[Albion Wilde]

I do wonder sometimes, though, what those Freepers who post such things are thinking. Do they think FR would be better off w/o people of color? Are they trying to run us out of here? I'd really like to know.

God bless you, and please stick around -- we need you here. I have found that there are jerks in every cultural group -- no one is safe and no group is without its embarrassing and disappointing members. I can't know what it is to be you, but I do know that as a woman in business in the 60s, I experienced a level of ugly, raw prejudice from some men and some women, that shocked me to my core and often humiliated me in public, such as being loudly mocked by a male stranger at the next table in my neighborhood restaurant for dining alone while reading the Wall Street Journal.

I definitely think racism must be moderated better on FR, and I hope you understand that FR operates on a shoestring (see post 152), with only volunteer mods.

To my ear, the ebonics posts are usually quite distasteful; and even though I do enjoy the Michelle fashion critiques from the point of view of how her comportment represents our country, I am too often disappointed by gratuitous jibes at her racial characteristics.

I hope the mods are reading this post and your complete posts that we've been exchanging. Also, you can do a service by hitting the abuse button when something crosses the line.

[Mamzelle]

Noobreb posted a thread from over a year ago, predicting that Obama will seriously set back race relations. I guess that's working out to be true.

[GOP_Lady]

PLEASE NOTE: The terrible comments mentioned in the article were not on Fashion Police threads. The Fashion Police list was PINGed to articles posted by other Freepers.

But, if I see anyone on the Fashion Police list post these kind of comments, I will remove them from the list.

And, as keeper of the Fashion Police list, I will remove the list from my home page if things get out of hand.

That's how I can help.

Thank you.