A role play that deals with some sensitive subjects, so be warned. Set in the late 50s, so racism will be in this. None of the racism expressed by characters within are of my opinion. Sensitive words will be also used. I'm sure you know the ones. It's not meant to be 100& accurate. I'm not a history buff/genius.

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Name: Shawn
Age: Pushing 30


Personality: He tries to be everyone's best pal, excluding the white folk, because they will not be his friend. He is very selfless. Thinks of others before himself. Has got hurt because of this before, such has defending someone being best up. Will go hungry so that his sister can eat. Laughs a lot. Likes to talk. Is a dreamer. Hopes one day that the world, whites included will enjoy his music.

Bio: He is just a normal, every day guy who works at at diner. He works as much as possible to pay rent and feed his sister. His parents were killed when his sister was younger. Everyone on the black side of town knows him. It's like a big family. He only deals with hatred and racism rarely because he does not usually try to be around any white folk, but things will surely change after he saves a white lady from a group of teenage punks.

Times are also just starting to change. Black folk are now being allowed into white's school and work place, but it is a slow process. Not everyone is happy about this.

Name: Ms. Robin Cartwright
Age: (Now, it's rude to ask a lady her age!) 23



Personality: Stubborn, hardheaded, rash to a degree. These things all describe Robin Cartwright. She'd do anything to prove to the world that she isn't some dumb bimbo, that she has more to offer the world than biscuits and gravy. She tends to watch her words carefully because of her past. She's been hurt too many times by speaking her mind so openly. She is very selective in the people she trusts. But, as a school teacher, she holds the safety and education of her students above all else and would do no less than take a bullet for each and everyone of them.

Bio: Robin was born into the Cartwright family, the second biggest name in all of Pennbrooke, MI. ( I hope you don't mind. We can change the name of the place later. I just wanted to be able to say something.) Her family owns the Cartwright Plantation. Her father, Jeremy Cartwright III, owns the plantation and regulates it with an iron fist. Robin grew up in this kind of home, a home where colored folk were nothing more than equipment, tools for the use of the white people and women, white or black were treated with much less respect than they deserved. She, like most young white females, had a colored nanny, Rita. Rita was a kind woman that helped raise Robin up as one of her own and was even Robin's inspiration to become a teacher. Now 23, Robin has her very own class. Rita had died long ago at Robin's father's hand, though most wouldn't know and Robin had promised Rita that she would be the best teacher she could, a teacher God could be proud of. Now that segregation is becoming a problem, Robin has decided to let in a few colored children into her classroom. Several of the white students were taken out, though some stayed because of the skills of the teacher. Some didn't care, and some were more than upset at her decision.

I'll get an intro post up when I have more time. I have to go to band class soon and then I have a few things I have to work on. It shouldn't take too long.

Hey, I'm going to have to take a break for a day or so on role playing. I've got a migraine and they can really last for days. I also have a job interview tomorrow and if I get hired, I will be online less, so I wanted to give you a heads up!

BTW, the diner that he was talking about is more or less a "colored only" diner. Whites are allowed, but since it's owned by black people, it's been a unwritten rule to the whites that it is for blacks only.

And he won't be cooking dinner for her, the leftovers is the dinner lol

But she could still go to the diner. Shawn isn't aware of any white folks who go, so maybe she has gone on his days off or he just didn't notice her because he's stuck in the kitchen.

That was what I was thinking. It's more of a 'Oh no, I don't have time!' so she goes there really quick. Odds are she tries to stay low and get out quickly. But meh. I dunno.

I hope your feel better and your interview goes well! I have a job over the summer so I understand. It's not going to bother me. Just as long as I get a post or so a week at the very least. :P

Would you like to do a time skip?

It doesn't matter to me. I'm fine with either.

Cool, probably will do a time skip when I next post. I am probably going to be busy tomorrow because we need to do more moving stuff (I hate moving!)

That's fine. I'm patient. I get busy too. :P

I hate moving too... I have to do it every year. #CollegeLife (Forgive me for the use of the hashtag. I use it mainly because I think it's funny. If it bothers you, I won't. I'm an English Major, I understand. (I also understand that language changes every day and the way we use words can and will be different every year.)) Much Parenthesis, many side note, heh.

Hashtags are fine ;)

I use instagram so I know all about them. lol

It's Easter weekend here, so I'm going to be out for a day or so. :)

That's fine. I'm busy with end of the school year things so I can't always been on.

Sorry to do this to you, I need to take a few days off (I just came on to update my group rp, with the most sucky post) because I'm suffering this massive earache that is just horrible. In both ears. On top of that, I have got the flu or something (May be the cause of earaches? Don't know!)

Ugh, that's lame! I hope you feel better. Sorry I haven't gotten a post out. I'll try to get one out soon so that you'll have something to come back to once you get to feeling better.

But yeah, get better! That's got to suck. :\

Sorry for the short post. My muse isn't with me today it seems.

Don't worry about it! I was just checking in to update everyone. I'm gonna need a couple more days. It's a pretty bad infection *cough*andwomanstuff*cough. Sorry for any inconvenience.

xD Man, that sucks. I hope you get better. It's no inconvenience at all. I'm patient. ^-^

I'm sorry it's taking so long. I've been trying to reply back to some posts, but each time I do, it feels forced and the post (IMO) comes out really sucky. So when I reply, please bear with me. It might not be up to par with my normal posts.

I will have to take some time off from the role playing. Some major real world things have come up. The fact that both me and my husband got laid off, led to us getting evicted and now we are doing moving and having to go to court. It sucks being a "grown up" I don't know how long this will take. Probably a week or so. I'm very sorry. *bows head sadly*

That's fine! I hope everything works out! Best luck to you!