What kind of Black person describes themselves as coming from "regular stock." 🙄
@StillIRise1963 1862 mindset? I have actually heard whites and people of color saying they were from "good stock," but I don't think I've heard anyone say anything like that for at least 40 years.
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@Alchemist_Final @StillIRise1963 I heard the expression in the 1950s and 60s growing up in Los Angeles. I think people today are less likely to think of themselves as breeding stock or cattle as we've done for thousands of years. Children are no longer seen as assets but as expenses so families no longer aspire to have 8 or 10 kids "of good stock". It's no longer a point of great pride to say, "I have 37 grandchildren."
