From: gord@islandtelecom.com   
      
   Mxsmanic  wrote:   
      
   >MrHankey@achoo.nul writes:   
   >   
   >> I was being facetious.  How many whites got arrested and beaten for   
   >> drinking from a "Blacks Only" water fountain?   
   >   
   >Not a significant number.  But whites who attempted to ignore segregation did   
   >get arrested, beaten up, and otherwise persecuted.  White skin only protected   
   >them as long as they followed the party line.   
      
   Whatta you guys think of the "Black Business Initiative" ads that   
   we're seeing on TV now?...I can only imagine the grief of a   
   person who tried to start something called "The White Business   
   Initiative"...and how about "Black Miss America"?..   
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