Furthermore, how do you think posts like this come across to black FReepers like Windflier who’ve I’ve just pinged? Sorry, but I’m not buying into this race thing. Worse, how do you think you represent this website to those who might be looking but haven’t joined, and who might happen to be black?
Now, you have not refuted a single fact I've posted about demographics and crime in US cities. Can you do so... YES or NO?
Thanks for thinking of me, Melas. I appreciate that.
Truth be told, I don’t think any of us wants to live in a place that we perceive to be dangerous or unfriendly to us. I can certainly understand that. As for myself, I grew up in the racially mixed environment of the military, and moved out of the monolithically black community some 30 years ago.
Still, I’m well aware of those aspects of black culture that are off-putting, and even scary to others. I lived there long enough to be very well acquainted with those aspects of that culture.
Ken, what you probably don’t know, is that the more negative aspects of black culture are perpetrated by a distinct minority of blacks. You’d probably be more comfortable, and find more points of agreement with the majority of blacks than you might imagine. I know, it’s a tough sell, but it’s true.