Since my original response did not come through, here it is again... I'm Catholic, so basically, YES. I have had crosses burned on my lawn and been cursed at by other simply because of my faith.
While I never was a victim of Jim Crowe, I was discriminated against and attacked by the Klan physically and verbally. I left the rural section of Louisiana to New Orleans to escape this only to be discriminated against because I was white. On top of that, neither I nor my direct family or the past 115 years have been involved with any Jim Crowe like behavior. I can't go back past 1890 with the family records. Even my Confederate soldier ancestors were not slave owners. Most were poor Scottish farmers in Mississippi. Russel Madere Webmaster 504.832.9835 SunShine Pages by EATEL www.sunshinepages.com -----Original Message----- From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 3:12 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Who Doesn't Discriminate? (WAS: playing the race card) > From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Have you ever been passed over for employment or promotion to > a less qualified candidate because of AA? It has happened to > me in the private sector. I was working the job of a manager > and was in line for promotion to the position when the > company hired an inexperience African America woman to fill 2 > AA slots in my department. I was then expected to train the > new manager. She was good to work with and a quick study, > but I was still upset I was passed over and then had to train > the new manager. > > I felt I was discriminated against because I was blatantly > told I did not get the promotion because I was a white man. Have you ever had to ride in the back of a bus? Piss in a colored's only bathroom? Get called nigger and thief by the people around you? Been given shit farm jobs and low paying jobs while watching the white people excel? People can not begin to understand the impact that slavery and racial inequality has played on our society. How can blacks and other minorities succeed at the same rate when the playing field has been so uneven for so long? If you fail to see the lasting impact then it is no wonder why you fail to see the need for a program such as AA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144386 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
