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Water Filter
This highly decorated water filter is an example of the entrepreneurial creativity of Thomas Smith, the owner of UPW. The filter was produced in conjunction with the Gates City Stone Filter Company, with whom Smith formed a partnership, on the Greenpoint premises of the pottery.
- Manufacturer: Union Porcelain Works, 1863-ca.1922
- Medium: Porcelain
- Place Manufactured: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Dates: Patented November 28, 1882
- Dimensions: Overall: 20 x 12 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (50.8 x 31.8 x 29.2 cm) (a) Height of Base: 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm) (b) Height of Filter Section: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm) (show scale)
- Markings: Printed on underside of base (a): in red "UNION / PORCELAIN / WORKS / GREENPOINT / N.Y." within urn, "9 88" below urn; and in green, "U.P.W." above head of an eagle Painted in black on underside of middle (b) near edge: "16"
- Collections:Decorative Arts
- Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
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- Accession Number: 1995.143.1a-c
- Credit Line: Bequest of Marie Bernice Bitzer, by exchange
- Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
- Caption: Union Porcelain Works (1863-ca.1922). Water Filter, Patented November 28, 1882. Porcelain, Overall: 20 x 12 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (50.8 x 31.8 x 29.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Marie Bernice Bitzer, by exchange, 1995.143.1a-c. Creative Commons-BY
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- Catalogue Description: White porcelain water filter with vitreous glaze and polychrome and gilded decorations, consisting of (a) base, (b) filter section, and (c) lid. The three parts stack to form a cylindrical vessel. (a) Base: cylindrical form that rounded at bottom where it tapers to meet foot band; hole for spigot within lozenge in center near bottom; molded garland register around top that is accented with gold and pink, green, and blue painted ribbons; main register decorated with rust-colored ground filled with orientalizing motifs of stylized floral and foliate forms in green, white, pink, maroon, yellow and black; lower register molded into vertical sections accented with gilding. (b) Filter section: cylindrical form with porous limestone bottom for filtering water; wide neck is stepped back from body; two applied handles at neck, each formed by a dragon curled into a ring, accented with red and gold; neck decorated with beaded and gilded band and rust-colored band with tripartite blue flowers; collar has molded foliate forms with gilded accents; main register has rust-colored ground filled with orientalizing motifs of stylized floral and foliate forms in green, white, pink, maroon, yellow, blue, and black. (c) Conforming lid: shallow stepped dome with flat knob finial with molded flower on top. Decorated with rust-colored bands and black and gilded accents.
- Record Completeness: Best (84%)


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In a daring and chilling debut, Brad Thor draws us into a sinister labyrinth of political intrigue and international terrorism, serving up an explosive cocktail of unrelenting action as one man is pushed to the edge.
On the snow-covered slopes of Utah, the unthinkable has just become a nightmarish reality: 30 Secret Service agents have been viciously executed and the vacationing president of the United States kidnapped by one of the most lethal terrorist organizations in the Middle East - the Fatah Revolutionary Council.
But surviving agent and ex-Navy SEAL Scot Harvath doesn't believe the Fatah Revolutionary Council is responsible for the attack. Driven by his professional code of duty and honor, Harvath creates his own rules to get some answers. But his search for the truth raises the blood pressure of his superiors...and casts his own life in mortal jeopardy. The deadly machinations have been set in motion by a shadowy coalition, comprising some of the highest-ranking officials in government and business - men who operate above the law, men who realize the threat Harvath poses to their hidden agenda...men who will do anything to stop him.
Framed for murder and on the run, Harvath takes his own brand of justice to the towering mountains of Switzerland where he finds an improbable ally in the beautiful Claudia Mueller of the Swiss Federal Attorney's Office. Together they must brave the subzero temperatures and sheer heights of treacherous Mount Pilatus - and enter the den of the most notorious team of professional killers the world has ever known.
©2012 Brad Thor (P)2012 Simon & Schuster, Inc
"Bottom line: Lions roars." (People)
"Great Scott Harvath"
I'm a huge fan of Brad Thor and the Scott Harvath series. I've listened to just about all of the series before going back to this first one. Having listened to the others, this one doesn't feel as polished as the others, but that makes sense for the first in the series.
The story is typical for the Harvath series, good details and building up of the characters. It doesn't have the strength of following books but it's still a Thor so it's a great listen!
The story line is a bit far fetched with the details of the President's kidnapping; what was done to him and where he was held. I won't share details to spoil the story! But the rest of the story makes up for it.
Had I followed this in order I would still have continued on to the future books in the series and been happily surprised as they only continued to get better and better.
"Not a Great Book - Clearly First in Series"
Armand Schultz does a nice job with a poorly written book. I have read every book in the Scott Harvath series, but they don't come close to Mitch Rapp series or Tom Clancy's work. I read these when I can't find anything else for this genre. The Harvath series is like a blunt instrument, while the others are precision instruments. That said, I still read them. Among the Harvath series, this is the weakest. In fairness to Thor, the character was still being developed, and I don't think he was totally clear where he was going to take it. If you love this genre like I do, read it after you have exhausted everything else (including the other Harvath books). While I prefer to read stories in order, this one is pretty lame.
I love listening audio books. I listen to between 20 and 25 per year while I work. Sure makes the days go fast.
"Unbelievably Unbelieveable!"
This book actually would have been for me if it weren't so ridiculous. I can not believe Brad Thor actually wrote it. The story line is stretched out, it seems just to make the book longer, by some of the most mind numbing, stupid dialog I have ever heard. The characters are not believable, and most of the situations are impossible. I have listened MANY Brad Thor books, and again, I can not believe he wrote this one. It is terrible!
I think Brad Thor is an excellent author. I think this book is a huge exception to that rule. I will listen to the next one in the series just because is MUST better than this one.
Armand Schultz is not my favorite narrator, and I don't believe his style is particularly suited to this book, but given what he had to work with, I think he did a very good job. I would listen to more books narrated by him.
Total disappointment.
I would never recommend this book or author to anyone except that I know Brad Thor has written much better Harvath books, and to make the most of the series it is probably worth listening to for that reason alone... if you can stand to wade through all of the nonsense.
Darren Greer
"Couldn't finish the book..."
