A couple of things. At age 6 I lived in Hell's Kitchen (Manhattan). Probably the world's largest melting pot. My best friend was Wayne Everette, who happened to be black. I didn't even know the definition of racism or prejudice. When I was 15 I learned about prejudice. I learned that I was suppose to hate, not blacks but, Italians given that I was Irish (my grandparents were from Ireland). I was not born with that prejudice, my environment taught me it. I guess I dishonored my Irish heritage as I married an Italian. So, unless your family or environment taught you to be racist , you weren't. Secondly, why are there so few black residents in TV? Someone offered an opinion on that question that made sense to me. TV is predominately white because we're selfish. Yep, I was taken back by that statement as well. Blacks and Hispanics seem to be more family oriented. They tend to stay where their families are located. We whites, on the other hand, feel we've worked for what we have and we want to enjoy it. So, we move to a place like Disneyland for Seniors. We have no problem leaving family behind. After all, we can visit them or they can visit us (provided we give them our address - which I'm still contemplating). That opinion made sense to me. It might not make sense to you. That's your prerogative. Maybe the word selfish is too harsh. Maybe we're just compassionate and we don't want to burden our families as we get older. Yeah, that's the ticket. Lastly, blacks and Dems are dissuaded from purchasing here. Yeah right. Show me a real estate broker or agent that dissuades anyone from buying here and I'll show you a stupid unemployed real estate person. Sure after you move here there are some that treat you rudely. That's just their nature - old and crabby. Take me for instance. I'm sure the ones that treat me rudely are doing so because I'm so good looking. They're just jealous. Hey, I can have my opinions too!
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