Hello Lonely Painter (What is your real name please?)
I have to respectfully disagree with you here (and I have been trying
NOT to getting sucked into this discussion), but I lean more to what Kakki
was saying. I am NOT for censorship of this material to a 13 year old. That
may be a little late as well. I recall vividly the name calling and
allienation I felt from alot of white kids when I was that age. I was very
hurt and confused by this treatment. I am not saying that all kids were like
that, but the percentages lean to that side. Many of the kids that I hung
with had a very nice way about them and never used words like nigger or spic
and they were caring and beautiful people. Many times i was invited home
with these kids only to find one or the other or both parents the exact
opposite of their children. Bigots and hate mongers! How the hell did their
shildren turn out different if it were not something they learned for
themselves in school or church or where ever. In the south that kind of
attitude is built into the fabric of some these families. At some point
someone has to educate the children that is wrong to hurt other people.
There are folks that live right within my safe little neighborhood here that
fit that white supremacist profile. We are never gonna be able to control
the brainwashing that goes on within some of these families, but if we allow
this to be taught in our schools, at least we have more of chance for a
chidl to make the right and intelligent choice and what is right and wrong.
Michael
NP-New Dress-Jonatha Brooke
on 2/18/01 1:01 AM, Lonely Painter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm with you on this one, Jim. I think even giving the Klan the time of day
> is a mistake.
>
> Yes, kids need to know there are groups like the Klan out there.
> Unfortunately, (in my opinionated opinion), there is a huge lack of morals,
> conscience, whatever you want to call it, in this society we think is so
> civilized. These children are so far removed from all the racial 'tensions'
> of the past that they have no real context. Show them as many videos and
> documentaries of past events as you want. Many 13-year-olds are nowhere near
> the level of maturity needed to make wise distinctions. And I don't care how
> many of you out there think your own little 13-years olds can.
