Yes, my explanation could easily have been reversed. I never said who was savage. I think going into someones town or place of work and taking them thousands of miles away to be forced to do ANYTHING that the "owner" wanted is pretty damn savage! I was just commenting on the perception of the people who did this.
On a side note, I guess I just grew up in a somewhat idealistic household, and I don't see the racism I'm reading so much about. Growing up in my town, there was a half black kid in my class. That was it! Nobody seemed to either know or care that he was part black though. I think when I was in high school a few more black people, and a few mexicans moved into town. Since my graduation, a few chinese have moved into town too. Granted I haven't really lived in that town for the last two years, when I go back, it seems as though the town has been very accepting of them, considering the sheltered life many of us have led.
One thing I do find odd, is in my fraternity, we have the reputation for being a bunch of rednecks, which there were in the not too distant past, and there are still a handfull left. These guys sometimes say the most horrible racist things sometimes, but they are also great friends with 2 japanese, 2 jewish, and one indian brother. I don't get it really. And when alumni come back for homecoming and other events, they treat the nonwhite brothers as they do all of the white brothers.
Anyway, this is my last post on any issue of race. I can't handle the ignorance on both sides of the issue, and MandingoNUPE was right, we aren't going to change anything by talking about this on here.
Later
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Steve Corbin
Lambda Chi Alpha
Theta Kappa Zeta Chapter
Ros-Hulman Inst. of Tech.
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