That is an honest, non judgmental and generally accurate observation. We do have African Americans in every walk of life, but not necessarily proportionate to the rest of the population.
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Dan Penoff <lwb...@yahoo.com> wrote: > The one thing that always struck me whenever I visited DC (and in fairness > this was from 1988 through 1996 on a bimonthly basis) was the lack of Anglo > Americans working at anything outside of government jobs. > > Cabbies, street vendors, shopkeepers, etc., were all noticeably foreign. > > I don't mean this as a slight or to sound prejudiced, it just always struck > me as sort of a strange thing that in the Capital city of our country that > you saw very few of the (at that time) predominant group of people in the > country there. > > Or, as my oldest son once said as we were going down the steps at the Metro > station at DuPont Circle as several Hindu gentlemen were walking out of the > station, "Look, Dad!!! Genies!!!!" > > I suggested that there was probably a convention in town... > > <grin> > > Dan > > > > On Jun 11, 2012, at 4:34 PM, andrew strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The irony is that despite all the racist stereotypes about DC there's >> a good chance we may have a white mayor in the near future, and >> slightly farther out, a majority non-African American population. >> >> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 1:48 PM, OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> My 24 yr. old daughter (at the time) spend an uneventful year in D.C. 4 or >>> 5 years ago. >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 1:44 PM, andrew strasfogel >>> <astrasfo...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> The MAJOR point is that D.C. is nowhere near the top of the crime list. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 1:28 PM, OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> I think the relevant point is that there is little to no correlation >>>>> between "gun friendly" and cirme rates - either way. >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Brian Toscano <brian.tosc...@gmail.com >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> There are other gun friendly locales throughout the country that are >>>> not on >>>>>> your list. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> OK Don >>>>> 2001 ML320 >>>>> 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager >>>>> Wittman Tailwind W10 >>>>> and a bunch of guns >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> OK Don >>> 2001 ML320 >>> 1992 300D 2.5T >>> 1990 300D 2.5T >>> 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
