[TR] Interesting times at the DMV

[mmoore8425 at aol.com]

I moved from LA to Dallas in 1967. To put things into context, this 25 year old part-time college student was active in registering black voters at the time. 



I went to the Texas department of Public Safety to get my new Texas drivers license.? The form had a box which said "Race" with a choice of "W" or "C". I checked "C" as I am Caucasian. 



I got almost to the end of the process when a? large uniformed man said? "Boy, you checked "C", you don't look colored to me". 



I said "Colored is not a race. Neither is white. Caucasian is a race", 



He said "Boy, do you want to take a driving test?". 



I changed my form to a "W".



So much for strength of convictions!


 



 Mike Moore 






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