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Posted on 07/26/2005 2:20:54 PM PDT by Imani
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To: wtc911
I know you're not saying that NYC doesn't have the worst ghettos...
81
posted on
07/26/2005 5:26:06 PM PDT
by
durasell
(Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
To: splint
82
posted on
07/26/2005 5:31:08 PM PDT
by
Sweet_Sunflower29
(When life hands you lemons, grab the Tequila and salt)
To: Imani
Other critics said that the watermelon eating contest is a painful reminder of racially insensitive stereotypes. Dem idjits don' t'ink we white folk eats watermelon too? I do; granted, I've never stolen one...
83
posted on
07/26/2005 5:36:06 PM PDT
by
solitas
(So what if I support an OS that has fewer flaws than yours? 'Mystic' dual 500 G4's, OSX.4.2)
To: Clemenza
Speaking as someone who lived in Miami for three years, I can honestly say that the black ghettos down there are the WORST neighborhoods in the US and that includes South Chicago/Anacostia/Newark, etc. You said the black ghettos are the worst? What other type of ghettos are in Miami?
84
posted on
07/26/2005 5:40:31 PM PDT
by
World'sGoneInsane
(LET NO ONE BE FORGOTTEN, LET NO ONE FORGET)
To: netmilsmom
After I made spaghetti with garlic sauce, I'm sure they were wishing they only had watermelon seeds to contend with :-) I hate cooked greens but I'll juice collards and drink them.
85
posted on
07/26/2005 5:41:24 PM PDT
by
cyborg
(That's Mrs.Petronski to you thank you very much.)
To: cyborg
>> I hate cooked greens but I'll juice collards and drink them.<<
Oh that's different. I'm not sure about it.
86
posted on
07/26/2005 5:43:14 PM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(God blessed me with a wonderful husband.)
To: netmilsmom
I went to a cookout at a sorority I was pledging and I just didn't like it. I'm too used to callaloo. Juiced collars has a strong taste but mix it with carrot and cucumber and it's good for you. I grew my own collards this year. Not too successful but they're good for salad wraps :-)
87
posted on
07/26/2005 5:45:33 PM PDT
by
cyborg
(That's Mrs.Petronski to you thank you very much.)
To: durasell; cyborg
I know you're not saying that NYC doesn't have the worst ghettos...
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That is exactly what I'm saying. There's not a bad area of the city that I don't know (btw ENY isn't even the worst we've got) and our worst doesn't come close to places like spanishtown in Camden, the Cabrini Houses in Chicago, parts of New Orleans, Detroit or even Buffalo to name a few....sorry.
88
posted on
07/26/2005 6:03:56 PM PDT
by
wtc911
(see my profile for how to contribute to a pentagon heroes fund)
To: World'sGoneInsane
You have sort of a Central American ghetto in Miami (Riverside), but its NOWHERE near as bad as any of the black neighborhoods.
89
posted on
07/26/2005 6:06:20 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(JJesus CChrist MMade SSeattle UUnder PProtest)
To: wtc911
C'mon, where's your NYC pride?
90
posted on
07/26/2005 6:23:02 PM PDT
by
durasell
(Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
To: wtc911
-
Major Strasser: Are you one of those people who cannot imagine the Germans in their beloved Paris?
Rick: It's not particularly my beloved Paris.
Heinz: Can you imagine us in London?
Rick: When you get there, ask me!
Captain Renault: Hmmh! Diplomatist!
Major Strasser: How about New York?
Rick: Well there are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade
91
posted on
07/26/2005 6:25:23 PM PDT
by
durasell
(Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
To: Don W
"I'd like to know where the Bible says that watermelon is good food for Africans!"
Yeah, me too. Did they even have watermelon in Biblical times/places?
I'd also like to know there in the "day camp directing for dummies" it says "Have a ghetto talent show, such fun!"
92
posted on
07/26/2005 7:10:18 PM PDT
by
jocon307
(Can we close the border NOW?)
To: mhking
Dunn suggested that instead of buying hundreds of watermelons for the contest, the money could be spent on school supplies and backpacks for kids who need them. Excellent idea. Although, the watermelon contest seems like a lot of fun.
