Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:29 pm
Ah, let's leave Miguel out of this. He's cool.
Racial and ethnic tension has been around ever since humans have existed. It is basic human nature - you fear what you do not feel comfortable with.
Injustice is injustice, regardless of who it is perpetrated against. That includes rednecks and hillbillies, whether or not you like the jacked up truck they drive, or how they pick their nose. They have as much a right to take pride in their heritage as any other group. I have no particular desire to fly a confederate flag. They lost. But, I wouldn't restrict someone else's right to show it, as the reason is heritage, not hate.
If the rednecks have changed to understand that other groups are not to be persecuted simply because of what they are, then the other groups have some obligation to extend the same courtesy to the rednecks.
Racial and ethnic tension has been around ever since humans have existed. It is basic human nature - you fear what you do not feel comfortable with.
Injustice is injustice, regardless of who it is perpetrated against. That includes rednecks and hillbillies, whether or not you like the jacked up truck they drive, or how they pick their nose. They have as much a right to take pride in their heritage as any other group. I have no particular desire to fly a confederate flag. They lost. But, I wouldn't restrict someone else's right to show it, as the reason is heritage, not hate.
If the rednecks have changed to understand that other groups are not to be persecuted simply because of what they are, then the other groups have some obligation to extend the same courtesy to the rednecks.
