Wow! You had a cross burned in your yard? What did you do?
I guess I live in a pretty tame area compared to that. Well, compared to anything really. At 04:16 PM 1/25/2005, you wrote: >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 KKK 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. > >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. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144398 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