I'll start by mentioning that I did not finish this book, and so this review is based solely on the first 10 chapters or so.
I started this book after finishing the last, currently published, Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn (RIP). I chose this series based on a recommendation from a friend that said this series was similar. I was unimpressed within the first few minutes, but kept going in hopes that it would get better. However, it never turned a corner for me, so I stopped the listen. Here are my main gripes:
1) The narration was sub-par in my opinion, and not even close to the same level as George Guidall from the Mitch Rapp series. I know that this has no bearing on the storyline itself, but a good or bad narration seriously impacts my ability to listen to a book. Nothing against Armand, but his narration seemed almost childish compared to George.
2) The storyline was full of holes. No spoilers, as I didn't get very far, but there were so many holes early on in the story that I just couldn't get past it. I tend to over-think when I listen to books, so this could be my problem, but throwing it out there for others to be aware.
3) The gross stereotyping of Mormons was borderline offensive. Full disclosure, I'm a Mormon. Brad's brood generalization of Mormons seemed to paint us as a bunch of women hating idiots. At least that's how I interpreted it :/
4) Vince's dialog in the Mitch Rapp series, that was used with various members of government agencies seemed spot on and professional. Brad's dialog seemed corny at times, and a bit childish. I'm not a government employee, so this is based on how I would expect them to interact, versus actual experience.
I'm moving on to a new series, and regret the credit I lost on this purchase.
"Bad guys can't shoot straight"
Believable assassins
In every scene involving gunfire, so-called highly trained mercenaries spray our hero and friends with withering automatic weapons fire. . .AND CAN'T HIT A THING! And these are guys who carry out a precision abduction of the President? Do they throw grenades or use any other weapons a trained soldier would have at his disposal? Nope.
Their ineptitude is unbelievable, literally so.
Yes, it means I won't waste any of my credits on Brad Thor's books.
I'm sorry I bought Path of the Assassin before listening to this.
"Trite story about a "super" Seal"
I found this book to be farfetched and trite. The characters were shallow and often dumb. Imagine a highly trained Navy Seal mouthing off to every authority figure that comes along and then going renegade to solve the problem of the president's kidnapping. Along the way he gets more breaks and second chances to fix mistakes than a reasonable reader should expect. I read one review that said that the Harvath series improved as the writer became more polished. I may try a library download to check this out but will not purchase another book until I've tried out other books. Hopefully I will find that the author has improved. In conclusion, I would recommend readers to thrillers such as early Tom Clancy, Vince Flynn, or Martin Cruz Smith.
"In the Begining"
If you like special forces action novels with lots of twists and turns this is a great series to follow. I began with some of Brad Thor's later books and was so impressed I had to go back to what started his primary character development and dig in.
The conclusion was more than a soft ending
Yes and I must say I look for things he has read as a must read. His talent of understanding the character and switching rapidly to their voice and speed of speech is remarkable. A very gifted actor. Brad would be nuts not to have him be the offical voice for all list books.
No crying but several smiles and a few damn that must hurt deep reactions.
I I have listened to 8 of Brad's books and will continue to download more when I have time
"Shallow. Disappointing."
The plot was shallow. Slow
Narrator was okay.
Difficult to say. The story line was disappointing.
Not one of Thor's best.
"Did not like this book..."
Better writing...
More expression in his voice... very dead pan.
There so much unnecessary detail that could have been left out.
This is the only book I have listened to by this author so my comments are limited to this one book. Poor writing and performance as well.
"Who is reading this?"
Spoil alert: If you continue, this review will spoil the plot, and if you don't continue the plot will spoil the reading.
Terrorist from Switzerland, of which there are many, kidnap the president by placing timed charges to cause an avalanche at a Utah ski resort. In order for it to work, the president must ski by the concealed perpetrators, but it must be within the two minute time frame as planned earlier. They then escape to the adjacent farm with the silos, no doubt one of the many grain farms up there in ski country. The lone surviving secret service agent, a former seal, decides he is more capable of capturing international terrorists acting alone than the FBI (those seals are highly trained in criminal investigation) and begins his quest by assaulting an FBI agent "just doing his job," contaminating three crime scenes, concealing evidence from investigators, risking causing another avalanche that will decimate the search and rescue teams, and putting down the deputy director of the FBI when he is confronted, all the day following serious injuries.
At this point I had to stop and contemplate how Brad Thor's mother found the time to write a thousand reviews.
I would like to thank Audible for their return policy.
"Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I must say that Brad Thor is an epic author and Armand Schultz is the best author so far
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David Drayton and his young son Billy are among a large group of terrified townspeople trapped in a local grocery store by a strange, otherworldly mist. David is the first to realize that there are things lurking in the mist--deadly, horrifying things--creatures not of this world. Survival depends on everybody in the store pulling together, but is that possible, given human nature? As reason crumbles in the face of fear and panic, David begins to wonder what terrifies him more: the monsters in the mist or the ones inside the store, the human kind, the people that until now had been his friends and neighbors?
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Houston County, AL - Law enforcement continues to search for a man suspected in a Wednesday afternoon fatal shooting in Cowarts.
Houston County Sheriff's officials were dispatched to the shooting that killed one man at around 6 p.m. near the intersection of North Broad Street and Jordan Avenue.
Officials are looking for Michael Allen Tharp. Houston County Coroner Robert Byrd identifies the victim in Wednesday's fatal shooting as 68 year-old Joseph Bernard Hendley. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds.
Police believe he is occupying a white Ford F-150 pickup truck with a chrome toolbox in the back. The truck has an Alabama tag on the front and a decal on the back window reads "crappie.com". The truck's license plate is AL Handicapped license plate of 0H1T8.
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Police are on the scene investigating the cause of the shooting that killed one man.
It happened at the corner of North Broad and Jordan Avenue in downtown Cowarts.
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It is more of a technological centre than a city: modernity is omnipresent at Villeneuve-d'Ascq, both in its architecture and activities. The Masurel Foundation has brought a reputation to its modern art museum. However, the new city lovingly maintains the roots which link it to a not so distant past: mills and farms which they have kept well, witness the activities of the land around three villages, Annappes, Flers and Ascq.
