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Pastimes : Let's Talk About the Wars (moderated)

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To: Ilaine who wrote (161)8/18/2006 10:22:35 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (2) of 441
 
When people have no choices, and they are forced in to buying food, and poor quality food at that, at prices much greater than suburban white and minority shoppers enjoy, it's no wonder that a spokesman for those poor communities might feel they are being ripped off. That the people making their profits on these desperate people might be"hurt" because someone mentions they are taking advantage of people who have no where else to shop is a little amusing. It's too bad Andrew mentioned race (even though he was accurate as to who owns these stores), but the phenomenon he describes is worthy of discussion, and a little rage (imo). I'm not sure how much we need to constrain the truth that certain communities feel in the service of PC. I like PC to a certain extent, but the latest racial faux pas that have been in the news seem to be taking the matter to absurd lengths.

This one, for example, was downright strange:

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Even your remark could be construed as racist- if you were a politician you'd be apologizing for this "For fresh vegetables, though, nothing beats the Koreans. And in Atlanta, black people eat a lot of fresh vegetables, like collard green."
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