First of all, I do find the term Negro offensive and patronizing.

With that said, I too am concerned about the continued variance on educational and emplyment between blacks and whites.

I believe a national discussion on "race" is long overdue and America very much needs to not dance around *slavery*. Slavery still haunts our society some 140 years after the Emancipation Procamation. We also need to refocus resources that will provide hope to the inner city population, black and white. We are not doing a very good job on the. I remember when the "summer jobs" program was funded somewhat adaqutely and it had a level of success. We also need to spend oney on a PR program that offers some alternatives to the "cool" to be either *less cool* or *more cool* depending of ones defination.

I think that people who feel disenfranchised are not going to walk the extra mile for acceptance. I'm not say that some won't but the most won't.

Unfortuately, we're not going to move on creating a more hopeful society under the current administration. Not that the last one was all that great, but it was way beyond the current administration.

Bobert