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Lille Métropole Musée d'Art Moderne, Brut, Contemporain
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Extended and modernised, the former Musée d'Art Moderne Lille Métropole now has a new name and twice its original exhibition space. The collection of raw art is now on permanent display, and the Dominique Bozo library, dedicated to modern, contempora..
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chemin du Chat-Botté F - 59650 Villeneuve-d'Ascq
A Flemish castle (1661) surrounded by moats, which is now the Tourist Office and a small archaeological museum which offers temporary exhibitions.
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Avenue Champollion F - 59650 Villeneuve-d'Ascq
Enjoy sailing, windsurfing and other nautical activities at the lake, hiking and jogging in the park, as well as golf, pony rides and even drama classes at the Petitprez farm. The Le Héron farm is perfect for a family visit.
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ooh we send them food and supplies every now and then. I honestly wouldn't call that helping to fix things
if we were serious about helping countries like Africa we'd actually take the initiative and build up some towns with businesses to get them started on maintaining themselves instead of spending trillions on ourselves building new baseball fields and such that we don't really need
you get what I'm trying to say? I realize we provide aid but it really feels like we're just doing the least amount we have to in order not to get bashed for being selfish or whatever
The problem is that you would also need round-the-clock security because so many villages, towns and small businesses are attacked by militias and militants who steal everything of value and rape and kill members of the village.
Religious conflict is tearing the continent apart on a daily basis. It's not enough domestic religious nutcases are destroying any semblances of civilisation, but foreign religious powers are entering the continent and meddling in their affairs. Usually with catastrophic consequences.
The entire continent is a disaster area, and unless you had worldwide intervention, which would be accused of being imperialism, nothing there will ever change. If developed nations sent heaps of money, or none at all, it seems the outcome doesn't change.


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As many of you know, especially those on Twitter (it's been mentioned non-stop!), Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week has begun, and tonight marks the official kick off with Fashion's Night Out. We can't get to the Big Apple for the stylish festivities but we're channeling the slick city streets in the studio and burning our chic Cashmere candle. A timeless classic, like fashion's best offerings, our clean-burning soy candle is scented with a sophisticated herbal blend, marked by patchouli and mixed with vanilla and a twist of lime.
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(Salinas, Ecuador) April 3, 2009 – The world's best junior surfers fought tooth and nail in do-or-die elimination heats on day six of the 2009 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships in Salinas, Ecuador. Many surfers made the 300 meter paddle out to the lineup three separate times and performances were through the roof.
After six days of competition and 294 heats, only 40 surfers remain in the competition. When the dust had settled on today's action, 2005 ISA World Junior Champion Hawaii led the team standings followed by France, South Africa, the USA and Brazil. Three-time defending champion Australia suffered a series of devasting losses to its top prospects and went from first yesterday to sixth today. Still with only 700 points separating Australia from Hawaii, all six teams at the top still have a chance at the gold.
Other teams like Peru might not be in team medal contention, but their surfers are making a strong push for individual medals. This afternoon, despite tired legs from having surfed three times, Peruvian surfer Carlos Mario Zapata had the beach and his Peruvian team in uproar as he posted the highest score of the competition, a 9.77, in his round six repercharge heat. Within the hour, exemplary French surfer Canelle Bulard matched it with her own 9.77 to show the world the stunning level of talent in this year's Under 18 Girls division.
USA team member Conner Coffin was able to regain his composure after a difficult loss earlier this morning on the secondary contest site. In today's last Boys Under 16 repercharge heat, facing tough competition, Conner waited for the right waves and posted a searing 9.17 ride to take first place over Brazil's Caio Ibelli, Australian Dylan Cummings and Peruvian Cristobal de Col.
"I was nervous going into the heat today – it could've been my last. It's no playground out there," said Coffin. "I spent the day relaxing on the beach, trying to focus, watch the conditions and get ready. Once I got in the water, I knew I had to wait for the right wave. I got lucky, everyone really wants it and they are surfing incredibly well."
Costa Rican surfer and recipient of the 2009 ISA Scholarship Award, Carlos Munoz has been competing in two divisions this year. Having back-to-back heats today, he won his Under 16 heat and then had to run 300 meters up for his first round of Under 18 repercharges. Munoz, exhausted, was unfortunately only able to get one wave and finished fourth to Australian Dean Bowen, Brazilian Tiago Guimaraes, and Tahitian Teiki Charles. Munoz will continue in the main rounds of Under 16 Boys tomorrow.
Many teams found themselves with two surfers in the same heat today. In repercharge round six, heat one, South Africans David Brand and Mikey February went one and two over Tahitian Mihimana Braye and Costa Rica's Jordan Hernandez. Tomorrow, Brand will face off against Coffin and Zapata in heat one, and Brand will meet Hawaii's Keanu Asing and Brazilian Caio Ibelli in heat two.
For Australians in the Under 18 Boys division, Dean Bowen and James Woods had to fight together against Tahitian Ariimoana David and South African Dale Staples. They both stayed alive to advance finishing first and second in round five.
Round six, also held today, proved to be an unfortunate one for Australia as Woods took the exit card with a third place in his heat against USA surfer Nat Young, New Zealander Matt Hewitt and Hawaiian Albee Layer. For the first half of the heat, not one surfer caught a single wave and contest organizers contemplated a restart. In the closing five minutes, a great set came through and Young was able to prevail as the heat winner followed by Hewitt in second, Woods in third and Layer in fourth.
Australia also lost superstar and gold medal hopeful Garrett Parkes. Brazil's Felipe Braz and Medi Veminardi from France placed first and second to advance.
In the Girl Under 18 elimination repercharge rounds today, South African Bianca Buitendag continued to stay alive, taking second in her heat to advance on. She will face USA team members Courtney Conlogue and Lani Doherty tomorrow in the semi-final repercharges. The last remaining Portuguese surfer, Ana Sarmento, finished fourth in her heat to place equal 16th overall.
Local Ecuadorians Johnatan Zambrano and Fabio Dapelo placed third in their heats today to finish equal 25th, the highest place any Ecuadorian has achieved an ISA World Junior event. Moroccan surfer Ramzi Boukhiam also finished equal 25th today.
