Liberty Day

When learning about American history, often we think fighting for liberty was and is a thing of the past. As we struggle locally to access information and speak truth to power, we understand that the battle is ongoing. But we move forward on our beliefs that are based on principles established in documents crafted by the governing and founders of this country. There are those who wish to remind us of a principled government:

In the Declaration of Independence, our Constitution and its defenses in the Federalist Papers, we find many principles which lay the foundation of our American Republic. These principles have been under attack since the death of George Washington, and with decreasing understanding of these principles, our foundation is beginning to erode as well. Dedicated to Liberty Day, the purpose of this carnival is to promote discussion of events, trends and ideas in light of these founding principles. Entries come from a variety of viewpoints, but all present ideas worthy of examining as we ponder the foundation we are leaving for future generations. Unless otherwise indicated (by EC for editor's choice), all blog entries were submitted by the authors.

More can be found on Dana Hanley website

A community to discuss SOB and Not Just about Baseball

Mayoral candidate Matt Kelty speaks out again against the impact of Sexual Oriented Businesses on communities. Also Kelty spoke about the public right to speak out about such businesses with WOWO Charley Butcher. Kelty announced a meeting will be held in the summit city with community leaders coming together to discuss the issue of SOB. The meeting is open to the public.

The time and location is in the press release found on the Mattkelty.com that is copied below:

Matt Kelty convenes leaders to discuss the effect of Sexually Oriented Businesses upon the families of Fort Wayne




3 /14/2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Matt Kelty convenes leaders to discuss the effect of Sexually Oriented Businesses upon the families of Fort Wayne

Contact: Christopher Mann, 260.422.2007


FORT WAYNE—Matt Kelty has convened the Fort Wayne Family Health and Decency Summit to examine and better understand the effects of Sexually Oriented Businesses in the city of Fort Wayne, once known as the “City of Churches.” The summit will occur on Friday, March 16, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. at Hall’s Guesthouse, 1313 West Washington Center Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46825, (260) 489-2524.


Kelty will deliver introductory remarks and the event will be moderated by Cathie Humbarger, a concerned resident and renowned advocate for family-friendly public policy. Panelists will present perspectives addressing the various ways that Sexually Oriented Businesses affect a community in terms of crime, health, economic development and a variety of social pathologies. The panelists will focus on ways that balance the rights of free speech as defined by the U.S. Supreme Court with a community’s interest in developing a culture of life and prosperity.


Confirmed speakers include the following:


• Micah Clark, Executive Director of the American Family Association of Indiana

• Jim Howard, Alliance Defense Fund

• Phil Burress, Citizens for Community Values, Cincinnati, OH

• Vicki Burress, Citizens for Community Values, Cincinnati, OH

• Patrick Mangan, Citizens for Community Values, South Bend, IN



Each panelist will offer introductory remarks 5-8 minutes in length and the panel will then be asked to comment on several directed questions. An open discussion involving questions of the public and the media will ensue. Kelty will provide closing remarks.

One of the panelist for sure, may be of interest to Advance Indiana.

Self-Esteem Issue for Women

Welcome to my second blog carnival. This March 15, 2007 edition is on the topic of self-esteem issues among women. I've checked out all the sites listed below, some are not what I expected.

However, I was inspired by all as well as had my moments of WTF, but I continued to read to get it. I think I got it. Self-esteem is the guiding force for each one of the blogs.


Karen Lynch presents Self-Talk posted at LivethePower.

Christine Kane presents You Teach People How to Treat You posted at Christine Kane.

Arvind Devalia presents Arvind Devalia » Build up your self esteem posted at Arvind Devalia.


Debra Moorhead presents 9 Ways to Increase Your Self-Esteem posted at Debra Moorhead.com.

Mr Juggles presents Pomegranate Capital Thinks Women Can Run Money Better, Is Wrong posted at Long or Short Capital.

Jacqueline Passey post on her blog Dating Tips: Quality dates Quality offers dating tips to men.

