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Deep into that darkness peering,
long I stood there, wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams
no mortal ever dreamed before.

Don't count on it.

The concept of "like unto like" is deeply buried in religion.

The tendancy for ethnic groups to clump together has always given rise to an "us and them" mindset, with the associated unconscious thought of "why are you not with your own clump?"

It won't get fixed anytime soon, so accept that the relationship is more important than the negatives and get on with it.

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Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating

Yep...just remember not all people are like that

Fat, skinny, bald, disfigured, special needs people, little people, black, white, whatever else....also deal with predjudice on a daily basis

Get over it....some people are rude its a fact of human nature

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souls_cry2000,

Watch "West Side Story".

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Eudaimonia

Race is still an issue because many people find hate easier to deal with than love. They fear the unknown and find it easier to find differences than to look for similarities.

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Race is still an issue because we don't eat enough Krispy Kreme doughnuts. If we did, we'd all be happy and there'd be universal love.

I've watched it a number of times. It's a great movie/musical. I recommend a good musical for when you're feeling down. It really lifts your spirits.

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Deep into that darkness peering,
long I stood there, wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams
no mortal ever dreamed before.

Souls race issues will be with us for as long as we all look and sound different, the good thing is there is not as many as there once was and in Xanadu where you come from for everyone who stares at you there would be 5 who dont. I myself consider i am not and have quite a few freinds with different back grounds (not that this should make any difference) the only oeople that affend me are the prople that use race as a means for getting there own way or trying to change my culture and way of life

I once heard a wise man say, "you can't expect a couple of centuries of legislation to overcome a million years of tribal instincts"...I filed that away in my "Sad, but True" folder, & have continued with my lifequest of hoping for the best but expecting the worst from human nature...I like to think that we're showing some signs of evolution due to the fact that at least public lynchings are no longer considered acceptable (as they once were within my own lifetime)...

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If the theory does not conform to the facts, then the facts must be discarded.

No good deed ever goes unpunished

Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, & beat you with experience.

There is deep-seated racism/prejudice in all walks of life, not just color, but religion, ethnicity, financial, etc.

To say we should live in a world without prejudice might be nice, but also naive. Everyone has some sort of prejudgement inside them. For the majority of people, it is not hate-based as others have suggested, just a fear of the unknown. As one gets older and has family and property to protect, you tend to want to make sure those are protected. I could give examples but as you will see below, an open, honest discussion is a ways off.

Personally, I believe that until an OPEN discussion can be had about prejudice, nothing will be solved. Everyone is so sensitive now, that feelings and thoughts are kept private and people think and do things behind closed doors. Whereas if everyone were more open about their feelings without fear of backlash, then a true discussion could move things forward.

Also, the actions of a few of course dampen what the whole tries to accomplish. This is true for just about every segment in society.

Oh well, my $.02.

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"Women, you can't live with them ... pass the beer nuts." - Norm Peterson (George Wednt) on Cheers

"Sometimes you just have to say, what the fuck." - Tom Cruise in Risky Business

"It tastes so good. Once it hits your lips." - Frank the Tank in Old School

Why is race and issue?

Because we let it be!!!!!!!


And as far as the staring...My parents told me it was not nice to stare so I do my best not to. But I do catch myself looking at things I dont see often. When things like piercings other than on the ears came into being more seen I did catch myself staring. I watch people. I wonder about the things they like or are curious about them. I do watch things like two women together, two men, and couples. If some of the couples happen to be mixed, so be it. My watching or staring is just me being curious. Living down in the south I have centuries of raisen to go against. I am taught one thing but except something else. That itself is a constant battle.

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I beleive in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve, and I beleive in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days. Kevin Costner/Bull Duram

"Your body as well as mine has needs. This is juat a little foreplay to highten our desire for each other. If we play out the game of love to it's natural conclusion, you'll experience fulfillment. Give yourself up to me and I'll guide you along the path to pareadise. Together we will be like fire and ice, love and hate, life and death." Virginia Henley

WANTED: a moment when you kiss someone and eveything around you becomes hazy. And the only thing in focus is you and this person and you relize that he is the only person your suppose to kiss for the rest of your life. And for one moment you get this amazing gift. You want to laugh and you want to cry. Cause you feel so lucky that you found it and so scared it will all go away at the same time.

One of the quickest ways to help me find my temper is to use the race card when things don't go your way. I wish I had a dollar every time at work a person of color was chewed out for not doing their job the right way. The first words out of their mouth were something along the lines of how their civil rights were being violated or that the supervisor was racist. If incompetent people could just understand that expectations on the job were there for people of all colors, things would be a lot easier in today's workplace when it comes to this subject.

ignorance and Fear of what they are not and what they dont under stand, i think most of it come down to that.