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     yasmin Rating: N/A |
Cynique you are so right. I was just having this conversation with my husband last night as we sat and discussed the latest incident in the journalism world with the young AA brotha. Folks are now attacking affirmative action and of course it might be more difficult for other AAs to walk through the doors after this incident. But why should it be? Look at Enron...the folks that took that company under were non-AAs who will probably go somewhere else and do the same thing...but more importantly it WILL NOT stop other non-AAs from advancing. So why does one bad apple in the AA race have to stop a show for others. And as far ase racism/hate crimes live and well in Northern States...you don't have to look any further than PA. Next to Florida we have more Senior Citizens, we're in the top 3 for states where folks are born/raised/stay, we're 49th as far as minority businesses (ties with South Dakota and only higher than North Dakota)and while I've lived all ova the country (including Texas, Florida and North Carolina) I was never a victim (not once but twice) of a hate crime until I moved to PA. So the only difference between PA and AL is that one is above the Mason-Dixon line and was never forced/required to change. Major cities in AL have more going on for AAs than Philly, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pa. 'r |