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Originally posted by seagull
reply to post by Annee
There may be some who buy into that notion, wrong though it may be...
In all too many cases, especially in public schools, and colleges, American children, not just whites, are taught just that. Evil was done by whites, therefore, by default, the whites are, or will be, evil if given the chance...
Originally posted by Annee
What I'm seeing is a European world of mostly white Christians - - being displaced by a different ethnic group - mostly darker skinned of different culture and different belief system.
And I'm supposed to have sympathy?
What goes around - comes around.
Both before and after the American Civil War, many people of mixed ancestry who "looked white" and were of mostly white ancestry were legally absorbed into the white majority.
Prominent examples of persons of mostly white ancestry who were accepted by the white community in the nineteenth century were most of Thomas Jefferson's alleged mixed-race descendants. Three of his four surviving children by Sally Hemings, who were seven-eighths white by ancestry, moved into the white community.
Originally posted by 23refugee
reply to post by maybereal11
Nicely said.
However, couldn't faith be a greater barrier to integration than ethnicity or culture?
Aren't a lot (not all) of Protestants required to ...
Aren't Catholics required to ...
Aren't Muslim women forbidden from ...
Aren't Orthodox Jews forbidden ...
It would seem that this American melting pot has always required conversion or a lessening of devotion.
Haven't some members of these groups guilty of intolerance and discrimination when their majority permits?
Originally posted by Annee
Now my daughter who also lives in AZ - - does have a problem with it. She gets panicky in areas predominately Mexican.
It just doesn't bother me.
Originally posted by maybereal11
A party or a late night at a bar with people "like you" can be more dangerous for your daughter than simply being in predominately hispanic Neighborhood. Normal looking white folks do bad things all the time.
If staying safe was only as simple as avoiding the neighborhoods full of people that don't look like you.
Originally posted by Annee
Originally posted by maybereal11
A party or a late night at a bar with people "like you" can be more dangerous for your daughter than simply being in predominately hispanic Neighborhood. Normal looking white folks do bad things all the time.
If staying safe was only as simple as avoiding the neighborhoods full of people that don't look like you.
I didn't say I was stupid. I said I've never had a problem being prejudice.
I pay more attention to peoples actions then I do their appearance.
Originally posted by Annee
reply to post by maybereal11
No Problem.
Perfection only happens in imagination or some altered state - LOL