Re: [Dems2008] Re: Beyond America's Original Sin

My people are from the south, but my mother's family
came here from Italy, and they were treated horribly
and Italians were lynched in the south at the turn of
the century. My father's family never owned slaves or
much of anything else, and were never members of the
KKK or any of that nonsense. I've never been called a
rascist in my life or even had anybody insinuate I was
until this election. Democrats in the media say they
want a conversation about race, but that's bullshit,
they want everybody to agree with their idea of how it
is. Race, as in all other things, is a complex issue,
and it depends on where you live and what your
experiences have been. Mississippi has gone through a
hell of its own making, but because of that I think we
probably are more honest with each other and get along
better here than whites and blacks do in the north. I
never realized how much prejudice exists in the north
until now and it goes both ways. I really don't think
there are any Rev. Wrights in churches here. There
are black ladies at my church who adore Bill Clinton
and would fight you for saying anything bad about him
and my priest has an Obama bumper sticker on his
hybrid car. If people really want to talk about race
then let's talk, but there are trashy criminal people
of all races, and I'm not giving them a free pass or
blaming myself for the disaster of a life they choose
to be stuck in.

--- Sandra Goodwin <bridger82923@yahoo.com> wrote:

> --- In Dems2008@yahoogroups.com, Edward Hochman
> <whovian7_2000@...>
> wrote:
> >
> >> And I resent the fact that you include the whole
> of America in
> what
> > the South did. My people were from New England
> and helped those
> who escaped.
>
> true but there were various levels of
> discrimination and while
> slavery was not condoned, neither was full equality.
>
> Yes, I know, I'm a woman. In most
> states, black men
> voted before women of any color.
> >
> > Sandra
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Sandra Goodwin <bridger82923@...>
> > To: Dems2008@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 10:07:47 PM
> > Subject: [Dems2008] Re: Beyond America's Original
> Sin
> >
> > I totally disagree with this being "American's
> original sin". I
> > live on the other side of the mountain from our
> true original sin.
> > What happened to the Native American was as bad or
> worse than
> > slavery.
> > And I resent the fact that you include the whole
> of America in what
> > the South did. My people were from New England
> and helped those
> who
> > escaped.
> >
> >
> > Sandra
> >
> >
> > In Dems2008@yahoogroups.com, Edward Hochman
> <whovian7_2000@> wrote:
> > >
> > > We are not responsible for the institution of
> slavery but did we
> > ever address the problems that the break up of the
> family unit
> caused
> > that still is with us today? We didn't cause the
> institution of
> > slavery ourselves but I don't believe we addressed
> those problems
> > that the americans at that time created. Yes we
> have had economic
> > govt programs to deal with the symptoms but not
> the causes. As
> long
> > as we don't address that situation, we will be
> stuck here.
> > >
> > > ed
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----
> > > From: Carol Roberts <carolroberts1@>
> > > To: Dems2008@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 10:04:20 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Dems2008] Re: Beyond America's
> Original Sin
> > >
> > > That's unnecessary and not helpful, Ci. In
> fact, white people
> are
> > not
> > > to blame for everything. Carol
> > >
> > >
> > > citation502 wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > of course not; just white Mississippians
> > > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
>
>
>

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