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Most people don't have a clue how black folk feel when it comes to issues of race.

Agreed. I've had some conversations with the black folks that would blow most white people's minds. Most recently was a black lady I worked with whom I got to be fairly close friends. She made an offhand remark one day about the big boss (an old white guy) and how she wouldn't be surprised if he were in the KKK. Surely you're joking, I told her, he's the most harmless fuzzball around and the KKK are some nasty fellows. She answered that, as far as she was concerned, any and all white people are members of the KKK until proven otherwise. Mind you, this is in California, which is not exactly a KKK bastion. You get that? As far as she is concerned, simply by the virtue of the color of your skin, she'll see you as one of the most vile, nasty people around.

KKK?

What do they have, 9 members? and 4 are federal undercover agents

You get that?

I get it, and what I was trying to get across - but poorly. When I say "most people", that exempts "most" Freepers. ;) Like you, I had many outgoing, never meet a stranger, black friends reveal pretty negative and deep seated preconceptions about whites; kind of shocking when you realize what a deep chasm still exists between us after all of these years. I believe this administration understands this better than we and is using it to divide us even further for some future end. It would be better for all of us not to allow ourselves to be tricked by the old tactic of divide and conquer.

You could have told her that Klan members were all Democrats.

And watch her head explode.