Sam and Dana have "a thing". If they were playing out on the playground, sam's post would be akin to pulling her pony tail and running away.
:) On 8/16/07, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How is this getting racist? It is a known fact that there are certain parts > of certain cities that certain people cannot safely enter. It is also a > known fact that the majority of the gangs consist of mostly Black, Hispanic > or Asian members. I know this because I was raised around some of these > gangs. > Here is a study done recently: > (http://www.justicepolicy.org/reports_jl/7-10-07_gangs/Gangs-Ch4DownforCount > ..pdf) > > > I was raised in Los Angeles. Although I went to the same schools as some of > my friends who lived in areas that white folks are pretty much not allowed > to enter, I could not visit my friends whenever I wanted to, but they could > come to my house with no problem. Once I started to tutor one of these guys > though (and thus he was getting a chance to go somewhere other than his > brothers gang since he was getting a real education), I was allowed safe > passage and offered free protection (and yes, I used this protection more > than once). > > Even today there are parts of LA that I will not enter because it is not > safe for me. I am not racist nor am I stereotyping, just stating a fact. Not > sure where you live Sam but believe me, this is a very real thing here. > > > Bruce > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 2:11 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Cincinnati > > I'm getting a racist vibe from this post. > > > On 8/16/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I used to live not too far away but too far for knowing about > > restaurants. However, we enjoyed the aquarim that's just over the > > Kentucky state line, if that's helpful. > > > > You might want to ask some locals as to whether there are areas to > > avoid still -- Over-the-Rhine? -- there were riots there a few years > > ago and a couple white people were pulled out of their cars and beaten > > to death. That was ummm 2000 so things may be better. I did find > > people very hostile in some parts of town when I would stop to get gas > > or something, much more so that I have seen anywhere else and I have > > been on the "wrong" side of town many many times in my life. > > > > Dana > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240583 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