The day finished with the heads of the Ecuadorian Department of Tourism, Transportation and Environment visiting the contest site at la FAE and experiencing the contest with ISA President Fernando Aguerre. Veronica Sion, Ecuadorian Minister of Tourism commented, saying, "I am really happy because of the alliance we have between the tourism department, surfing and the surfing federation FES. I really see this sport as an important part of the tourism development in Ecuador. We have close to 100 surf spots in Ecuador and as head of the Department of Tourism I can say undoubtedly say, we want to increase the support we give to the surfing in Ecuador."
Competitors will be back tomorrow for round seven of Under 18 Boys, Under 18 Girls and Under 16 Boys as well as eight rounds of repercharges and the Aloha Cup Semi-Finals, a specialty tag team event. The swell is expected to continue to hold through the weekend for the finals. Competition will resume tomorrow at 8:00am at Playa de las FAE beach in Salinas, Ecuador.
For more information on the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship, LIVE web, free photos and on-demand video highlights, visit quiksilver.com/isa.
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Can racism truly be eliminated?
In Australia we live in one of the most multicultural nations, however every once in a while there are those people who publicly and abusively insult people from other races. I know there will always be those ignorant individuals or people who are scarred from people of other races (e.g wars, personal events or negative child rearing ), but can we truly eliminate racism in our world?
Possibly include jokes or stereotyping into this debate, are light jokes about other races or stereotyping racist?
Also take into consideration the media in movies or simply news. Are they doing a good enough job to tackle racism?
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Jul 25 2013: Thank you Carolyn for sharing your story to us, i cannot imagine what you are going through. I do hope he will have a change of heart someday and see the people for who they really are instead of as you said false models of history.
vijay shinde
Jul 25 2013: you are going through a tough situation but still you can find solution to change your dad's mind is prity stupid but may work -just go to him ask him for his pardon first(?) then try to give him some ral life examples those would be proving your point in right way...........
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now its up to you how do you make your mind coz i believe you have done "harder "studies than him so best of luck Carolyn!Jul 29 2013: Wow....Carolyn you are brave to admit that your father is a racist. Continue what you are doing and do pray for him to change. He's miserable! Anyone can change.Jul 29 2013: In my Humble Opinion, in this day and age, we cant speak about racism the way our great grand parents were talking about it.
200 Years ago, Racism was: some people, White of skin, using other people with brown / black skin as slaves, and telling that they did it because, those brown skinned people were "untermenschen" (animals, sub-peoples ... )
Nowadays, except for retards, we all know that we all are made of the same fabric even if our skins aretn the same color.
What i do see, around me, as racism, expressed by white, brown, yellow, red skinned people, is akin to educationnal racism (more Xenophoby thant racism):
- they dont act in community the way WE (the peoples born in this community) do.
We are racists with those people coming from that far away land, because, they eat like this, or talk in public like that, or move around ths way , and al lthe people coming from that land do act the same way (The intelligent part of our brain knows its not true, but , the animal part is more prompt to act)
And WE ( the community) dont like them, we want hem moved far from us...
but take a look at us
WE, the community, we are people from different background, but we were all raised in the same land, with the same educatonal grounds.
So in my really humble opinion, the more people mixes, the more we interact with the others, the more mixes there will be in school, the less we will grow fearing the other, and the less we will act as retards, and Xenophony / Racisml will become something of the past.
Wilbert Hunt
Jul 24 2013: Yes, it' can be "eliminated." For it to happen, though, we need a new paradigm. The old one is passé. The old one insisted that we're separate, apart, and different. Actually, genetically, and metaphysically, we are one. When we accept that reality, and start living that reality, "racism," the belief that one race is superior to another, will be seen for what it is--a lie.
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The lie has allowed humans to oppress, suppress, and exploit other humans--to do them bodily or psychological harm to satisfy a perversion, or to exercise power over designated others, using whatever criterion they choose: color, tribe, race, ethnicity, place of origin, language, class, caste, or what have you.
The New Paradigm says: We Are All One.
Jul 24 2013: You miss a fundamental survival perspective, whom ever says that first (country for example) with the current mindset, will be perceived as the weaker. It's why we've had terrorism for so long, and I'm talking as far back as if not further than the dark ages, to fly under a flag, to unite, aids in survival, and stops one being oppressed. I'ts the same logic that says countries with nukes, the US does not mess with.
Or as I posted below, when will the Olympics not have nations but rather celebrate human achievement, who's going to be first in lowering the flag? The US? China? Britain? France?
It's all very well saying the new paradigm says... but history teaches us different, and until we understand ourselves, that paradigm has a much chance of happening as every house in the US burning the flag.
Wilbert Hunt
Jul 24 2013: "that paradigm has a much chance of happening as every house in the US burning the flag."
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I understand your pessimism, but the only thing we need "understand" about ourselves is that we are one, not in theory but in fact, and act accordingly. It's not how we group ourselves--nation-states, neighborhoods or families--but that we don't use these designations to say that we're "different" and therefore better than, and treat those who are deemed less than, differently.
Unless we bring this New Paradigm to the fore, our survival as a species becomes more doubtful.
Jul 25 2013: I not pessimistic, more realistic, as defined in the psychology mentioned in the post further below.
Lee Miller
Jul 26 2013: I do not believe that insisting we are "one" will ever fix racism. People have already been babbling such platitudes for decades and it hasn't helped much.
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The root of racism is scapegoatism: the desire to blame others for your problems. Addressing this psychological failing would put an end to racism. We need to teach kids to be strong enough to accept blame when they deserve it, or to accept that sometimes there is no one to blame.
Jul 27 2013: I find it interesting that you link racism with scapegoatism........and that you state "We need to teach kids to be strong enough to accept blame when they deserve it, or to accept that sometimes there is no one to blame."
Many years ago I heard a white teacher tell an African American student, "when you are older, make sure that you do not blame the way people treat you on your being African American. Today you are in trouble because of your actions. If you continue to follow this pattern of behavior, you will continue to get into trouble. It has nothing to do with the color of your skin. It has to do with what you are doing. Change your attitude, and change your behavior, or face the consequences."
I thought back then that it took real grit for that teacher to speak that way to his student.
Your comment reminded me of his words.Jul 24 2013: You miss a fundamental survival perspective, whom ever says that first (country for example) with the current mindset, will be perceived as the weaker. It's why we've had terrorism for so long, and I'm talking as far back as if not further than the dark ages, to fly under a flag, to unite, aids in survival, and stops one being oppressed. I'ts the same logic that says countries with nukes, the US does not mess with.