Jeanette Ponder presents 41 Things, 1/16/07: Self-acceptance is the only option posted at Luscious Life By Isis Kali.

Alan presents There is always a way posted at Made to Be Great.

Marcella Chester presents Blog Against Sexual Violence Day 5 April 2007 posted at Abyss2hope.

Alvaro Fernandez presents Stress Management Workshop for International Women's Day posted at SharpBrains: Your Window into the Brain Fitness Revolution.

Anja presents How do we see ourselves? posted at anja merret.

Walt presents Self Worthiness posted at Walt Nation!.

JoLynn Braley presents Do You Deserve To Be Thin? posted at The Fit Shack . com.

Enjoy!

That concludes this edition addressing self-esteem issues among women. Mark your calendar for my third carnival of bloggers on new jobs on the internet and generating income from home on March 26, 2007.


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YLNI and Hardball Capital Meeting Pictures

Jason Freier

Mark Pope, faciliator and Bennie Lewis

Wilbert "Duke" Brown and Deputy Mayor Mark Becker

Small talk
Adam Mildred and Bill Brown

Steve Brody

Wilbert "Duke" Brown and Deputy Mayor Mark Becker

5th District Council Person Tim Pape

Land for sale

The Young Leaders from Northeast Indiana meeting ended early. The biggest treat was to speak to the million dollar man himself, Jason Freier. Freier, is taking a risk. Freier, the outsider has upped the ante. Freier is investing $20 million dollars into the downtown business district. Something that hometown business owners have failed to do. So you got a love Freier. There is no way around that fact.

But, Freier is no country hick. Freier tells about a business man who listened to the people. The business man purchased up the land. After acquiring the land began to built offices in a certain downtown. The man is in his 70 and is worth billions of dollars.

Freier has an eye for an opportunity. Freier need not purchase up the land like an old protege. The City of Fort Wayne is giving it to him. On this land Freier will spend around $20 million dollars. $15 millions will go toward building some condominium. Nice condominiums with the price range in the ballpark area of $180,000 to $300,000. Let's see a little multiplication and addition, and I come up with a figure between $10 million to $18 millions for 60 of those bad boys. Now the price and number may change. Interest in ownership will more than likely drive the price. That does not include the baseball park.


The baseball park design is a beautiful place. Why wouldn't be. Freier is a baseball fan and he loves his team's, the Wizard's , fans. Freier envision a baseball park that is fun for the whole family. A baseball park where family can enjoy a picnic. And perhaps because he has two little ones, where children can play on oversize slides of some sort. And with the downtown baseball park, this dream can come true and than some.

Did I say anything about brain drain. Did I say anything about young folks bored with the suburbia moving back into the urban cutting edge, hip and happening downtown area. I didn't did I.


Nope, because it ain't about these young folks. It's about the businessmen in downtown Fort Wayne who should be carrying Freier and his partner on their shoulders. Freier is going to make those folks a mint. Council members, attorneys,and other folks with property in proximity, like West Central Neighborhood, to the Freier project will go on the market. Yes sirree, Freier probably sees a billion in the making. And it happening way before he hit 70 years of age.

Mr. Freier you are the best thing that could have happened to Fort Wayne Wizard. Or should I say Fort Wayne, Indiana is one of your best friends.

Harrison Square Park Dialogue

The Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana convened a panel to discuss the Harrison Square Project at the brand new Allen County Main Library. The panel included one of the wizard owners, Jason Freier. Other members of the panel were Mark Becker, Fort Wayne Deputy Mayor, Steve Brody, Harrsion Square Project Member, Chris Schoen from Barry's Real Estate, Mark Pope, IPFW Athletic Director Dan Carmody, Downtown Improvement District, and Steve Gard, Oyster's Bar owner.

The citizens listened to a brief presentation and the panel answered questions from the audience. The questions were written on paper, and the facilitator read the question to the panel.

Some of the same questions were asked, and got some of the same answers. Mainly, the project is still in negotiation. All the details have not been hammered out. But for sure, the Harrison Square project will be a great catalyst for downtown development the panelists were in agreement.

