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To: John Vosilla who wrote (137324)	9/12/2013 12:10:35 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Using racism as an excuse keeps people from empowering themselves in the end. In this day and age it is far more powerful than the small underpinnings of racism still in existence today. No one's using it as an excuse.........its a reality........part of the black heritage in this country. Human psychology is such that things do not get better overnite because whites have decided that racism is no longer legal. Also ironic those who still perceive racism a problem live in very homogeneous communities be it the black man in the ghetto and his so called 'protector' the very liberal white guy living in his milky white towns far from diversity. Most of us today live in the real diverse world trying to make ends meet make the world a better place don't have the time or energy to get hung up on this stuff of labels these days.. Grow up, Vosilla. You're silly attacks on Seattle and your suggestions that I don't understand race because I live in Seattle are getting very old. Before I lived in Seattle, I lived in the most racially diverse big city in the country. I am not unfamiliar with the problems and tensions that exist between the races. Don't get me started on the small town white guy from the south though, is a big problem too many are racist, they are quite angry, they even hate quasi yankee types (we ain't real Americans unless we are white with heavy southern accents) like me these days as well, but we don't really deal much in that now do we Ted? John, why do you get so angry whenever this subject comes up?