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Originally Posted by 1399
You may be right. But until there is more dialogue and honest to goodness racial reconciliation, people like Sharpton and Jackson will be able to get away with doing stuff like that-- leaving you with a bitter experience too. This racial reconciliation stuff will bring healing to everyone, when everyone becomes a contributer to the healing.
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Have you ever heard Bill Cosby speak about racial issues?
He has a brilliant mind. I've always loved the man. He has such a way with people, regardless of their race or his.
But the way he speaks about racial issues is a no nonsense approach. He calls for personal responsibility in his community and to quit playing the blame game.
I hope for the day we can all live in peace together, but I feel that we are still far from it in many areas. Some areas may never see it.
I have a funny story to tell you. Most of my mom's family, who are white, lived in a couple cities that are centered inside a river running through the mountains. To this day (I believe, but I know it was this way when I was a teen), black people can live in the city at the foot of the mountain, but not the one on the mountain.
In the days before indoor plumbing, my ancestors, as well as the other city folks, had to have their 'pots' emptied. There was a poor old black man that would go around the city, collecting pots and emptying them. He was to be paid, but most people wouldn't pay.
He continued picked up their pots anyway. He did so for several years.
It was years later that they found out that he had the last laugh.
He was dumping their pots in their drinking supply.
Going back to the above, there are places that will never see an end to the strife. I believe one of those places is Memphis. Another place is southern Illinois (the KKK is alive and well there).
The sad thing is, the problem is on both sides. Neither side wants to let go.
But I don't believe that change will come in an instant either. It will take one at a time.
What kind of country would this be if we took responsibility for just one other person?