tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529580665294663953.post3626292671318511443..comments2023-10-27T04:26:57.609-07:00Comments on InvestorCentric: The Water Crisis: Saving For A Sunny DayNuWire Investorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512928198926080436noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529580665294663953.post-60801485584834015102008-11-23T13:42:00.000-08:002008-11-23T13:42:00.000-08:00UNICEF and Volvic water have partnered up to help ...UNICEF and Volvic water have partnered up to help bring water to parts of Africa hit hardest by the current water crisis. Check it out at www.drink1give10.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529580665294663953.post-31200969995425233992008-05-16T11:36:00.000-07:002008-05-16T11:36:00.000-07:00I'm reluctant to make this too political a post, b...I'm reluctant to make this too political a post, but I do feel compelled to give you an earnest response, seeing as I did open the door there.<BR/><BR/>My question is, why call it "reverse racism" when it is always just "racism" even when it is perpetrated by a minority? If your point in commenting is to emphasize that bigots come in all colors and intolerance comes from all sides, then you won't hear any dissenting opinion from me. I couldn't agree more. But "reverse racism" is a terrifically bad phrase, and I recommend that you avoid using it. Furthermore, I don't think that one can imply that my remark was unreasonable. Thank you for at least finding the rest of the article reasonable.<BR/><BR/>This is getting a little political, but I feel compelled to say this as well: Part of the reason why Atlanta has such poor mass transit, why people for years voted against allowing mass transit out to the suburbs, and why the city eliminated above-ground trollies in the first place is largely because of both overt and unspoken racism/racial tension in and around the city (As for the trollies, the official response was that the trolley wires were unsightly, but there is ample reason to suspect that it was other 'entities' which certain influential people found unsightly). Atlanta is used in city-planning courses in other parts of the country as an example of what NOT to do, and for good reason: Its design defies all logic if you want to have an efficient, pedestrian friendly city, but it makes perfect sense if you want people of different neighborhoods (even those within walking distance) to refrain from mingling. This is said with no agenda but to illustrate that there is a long history of bad infrastructure planning in Atlanta, and that some of these reasons come from unexpected (and insidious) places. This phenomenon is by no means limited to Atlanta, of course, but having lived there it readily comes to mind for me.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for your comment.Trenton Flockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15132009215858128588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529580665294663953.post-83271123677995632842008-05-15T13:47:00.000-07:002008-05-15T13:47:00.000-07:00Why throw the "likeing things white" comment in an...Why throw the "likeing things white" comment in an otherwise reasonable article? Reverse racism isn't pretty either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com