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September 30, 2016

There was no diversity.

There were no ball caps or blue jeans anywhere in sight in the tour group.

There was no diversity. There were no spy cameras on the bus or in the hotel. There were no worries about “terrorism.” There were no color-coded “security alerts.” But there was the certitude of security without those things. Nor on public transit vehicles in 1960 were there any idiotic signs reading “If you see something, say something.” Americans in 1960 had not been trained to swallow such mush, let alone to swallow it as agreeably as they do today.Singing on a Bus « The Thinking Housewife

Posted by gerardvanderleun at September 30, 2016 3:17 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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