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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">You are right<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR> that everyone needs to work on caring and accepting their neighbors for the people that they are. However, it should concern you that some people do not <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-0><SPAN>acknowledge</SPAN></SPAN> the human <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-1><SPAN>atrocities</SPAN></SPAN> that <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-2><SPAN>occurred</SPAN></SPAN> with the slavery of a race not that long ago. A race that even today feels and <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-3><SPAN>sufferers</SPAN></SPAN> the <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-4><SPAN>consequences</SPAN></SPAN> of those events. It is in effect racist to not <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-5><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">acknowledge</SPAN></SPAN> the human suffering and violations that <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-6><SPAN>occurred</SPAN></SPAN> to a race
of people. If we can ignore or <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-7><SPAN>deceive</SPAN></SPAN> others into ignoring one of the greatest human rights violations in the United States, than we can easily ignore all other human rights violations. Which, in effect, puts all humans, including yourself and everyone you care about at risk. Where one person's rights are ignored and violated, <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-8><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">everyone <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-0>else</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> can be violated as well. That should concern you. It is not the practice or belief in a religion that people object to, but rather the practice of racist preaching that the violation of human rights that <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-1><SPAN>occurred</SPAN></SPAN> to Blacks in the United States really didn't happen that people are objecting to. </SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Paul Rumelhart <godshatter@yahoo.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Saundra Lund <v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> vision2020@moscow.com <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, March 30, 2012 6:59 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Vision2020] "We are the answer"<BR></FONT></DIV><BR><BR>If black teenagers wearing hoods were being harassed here in Moscow, I'd <BR>be suggesting that we should all be more tolerant of others on this <BR>list. If Muslim
women in Moscow were being harassed I'd be suggesting <BR>that we should all be more tolerant of each other. But if one <BR>particular faith is being singled out because of their beliefs and some <BR>bad blood between list members, I'm effectively shunned if I suggest <BR>that we be more tolerant of them.<BR><BR>What a world.<BR><BR>Paul<BR><BR>On 03/30/2012 02:25 PM, Saundra Lund wrote:<BR>> Visionaries:<BR>><BR>> I know not all here would agree -- some choose to focus on the "intolerance"<BR>> of so-called <SPAN id=misspell-5 class=mark>Intoleristas</SPAN> rather than on the public intolerance of bigoted<BR>> groups that galvanized some of us to pull our complacent heads from the sand<BR>> -- but this eloquently and accurately reflects my thoughts:<BR>> "We must be active architects of a better country and a better world.<BR>> Silence in the face of bigotry and discrimination is agreement and consent.<BR>> We must
challenge every instance of inequality, no matter how small it is.<BR>> While overcoming our history's dark side is not pleasant, it is something we<BR>> must actively do every day."<BR>><BR>> Here's the full letter that was published in today's Moscow-Pullman Daily<BR>> News:<BR>><BR>> Letter to the Editor<BR>> We are the answer<BR>> Posted: Friday, March 30, 2012 1:00 am | Updated: 8:22 am, Fri Mar 30, 2012.<BR>><BR>> My heart is deeply grieved by the recent news that <SPAN id=misspell-6 class=mark>Shaima</SPAN> <SPAN id=misspell-7 class=mark>Alawadi</SPAN>, an Iraqi<BR>> mother of five living in California was beaten to death by a tire iron.<BR>> Found on her body was a note that said, "Go back to your own country. You're<BR>> a terrorist." This incident shows the long-reaching effects the political<BR>> rhetoric and rancor of the past 10 years has had on the American psyche. A<BR>> spark of anger and
hatred spurred by our popular culture and political<BR>> leaders has turned into a fire within the fringe of our country.<BR>><BR>> Gay youth are committing suicide due to relentless intimidation and<BR>> harassment. <SPAN id=misspell-8 class=mark>Travyon</SPAN> Martin was gunned down for what some call "wearing a<BR>> hood while black." And the murder of <SPAN id=misspell-9 class=mark>Alawadi</SPAN>. All point to a startling<BR>> problem. There is a dark side of American culture. While it's underground,<BR>> it's still there. A deep seated resentment of other races, of people unlike<BR>> us, lies in the hearts of many. This dark side exists everywhere. I cannot<BR>> count how many times I have heard racial, homophobic and sexist slurs at<BR>> sporting events, social gatherings, even in the work place and classes. This<BR>> isn't just a problem isolated to my community, but it is ingrained within<BR>> the very fabric
of our society.<BR>><BR>> It would be easy for us to give up hope, hope of a better tomorrow, a<BR>> tomorrow without wrathful hatred and reckless violence. But we cannot. We<BR>> are the answer to the problem. We must be active architects of a better<BR>> country and a better world. Silence in the face of bigotry and<BR>> discrimination is agreement and consent. We must challenge every instance of<BR>> inequality, no matter how small it is. While overcoming our history's dark<BR>> side is not pleasant, it is something we must actively do every day.<BR>><BR>><BR>> Derrick <SPAN id=misspell-10 class=mark>Skaug</SPAN><BR>> <SPAN id=misspell-11 class=mark>ASWSU</SPAN> Vice-President Elect<BR>> Pullman<BR>><BR>> __________<BR>><BR>> Indeed.<BR>><BR>><BR>> Saundra Lund<BR>> Moscow, ID<BR>><BR>> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do<BR>>
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