I lived in the DC area for a long time so I am familiar with the neighborhoods. Drove a cab there for years.
But I guess what I am asking is, how segregated is your life? Not how bad are the neighborhoods -- though I actually don't consider Glenmont all that horrible -- but are you actually in a place where you can say you know what it is to be black in the US? Cause let me tell you, I hung around with black guys when I was driving a cab. Five years or more with guys who mostly were black. Joked with them, smoked with them and got bored with them, listened to their stories and got to know a few of them pretty damn well. I have lived in ALL black neighborhoods, some terrible, some pretty good. And I *still* don't know much and maybe not a damn thing. Cause at the end of the day when I went home I was white. Do you have any idea what I am saying? Now inner city schools -- to be honest I have spent maybe a year on this and it was in Jacksonville, so maybe it was Florida, but I have had some long talks with my friend in Cinncinnati who has a biracial daughter and she too thinks that they're mainly seen as warehouses before the kids go to jail. You learn to walk in a line and to shut up. This doesn't help you much in college. ::sigh::: I'll shut up now Dana On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:12:59 -0500, Michael T. Tangorre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 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? > > Yes, Glenmont it was. Lease problems.... oh the memories. > > I was raised very well: hold doors, be polite, say please and thank you, > hold the door, smile, assume the best, etc... moving down to the DC metro > has put a huge cloud over all that. We were friendly with one other couple > in the building: Ty and Jen. Ty and Jen were awesome... both cops! One > white, one black... both friendly as could be. I started out being nice to > everyone but how many nights of Mexican Dance music blaring on DJ speakers > in a 1 bedroom apartment can other tenants take? How many times do > unsupervised kids have to run into my car and ding it up? How many times do > they loiter in front of the building so friends and family did not feel > comfortable stopping by? It only became "fortress Tangorre" after we tried > and failed to live comfortably. That place left me with a real glimpse into > how most people around here live.... which is why everything costs a > fortune, to try and keep out the all the crap mentioned before.... which is > why the DC Metro area is so separated less by race and more by income > level... poor wheaton, rich bethesda, rockville spans all the income ranges, > silver spring as well... you get the point. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:145028 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
