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Originally posted by ladysycamore
Ever been chased down the street by a gang of kids with bats solely based on the color of your skin?
That happened to my father when he was a kid living in the Cherry Hill section of Baltimore City.
Ever been turned down for a promotion based on race?
Again, he was (years ago), working for the Social Security Administration.
Ever been called a nigger? Again, my father hasAND I HAVE, so if the answers to those questions is NO, then NO I feel that you DON'T know racism at it's deepest and nastiest.
What happens regarding schools and scholarships is a drop in the bucket compared to half the shit that still goes on out there to "minorites". What happened to James Byrd in Texas was only about 6 years ago, not 20, 30, 40, 100 years ago, and as long as shit like that can still happen, then there will always be problems with "race relations" in America.
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All those things are evil and the people who did them should be punished. However, I don't think that makes what those boys did wrong.
I was small, weak, and bookish in school - and I got beaten up a number of times. Do I deserve a scholarship for that? Where does it end if we take the view that society
owes some group special privileges.