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Re: names good for marketing



On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 21:18 +0000, Sue Spence wrote:
> William Ballard wrote:
> > 
> > You need to broaden your horizons.  Besides, I didn't say it's hard to be
> > racist if you live in a mostly-white area: I said it's easy not to be.
> > 
> 
> I was born in and frequently spend time in a major American city which 
> has a "white" population of ~30%. About 60% are African-American. My 
> father grew up there, and my sister still lives there. I can't say that 
> we have ever found "the race thing" to be much of a problem. No, I don't 
> want you to tell me why you have such difficulty living near people of 
> other races & cultures. It's really obvious.
> 

Then you must know some true racists if you still have a wide
acquaintanceship in that town. Maybe only a handful for sure, but they
do cast a wide pall. I would think that if the US switched to a
parliamentary system, we'd have our very own Front National.



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