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To: Siamese Princess
Hard to believe, but Irvington and East Orange used to be considered a "step up" from Newark.

Doesn't surprise me about the tensions between West Indians and American blacks. There was a major brawl at the high school near my parents current home in Boca Raton between the Haitians and American Blacks.

75 posted on 11/19/2004 11:32:49 PM PST by Clemenza (Gabba Gabba Hey!)
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To: Clemenza
Hard to believe, but Irvington and East Orange used to be considered a "step up" from Newark.

Newark seems to be picking up -- many new homes and businesses have been or are in the process of being built around the University of Medicine and Dentistry campus. Of course, the new homes have bars on their first floor windows, but it is a start to entice middle-class homeowners into a redeveloped neighborhood.

Doesn't surprise me about the tensions between West Indians and American blacks. There was a major brawl at the high school near my parents current home in Boca Raton between the Haitians and American Blacks.

I read about tensions involving both American blacks and American Indians vs. Somalis in Minnesota [?]

Let's face it: diversity is NOT a source of strength; quite the contrary. Human beings (and animals) are by nature tribal and tribes are by nature territorial and competitive.

76 posted on 11/19/2004 11:45:25 PM PST by Siamese Princess
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