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To: Ilaine who wrote (39853)	12/18/1998 11:16:00 AM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

CB, >>> having grown up in the South (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Biloxi, Mississippi)<<< Terrific. Brought tears to my eyes. Reminded me of my all time favorite movie To Kill a Mockingbird with Gregory Peck. Regards, Mary

To: Ilaine who wrote (39853)	12/18/1998 1:24:00 PM
From: Ralph W.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Coby - Your attitude, even as a high-schooler, lends strength to the proposition that reasonable people will at the least attempt to foster reasonable attitudes. Which can easily bring us to the debacle of a debate now going on in the House. Did you catch Henry Hyde's summation? I'm neither a Democrat nor a Republican and thus, not carrying a particular bias around with me, feel that his presentation was more than eloquent. It should become historical. IMHO many of the reasonable people in the House have lost sight of reason. If you did not catch his summation, much of it concerned that piece of parchment which separates our mode of government from that in totalitarian regimes and our need to uphold it today. Ralph

To: Ilaine who wrote (39853)	12/18/1998 5:19:00 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Respond to of 132070

cb, that is precisely why we should expect better from the police. running around like fascists talking about gorillas in the mist is totally inappropriate - they are speaking their true feelings in these emotional moments - and they shouldn't be surprised when they are accused of being rascist after acting rascist. was there some justification for beating the h* out of rodney? i'm not sure. i tend to think not. if i'm getting the sh beat out of my by folks who think i'm a gorilla in the mist i'd probably consider running, too - in the heat of the moment. even if there was justification, it all disappears when the racial slurs start jumping out so readily (on the police radio for goodness' sake!). i won't defend that. thanks for sharing your experience... skeets.

To: Ilaine who wrote (39853)	12/19/1998 9:04:00 PM
From: ViperChick Secret Agent 006.9	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Off Topic CB I have to ask you a question merely as a point of interest because I am quite ignorant about this kind of thing. I am watching The Olympiad (Olympia) by Leni Riefenstahl which is a beautifully shot documentary made during the 1936 Olympics. It won many awards but later was dubbed a fascist film. The version I am watching seems to be the original since the shots of Hitler have not been edited out as in some versions. It has a British narrator and invariably when they bring up the Americans, such as Jesse Owens - he says "The American Negroid". It is rarely just "The American". I wonder what Hitler thought as Jesse Owens was beating his "supreme race of Aryans". Btw, Iranians are suppose to be direct descendants of the original Aryans. I was thinking about your post as I was watching this documentary. My question relates to how did people feel about great athletes like Jesse Owens or other great black athletes during this pervasive racism that you grew up with? P.S. I wonder if OJ is glad that he will no longer be thought of as part of the Trial of the Century ;-)