Dear Lauren,

I apologise if my remarks offended you. I mentioned
very specific examples about Southern racism, not the
South as a whole. But I have dealt with a lot of
racism in America, studied it, read about the specific
examples I gave in my quote, so perhaps you will take
the trouble to ask me (and anyone else)before
labelling me (or anyone else), narrow-minded. 

Being proud of being Southern and not racist is
excellent, but shouldn't it be just being proud to be
human and not racist?

Regards,
Ujwala
--- Lauren E Ellington/FS/VCU <leellington at vcu.edu>
wrote:


> As long as we are mentioning being particularly

> offended, I find your 

> statement about the South to be a rather

> narrow-minded view.  By your 

> comments, racism only exists in the South.  This is

> certainly not true.  I 

> am a very proud Southern who is not a racist and

> know many who are just 

> like me.  While I agree with your statements about

> Bush, please don't 

> become just as bad as he is by proclaiming one

> geographic area as racist.

> 

>

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> Lauren Ellington

> Online Training Specialist, 

> Learning Disabilities Specialist, and

> Writer of Update and Update on LD

> Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center

> Virginia Commonwealth University

> 817 W. Franklin Street, Room 221  |  P.O. Box 842037

> Richmond, VA  23284-2037

> Phone:  1-800-237-0178 or  804-828-6158 

> Fax:  804-828-7539

> www.valrc.org

> 

> 

> 

>  

> And these remarks were particularly offensive:

>  

>                  "I am deeply concerned about the

> spread of

> radicalism, and I know you

>                  are, as

>                  well. We long for the days when

> people don't feel

> comfortable or

>                  empowered

>                  to take innocent life to achieve an

> objective. One

> reason radicals are

>                  able

>                  to recruit young men, for example,

> to become suicide

> bombers, is

>                  because of

>                  hopelessness. One way to defeat

> hopelessness is

> through literacy, is

>                  to

>                  giving people the fantastic hope

> that comes by being

> able to read and

>                  realize dreams.<<

> 

> A number of the Islamic, Irish, Hindu, Nepali,

> Congolese, Sri Lankan 'radicals' were educated. A

> greater number were unemployed. And a number dislike

> American international policy. He completely left

> out

> the conservative Bible Belt and the everyday racism

> that is experienced by non Bible thumpers in the

> South. He left out the KKK, he left out the lynch

> mobs.... the police, one could go on.

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> >

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