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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Lynda wrote:
> 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.

I grew up in Marietta-Cobb County GA, but in a time after that of which 
you speak.  For me, too, is is like reading about another country.  I 
sat right next to the black kids on my school bus-in the front.  I never 
saw separate bathrooms or fountains, etc.  A black family lived adjacent 
to our house on the street where I grew up.

> 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.

Yup.


> 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).


Ironically, it is the differences between us that make our species 
highly adaptable and prolific.  If we can learn to celebrate differences 
instead of trying to meld together, we will continue to grow and evolve.

Bev

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protecting your freedom on the USS Key West, currently deployed 
somewhere in the Pacific and/or Indian Ocean.  Go Navy!
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