I was mulling over a similar reply, Jim.
You've saved me the trouble, so I'll simply echo your sentiments with a
rousing "Hear, hear!"
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of James R. Frysinger
> Sent: May 26, 2001 18:15
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Cc: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:13065] Re: Article from the globeandmail.com Web Centre
>
>
> I agree that most blacks in America do not go on to play professional
> basketball, but I strongly disagree that the most likely alternative is
> for them to be living in a city ghetto, learning only to deal drugs, and
> running with a gang. Most of the black Americans in this country don't
> do that, even if they are not basketball stars.
>
> I strongly object to your blatantly racist and stereotypical statements
> below, John. Please keep such opinions to yourself--or at least off this
> list.
>
> Jim Frysinger
>
> kilopascal wrote:
> >
> > 2001-05-26
> >
> > Antonio Davis should consider himself lucky to be able to send
> his kids to a
> > decent school. If the situation was different and Davis was
> not a popular
> > sports figure, most likely his kids would never know him or he them. He
> > would be barely existing in some black ghetto in an American
> city, have gone
> > to school, but only learned how to deal drugs, be part of a
> gang, and if he
> > did get some girl pregnant would never see her or the kids again.
> >
> > This may sound prejudice to some, but like it or not it is a reality.
> >
> > For many black people in America, Davis' life is the exception, not the
> > rule. He needs to look back at his roots and see the
> alternative before he
> > criticises someone else's methods and choices in life.
> ....
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