Try being a divorcee in a traditional neighborhood! lol And doing a good job with your children and home! It's prejudice. Several times my children were blamed for incidents when it turned out to be the "blamer's" children- who pick up on it, as well which I had to challenge- sadly and angrily. It was also jealousy and envy but that's not much consolation.// I don't care for inter-racial mating either but two of my children married outside their faith- whatever "faith" is nowdays. None of us attend church anymore- our God must make housecalls! :-)
On Jul 29, 11:51 pm, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Racism is alive and well in the 21st century, no doubt. My folks are > selling their house to move in with me and a good neighbor/friend > remarked that his wife said she hoped no black family moves in. I > just commented that the house would sell to the highest offer; no > matter what. I was a little shocked. I half hope a nice black family > moves in and his wife learns to like them. Racism, as stated earlier, > is feed by fear and ignorance. > > I had quite a social shock when I moved into this neighborhood last > year. I was used to being practically the only white guy at the drug > store or grocery store or bank. I moved from Sunrise Heights which is > dominated by Hispanics. I really was almost always the tallest person > at 6' 1" and here in beautiful Kingwood Texas I'm back to being in the > majority. Felt really weird for a while. And short. > > Someone mentioned what we need is more interracial breeding. Slip > doesn't like it and he's not alone. I work with a black guy that > doesn't seem racist to me at all but for the fact he is offended by > white/black relationships. His wife is even worse then he is on this. > Racial pride groups like La Raza only make it easier for people to > chose mates inside their own race. Unfortunate that. Seems to me La > Raza is shaping up to be the next KKK. The Reconquesta has begun. > <------joking! > > dj > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:36 PM, > > > > ornamentalmind<[email protected]> wrote: > > > rigsy, if you include blacks and other groups not accepted by 'small > > town America' over the centuries, I don't see how 'we' can be seen as > > 'gracious'. The Civil War alone would show how schizophrenic 'we' > > are...as did Jim Crow, the KKK and other less seemly historical > > realities that all too often are ignored by the more 'gentile' among > > us. > > Many German and Jewish frineds of mine use the term schwartza often > > and in a not too friendly way either. > > > On Jul 29, 3:53 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes it does- am thinking of barn raisings, harvesting, sick visits, > >> etc. and small town America without over-sentimentalizing them. Often > >> there was a common European heritage- Germans, Scandanavians and > >> Irish- but just as often there was a polyglot of cultures especially > >> when an area became industrialized. Milwaukee is an excellent example > >> of the latter. Less harmonious was Chicago and it meat packing and > >> steel industries along with its labor and housing riots and slums. > > >> On Jul 29, 3:09 am, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > “… I agree that our community, local, regional, national or > >> > whatever, used to be far more friendly, given to helping one another, > >> > gracious, gentlemanly and gentlewomanly, willing to reconcile and > >> > forgive….” – RJ > > >> > Jim, while I think I understand your point, I suggest that IF one > >> > takes xenophobia (including all forms of racism) into account, ‘our’ > >> > history does not support such a Pollyannaish view. > > >> > On Jul 28, 10:45 am, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > Slip - a very interesting and timely topic. Thanks for introducing > >> > > it. > >> > > I agree that our community, local, regional, national or > >> > > whatever, used to be far more friendly, given to helping one another, > >> > > gracious, gentlemanly and gentlewomanly, willing to reconcile and > >> > > forgive. Now extremeism, hatred, and revenge seem to be so prevalent. > >> > > I think a large part of this change is due to political gerrymandering > >> > > - the drawing of political boundaries to encompass only those of a > >> > > particluar party, or viewpoint, or attitude. Thus, to get elected the > >> > > candidate had to be extreme, and this extremeism had carried over into > >> > > our communal life. There are hardly any moderates any more, whereas > >> > > when political boundaries used to be drawn without regard to -isms, > >> > > moderates got elected and were our leaders. The Supreme Court had an > >> > > opportunity to strike down political gerrymandering a few years ago > >> > > but did not. So we are stuck in a society now filled with extremeists. > >> > > Anyway, that's my two cents. Jim > > >> > > On Jul 26, 3:22 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > Are we losing the ability to reconcile in the world? Have we slipped > >> > > > so far from the understanding of brotherhood, of forgiveness that we > >> > > > have simply become a world of hatred and revenge. We are literally > >> > > > mortified by the specter of terrorism that is plaguing the world. > >> > > > The > >> > > > mindset of terrorism is anchored in the inability to allow > >> > > > forgiveness > >> > > > to override anger and instead caters to hatred, anger and violence > >> > > > towards those deemed the wrongdoers without regard for the harm > >> > > > imposed upon the innocent bystanders. > >> > > > Aside from that our culture seems entrenched in the business of > >> > > > revenge, we rather employ legal means to inflict suffering upon those > >> > > > who we think have done us wrong before we would sit down directly and > >> > > > discuss the problems. Politics seems to be leaning more toward > >> > > > instilling anger and fears among us which leads to a polarization of > >> > > > society while most media seem devoted to divisive and anger driven > >> > > > reporting with a general attitude of who is to blame. > >> > > > Can we ever stop sending messages attached to missiles, bombs and > >> > > > bullets? Our attempts to establish peaceful means of resolution have > >> > > > failed miserably because there is never a general consensus on any > >> > > > issue. We sanction and punish to no end in order to force change but > >> > > > to no avail. 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