[Texas_Dawg]

I know you would like to believe, "Well, that just's because those people have no moral character. That could never happen to white people."

Hey, bro... I'm no racist whatsoever. If you see my home page, you can see I can't stand people like that. I believe in many parts of the black community the moral character is much better than many white communities (especially some wealthy ones). It all depends on the person and the group of people.

[Tokhtamish]

Yes I am black.

And I'm not excusing. I'm explaining.

Blacks were all set to climb the same ladder the Irish and Italians had when it was pulled out from under them. This combined with the devastating cultural changes of the 60's disempowered the good people and empowered the bad. And that is exactly what is spreading today to low-semi skilled young white people. I believe the expression is "throw away people". People with no discernible family structure under the impact of drugs, divorce/illegitimacy, chronic unemployment.

If you measure everything in dollars and cents you only get half the picture. Less than half, actually. I am showing you the human cost to our society of free trade/deindustrialization, which none of the "free trade" types on this board have even noticed. What happenned in my community is happenning in yours.