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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (158269)	1/17/2003 1:45:29 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574000

Ultimately, the first step toward any sort of reconciliation, especially the racial type, is forgiveness. And we can help that spirit along by setting examples and realizing that our character has very broad implications throughout society. I'm sorry if I'm speaking ... er ... metaphysically or whatever, but that's the only way to solve these problems. And if the government should ever get involved, it should be local, community-based, and accountable. We're way too big and diverse of a nation to let federal programs be the norm. I know that you are expressing your spiritual/metaphysical view of the situation but there is also a cold hard reality that pertains mostly to blacks in this country. For most of their history in the US, they were first slaves and then, an indentured underclass. It was only after the 60s that they began to emerge as a viable group. However, their move up the food chain has been painfully slow.....for a number of reasons. While I don't think anyone should be coddled, I think that they will take longer to make up the economic disparity that exists between them and whites due to the damage they sustained first as slaves and then as indentured servants. And before some of the neocons go berserko......I did not say kiss their collective ass but rather show them a little S. Baptist Christian generosity. Comprendez? ted