The most commanding statement came from Attorney Jason Freier when the panel was asked about taxpayers dollar. Freier stated that some of the tax dollars that would normal go to the state from the city of Fort Wayne could be used right here in the city rather than go to the state.

Good Point.

But the most telling comment came from Barry Real Estate, Schoen. It had to do with the fact that our new city in the making, for folks to live, work an play will cost a pretty penny to live down there. In phase one of the project condos will range in price from $180 000- $300,000 apiece.

YLNI photo op to say we got what it takes-but no money

The Young Leadership of Northeast Indiana has connected to the city propaganda machine. YLNI is setting up as we blog, to push the message that the Harrison Square project is about investing in their future, their children, their tomorrow.

YLNI will have little bitty survey requesting a yes or no? Do you support the mixed use presented tonight? What kind of dumb question is that from our wannabe new future leaders? But that little dumb question will serve the purpose of putting a spin on folk are really for the Harrison Project.

YLNI and city planners are still pushing the propaganda that the gathering at the Church was more pro than con about the Harrison project. The rest of the story was that the folks who were in the room were supposed to be for the project. It was the ones who showed up to speak against it was the surprise.

The doors of the church are open

Pilgrim Baptist church will host Fort Wayne Community Schools Title 1 conference. According to Frost Illustrated:

Fort Wayne Community Schools is scheduled to hold its annual Title I "Parents as Partners" spring conference from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., March 27 at Pilgrim Baptist Church, 1331 Gay St. More than 150 parents from the district's 11 Title I schools are expected to attend the event

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Hopefully parents will receive information on the No Child Left Behind program.

Mayor Richard you are not aligned..

Former NAACP president Bruce Gordon sent a memo to the NAACP National Board of Directors concerning its organization.

Gordon was obvious trying to get some communication going about the direction of the organization. Unfortunately, Gordon resigned from the organization.

Here in Fort Wayne Mayor Graham Richard will gather together some in the African-American Community to give directions to its members. The African-American community should give a thumbs down on the soundbites.

The community should take over the Democratic party and go in another direction. Barack Obama did it and he is one man! As former NAACP president Bruce Gordon told the NAACP:

I am willing to accept that our points of view regarding governance and strategic direction are in conflict. This is not about right or wrong…this is about difference. We can agree to disagree. We also could have found a way to blend the best of our respective points of view but in 19 months that did not happen

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The African-American community should tell Mayor Richard, dang you had a much longer time to improve the African-American community. Moreover, Mayor Dick you can't stay in the room long enough with African-Americans to hear their respective points of view...you're definitely not aligned. Somebody needs to take him and Democratic party to task!

Hat tip to BlackProf and Afro-Netizen.

Do I have really have a right to know?

The public has the right to certain documents. But getting to the information can be tricky. And for those who learn how to plow through, can find it costly. Indiana Law blog comments on this public access cost imposed in Fort Wayne.

But these local election officials are attempting to run government like a business. You know like when they get kicked out of office they can something to fall back on. That's the hidden meaning about running government like a business, cutting deals with your friends.

5 1/2 year old child reads Fort Wayne Newspaper

No surprise there. We are considered the dumbest city. But to read that the millionaire, Wizard Baseball co-owner's daughter points out baseball and orangutan, is funny.

Yep, all the fun things in Atlanta and she connect Fort Wayne to seeing minor league baseball and orangutan. If she is lucky she might be able to get to talk to students here. Because, they will probably ask her in reference to the baseballandorgangutan, what's that? Our students are too busy having sex in school, dealing drugs and trying to survive. Read more about downtown development of baseball being the catalyst to growth.

Fort Wayne downtown is suffering raced white flight. Their children need jobs, but can't compete when they go out into the big world. Indiana is ranked 48 in the 50th state in education. Their children are not getting into Harvard, Mr. Freier, they are going to IPFW. Diversity is not a part of IPFW. Harvard at least has some diversity. Heck some of these students confuse an orangutan with African-Americans. So Mr. Freier do you really want to bring your daughter from the diverse Atlanta to white knuckle Fort Wayne? Just thinking outloud.