Or as I posted below, when will the Olympics not have nations but rather celebrate human achievement, who's going to be first in lowering the flag? The US? China? Britain? France?
It's all very well saying the new paradigm says... but history teaches us different, and until we understand ourselves, that paradigm has a much chance of happening as every house in the US burning the flag.
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Jul 23 2013: Racism is eliminated the moment I understand and accept the truth that we all belong to one race: human.
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I found wonderful inspiration at:
Jul 24 2013: I agree with that, but we wont get there for a very very long time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3pJolQZ7UQ&list=SP649BD0E7E7A74493&index=5Jul 23 2013: part of our brain uses stereotypes to think fast.
We cannot change or override that aspect.
So as long as there are groups of people that show difference (which will also not change), we will make those fast judgement calls based on stereotypes.
Applied to cultural and racial differences: will always remain.
Unless culture is independent from race. Then there might be no reason to be racist, as it is uninformative for group-division and such.
The problem is that groups and people need to avoid aggression towards other groups... not racial stereotypes as such.
Jul 25 2013: Thanks Chris i didnt know that about stereotyping i thought that stereotyping could be like prejudice, making it possible to voluntary rid our mind of common stereotypes. If we began recognizing that everyone is an individual and that no two people are alike will we then be able to get rid of these fast judgement?
Jul 26 2013: no, fast judgement overrides reason when you need to think fast... Besides, seeing things as belonging to the same class (like birds, chairs, trees, violence,...) is needed.
I can't imagine (I really can't) a way of thinking that can't group or stereotype and still able to operate functionally (as we do, or better). I think We would be off far worse without this function.
As for individuals: the moment you talk to a person: realizing it is an individual (when talking, while you have time to switch to your slower rational thinking), is essential, and probably a lot of the stereotype will be false for that individual...
I think we can't get rid of them, and we shouldn't wish for it either. But thinking about it and when in contact with someone: please handle him as an individual.
Jul 29 2013: There is a diffrence between the stereotyping you describe and racism. We need to split and group our world in understandable units e.g. we will always think of an asian person when we see someone with asian features. Racism starts when we associate information with this group that are based on specifc experience with one member of that group.
So Racism starts when we use induction on groups of humans. Especially when there are negative characteristics. So we need to stereotype, but we decide to which extend or which stereotpyes we have.Jul 29 2013: I can't say for others but I don't believe in Racism neither in Religions nor in casts, I am with Humanity, Mankind and Peace.
But in my opinion this discrimination will never be eliminated because we all know that our ancestors are responsible for this and this behavior is still passing through generations because our parents teach us to make an image of other peoples who are different either on the basis of your skin(Black or White) or by your birth cast.
But there are some things like Business, Education and others that can work as a bridge between these two far ends and can convince peoples to get closer and this is why we are seeing decrements in racism, but it is like a social disease that will never be eradicated, because some of us don't want to...
Ted McGinty
Jul 29 2013: The elimination of racism in the US is already underway, thank God. It just takes education and understanding of other races. And it will take time. Each generation produces fewer racists. I think my grandchildren....who hopefully won't arrive for about 10-15 years...will live in an evolved United States where racism is effectively eliminated.
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DJul 27 2013: Education, whether through traditional classroom instruction, reading and studying on your own, experiences with family and friends, among many other avenues, all directly contribute to the solution of this and every other world issue that plagues us.
I had an encyclopedia set growing up and while it gave me access to information I needed to research for school, it does not compare to the internet capabilities of today. This thread of ending racism was non-existent in 1990. There is so much 'learning' going on in this very thread. Others are learning by the minute as they see a Facebook post or YouTube video. (Mind you there are some who gain nothing from Facebook posts or YouTube videos). Still, the fact is we are learning. (Others who are calloused and 'set in their ways' are dying which helps some, however unfortunate). The internet allows learning to take place in more unconventional and maybe more efficient ways. (Classroom instruction still highly valued).
To answer to the question... yes. I am certain racism can truly be eliminated and we're all well on our way.Jul 25 2013: Yes, I do. Perhaps, I am racially optimistic, but I definitely believe it is possible. I believe it is a multidimensional approach. One dimension is to acknowledge, accept , account, and reconcile any past or current offense from one race to another. This is vital. Another dimension is teaching, learning, and practicing core values consistently and soulfully. Some values are: kindness, compassion, humility, generosity, honesty and love. If we truly master core values, we will live as a single unit. The fact is, no matter how physically beautiful, accomplished, successful the human is, we are always interacting with the character of the said person, their essence. The goal is to fine tune the character, and race becomes irrelevant.
Jul 29 2013: Good comment. The magic word or remedy is Accountability! For example people in the workforce should stand up for anyone that is treated unfairly.
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Jul 23 2013: WORTH WATCHING
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Here's what the most important Americans say about it today:
Jul 24 2013: I am wondering why you don't have at least 100 thumbs up by now Juliette.
The best line from the video....."If you are a racist, just DROP IT!!"
We humans belong to one race, the human race. :)
Thank you for sharing this lovely video.
I will pass it on to others.
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Jul 24 2013: The old world is over. Its a new Earth now.
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This is the era of wholeness in human history.
We are at the dawn.
Have a good day:)
Jul 24 2013: I'm afraid the old world is still here Juliette.
There are many enlightened humans, but this old world has not changed.
Perhaps it will soon............the question is, will we live to see it?
Schwartzberg's talk is one of my favorites.
I have seen it many times.Jul 25 2013: It seems, children are taught racism. They don't have this concept on their own.
With this in mind, don't you think that the very video that you quoted, despite its seemingly anti-racist intent, introduces children to racism? The children did not see anything wrong with the commercial. Period. Why even ask them the question: "Hey, do you know that there are people who are angry at interracial marriages?" Why plant the idea in their innocent minds that this is even a possibility? The more we repeat that there is an issue, the more we seem to perpetuate the issue.
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Jul 26 2013: Mandy Patinkin - what a beautiful tenor voice - what an amazing song!! Because of him, I always remember " the Cliffs of Insanity "and the " RUSes " (in the same movie: Princess Bride)..like which, racism is a "Rodent of Unusual Size".
