On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Raymond Camden <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >> States can have a lot of weird dichotomies. Oregon is pretty liberal >> and forward thinking in a lot of ways. But we are still one of the >> whitest states in the country and have a strong representation of >> white power groups. > > Errr - white people can't be liberal and forward thinking? White power > groups - sure, I can see them not being so forward thinking, but white > people in general shouldn't be put into the "other side" of the > dichotomy there. ;)
Good point. I left out a common refrain that goes along with those other points about "diversity". As part of the liberal/forward thinking package we like to think of ourselves as being very diverse. Which is true in some senses but very untrue when it comes to racial diversity. Consequently many people consider it a thin veneer of tolerance and understanding over a base that is either unchallenged when it comes to disparate experiences/viewpoints or outright hostile (see white power groups). Unspoken knowledge, debate and assumptions about local issues that I should remember other people aren't clued in to :) Cheers, Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:305947 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
