I personally do not feel like I have to be taken up for. I have an opinion about certain behaviors of humans. If you are an individual that leeches off the system and you can work, then you are a scourge to society. If you are an individual who has children, one right after the other and you fail to take care of them, then you are a scourge to society, regardless of your color. If you are an individual who believes the world owes you something, then in my opinion, you need to rethink your values.

As it turns out, I lived 23 years in Shreveport. As of right now, the populus of blacks to whites is approximately 50/50. Most of the crimes committed here are committed by minorities.

I take care of gang bangers. I know what life on the street is like-by some of the stories I've heard. A person who is working and supporting a family or one who is trying to better themselves financially or educationally does not get into the trouble these people get into simply because they are too busy or have a different focus on life. They walk another path. Bravo for them!

I'm saying we all have adversity in our lives. Or, we have suffered persecution in some form or another. I do not fault this one or that one for how Indians were treated or for someone being snooty to me when I was growing up because I didn't have as many material possessions as they did. I do not fault British people for taxing the living [naughty word removed] out of us. That crap happened years ago. It's history and there is nothing any of us can do to change it. How we act NOW is the important thing. How we treat each other is the important thing. But first, we must respect ourselves and have a belief system regarding our higher power. Truthfully, the word racism is used too much as an excuse for bad behavior. And, like I said, I will stick to my original belief that if it acts like [naughty word removed] and smells like [naughty word removed], it is [naughty word removed] no matter what it looks like.

I'm sure I'll get deleted after this post, so ya'll keep in touch.





[This message has been edited by Tricia Baker (edited 06-30-2004).]

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