Monday, May 18, 2009
Race relations in Warren County
An editorial in Monday's Vicksburg Post on the subject of race relations in Warren County stated that "The numbers (of the various races) don't matter nearly as much as people's acts and attitudes about other races. Warren County has a pretty good score on the inclusiveness scale." This writer, having interacted for over thirty years with citizens of all races represented here, agrees. There is crime and finger-pointing, of course, but the criminals and the malcontents are certainly not confined to a single race. Neither are the compassionate and the unselfish, who outnumber the former by a hundred to one. With the nation facing an uncertain future, it is essential that all peoples of Vicksburg and Warren County continue to maintain their respect for one another and to work side by side to preserve our common interests.
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i totally agree with you sir..there are people both black and white of whom nobody is proud of..however; vicksburg has been a community of mostly good natured people who know how to work together..when i travel to other parts of this state i find that race relations are much worse there..i directly equate this to the high quality of education that our children receive in vicksburg..only education can open people's eyes toward being inclusive to all nationalities and cultures...as long as we have those who are ignorant (uneducated) we will continue to have to have discussions of race....although we are blessed as a community to not have to deal with this issue as much as some others
I was raised in texas.The schools i went to were mostly white,with some mexicans attending.I never had any interactions to speak of with blacks,until i moved to louisiana to finish high school,go on to college,and then end up in mississippi.I've been back in texas for a long time now.One conclusion i've reached,is that there are good and bad in every group,whether you want to divide people up by race,religion,background,whatever.I usually qualify that by saying that some groups are worse than others,but i won't pick here on the palestinians i have met.My family fought for the south.According to my family,many of the old southerners said that people from the south liked blacks as indivuals,but not as a race;while northerners liked blacks as a race,but not as indivuals.I think if we see and get to know a person as an indivual,it is easier to find commonality with them than if we see them as some faceless group.I think that has happen in the south over the past fifty years.
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