The Voting Rights Act & African Americans...and other urban/internet legends

[candygirl]

Someone sent me this email this morning and I thought it worth sharing with all of you. I don't know how true it is but I definitely think its worth reading

Some of you might not be parents, but you may have nieces, nephews,
grandchildren or friends with children. This will pertain to you too. As
I read the following, my heart sank. I urge each and every one of you to
pass this on to as many people as you can. I cannot stress how important
this is! This is very disturb! ing news. In addition to the following true
story, I will also add that my own sons were playing in the ball pit at
Chuckee Cheese one day. One son lost his watch, and was very upset. We
dug and dug in those balls, trying to find the watch. Instead, we found
vomit, food, feces, and other stuff I do not want to discuss. I went to
the manager and raised h*ll . Come to find out, the ball pit is only
cleaned out once a month. I have doubts that it is even done that often.
My kids will never play in another ball pit.

Now read this:

Hi, My name is Lauren Archer my son is Kevin . On October 2,2002 I took
my only son to McDonald's for his 3rd birthday. After he finished lunch,
I allowed him to play in the ball pit. When he started crying later,I
asked him what was wrong. He pointed to his back and said, Mommy,it
hurts. I looked, but couldn't find anything wrong with him at the time.
I bathed him when we got home, and it was at that point that! I found a
welt on his left buttock. Upon investigation, I t seemed as if there was
a splinter under the welt. I made a doctor appointment for the next day
to have it removed. In the meantime, he started vomiting and shaking.
Then, his eyes rolled back in his head. We immediately went to the
emergency room! My only son died later that night. It turned out that
the welt on his buttock was the tip of a hypodermic needle that had
broken off in his skin. The autopsy revealed that Kevin had died from a
heroine overdose. The next day, the police removed the balls from the
ball pit and found rotten food, half-eaten candy, diapers,feces, the
stench of urine, and several hypo-dermic needles.