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To: epicure who wrote (21674)	6/22/2006 4:49:16 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541472

I used to think I had an answer but I don't anymore. I used to think if you just got rid of Jim Crow things would get better. Things are better for a lot of black people, but worse for others. I think they need to save themselves. The cycle needs to be broken. The place to break the chain is with the young women. In my heart of hearts, I think the answer is feminism. Instead of being told by the Southern Baptist church and the fundamentalists and the evangelists that the highest calling for a woman is to stay home and make babies, they need to be told that the highest calling for a woman is the same as for a man, go to school, have a career, be a success, make money, give back to the community. Don't have sex with raggedy ass men who think it's admirable to have as many baby mothers as they can. And for the rest of us, don't turn your nose up at a black woman just because she's got cornrows in her hair and fake press on nails and a name like Latoya and a big butt. Judge her by what's inside.

To: epicure who wrote (21674)	6/22/2006 9:01:16 AM
From: Suma	Respond to of 541472

Having had personal experience with what you describe,albeit many years ago, the problems still persist. When the University of Pennsylvania had problems with crime around the campus precluding a lot of families not wanting to send their children there they formed an integrated work force. Choosing leaders from the black community remedies were implemented that helped to solve the problem. This to me is the only way to even approach problems. Not from outside but in concert with one another. When the high school where I worked had problems we formed Human Relation groups.. Students sat down and talked with one another. The resentments,attitudes and dislike were shared. Only when one can walk in another's shoes can one actually know what it's like and where feelings emanate... From my experience anyway.