My question was, how many of your neighbors did you talk to? Or was it just fortressTangorre?
PS Was this shitty neighborhood the apartment complex in Glenmont where you had the lease problems? Dana On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 17:09:29 -0500, Michael T. Tangorre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ok wait a minute. I asked for a show of hands on anyone else > > who had ever had a child in an inner city school, lived in a > > black neighborhood, or worked in a majority-black setting. I > > am still hearing crickets chirping. > > > > So how about we don't lecture Gel on the politics of race, huh? > > > > On the other hand, yes, there are places in America where the > > educational outlook is just as dim for each and every child. > > This was my original point. > > > > Dana > > I lived in a shitty neighborhood in Wheaton Maryland. I was the only white > eperson for about a 2 mile radius. I lived between a high school with a lot > of violence, a metro/bus station, a Shoppers Food Warehouse and a mini plaza > that had stores on the front with signs such as "Wigs", "Chicken Feet: > $11/lb.", "Fawns Pawn", "Custom Xhausts". The first DC sniper victim got > shot in the head about 60 yards away from my side window. I saw a couple > drug deals a week (all minority people), I saw a black man pull a gun and > point it, at point blank range, to a young teenagers face in broad daylight, > I saw a car get stripped and put on blocks in 30 seconds flat, I saw black > people get harrassed by police, I saw the few white people make racial > comments about the checkout people at Shoppers Food Warehouse, my fiance was > followed walking home from metro station, and worst of all, I use to sit on > my balcony in the summer and read... While young junior high kids smoked > weed on the playground while single moms played with their toddlers. Great > environment... > > So Dana, what was your question? > > PS... I have since moved. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145022 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
