Leah-Ann! Nicely said, and with a site to back you up!

Maybe progress will have been made when a thread like this one doesn't generate any interest?

Perfect Leah-Ann. Thank you.

Some silly comments as usual!
Boring??? Have you ever visited NYC?? Philly? How about the ever changing small towns in between?
You wouldn't know diversity if it bit you on the ass.
Rhonda

gosh - I hate to contradict this one - but I go to Disney World every year and the people in the crowd are every colour, creed, nationality, religion, size, and handicap - brought together by the love of the absolute American genius of Walt Disney and his gang.

Viva Disney World!

It's clean, fairly safe, fun and people embrace one another and rejoice in common theme.

Thanks Amanda. I suppose you were a little more cordial than I.

[quote=Leah-Annthe London judge who sentenced some guy from Northern Ireland to 10 weeks in jail for calling a Welsh woman English. (apparantly that's some kind of racial slur?)

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I am of Welsh descent and indeed it is offensive to call a Welsh woman English.

It is similar to a Southener being called a Yankee.

It isn't the worst crime in the world, but its like being called French when you are actually English.

Being called an orange when you are an apple.

Anyway, you guys get my drift.

Oh, and although Jesse is from Hawaii, isn't that techincally part of the USA?

Oops, should I duck!!

Amanda, DUCK!

Harriette? Have you been diving a lot lately? A little nitrogen narcosis developing? Sounds like too many bubbles!

A perfect match discovered: Jesse/ John Wiley Price !

Many Englishmen would consider that statement an Oxymoron!

The issue of Racism is always guaranteed to bring out idea loges on all sides of the issue, and “facts and figures” are available to “prove” almost any point of view.

To NOT be able to comment on behavior or actions for fear of aspersions being made against me, due to the creed or color of the subjects is Racism at its worst.

While it is somehow perfectly acceptable to point out deficiencies in the actions of those of my own race whose parenting skills are almost non existent and who drink and smoke their way through welfare allowances, were I to make a similar comment about anyone of another race, the PC Haters would be standing in line to throw the first stone!

I can be a fervent supporter of Bobby Jindal, one of the few politicians in either party who actually makes any sense, but if I decry Obama, the first assumption seems to be that its based on skin color, not on ideology?

Until such time as anyone of us can praise or criticize our fellow human beings, regardless of race,gender or sexual preference, based on their actions alone, we are all living with racism.

For Example,I had no idea of Jesse's heritage until earlier in this thread. I lived in Hawaii for a year and found the cultural diversity wonderful; My disagreements with him are based on his ideology.

When someone demanding a wallet while calling the victim a Honkey MF is not prosecuted under the same Hate Crimes Statutes as a felon violating the Civil Rights of a Gay Man or a Racial Minority, we have racism.

How we each choose to deal with it and move towards a less confrontational society is not something that can be legislated.........just don't call me French