That's a real problem we have here in Oregon. We've got such a small African-American population that it can be easy to essentially ignore race relation issues and pretend that they just don't exist here. On the opposite side of the coin, the black community is so small and concentrated in one geographic area that it can be overly defensive, insular and suspicious because it is just trying hard to maintain its existence.
Cheers, Judah On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > When I was a teenager, I worked at a local hospital, in the > respiratory therapy department. One of my co-workers was an > African-American man who grew up in Mississippi (he lived in NJ for > only about 5 years). We used to talk about racism - growing up in a > predominantly white neighborhood in the suburbs kind of shielded me > from the reality, so it was fascinating to talk with him - and I > recall one thing he said vividly. He said that while racism is more > prevalent in the South, he preferred living there because 'it's easier > to tell which ones didn't like me simply because I am black'. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345102 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
