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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1453137" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>Thank you, Boondocks, I appreciate it very much when folks can agree to disagree respectfully. I guess you could say I respect that :tiphat: . I feel the need to clarify that I am in no way personally telling these individuals anything, what I say matters not, in the grand scheme of things. I am just stating my opinions about how I perceive the situation. I can disagree with their chosen method, and still respect the people. Here in rural KY, just this summer. there have been several officer involved shootings involving white individuals. Here I would speculate most crime is committed by white individuals and most likely drug related. I have never pretended to have walked in another person's shoes, but I do feel that I can understand some things. I have had some experiences in life that have given me at least bit of what folks of other ethnicities experience. I have no idea what my complete ethnic background is because my family hid part of it, and passionately claimed their Irish heritage. I have been mistaken for being Mexican by several folks, and in most of those instances it was not a nice reference. I have been given Hispanic names, and even told to go home, by some fine upstanding young men. My wife is of Hispanic/Native American decent, and a few weeks ago, her mother and step dad came to visit. When they arrived at our church, some of the children were very vocal about "Indians" being there. I was very discouraged when I heard some say some bad things about them. I quickly tried to use that as a teachable moment, telling them that we are all the same. Forgive me for all of the details, and thanks again for the respectful discussion. I just wish that folks could see my heart and that is hard to show typing on a computer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1453137, member: 24816"] Thank you, Boondocks, I appreciate it very much when folks can agree to disagree respectfully. I guess you could say I respect that :tiphat: . I feel the need to clarify that I am in no way personally telling these individuals anything, what I say matters not, in the grand scheme of things. I am just stating my opinions about how I perceive the situation. I can disagree with their chosen method, and still respect the people. Here in rural KY, just this summer. there have been several officer involved shootings involving white individuals. Here I would speculate most crime is committed by white individuals and most likely drug related. I have never pretended to have walked in another person's shoes, but I do feel that I can understand some things. I have had some experiences in life that have given me at least bit of what folks of other ethnicities experience. I have no idea what my complete ethnic background is because my family hid part of it, and passionately claimed their Irish heritage. I have been mistaken for being Mexican by several folks, and in most of those instances it was not a nice reference. I have been given Hispanic names, and even told to go home, by some fine upstanding young men. My wife is of Hispanic/Native American decent, and a few weeks ago, her mother and step dad came to visit. When they arrived at our church, some of the children were very vocal about "Indians" being there. I was very discouraged when I heard some say some bad things about them. I quickly tried to use that as a teachable moment, telling them that we are all the same. Forgive me for all of the details, and thanks again for the respectful discussion. I just wish that folks could see my heart and that is hard to show typing on a computer. [/QUOTE]
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