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imaginasi0n:

sariae: afictionadoes: sariae: why do so many people romanticize the 1950′s? like calm down we still have milkshakes and racism I know this^ is probably a sarcastic post, BUT…. For me, I love the 50s for all of its innocence and hope. There were bad things happening, yes, but it had that lovely pastel veneer that made everything nice and neighborly and honest. Also the music is unparalleled. my black friend’s grandmother was physically beaten by a group of white boys when she tried to attend a public high school after segregation had been deemed unconstitutional. her grandfather still has the scars on his back from the pressure hoses aimed at him by police. but i’m glad you like that lovely pastel veneer neighborly and honest? I guess if you were the right color then yes.

White people pine for a whitewashed version of the 1950′s, the version that they can see through TV shows, musicals, movies, and music. But none of that went away.

In fact, if you go to most suburban/rural towns in the US, you can still find 1950′s diners. There’s still drive-in movie theaters. There’s burger joints where you can pull up and someone roller-skates up to your window to clip on a tray and serve you food. There’s plenty of clothing shops that sell 50′s clothes–and thrift stores exist all over the place for people who want the “real deal”.

You can buy old 50′s radios and listen to 50′s classics. You can get furniture from the 50′s. Plenty of movie theaters in small towns do retro nights where you can see 50′s movies on the silver screen. Musicals that pay homage to the 50′s still play around the country. 50′s tv shows have reruns every single day. Nothing stops you from sinking into that same lovely pastel veneer that you fondly remember (yet most likely did not live through, unless you’re 116 years old and on Tumblr for some reason).

We still have everything from the 1950′s. The only difference is that we have new technology, new fashion trends, new music trends, and new eatery trends. The only people looking back fondly on the 1950′s are Republicans and people who are too chicken shit to own the aesthetic they want to have.