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pascagoulapappy Wrote: Dec 13, 2012 11:51 AM
Sooner or later, we'll all love Big Brother--OR ELSE ! ! !
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wtmoore1 Wrote: Dec 13, 2012 10:43 AM
When you say "communities are worse off," that requires much context. Certainly, there isn't many areas where a white family can raise their family in that Leave it to Beaver lifestyle without encountering some form of "depravity" with which they disapprove. But that is an easy trade when you consider that the alternative was keeping minority groups in chains for the comfort of the average white family. I'm not willing to return to an era where people are struggling for basic civil rights just so white people can retake the privileges that they seem to miss.
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wtmoore1 Wrote: Dec 13, 2012 10:45 AM
What I'm trying to say is that I have no doubt it is tough to live in a society where you feel like you are watching your values being eroded away. But it's even tougher to live in a society where you are the victim of outright violence and murder for nothing more than the color of your skin or your sexual orientation, and the fact that you made some white people somewhere feel "uncomfortable."
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WestTexan Wrote: Dec 13, 2012 10:51 AM
You are in a fantasy world dude. You act like this is 1920's America or even 1960's America, you are the fraud.
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right2think Wrote: Dec 13, 2012 11:08 AM
I am talking about drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, and crime rates, dropout rates. All of these have increased dramatically. I do not believe that the other injustices in our nation such as racial inequality could have have been corrected without tearing down all of the other standards of healthy communities.
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pascagoulapappy Wrote: Dec 13, 2012 11:53 AM
Dubya Tee--The days of segregation and Jim Crow are over. Get a life ! ! !
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The University of Iowa has become the first public institution of higher learning to ask students about their sexual orientation during the application process for admission.
The University of Iowa has become the first public U.S. university to ask incoming students about their sexual orientation and gender identity so they can be connected to relevant services once enrolled, the school said on Wednesday.
University officials said in a statement that their admissions office began asking those optional questions this fall in applications for entry.
The university's decision places it in...
University Asks: Are You Gay or Straight?