[Homestead] The longest post yet-Anger
EarthNSky
erthnsky at bellsouth.net
Thu Nov 6 14:03:15 EST 2008
I'm not sure I got what this is in response to, but thanks for posting
it. Apparently there are some people who need to see that blacks call
themselves black people and that it is not a euphemism or a hate-phrase.
Bev
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> --- On Thu, 11/6/08, DSanner106 at aol.com <DSanner106 at aol.com> wrote:
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>> From: DSanner106 at aol.com <DSanner106 at aol.com>
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>> Entirely true. The Olympics changed our demographics. They
>> bulldozed the projects, and arranged subsidized housing in the southern
>> burbs, primarily my county. My daughters elementary school went from no
>> trailers to 28 classroom trailers overnight. Hers was an award winning school and one year later was on probation for low scores. Ours is the only county in the United States to lose it's accreditation county wide in about 50 years.
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> We went from wonderfully low crime rates to nearly the highest in the state. My pretty daughter wore dresses to school and loved to go. We had to pull her outafter gangs that had moved into the school with the new students threatened tomess up her face permanently. Total strangers, they just didn't like theway she looked and told her they hated white girls. This is the 6th grade I am describing here.
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> My house valued dropped 60 percent, effectively trapping me when I was trying to sell and buy land in the country. We didn't lock our doors, now we do. Our property taxes have tripled to build schools and cover programs. The school board that lost the accreditation was comprised of city of atlanta teachers, some not living in the county who ran as a block to take over the board.
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> Their campaign slogan was "Black students deserve black leadership" They had no experience but based on skin color alone won their seats.
> There was so much corruption and graft in this group that SACS says they will not even consider re-accreditation until every one of them are gone.
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>> Drew
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>> In a message dated 11/6/2008 11:59:08 A.M. Eastern Standard
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>> bobford79 at yahoo.com writes:
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>> People live where they can afford to live, and make
>> choices based on that
>> financial assumption. Put public housing in the
>> hinterlands, villages, and
>> gated communites; you will discover a quick change in
>> demographics. ...bobford
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