In a message dated Wed, 28 Aug 2002 8:44:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Shame shame shame on Minnesota based Target Corporation for failing to heed and act >upon Joseph Rodriguez' complaints regarding the "88" merchandise they were selling. >As a Minneapolis, Minnesota resident, I am ashamed and angered at Target >Corporation's failure to take this issue seriously at first. I concur. Ahem, and how could Target management be so dense as to not know what the emblems meant? Why are they marketing clothing with symbols and sayings when they have no idea what they mean? Obviously they didn't care, as Mr. Rodriguez reports that he was "blown off" by the corporate office. Only when the Southern Povery Law Center got involved did they get the message. Racism in Minneapolis (and in greater Minnesota) is subtle and insidious and a big problem--all the more so because so many people don't want to talk about it, or acknowledge that it exists. I have observed that whites and blacks interact more in many areas of "the South" than they do in the Midwest, something that is supported by my conversations with people on the bus. I receive the Center's Intelligence Report and Teaching Tolerance publications, and I'd be happy to pass them along to any List member or group who is interested. They are very informative. Kristine Harley Sheridan _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
