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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (43801)	1/18/1999 1:16:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Happy MLK day to you, too, Mike.<g> I enjoyed your post. I look forward to the day when we can have public discourse about race with cordiality. It could get pretty complicated. All the subtle gradations of color, religion, race, ethnicity, a million reasons to hate each other, if you've a mind to. My favorite TV show, "Homicide," had an interesting segment a couple of weeks ago, a white bus driver was killed in a riot in a black neighborhood, and there was a subplot about Baltimore blacks being prejudiced against blacks from the West Indies, and vice versa. Most white people don't realize that some black people are prejudiced against other black people based on how light or dark they are. Well, I am planning on spending the day shopping, funny, I plan to go to the Halal Supermarket (Lebanese), Samhadi Sweets (Iranian), and the Daruma Grocery (Japanese). I have never met a cuisine I didn't like.<g> Here in Fairfax, there are at least a hundred different languages spoken. Maybe someday, we can all get along.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (43801)	1/18/1999 1:32:00 PM
From: Merritt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

MB: Rosa Parks was indeed courageous, but MLK brought the issue to everyone's attention and showed the intellectual dishonesty of racism. To me, that was the important thing. I'm of the opinion that the root of racism is within each of us, and not just man (birds of a feather...)...it's a genetic thing. It was probably necessary for our survival: different = danger. By bringing the injustice of racism to everybody's attention, MLK made it a little more difficult for the politicians, religious "leaders," and others, to capitalize on our latent fears. But I'm afraid it's something that will always be with us...Zimbabwe is discriminating against whites, Hutsi's still want to kill Tutsi's, and vice-versa...and I read where leKlerc (sp) is saying that the present administration in S.Africa is trying to stamp out the Afrikaans language, as well as the languages of other ethnic groups. Nationalism, racism, or "exclusive" clubs, schools, etc. - we're all more comfortable with "our own kind," however we may classify it.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (43801)	1/18/1999 2:01:00 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Respond to of 132070

mb, i'd like to suggest to those who think any nationality has a lock on stupidity ought to spend some time sitting next to "DA GRIM REAPER" watching his favorite show, jerry springer ;-)