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It is true " Children are taught racism. They don't have this concept on their own."
Not knowing about the pitfalls (on the path to civilization) wont remove the pitfalls. History proves disconnection wasn't the cure. We produce doctors by teaching them everything we know about every disease, if they can't recognize disease how could they cure it!
-Similarly- not introducing the IDEA of disease (racism) into children's minds would be supporting ignorance (opposite of education) and perpetuating ignorance.
The cure comes from knowledge and education and freedom to become who we are.
Jul 26 2013: Juliette,
Interesting... I did not realize that Mandy Patinkin played Inigo Montoya in "The Princess Birde". Inconceivable! I don't recall him sing in the movie. Now that I look through the cast, there is Billy Crystal as well playing the Miracle Max. "You rush the miracle man - you get rotten miracles" And the soundtrack is written by Mark Knopfler - also hard to recognize. This movie is full of surprises.
Matthew Li
Jul 25 2013: Just a sidenote i love the FineBrothers, and yes their experiment with this was really cool to see. Good to see children dont have that prejudice.
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Thanks for sharing this Juliette, and thanks for the other guys that contributed to this discussion
Barry Palmer
Jul 22 2013: I do not think we will ever completely eliminate racism from people. We can eliminate racism from our institutions.
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People are just people, and much of our behavior is based on experiences and emotions that have little or nothing to do with our thoughts, and particularly our thoughts about ethics and morality. Just by chance, there will always be a number of people who have a series of bad experiences with people some particular race. Even if such a person knows and understands that this race is composed of people just like every other race, those experiences will shape his/her behavior.
People who have bad experiences with dogs at an early age are sometimes afraid of all dogs for the rest of their lives, in spite of first hand evidence that specific dogs love all people. I have had people admit that their fear makes no sense, even to themselves, but they could not stop being afraid. If it can happen with dogs, it could very well happen with people of a specific race.
Jul 23 2013: What do you think about us having racism if there came a time when there were no easily distinguishable races? I'm asking not so much theoretically, just with an eye to the very far future.
Although did you know, that apples if planted by seed will not inherit their 'parents' DNA and in a couple decades will start producing fruit that is totally different than the fruit from which the seed originally came? Thinking about how quickly our races might blend made me think of extreme heterozygotes like apples.
Matthew Li
Jul 23 2013: Thanks Barry, I totally agree with your concept about bad experiences. Horrible events will always happen and theres not much we can do about it, but sadly some people will see others that are of the race resembling the incidents and ........... You get where I'm heading with this.
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And responding to Daniels comment, I think life will be boring if we lived in a world where there were no distinguishing races, because you have to taking to account the lovely culture that each race brings along with it.Jul 23 2013: Barry, you express something that is very true........
"People are just people, and much of our behavior is based on experiences and emotions."
Racism and prejudice are not even mutually exclusive to being from different countries, or different skin color.
There are groups of people from the same country, and with the same skin color, and "still", they are always putting down those from another part of town, or another part of the country.
To eliminate racism, you have to change the human.
We must change the way we see each other.
And is this possible?Jul 29 2013: Depends. Stereotypes will never be eliminated, and there is such as thing as "Unconscious Stereotyping". Where even if you are consciously not racist, you can be unconsciously racist in your decisions. Also the theory of "Cognitive Dissonance" shows that it is very hard to get rid of people's prejudices. A funny experiment is "Why don't you eat Snails?". Most people can't come up with a logically valid reason as to why they won't. They just find reasons to serve their Intuition. This is the same effect which happen with Racism.
However Conscious Racism I think can probably be got rid of, via increasing empathy or changing the image of certain groups.
Helen Hupe
Jul 29 2013: If Love thy brother as thyself ever comes to fully exist in this world then yes we will not be racist.
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Jul 29 2013: Well said, Helen. When we learn to put into practice what Jesus taught then racism would be eliminated.
Jul 29 2013: Truly. Amen
Matthew Li
Jul 28 2013: I wanted to thank everyone that has contributed this this debate or discussion so far, i know that this debate does continue for a few more hours. I have read everyone's comments and i think i have a better perspective on the issue of racism, then before i started this debate. I did my best to respond to most of the Tedsters who have commented, if i have missed you i am sorry, but thats mainly because this is my first TED conversation i have started and i didnt think that so many people would have commented.
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Overall with the comments so far i think that most people believe racism can be eliminated, but with a lot of changes and adjustments into the factors that influence racism, as well as giving it time.
So i hope you guys keep on debating this topic and really learn from and understand other people's perceptions on this issue.
Jul 29 2013: Matthew, a lot of us have enjoyed reading each other's perspectives.
Thank you for starting the conversation.Jul 27 2013: When we first meet someone or even see them near by, naturally the first thing we notice is a difference in appearance. The obvious is difference in skin color, then differences in facial features, maybe what they are garbed in, a different accent, language, etc., etc. We do this every day and how we interpret and emotionally react to these differences is the key to ending racism. If one is truly honest with one's immediate thought and/or emotional reaction, it will probably be influenced the news media, a movie or tv show, family, community etc. racism will end when these conjured up thoughts / emotional reactions are met for only a nano-second. and one day eradicated. Hopefully, The realization that we truly are one in the same will take president. racism, a ridiculous and ego feeding emotion will be a puzzling conversation of the future as to what the heck we were thinking !
shawn disney
Jul 27 2013: It would help the project along if we all stopped talking about "Racism", since scientifically there is only one Race. What is really meant is "Culture" or "Ethnicity", i.e. shared group characteristics, habits, and attitudes. Which of course are what makes the differences that are at issue. So do you really want to eliminate cultural differences? Better not be too quick to do so (Of course, we can all fake it, but there may be a social cost, just like trying to eliminate other differences, such as right or left handedness) Of course, especially in cities, there is no excuse for making people feel bad. Politeness, or even hypocrisy can help. Forced "Social Engineering", such as everyone pretending that cultural differences don't exist ,is probably fatally counter productive. Politeness, or the oriental idea of "Face" would be helpful. A lot of what you are complaining about is the result of forced "togetherness" on people who don't want it. Especially in stressful times when it may be even hard to identify one's own "group". It would help to stop trying to demonize people for noticing that everyone is not "the same".
