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To: brwnsuga; the_rightside
" Black Community "

I always cringe when I hear this. I don't really know what that means. I know there is a Chinese community in San Francisco, and I know some "poor communities" (redneck towns in the Hill Country), but I don't see a whole lot of "black community," especially in the images of looting.

Community implies neighbors and knowing them and caring for them. Community does not mean "your property is now communal because nobody is looking!"

In my case, (my statistically insignificant sample of me!) the only black people I know and hang out with are in my socio-economic level (or above me.) And they don't "cavort" with any black community that they ever speak of any more than I hang out with german-americans because they have blue eyes and bad tempers like me.

Non of this really means anything, just making an observation that I made once when I was pummeled by some NoCal libs when I said "the only black people I know in Texas are richer than me." They responded that they knew black people and that they volunteered many hours driving to Oakland to work in "the black community" and that I as an angry white man knew nothing about "the black community."

I thought that was ironic, and it still makes me think "the black community" is a ridiculous (if not belittling) concept.

42 posted on 09/12/2005 4:50:44 AM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: sam_paine
"I thought that was ironic, and it still makes me think "the black community" is a ridiculous (if not belittling) concept."

I hate when people use that term also. Sadly I've often seen it used here. Comments like, "if they keep choosing leaders like Jesse and Al...", make me cringe every time I hear it. There are many Black conservatives in this country and fortunately we'll soon be seeing more run for state and national office.

54 posted on 09/12/2005 5:36:39 AM PDT by blaquebyrd
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