Not wanting to live in a high crime area isn't racist. A person telling you not to go there because you're white is.
On 8/20/07, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then you're lucky. :) > > Seriously, one of the neighborhoods my foster son's mom lived in would > be considered a "bad neighborhood" by Madison standards. It's racially > diverse - there's not one dominant race there. Why is it bad? It's a > series of poorly maintained, low cost apartment buildings that are > known for drug dealing and prostitution. It's an economic thing, not a > color thing. Was I afraid to go there? Nope. Would I want to raise > kids there? Nope. There's no socio-economic diversity - no home > owners, no college students, etc. Which isn't to say that there aren't > some nice people there. She didn't stick in that neighborhood long > enough for me to meet anyone, but I'm sure there were some nice > families, just struggling to make ends meet. > > Similarly, I wouldn't want to raise my kid in an all white farm > community, either. Diversity is important, but it needs to be > diversity on multiple levels. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:240806 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