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Kareem Fahim
Jul 27 2013: In my humble opinion, Racism is result of ignorance/insecurity and jealousy of a racist person. Maybe if next generations are educated it can end. Racist media (e.g.: Fox News etc.) should also be held responsible for spreading it.
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Vivian S
Jul 29 2013: You are so right. Fox news is fueling the fire and should be taken off the air. They're all very insecure and have nothing better to do. Seems the more ignorant they become the more people they get to sign-on. Shame on Fox news!
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Jul 29 2013: Every country got its own version of 'Fox News' with a twisted agendas, and it won't surprise me if major share-holder of all these channels is same.
Gary Taylor
Jul 26 2013: yes
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Mike Colera
Jul 26 2013: Mr. Li,
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I have visited your country and found your diversity as exciting as we have in the US...
I am sorry to say that in my evaluation of this question, the answer is NO.
It is probably true there as here and lets not considered the ignorance, or other irrational outbursts for racism... There is too much money to be made in promoting it. Again here, you have to see what happens there.
We have people who go from city to city with good speaker's fees talking about racism in America. People write best selling books touting the racialism in America. Journalist insure racism by using appropriate phasing in news articles to inflame racism and improve their bylines. Even if incidents are only vaguely implied that race was a factor, you can wager any amount and know that race will be placed to the forefront.
Yes sir, a lot of money to be made selling racism and it doesn't even mean you have to be a minority to sell racism... majority members even do well lamenting racism. It's not racism... it's money...
Jul 27 2013: Man, I agree with you. And I wonder, when we are going to free ourselves from being slaves of the money. Every single issue in the world like this one, has something to do with money. money is important to make a organized world, but when we become slaves, everything messes up.Jul 29 2013: I don't think racism is solely driven by money but it's certainly a factor especially in the workforce. If you plot to prohibit one from gaining employment or manipulate the process you can surely damage a person's ability to be independent. This is what is done all across America. There are ways around Civil Rights laws and once the racist find them they act and move persistantly and collectively. I believe this has a profound effect on the high unemployment numbers for people of color. We should keep the discussion going in hopes of finding a solution.
Jul 29 2013: There are some people with such low self esteem that they can only be comforted by thinking they are better then someone else...
However, Business want capable employees with skills that can be used to make them a profit. Most business people I know are not interested in race creed or national origin... all they want are responsible employees that will do the work and make them a profit so the business can among other things make payroll. Civil rights laws did clarify legal standards, but in hindsight I am beginning to believe it caused more [problems then it was designed to resolve.... The degradation of the American Black Community seemed to have started about the same time... I don't know why it is just a correlation I find disturbing..Jul 26 2013: Matthew, I don't see the media, or just about any sector in society, "doing a good enough job" when it comes to bigotry of any sort. We are social animals, for sure, so we hang in groups, but this grouping often leads to discriminatory, if not downright exclusionary behavior, which cuts both ways. The challenge for all societies, it seems to me, is to recognize, even welcome, diversity, while at the same time, being "blind" to it, at least when it comes to the values of justice and equality. This is somewhat difficult to do, as there are so many attributes beyond race that divide us—but that shouldn't prevent us from striving to build a more broad-minded civilization.Jul 26 2013: Of course it can. Babies are not born racially prejudiced, they must learn it. Watch some toddlers playing together, none of them actually "see" say skin colour in the racist way at all, again they must be taught this by their parents. They trust their parents and want to be like them, and so racism is perpetuated. This is also true of ethic hatred. One thing, for example, I've noticed here in the UK is that whether you are black or white, no one cares as long as you are British. Its very different when a group of people artificially separate themselves from the society surrounding them, this builds mistrust.
Jul 29 2013: Frank, You're right. Racism is taught. People are not born racist or prejudice. It is learned from family, friends, co-workers, the media, movies, and society.
Mandy Fisher
Jul 25 2013: I speculate that yes, racism will be a non-factor at some point in the future. How far? That's difficult to say, but at some point, if we make it that long, there are theories that human beings will begin to resemble each other quite closely as far as race is concerned. Even if not, the vast diversity of people living, loving, and socially interacting is erasing the old lines of them and us. Now, don't get me wrong- although I believe racism will disappear, prejudice will always remain among human beings. Upper class, lower class, nationalism and pride- I mean for god's sake, look at a typical football game! What a perfect example of a prejudice that is overlooked. Feelings of hate, competition, and anger toward another based solely on a pereference for teams? Indeed, even if one prejudice is eliminated, we clever humans will find something to separate us. Just remember Dr. Seuss and his book " The Sneetches" , although he had a more optimistic outlook then I.Jul 25 2013: Harvard has a test so you can see how prejudice you are. Race is probably the deepest..well second to gender I guess. I think prejudices go psychologically deeper in order of most obvious when at looking at another person naked.
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Well I'd have to flip disability and sexual preference there at the end of the line.
Here's the link for your eyes only
I read a study where they found out the only way to switch prejudice mindsets is by spending time around people you are prejudice against. Petty tall order for a people who are "free" to do what they want.
Not impossible-especially for a race of people who made it it to the moon and back and created life altering technologies which changed the natural course of existence. We'll have to turn a lot of that energy to create and solve internally in order to accomplish it tho.
Well yeah..that's going to be close to impossible.
Jul 25 2013: Yes there are ways to reduce prejudice, as you said the only way to do it is to surround ourselves with people of that specific background or with just more multicultural people to see them as individuals instead of grouping them into a category.
I think in psychological terms its inter-group contact and sustained contain, etcJul 24 2013: When falsely accusing someone of racism has consequence, we might be on the way. When all races abandon self pity and replace it with an unwavering sense of pride and tireless commitment to pursuing happiness, perhaps we will be close. I look like a racist, guess my race.
Wilbert Hunt
Jul 24 2013: "I look like a racist, guess my race."
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The HUMAN Race?
Jul 25 2013: That's what I tell the censusJul 23 2013: Look at all the conversations that have been held on the topic of racism on TED.........
This conversation we are having now seems to have a lot more participation than others.........well, with the exception of the conversation on the second page of my link, that connected the idea of nationalism with racism.
