This is how my great aunt tells it: <br> <br>During the War, they had an American base in Cardiff that was segregated into Black and White parts. This was something of a surprise for cardiff locals because, as a major port toward the mid-1900's, Cardiff's population was from all over the British commonwealth. This meant that much of the blood down near the docks was anything from Singaporian, to Indian. And we did indeed have a fair black population. <br> <br>As the story goes, they actually had to bar the Docks to all the Black americans. Not only this but the white americans were also discouraged from going down there except for army business. <br> <br>It wasn't because they'd start a racist fight, or even abuse the population verbally, but because the American Commanders couldn't stand the thought of them seeing Black and White people living side-by-side as equals. <br> <br>It's pretty cool to see how far we've all come :) <br> <br>If you ever get to visit Liverpool, go down to the docks there and look at the huge black-painted rings around the dockside. Those aren't for lines. They were for holding the Black slaves while they were being unloaded and shipped to slave markets across Britain. It's pretty shocking to think an entire half of the dock was once devoted to hauling slaves. <br> <br>This has been another anecdote, brought to you by Yhorian. And the letter H.