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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

Part of the problem with the whole discussion is that there isn't a "whole" 
discussion and can't/won't ever be one.  The different sections of this 
country are like whole different countries.

Where I grew up there were no black/white drinking fountains or bathrooms or 
use the back of the bus.  It was like reading about people living in another 
country.

When I was in the 4th grade, one of my best friends' mother married a black 
man.  It was only a big deal to *his* family.  That was in the 50s.

I did learn a lot about the whole mind set from Grampa Charlie (Tennessee) 
and my nanny (Georgia) but it was still way different than what was on 
television.  Of course, neither of them lived in the big cities.  They lived 
rural.  So there you have a whole other "country" too.

This country is WAY too busy wanting everyone to fit into a certain mold and 
way to stupid/dense to figure out that individuality is a good thing.

Sorry, I think same and average and blended is a bad thing <g>  We should be 
accepting and celebrating each person's unique qualities.

Personally, I think we've gone WAY overboard with this whole PC thing. 
Screaming "racism" has become an excuse to stop people from looking at the 
real problem(s).

Lynda
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we 
are
to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and
servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."  Theordore
Roosevelt, 1918.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <DSanner106 AT aol.com>


> I worked with President Carter for 11 years, and do like him, he has just
> gotten a lot more free with sharing
> his thoughts as time goes on. He , as everyone else speaks from his or her
> own perspective. He is in his mid eighties and from a much earlier
> generation  and grew up on a south Georgia peanut farm. For people from 
> that > generation  and background, much of what he said is probably true. 
> Generations born
> post  civil rights movement, in segragated schools, etc etc. don't have
> that same  perspective and are maddened to think their genuine concerns 
> about > the current  bunch are being blown off as mere racism.