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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mansons2005, post: 243171, member: 121&quot;]Just &quot;social&quot; friends - as I mentioned, a relative had a country &quot;farm&quot; next to hers in Danbury, CT. She and her husband were well known and very active in the community and very well respected. That is why no one has ever figured out the alleged brouhaha over Jackie Robinson&#039;s attempt to buy in CT (Danbury and Stamford were both considered &quot;country retreats&quot; for New Yorkers). Some still think it was a publicity ruse by Simon (I forget his name, but he was the publishing Simon, Carly Simon&#039;s father) who brought the Robinson family to live with him while his house was being built. Yeah, there were colour lines, but most were blurred for those with accomplishments. The Robinson thing may have been because he was sports related and even back then it was more of a class thing than a racial thing. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for taking you off course - AGAIN - but having traveled in circles where racism was the norm, the differences and exceptions to the &quot;rules&quot; have always fascinated me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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