Censorship gone Wild

Hey girl students it is okay to participate in having sex in the school. Sex only beocmes a problem when you talk about it or discuss sexuality within the school setting. For example, two students in Indiana were not hiding out in an empty classroom having sex. No, the two students engaged in a sexual act while the teacher and other students were present in the classroom. Yes. And when the school learned about the sixth graders inappropriate behavior, the school wanted the matter to be the school's little secret. Sounds similiar to a don't ask, don't tell policy, I heard about coming from the military. Almost.

But when it came to talking about same sex issue, a student newspaper in Indiana found itself under scrutiny. Megan Chase wrote the article and it provoked the principal of the school into taking over the student ran newspaper. New rule for the school's student newspaper, from now on, articles will have to get the thumbs up from the publisher, the principal. This way, the student's newspaper will become the Principal's exercise in limited free speech.

And for those young women out there who believed they've come a long way,baby. New York got some news for you. Three young women were suspended for saying the V word during a reading in their school. No the students did not use the F word, it was the V word that got these sassy maturing teens booted from the school. No girl power is to be expressed in that school.


And girls after you learn that you are to shut up and it okay to have sex. Wait until you get to college in DePauw University in Indians for another defining moment. There a soriority booted girls for not having the right looks, ugly Betty no need of applying. **Messages being sent to you sistas, listen up** Girls you need to learn how to follow the rules. You know the rules that you are to be seen not heard. Where are the Dixie Chicks when you need them?

Geez-My Man Mitch-the pusher man?

I am not in the same camp of folks screaming illegal immigrants are taking Americans jobs or running America into Hell. Nope sirree. It's the money people who are running thangs. A single Latino can not place millions of dollars in a United States bank unless somebody is giving the approval. And the bank would be in violation of the law. But we never call these folks out. We say stuff like (rR---whatever Latino sounding name place here) was caught with millions of dollars of drugs. Same drug dealer purchased home. Same drug dealer does not have a job. Get the picture

Back to Indiana Republican Governor Mitch Daniels aka My Man Mitch. Maybe you should read about the connection of Indiana to Mexico. Reality Check reports on NAFTA and the potential for some serious drug dealing. NAFTA was passed in 1994.

NAFTA, which was implemented in 1994, required that the U.S. open U.S.-Mexico border states to Mexican trucking in 1995. Further, it required that Mexican trucks and drivers be allowed access to all states in the U.S. by Jan. 1, 2000. In the interim, it allowed Mexican trucks to travel in a commercial zone ranging from 3 to 20 miles into U.S. soil to deliver cargoes bound for interior states.

Do you think that is why we recently saw in the paper, a one man drug bust by Muncie Indiana worth millions of dollars. And do you think it was a coincidence that the man was living in Fort Wayne Indiana? And you do know that Fort Wayne is called the dumbest city in the United State? But you also should know that Fort Wayne was once known as the crack cocaine city. So follow the money or should I say drug money.

Hat tip to African American Political Pundit

Something to fight for

Ben Lanka has an interesting story on the forums held to market the city's downtown development. The city's neighborhood partnerships members meeting, fed information from the neighborhood specialist who is paid by the city, was the largest forum held so far. But, this is a captive audience, memberships. Many taxpayers are not active in their neighborhood association. So the meetings are not a true representation of the city's population. Therefore many of the opponents would not have attended or given voice to their opposition to the project.

Two more orchestrated forums are being held. One is the young republicans club whichis one of several clubs held on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University. This is a small group of young folks who targeted audiences are other young republicans and networking with republican leaders in the community. This looks like the college are up in arms, but many of the students are in classes or having their lunch during the 12:00-1:00 P.M time slot.

The second group of Northeast Young Leadership. This group is attempting to inform young folks who are professionals who are isolated. This group provide opportunities for get together. I would prefer to seek the hip generation from the D.C. area or California who are more informed about trends of today instead of copycat trendsetters.

