This seems to be the bias I was referring to. If you understood Blacks the way you do Latinos and Native Americans you wouldn't be afraid of them.
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 4:18 AM, Dana<[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't mean to condescend, but have you ever been to DC? If so, which > parts? I am curious. Cause I have lived in a lot of cities, and no, they are > not all the same. As I pointed out, a kid growing up here can get a lottery > scholarship, and there is nothing like that in the cards in DC. I am no fan > of UNMH at all but they do offer primary care, while in DC you'd have the ER > at DC General or maybe Children's Hospital for a kid. ... > We get scattered shootings over this and that, mostly drugs, in the north > and south valley, right, but I do not think it is dangerous to walk the > streets here, even very late. You'd probably see winos and maybe hookers and > transvestites depending on where you are. I think it is possible that > somebody who is riding around looking for a fight to pick would pick one > with you, but people don't bother me, personally, and I am in all of the > neighborhoods I mentioned (except for Westgate) quite frequently. I also go > the the Frontier late at night, which seems to be when and where that stuff > happens. > > My theory is that you don't get experience points in whatever game the > bangers play for harassing nice ladies who look like your mom, and so they > don't bother. This would be true of most tourists as well. For the most part > they pose no challenge and while they might have money that does not seem to > usually be the point of crime around here. As mentioned, the ones who *are* > after money get themselves elected to the State Senate and Treasury ;) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:301495 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
