I saw it hours ago. And then the repost. > FINALLY! > > Russel Madere > Webmaster > 504.832.9835 > SunShine Pages by EATEL > www.sunshinepages.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russel Madere > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 3:17 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Who Doesn't Discriminate? (WAS: playing the race card) > > I'm Catholic, so basically, YES. I have had crosses burned on my lawn > and been cursed at by other simply because of my faith. > > While I never was a victim of Jim Crowe, I was discriminated against and > attacked by the KKK physically and verbally. I left the rural section > of Louisiana to New Orleans to escape this only to be discriminated > against because I was white. > > Russel Madere > Webmaster > 504.832.9835 > SunShine Pages by EATEL > www.sunshinepages.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 3:12 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Who Doesn't Discriminate? (WAS: playing the race card) > > > From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Have you ever been passed over for employment or promotion to > > a less qualified candidate because of AA? It has happened to > > me in the private sector. I was working the job of a manager > > and was in line for promotion to the position when the > > company hired an inexperience African America woman to fill 2 > > AA slots in my department. I was then expected to train the > > new manager. She was good to work with and a quick study, > > but I was still upset I was passed over and then had to train > > the new manager. > > > > I felt I was discriminated against because I was blatantly > > told I did not get the promotion because I was a white man. > > Have you ever had to ride in the back of a bus? Piss in a colored's only > bathroom? Get called nigger and thief by the people around you? Been > given > shit farm jobs and low paying jobs while watching the white people > excel? > People can not begin to understand the impact that slavery and racial > inequality has played on our society. How can blacks and other > minorities > succeed at the same rate when the playing field has been so uneven for > so > long? If you fail to see the lasting impact then it is no wonder why you > fail to see the need for a program such as AA. > > > > > > > > >
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