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garden police gone wild?
In article , "Dave Allyn"
(Dave Allyn) wrote: But your "right" or "option" to join a HOA where the percentage of minorities drops dramatically (to as low as zero percent ) doesn't look so nifty, not if the day before you went house-hunting you naively believed that discriminatory housing policies was illegal in all cases, only to discover a half-dozen of the surrunding neighborhoods "coincidentally" only sell to whites & a huge percentage of houses on the market aren't for you -- & turns out there's very little you can do about it even if you were brave enough to force the issue & forge a path amidst all those honkies. The other thing to thing about is this: would you want to live in a place where you knoew everyone around didn't want you there, and was watching your every move? Not to mention you were accused (in the courts of public opinion) everything something was missing from someone's house? The people who HAVE forged inroads where they're unwanted I consider brave, in some cases heroic, & for far too many it cost them their lives. I couldn't do it either. I am whilte, and while I have nothing against any other races, I don't htink I would be comforatable moving in to an all-hispanic, or al-black area. I've lived in predominantly black & asian neighborhoods & loved these communities. I've visited lilywhite neighborhoods & felt very uncomfortable, & my discomfort was rarely baseless. I think what you outline is the result of unfamiliarity & you give evidence of the harm segregation does even to someone such as yourself, that you find yourself having to admit discomfort with races you know you have no need to despise. I wouldn't fit. everyone would alway look at, and treat me like an outsider. I have seen the same thing here in the town I live in. there are about 1000 people. all bt about 10 of them are white.. anytime something is stolen, of missing, or broken, it's always "those damn ni$$ers" that did it.... Mean while they keep to themselves, That's exactly the sort of thing you should NOT be comfortable around. That you recognize these honkies' racism, but are nevertheless more comfortable with them, is a terrible thing for your own growth & humanity. Though I can certainly imagine that such a small town might not provide you as many options as would be more humanly rewarding. You seem to be saying you're comfortable in the manner of a chameleon. Because your skin's the same color as that of racists, you're not at risk. Personally that wouldn't comfort me. I recognize my "white privilege" in this regard, & know to some degree I benefit in certain ways that black skin never can. But it still strikes me as creepy rather than comfortable. -paghat the ratgirl -- "Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher. "Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature. -from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers" See the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com/ |
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