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RE: maybe a hornets nest.....but - 9/23/2007 10:30:38 AM

sambamanslilgirl

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what's the uproar about?

there's no equal justice especially in the deep South ...discrimination and segregation is still alive and well.

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RE: maybe a hornets nest.....but - 9/23/2007 11:15:56 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: sambamanslilgirl

what's the uproar about?

there's no equal justice especially in the deep South ...discrimination and segregation is still alive and well.

i am sure it is in some places, but there are many more where we have progressed. i live 10 miles from atlanta, and i honestly see no signs of racism at work or at play. inter-racial couples come to honky tonks that they would have never dreamed of entering 20 years ago, and no eyebrows raise (well cept the rednecks in the very back-but wtf-its illegal to shoot them still).

i am 45, and just in my lifetime i have seen so many changes for the better. there are a few folks at work of different races at work that i can discuss things with, and the one thing we agree on is there are differences in cultures, most good....some bad. but we can learn from all of them.

hanging nooses is wrong....responding to that or name calling with violence is more wrong, no matter what color you are. imho

if the noose hangers had been punished more severely, would the violence been prevented? maybe.....even probably. but the violence gives bad press, and to some, will make them scream "see they are all barbarians".

i almost wanna pull a rodney king here and type cant we all just get along? but i know it would do no good.

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RE: maybe a hornets nest.....but - 9/23/2007 11:19:03 AM

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Note that everyone forgets to mention the fact that the beating was retaliation for a few nights before, where a bunch of the same noose-hanging white kids jumped a black kid and got community service.

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