How is this getting racist? It is a known fact that there are certain parts of certain cities that certain people cannot safely enter. It is also a known fact that the majority of the gangs consist of mostly Black, Hispanic or Asian members. I know this because I was raised around some of these gangs. Here is a study done recently: (http://www.justicepolicy.org/reports_jl/7-10-07_gangs/Gangs-Ch4DownforCount ..pdf)
I was raised in Los Angeles. Although I went to the same schools as some of my friends who lived in areas that white folks are pretty much not allowed to enter, I could not visit my friends whenever I wanted to, but they could come to my house with no problem. Once I started to tutor one of these guys though (and thus he was getting a chance to go somewhere other than his brothers gang since he was getting a real education), I was allowed safe passage and offered free protection (and yes, I used this protection more than once). Even today there are parts of LA that I will not enter because it is not safe for me. I am not racist nor am I stereotyping, just stating a fact. Not sure where you live Sam but believe me, this is a very real thing here. Bruce -----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 2:11 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Cincinnati I'm getting a racist vibe from this post. On 8/16/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I used to live not too far away but too far for knowing about > restaurants. However, we enjoyed the aquarim that's just over the > Kentucky state line, if that's helpful. > > You might want to ask some locals as to whether there are areas to > avoid still -- Over-the-Rhine? -- there were riots there a few years > ago and a couple white people were pulled out of their cars and beaten > to death. That was ummm 2000 so things may be better. I did find > people very hostile in some parts of town when I would stop to get gas > or something, much more so that I have seen anywhere else and I have > been on the "wrong" side of town many many times in my life. > > Dana > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240582 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
