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Burton Jay Smith and Willametta Turnepseed letters, June-July, 1943
1943-06-27 Page 15
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want to love me, then." I wasn't surprised but a bit angry at first. It probably showed on my face for he looked scared and quickly said "Do not be angry senor. I didn't mean anything." And I wasn't angry. I figure if you're going to get any fun out of life, you've got to take people as they are. These Mexicans I suspect, are not so much immoral as they are non-moral. Or true to a different moral system...it's their Indian heritage. I could overlook failings in them, which I would not accept in my own people. And they are so poor as to do most anything for money. 13
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want to love me, then." I wasn't surprised but a bit angry at first. It probably showed on my face for he looked scared and quickly said "Do not be angry senor. I didn't mean anything." And I wasn't angry. I figure if you're going to get any fun out of life, you've got to take people as they are. These Mexicans I suspect, are not so much immoral as they are non-moral. Or true to a different moral system...it's their Indian heritage. I could overlook failings in them, which I would not accept in my own people. And they are so poor as to do most anything for money. 13
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