Forum: Lost Stories

This may not be the right forum for this request, but I guessed it was probably the closest one.

I'm looking for a story or stories that I have NOT read, in which a white boy or girl, accustomed to seeing racism in its many forms, only slowly begins to become aware of racial tension.

The stories could be from any section of the country where races were treated differently, where non-whites could be seen as "the other."

The stories I seek could be from any viewpoint - for more mixing of the races or against it. But I would like the subject to be treated seriously. That the subject matter is treated seriously does NOT mean that the story avoids humor.

Are there any such stories?

I'm curious about the assumption that America is the only place that happens?

The stories could be from any section of the country where races were treated differently, where non-whites could be seen as "the other."

You do realize that goes on world wide in many forms right?

Think Koreans in Japan. Chinese in Viet Nam, Arabs in Israel, and Jews in Muslim countries. Don't even talk about tribal problems in Black Africa. (I hate that phrase, but it means middle and southern Africa.

I'm looking for a story or stories that I have NOT read, in which a white boy or girl, accustomed to seeing racism in its many forms, only slowly begins to become aware of racial tension.

How are we to tell which stories you have NOT read..??

If the white boy or girl are accustomed to seeing racism in its many forms, then it is hardly plausible they would not also be aware of racial tension.

No racism = no racial tension

No racial tension = no racism.

That the subject matter is treated seriously does NOT mean that the story avoids humor.

A party of tourists on their first day in South Africa were visiting Durban Beachfront. One of them politely asked a local, "Is that the Indian Ocean?"

"No" came the reply, "That's the White Ocean, the Indian Ocean is way down there..."

Wes Boyd's Alone Together and the follow up Growing Together (on the spearfishlaketales site) are about two young people who end up estranged from their families because of racism on both sides.

There is always Australian Story by Oz Ozzie, although the story name is a big clue as to where it is set.
A fair proportion of the authors here tend to mix characters of various races together with just occasional references to the "fact" that they "look different". They are characters first and white/black/red/green/orange - at most - second.

Lubrican's Flossie's Revenge is the first story that comes to mind, but you've probably already have read it. Since it is still rated over 9.0, it seems to have wide acceptance here.

You could try stories by VeryWellAged about white guys, usually older and girls and women from the Philippines. Filipinas.

Are there any such stories?

Bob, read this morning's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Representative Mike Kelly wonders why people get upset about the N-word and other degrading racial epithets because he doesn't get upset when people point out that he's Irish. As Bugs Bunny used to say: "What a maroon!"