I've watched this discussion and struggled in vain to see the point of the arguments. The VIRTUE of a project cannot be measured by who is active in it. Is there ANY proof of any attempt to keep minorities inactive? Are they holding secret meetings? In my neighborhood, everything is out in the open. The failure of minorities to participate has to be result of their failure to read the community newspapers, the community council newsletter, and the failure to come to community meetings. Those are the channels of communication, and failure to use them will keep someone ignorant. And I seriously don't believe the community activists are morally required to hunt down the minorities who hide from community participation.
The guidelines for handing out help are slanted towards people of more modest means. If anything, that is discriminatory against caucasians, but the caucasians who run the program don't complain. They just want the neighborhood rehabilitated, however that can best be done. I'd like to see the complainers produce some actual evidence, not just anecdotes about "participation". I have a feeling they are falling back on that rather than doing any hard work before they start throwing their darts at a worthy program. -------------- Jim Mork--Cooper "War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our Country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out." Gen. William T. Sherman (1864) Letter to the Mayor of Atlanta. Get your free Web-based E-mail at http://www.startribune.com/stribmail _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