To: mhking
OK Mh, I would agree the word ghetto is degrading to a vast number of people, but who exactly is appalled at the watermelon contest if it was not the black community? Aren't we being just a little self conscious and asking everyone to believe there are racial overtones in this aimed at the Africa American community, when in fact this is not remotely what was intended? Am I reading this wrong, or was it not a black man promoting this?
Who exactly is finding this degrading?
When is the Black community going to start believing that every day American life is not intended to do them a racial discriminatory wrong? Aren't we all becoming just a little thin skinned in inviting such BS?
Where are the Black leaders, standing up and telling their fellow men to quit taking everything so personal? This function was never intended this way, yet there is always an instigator ready, willing, and able to stir the prejudicial pot. This is an embarrassment to every single American that has strived to eliminate racial bias in this country. When will the minority communities in this country start to acknowledge there is in fact, a vast number of people from all walks of life trying to absolve the BS racial stereotypes in this country. It has to work both ways damn it! Eventually you are going to have to give us the benefit of the doubt.
In the mean time, who will hold these self appointed civil rights leaders to task for making a mountain out of a mole hill every single time they can read racial bias into their paranoia?
Apparently propaganda is alive and well, and living in your backyard folks! You can either accept it or deny the so called self righteous SOB his obvious attempt to separate us and feed his hatred of unity in America! It really doesn't matter what color you possess, in the end we are all still just American.
94
posted on
07/26/2005 10:04:44 PM PDT
by
Allosaurs_r_us
(I can't use the cell phone in the car. I have to keep my hands free for making obscene gestures)
To: RushCrush
I know plenty of white people who live in ghettos. LOL...in Iowa?
For the record, I like watermelon....very much....and chicken and ribs too
95
posted on
07/26/2005 11:09:23 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
To: Clemenza
the tree in Opa-Locka where rockheads sit around smoking crack with boxes over their heads....whew.
that hood in the west Grove used to be ruff too
and Lib City and even parts of Redlands.
96
posted on
07/26/2005 11:12:54 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
To: wtc911; Clemenza
First time I saw the abandoned block after block in the South Bronx back in 1980 with fake windows in the buildings was a shock to me.
I thought Detroit and East St Louis were really really wore out too.
Now....over half of my hometown is in the creeping abandonment stage too.....once it starts large....it rarely comes back.
Shame....I mean parts of the Bronx and Detroit have been very bad since the 50s.....gone to seed.
this is really paradox but very very bad barrios, ranchos, favelas, quartiers populaires, etc.....are actually more vibrant than US decaying slums....hell, some Brasilian slums are like their own little mirco economy fifedoms ..a world unto themselves.
97
posted on
07/26/2005 11:20:52 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
To: wardaddy
Now....over half of my hometown is in the creeping abandonment stage too.....once it starts large....it rarely comes back. Doesn't surprise me, as southerners have never struck me as being an urban people. Nowhere is sprawl more prevalent than in the south.
98
posted on
07/26/2005 11:23:28 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(JJesus CChrist MMade SSeattle UUnder PProtest)
To: Imani
"Watermelon, back in the days, was a good food for African Americans, according to the Bible, but at the same time, it had an attachment with slavery and bondage ties," the Rev. Carl Johnson said.What??? o_O
99
posted on
07/27/2005 5:37:54 AM PDT
by
4mycountry
(This tag dedicated to ~ The Legend of Zelda 2005)
To: wardaddy; Clemenza; durasell
First time I saw the abandoned block after block in the South Bronx back in 1980 with fake windows in the buildings was a shock to me.
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By 1980 the worst was over and the fires of the Fort Apache days were mostly out (the new name for the pct was"The Little House on the Prairie".)
The south and parts of the central Bronx were the worst in the early-mid 1970s. They hit bottom and stabilized there for a while. I worked there in the 70s (first time I pointed my weapon at someone was on St. Ann's Ave.). I had reason to go back through there a year or so ago with my wife in the car. I was going to regale her with war stories but they had all lost their edge because nothing looked the same, everything was new and shiny.
Those Dresden like streets you recall are now low-middle income row houses that show the pride-of-ownership concept of stabilization works. The same is true in Brooklyn's East New York although Bushwick and Brownsville still have the power to scare.
100
posted on
07/27/2005 6:11:21 AM PDT
by
wtc911
(see my profile for how to contribute to a pentagon heroes fund)
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