless! Mid Century Pinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14121172283126858494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121660866664890658.post-31693431590337176562013-08-29T20:35:51.918-07:002013-08-29T20:35:51.918-07:00Oh Wow!! I love knowing that about you! It sounds ...Oh Wow!! I love knowing that about you! It sounds like you had a very diverse growing up! I could totally see us vintage lovers marching side by side and standing up for a cause!!! Mid Century Pinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14121172283126858494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121660866664890658.post-76466509383545090442013-08-29T16:42:03.647-07:002013-08-29T16:42:03.647-07:00What a beautiful post! You have a real gift for fi...What a beautiful post! You have a real gift for finding beauty and grace in situations. I love the way you look at the world. My favorite photos were the one with the two girls primping in the mirror and the one with the line of little girls in their pretty little frocks. I might have to pin a few of these!J. MacIsaac Studioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16583156682341880069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121660866664890658.post-50510471928658293482013-08-29T14:15:33.111-07:002013-08-29T14:15:33.111-07:00What a beautiful post!! So often we see photos of ...What a beautiful post!! So often we see photos of segregation as blacks and whites separated. I have hardly seen anything about integration during the time. Thank you for sharing!! xBrittany_Va-VoomVintagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04377031677999463069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121660866664890658.post-55654859945110240262013-08-29T13:17:07.553-07:002013-08-29T13:17:07.553-07:00Hand on my heart, I had chills as I read this post...Hand on my heart, I had chills as I read this post and looked at each superb, incredible image you included within. I love and so admire that you opted to focus on the positive, beautiful side of the fight for racial equality. If more people did so, and of course lived this mindset in their daily lives, perhaps we'd finally have a real chance of true equality for one and all actually coming to light in the 21st century.<br /><br />Inspiring, poignant, and deeply beautiful post, dear La Toya. Witchcrafted Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992822472797191121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121660866664890658.post-1011431395146733872013-08-29T13:05:12.845-07:002013-08-29T13:05:12.845-07:00People can be truly amazing when they come togethe...People can be truly amazing when they come together. We are so often pitted against one another on such stupid basis like color, beauty, weight, social "class" that we often forget that we are human beings and deserve love and respect. <br /><br />I'm full Mexican and grew up in pretty diverse county in So Cal. Yet, I was still picked on because I was "too white to be pure Mexican." Or "Mexicans don't have greens eyes". I kind you not. I got told this throughout most of my life. Or I was accused of lying about being Mexican. Why would I need to lie about my heritage. Most people nowadays think I'm mixed (half white/half Mexican). I stopped correcting them. It's too much trouble and I shouldn't have to defend who I am as a person.<br /> I will be forever grateful to all those people who stood up,sat in, marched, and were arrested for what they believed. Mariela Santillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05293755332845325555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121660866664890658.post-23130954680308403182013-08-29T10:01:16.345-07:002013-08-29T10:01:16.345-07:00I grew up next to the projects in Pasadena. We wer...I grew up next to the projects in Pasadena. We were the only white family on my block, and in elementary I was the only white girl in my class. I had be made fun of my whole life being called "weda" (white girl in spanish), or my African-American friends would call me "little ghost" because I was so white. I just thought they were teasing me. The first time I heard my Grandfather say the N word, I didn't know what he meant. I asked my Mom, and she said "that's a word that we will never use because it's hurtful". She even reprimanded him and told him never to say that word in front of us again. Growing up color blind, I just saw everyone as humans. I like to think I'd be with them marching and getting arrested! Much love to all, no matter if your white, black or green!Technicolor Cutiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00843519430748749299noreply@blogger.com