"That was a BIG no-no back then, both for Whites and Blacks. They'd have been
beaten by the other kids, then by their teachers, and then by their neighbors,
and lastly by their parents, and they'd never have done a thing like that
again."
"Wow!", Billy replied.
"That's how justice worked until the 60's, all parents felt responsible for
making sure their neighborhoods kids behaved, that's the way the sense of
community spirit worked. At least one good thing about living back then, you
knew where you stood and that there were clear consequences, and nobody
claimed they were victims of 'oppression' for it, they would've been laughed
at."