But these are the groups that city leaders need to attract to a dying downtown. When in fact those who are the actual homeowners, the elderly, business owners, retirees, or the majority of African-Americans are not attending these events. These young folks have no history of the political manipulation. For instance from the city failure to update their technology, old school was very dependent on young folks upgrading their technology.

If businesses are folding in Fort Wayne, it makes sense for Councilman Sam Talarico to fight for downtown development. Council Talarico is also fighting for consolidation. Talarico is an attorney who works downtown. And with the shaky business deals see the downtown turning into a ghost town. Desperate measures during desperate times call for orchestrated forums.

Do you think the Mayor has contacted any opposing group to have forums? The anwser No.

It ain't your money

Geez, I just went over to Downtown Fort Wayne Baseball website. Why do they have an Ape at the end of the video? Is it because they have for the first time an African-American on their site. And that African-American is not in agreement with the propaganda about the taxing or funding of downtown development?


Reminds me of another blogger, who was unable to contain his racial hatred when his propaganda wouldn't fly with me. Here's a sample..AWB site was taken down.hint hint.

And even more surprising is that AWB of all people is supporting Matt Kelty for Mayor? What a turn around! Or... Now really what's up with that?????


AWB went through the trouble of redirecting me from his site..too keep me from going over there. Funny, huh, but it was expected. That's what happens with hatred you do things you should not do, but you better make sure it's legal. Because nothing is done in the dark that won't come to the light. I ain't Skeert.

Veterans and Active Duty Member in harms way

It is no secret that veterans of the military are not truly recognized for their contribution in keeping this country safe. So, the spotlight on the medical condition, is more than likely because of the injuries suffered by Bod Woodruff. Woodruff share a bond with those who suffer an injury while battling in combat zones.

Woodruff could afford the best care, including having a friend that is a doctor. But many injured soldiers and their families with the same type of injury can not afford the same type of treatment. Woodard in his recovery has committed his life to raising funds to help these soldiers receive funding and better care.


Now turning to President George W. Bush. The headline reads,Army surgeon general forced to retire .

The Army forced its surgeon general, Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, to retire, officials said Monday, the third high-level official to lose his job over poor outpatient treatment of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

begins the story.

If the United States citizens are outraged by the treatment of wounded soldiers, when are the United States citizens will demand for the President to bring our soldiers out of harms way in fighting this war?

Open Access-Education

Some students feels claustrophobic about attending school in an unwelcoming environment and refuse to attend. And the Microsoft Billionaire Bill
Gates believe that education needs to be more open. And Judge Clarence Thomas suggest universities should throw wide their doors to attract more students. So guess what?

Materials will now be available for many students who otherwise would not be able to afford to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). MIT will be offering its courses free. FREE on the Internet. No degrees, but knowledge does not require a degree, only certain people. The program had some course offering for the last four years.

Hat tip to Indiana Law Blog.

How to appeal the reassessment is missing from the media discussion

Interesting to read the local news' coverage about the reassessment. The failure to follow the law in the mailing of the reassessment form 11 to all homeowners. The denying homeowners who did not get an reassessment form 11 from appealing their reassessment because the assessor's office refused to mail them the form in order to prevent them from appealing the first year.

But, some home owners are not aware that this reassessment is all made up and if they do not appeal this reassessment, they are stuck with all the made up stuff! From the Journal Gazette, Frank Gray's article:

Homeowners aren’t stuck. If they believe their homes have been overvalued for tax purposes, they can appeal.

In fact, county officials are urging people who believe their assessments are out of line to come forward and seek to have it corrected

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But if they don't that means they are STUCK!“

In theory, it’s right on,” O’Day said.

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The fact that some trending values were determined by sheriff sales, did not stop the assessors officials. This is not a long arm deal in determining the value of a home, but that did not stop the assessors.

The process, which O’Day said is still evolving, has run into unexpected problems. There are neighborhoods with lots of abandoned, boarded-up homes. No house had changed hands in years. The only way of determining home values was through sheriff’s sales. In other areas, because of a lack of sales, assessors had to look at houses from other, perhaps not equivalent areas to come up with values.

