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To: bagadonutz
Just a comment on the idea of a "Black" Expo.

In America's cauldron of mixes of heritage and racial backgrounds I can think of none that celebrate based on color. There is no "Yellow" Expo for the Chinese, no "Red" Expo for the American Indian descendants, not even a "White" expo for those of the Caucasian race. Do the olive-toned Greeks have an "Olive American" festival?

Sure, we have our festivals, holidays, celebrations that might be mindful to heritage...such as Chinese New Years, and St. Patrick's day, that the Irish (and those who wish they were Irish, LOL)celebrate, but the day has nothing to do with excluding any race such as a "Black" expo does.

There is the Black Caucus in Congress, a Miss Black America Contest (no whiteys allowed to compete, of course) the NAACP - which seems to only represent Black interests anymore and not people of all colors, and even Black Businessmens' clubs. So, just who are the racists?????

When these organizations become equally populated by people of all races, and remove the word "Black" from their names, then our country can move forward and the constant reminder of racism, and the hatred it spawns, will fade. Not until then, and anyone living today should not hold their breath.

And, I don't lump all Blacks into the category of African-Americans either. A large part of the Black population never had one relative with a foot in Africa. Many were from islands or other locations.

26 posted on 07/18/2010 5:34:25 AM PDT by CitizenM (Do you miss me yet? Yes, George, we do.)
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To: CitizenM
In America's cauldron of mixes of heritage and racial backgrounds I can think of none that celebrate based on color. There is no "Yellow" Expo for the Chinese, no "Red" Expo for the American Indian descendants, not even a "White" expo for those of the Caucasian race. Do the olive-toned Greeks have an "Olive American" festival?

I know of many Asian festivals on the US West Coast but I have yet to hear of any that resulted in violence like this.

I personally think there is something wrong with black culture nowadays. I remember about a decade ago there used to be a hip-hop nightclub in Old Sacramento but too many incidents of violence outside the club (and the inability of the club management to stop that violence) resulted in that club's closing, much to the relief of other retailers in Old Sacramento and the Sacramento City Police!

45 posted on 07/18/2010 8:45:54 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: CitizenM

“such as Chinese New Years, and St. Patrick’s day, that the Irish (and those who wish they were Irish, LOL)celebrate”

They don’t exclude whites from joining in (even Protestants), plus they don’t degenerate into riots. They also celebrate centuries of heritage instead of celebrating decades of increasing hatred of the mainstream.


61 posted on 07/18/2010 5:40:19 PM PDT by Niuhuru (The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
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