And, have you seen this?
I think racism can be eliminated.
But, first, we must change the individual human.
And who has the power to change a human?
Jul 24 2013: And Mary when the oil starts to run out, and you for the very first time start to freeze, and cant drive to work, and you see those 'others' have it, who look different, who follow another flag, believe in a different religion, have completely different values and a different morality - what will you do, what do you think others will do - when you ask your government to do what?
Jul 25 2013: I think racism can be eliminated.
But, first, we must change the individual human.
And, who has the power to change a human?
I've changed, so have many others that I know.
Now it's your turn...........will you change.........
I do not follow a flag...........my allegiance is to a superior being, his ways are loftier.
Perhaps you haven't perceived who I am and what I stand for from reading my comments Tify.Jul 23 2013: Can racism be eliminated .... no. It can however be drastically reduced and maybe even minimalized. The problem that I see ... thus my opinion ... is that the media and leaders at many levels continue to stir the pot.
When we achieve good parenting .... responsible leadership ... and reporting the event instead of directing emotions and thought ... then the opportunity to reduce racism to the few.
I have stated before that we as a nation in the USA are more openly divided than ever before. We have lost the ability to think for our selves .... news should report the event .... leaders should be capable of influencing without the resort to violence. Leaders must stop using the term US and THEM and start using terms of WE. When a leader at any level refers to a event as racist ... he is giving permission to radicals to promote violence.
IMO media and leadership must change in order for racism to be reduced or eliminated.
Thanks. Bob.
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Jul 24 2013: Perhaps .... The part I was against was that he placed a US versus THEM value on the conversation. As a leader I thought he should have addressed the WE. That NO ONE should be placed in that position ... not just blacks. As a leader he should care about ALL the people.
Riots in the streets are not the way to bring it to the front.
Thanks for the reply. Bob.Jul 24 2013: I'd agree with that Bob.
Only as I saw so many parallels between the film/book "Bonfire of the Vanities" and the Zimmerman trial.
And consider that film/book was 30 years old... people just haven't changed.Jul 25 2013: Thanks for your contribution to this discussion Robert, i see from your comment there are a lot of factors that influence racism and even though you think racism cannot be eliminated, if we continue to mitigate some factors that contribute to racism then hopefully in the future we can say that racism has been eliminated.Jul 23 2013: Racism is somewhat like the Catheter Religion.
What is the Catheter Religion?
It's another word for Catholic.
Once it's been embedded in your psyche it's almost impossible to eradicate and defecate it completely
out of your system. Some of the poison remains, although protected in a kind of sac within the body of the
psyche. When pricked however, it sometimes spills out.
Racism is like that and everyone can learn to not react to it, especially when they think it.
What we think is one thing. How we react or respond is another. It would be wonderful if we could and we
should continue to think we can in order to shoot for the stars and fall short, but into a much more inclusive and loving world. Eventually that kind of behavior will bring about change in the psyche. It starts there first.
I worked for many years with African-American men who were trying to put their lives together while coming out of prison. They had serious doubts, some that centered around being black in a white (racist) society.
While racism is in us all (a horrible evil perpetrated by those who did so), sometimes the way arises to not react. For instance, if these guys have a hammer and think that every time racism rears its head, they must slam it back down, then it still owns them because they are still reacting to it. Eventually, unless it is very serious and life-threatening, they learned that if they too wish to be free of it, then ignoring it in most cases takes away its power over them. Having, feeling and owning your own personal power is more important than almost anything else. We must keep that for all and eliminate evils that threaten it.
An overlap may exist for some time but those who overlap will eventually die and with them their racism.
We must not allow leaders to keep it alive, which they do.
Facing fear, ending fear by changing our world will help immensely.
Racism is like most other strong and unhealthy emotions and beliefs.
It is based on and founded in fear.
Jul 23 2013: Ha, I think there is only a random chance you might be right! Get it? Or have you heard that already. I'm just kidding, anyways.


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We really enjoy meeting guest's four legged friends and how lucky they are that you are bringing them to The Lakes with some of the best walks they could wish for, they really won't want to leave! Dogs are welcome in Garden lounge in the hotel and whilst they cannot join you for dinner in the Signature restaurant they are very welcome in The Dove Bar & Bistro so please feel free to consider our Dinner, Bed and Breakfast offer. We can accommodate you all in either rooms 1, 2 or 40 and there is a charge of £20 per dog per night.


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Westside officials mull over access projectsBy Lucia Suarez
STAFF WRITER | April 29,2013WEST RUTLAND A newly proposed project will grant access to West Rutlands recreation area through Boardman Hill Road.
West Rutland Town Manager Mary Ann Goulette said the Select Board decided recently to move forward with a project to open an access to the towns recreation area. The goal is to connect the recreation area to the nearby bike path and then to the West Rutland Creek Path.
She said a portion of the project is on state land and near the towns protected water area and they are talking with state transportation and natural resource officials to move forward with the project this summer.
We will make a case that there will be no parking there and it will keep traffic moving, Goulette said. We want to improve our recreation areas.
The estimated cost is $43,000. The town manager said they do not have the money for it at the moment, so it might be an item on the budget next year.
The project is part of the towns overall plan to improve access and opportunities at the recreation area.
A second project under consideration by town officials would improve access through the Fairview Avenue entrance.
Its an unsafe, very narrow turn with no separate pedestrian access, Goulette said. The improvements would ... add a sidewalk, widen the road and add a retaining wall with a guard rail possibly.
The cost for this project is estimated to be $67,000.
There is a lot of potential (at the recreation area) but if we dont have good access, we dont want to increase what we offer, the town manager said.
Elsewhere in town, a summer project in the works is the expansion of High Street to alleviate traffic around the library and the high school. The road, which also comes out next to the West Rutland School, is one-way traffic going south off of Main Street.
The project will widen the road to two-way traffic and include a sidewalk so that exiting the school is easier.
An engineer with the project recently presented several designs that included expanding the existing road westerly or moving the roads center-line to match that of Campbell Road across Main Street and widen it.
It will still be exit only, but it will allow exiting from both directions, Goulette said.
She said the Select Board has not fully discussed the options presented, though she hopes they will make a decision at its next meeting May 13. A cost estimate has not been determined yet.
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