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Auctions, are not a market of free actors wrangling over a deal. But all that is just noise to confuse the public. The media has yet to get to the meat of the problem. How does the citizen appeal the corrupt practices that are going on in the assessor, auditor and treasures.

How do we know its corrupt?

And some were even undervalued. O’Day has gotten calls from people protesting that their homes are worth far more than the county says. Assessors will likely be happy to hear appeals from them, too.

These folks did not know they were given favor to quiet them and reduce their tax liability. It's lower in value only to reduce their tax payment not the true value of the home.

By these folks coming forward it proves that the assessor offices are still corrupt. This was the goal of the court to point out that it's not the STATE of Indiana but local corruption within each of their city.

Hopefully the media can begin to answers the relevant questions for homeowners, soon.

What are the type of evidences that is needed for an effective appeal?

What is the deadline for filing an appeal?


How many copies are need of the form when filing an appeal?

Who gets copies of these forms?

How some can the taxpayer expect a response on their appeal?


What is the next step if the assessor does not act on the appeal in a timely fashion?


Where are the answer to the property owners relevant question in order to prevent them from being duped of their money?


Or do they have to go to the people who are duping them out of their money for these important answers to their question?

Harrison Square Voices of Authority

Who is Jack Swarbrick? Swarbrick wrote an opinion piece for the Journal Gazette about the marketing tools used to sell downtown development, the group of blue prints. But I wanted to know more about Swarbrick interest in Fort Wayne.

Jack Swarbrick is a partner in Baker & Daniels LLP in Indianapolis and former chairman of the Indiana Sports Corp. He wrote this for The Journal Gazette.

stated the article. So what is Indiana Sports Corporation.

Indiana Sports Corporation (ISC) is a private, not-for-profit organization that represents Indianapolis in the national and international sports marketplace. Created in 1979 to attract national and international sporting organizations and events to central Indiana, ISC coordinates and markets major amateur sporting events. Indiana Sports Corporation was instrumental in the process which resulted in the NCAA's decision to relocate its national headquarters and Hall of Champions to Indianapolis, and ISC supports and assists more than a dozen sport-related organizations in our city.

By targeting sports as a growth industry for Indianapolis, Indiana Sports Corporation's goals are to stimulate the economy, improve Indianapolis' image nationally and internationally, enhance the city's quality of life and provide opportunities for youth.

Since 1979, Indianapolis has hosted more than 400 national and international sporting events.

The Indianapolis sports community looks forward to welcoming the world as Crooked Stick Golf Club hosts the 2005 Solheim Cup.

Funding: Indiana Sports Corporation relies on corporate and individual memberships, private contributions, event revenue and charitable grants as chief funding sources. Call 317.237.5000 to learn more about sponsorship and/or membership opportunities.

Structure: Indiana Sports Corporation has a full-time staff and a volunteer Board of Directors and relies heavily on part-time volunteers to carry out its mission. Earl Goode serves as chairman of the board, and Susan Williams is president of ISC.

So is Swarbrick really interested in Fort Wayne becoming a great American city or furthering the business interest of the private not for profit company investors in which he served as former chairperson?

Go back and reread: Created in 1979 to attract national and international sporting organizations and events to central Indiana, ISC coordinates and markets major amateur sporting events.

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Swarbrick writes that you have to swallow the whole pill of redevelopment dollars. That Hardball is dropping $20 millions for downtown. That folks need to stop breaking pill of the redevelopment into just the $5 million piece representing the stadium. Because it's not being honest. And how does the taxpayer pay to match that $20 millions is yet to be revealed in this grandiose scheme? And this is the reason for calling Fort Wayne disingenuous?

But wait a minute, Swarbrick suggest taxpayers fund the private investors, and then the private dollars will follow:

When the success of this project spurs, as it almost certainly will, other development, the amount of private money being invested in downtown Fort Wayne (money that would never have otherwise been invested) will continue to climb.

