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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-04 06:15 PM Original message |
look to your inner cities, America. |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-04 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. while we fiddle with the empire, home burns |
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nightperson (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
66. Exactly. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-04 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. oh, jeez |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-04 06:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. JFK Middle n/t |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-04 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. Great work |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-04 06:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I'll believe it when I see it. |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 04:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Exactly what I've said -- it's understandable, given what they live with |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 05:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. thanks, Kanary. |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 07:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Exactly, and causing so much more pain. The same as racism, sexism, etc |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 10:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
50. It didn't work....... isn't posted on the front page. :(((((( |
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luaneryder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-04 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. You are doing something I could never imagine |
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Mizmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-04 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. Relax |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-04 07:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. that's my point |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 09:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. you just broke my heart. i can't see the keyboard now |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 04:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. get this, though. |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 04:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. oh gawddess........ that did it....... |
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DebJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-04 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
9. How long have you been teaching there? My hubby teaches |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-04 08:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. this is my first year there. |
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DebJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 06:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. good luck. And hey, can you please tell us how you get a |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 04:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. ! |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
12. It sounds like you're off to a good start, Uly. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 04:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. exactly. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 05:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
64. Yes. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
13. American Apartheid |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 04:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. yes. |
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RivetJoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
14. I hope you've informed the authorities of what you |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 04:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. I think it's up to us to write about it. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 05:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. I don't know specific instances. |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
16. Depressing isn't it? |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 05:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. lot of folks I hadn't realized were in town. |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
25. Those kids have so much against them. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 05:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. truly enough said. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
27. Excellent post, Ulysses |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 05:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. thanks, tom. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
31. yeah...take a long, hard look because THAT is what |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 06:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. yup. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 06:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. hey ulyssess...congrats on the job |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 06:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I have to say |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 07:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. ahh... but you are there |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 08:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. Exactly |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
34. I felt the same way when I worked with street kids |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 07:04 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. that's certainly true enough. |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 07:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. I had a somewhat different experience, sadly enough... |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
37. Is there something we could do for the kids |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 07:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Ooh, excellent idea! |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 07:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. keep pushing |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
41. Thank you ulysses |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 09:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. you have to give people a reason to vote |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 01:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. Not to mention, non-minority poor. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 02:07 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. good point. |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
44. There's an incredible degree of demoralization |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
45. I went to Morehouse College in the mid to late 90s |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 09:18 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I drive through the AUC |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
49. It's class war. Pure and simple. |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
51. Ulysses |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 10:28 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. there are people |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 11:01 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Oh, you deserve plenty of my awe |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 02:11 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. And many couldn't do it at all. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 02:18 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. well, as a new teacher, |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 02:21 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Understood. That's why I was suggesting that for now, |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 02:24 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. we'll see what comes of it I guess. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 02:04 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. I agree with Eloriel, Ulysses |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 01:41 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. well, |
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snoochie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-04 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
53. That's so sad |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 02:04 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Great idea....... that media list. |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
65. Wow. That brings back memories. I was homeless there. |
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