"Frank" wrote in message ...
We've come a long way but the fact that this subject keeps coming up there
is still work to be done.

I agree. You are fooling yourself if you think that discrimination doesn't
really exist anymore. It's not nearly the factor that it used to be, but it
is still around unfortunately. It's quiet and insidious, like the business
owner you outlined. He's not out burning crosses, but he's practicing racism
just the same. I personally know people that are doing the same thing and it
is shameful indeed.

The way I see it, the solution to racism will not come from government
edicts. It's going to be one person, one family at a time and it is going to
take a while. Civil rights groups don't really help either because they seem
to be more self-serving than anything and seem to be more and more
irrelevent. I think most black folks just want to be left alone to do the
best that they can. They don't want handouts or pity. They want a fair
shake, just like the rest of us. Sometimes they won't get fair treatment,
sometimes they will. It will take time, like I said.

I think Bill Cosby has said some things recently that are right on the mark.
It naturally ****ed off the NAACP et al, but that only proves he was telling
the truth. He basically said that blacks are responsible for their own
success. Period. And with and education and hard work, they can truly
succeed, himself being a prime example.

I think that is what Jay is trying to say too.

-Trent
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