But in the meantime, taxpayers are not to ask the hard questions concerning the spending of their money. Sounds like a good theme for a movie, Field of Dreams, but not at the expense of the hometown fans who are rooting for economic security for their families.

Racism is not about looks-its about discrimination

The journal-gazette runs an article about the incident at DePauw from the Associated Press. The article, Image discrimination: ‘The new racism’ discusses DePauw sorority evicting certain women from their sorority was simply about looks and had nothing to do with race. Even with the fact that one of the women was an African-American. This is a subtle way of making race irrelevant. The article suggest that folks are discriminated against based on their appearance and racial discrimination has ended!

But Rachel Pappas, a DePauw junior who was among several other members who left in protest, finds that hard to believe – and calls discrimination based on image “the new racism.”

“When you look at all these things and see that all of them have been eliminated, you wonder what it could be other than the image issue,” Pappas says.

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Racial discrimination is placed in the background by society. Issues of racial discrimination are not discussed because it culturally acceptable in different circle. So silence protects the outing of these traditional practices that still exist today.

Indiana Law Blog posted about the law of Interracial dating. Interracial dating was forbidden in certain states including Indiana during the late 1960's. Now what does that mean? That means an African-American and a raced white were not permitted to date each other. This was the law. This law was enforced at home and in the social setting for young folks, school, churches. That means children were taught you can not date. I did not say anything about marriage. You could not like each other based on your race. This was the law of the land until 1965. This law was to maintain the southern way of life, Abraham lincoln's free, separate but not equal.

Loving

highlight the fact that laws were used to control how raced whites and African-Americans were limited in how they interacted with one another. Those who did decide to break the law would go to jail or have to flee those states that forbid miscegenation to prevent going to jail. To love and marriage in such union was criminal. Indiana Law blog used the article to highlight what is going on in the gay community. Not the same, same sex unions discrimination include African-Americans. The same sex battle is based on redefining who can marriage. That marriage is defined as a union between a man and woman.

In the court case Loving was between a man and woman. If man and woman could marriage, how could the law denied these two from marrying? It was race. From Loving,

There is patently no legitimate overriding purpose independent of invidious racial discrimination which justifies this classification. The fact that Virginia prohibits only interracial marriages involving white persons demonstrates that the racial classifications must stand on their own justification, as measures designed to maintain White Supremacy.

But African-Americans are to be stupid enough to go to the back of the line and fight for same sex marriage, while so many are telling them, shut up about racial discrimination.

Now we know all about Lincoln freeing the slaves. We know all about blacks getting the right to sit at counters. But families a little over 40 years ago was telling their children they could not date outside their race. Yes African Americans could go to school with raced whites, but you better not think about liking one another. From Loving,

Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix."

The subtleties of racial discrimination. On the blog, one blogger explained that the children from marrying outside of the race would be problematic. No, it is continuation of the old law that is held in the hearts of many raced whites when it comes to African-Americans.

This one of the reason why many raced whites chose not to live among African-Americans. Many raced whites tolerate African-Americans but they do not wish to integrate totally with African-Americans. Many races whites can go to lunch with African-Americans but they will not cross into the homes of each other. Many raced white has friends who are African-Americans who serve as window dressing friends. Someone who they can take to event requiring a diversity discourse.


It is truly acceptable to discriminate against African-American. Yes, it is against the law. But look at the majority of those who are enforcing the laws.

Racial animosity is notable, as on Where the hell am I post, for those who are not trying to tell African-Americans they need to go to the back of the line. This post weighs in on a writer who feels free to express in a magazine why he hates blacks. Disagree is one thing, hate. Who hates? You probably won't be able to find the actual article on AsianWeek, but it's posted out there. Because you can easily find hate for African-Americans throughout the blogosphere.

Racial discriminate is so indoctrinated in the America culture that is has a special protection. that special protection seal has been penetrated by gender bias and is not is trying to be penetrated by same sex advocate. But nothing is like racial discrimination.