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Quite interesting
Jan. 9th, 2011 09:34 amQI last night was quite interesting... there was a bit about colour (related to extra toilets in the pentagon, which never were used in a segregated manner because FDR thought segregation was disgusting (which I completely agree with).
Anyway, I suddenly came over all patriotic... apparently a number of GIs asked for segregated pubs here, and the British public went 'you're barking' but a number of fights were started by white GIs attempting to evict black GIs... which the British weighed in on the black side. Hurray!
Of course then I was brought back to earth with a bump as I remembered pubs in my youth with 'No Irish' written on the door.
Anyway, I suddenly came over all patriotic... apparently a number of GIs asked for segregated pubs here, and the British public went 'you're barking' but a number of fights were started by white GIs attempting to evict black GIs... which the British weighed in on the black side. Hurray!
Of course then I was brought back to earth with a bump as I remembered pubs in my youth with 'No Irish' written on the door.
