Just dropping by to say that I am reading this thread with great interest.

IMO, schools and universities should be using threads like as supplemental educational resource.

Another thread that earlier this evening I made the same comment about is Race stories

That 2003 thread focuses on Alan Lomax's book 'Land Where The Blues Began.' It also includes posters' anecdotes about their memories of race relations when they were growing up..

Maybe reading that thread will shed some light on how unlevel the American playing field was-and to some extent-still is.

For the record, I agree with artbrooks' 01 Mar 05 - 03:46 PM comment.

As an African American female [who'd rather be thought of as an Human Being] I have had my share of prejudicial treatment. The one that hurt me the most was when I found out that a considerable number of White colleagues at this agency I worked at kept & passed around a
N--g joke book..and engaged in such other 'fun' pranks as chopping off the heads of Black figurines that were in my office, and leaving the heads laying besides the trash can.

And I thought these women were my friends.

This was in the 1990s. To make a long story short, I left that place of employment with alot of emotional scars..

But life goes on...and I thought then and still believe that those former colleagues who engaged in such activities were acting out of ignorance and imaturity more than hatred.

I believed then and still believe now that there are more good people in the world than bad..

But I'm convinced that laws are needed to provide protection against such situations and situations that are far worse.


Azizi