If a realtor said that they'd loose there license because of the racist connotations. LA must be much more hardcore than NYC because I've never found a neighborhood I can't enter. Maybe it's since I grew up in a mixed neighborhood.
Just sayin :) 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. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240585 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
