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Landlord fights 'White Only' pool sign ruling

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cinesimon12/14/2011 1:04:06 pm PST

I totally agree that the fact their racism is much more out in the open is a good thing.
Yes it’ll cause more hurt, anger and even violence in the short-medium term, but the only way for a wound to heal is for it to be open to the air. And that analogy works with this issue.
Instead of these idiots twisting logic to make the gullible seem they really don’t hate all Latinos, just the ‘illegal’ ones(as an easy example), the more their kids will understand that their parents are living extremely sad lives, and that they’re shutting themselves and their families off from great relationships, educational opportunities and life(and community)-enhancing experiences, in favor of ignorance and hate - and the more these kids think about it, they will have the opportunity to do something about it.

So yes - while the wound has begun to fester more aggressively, and a lot of nasty thing will happen because of it over the next few years, it must happen in order for real change to occur in the ‘lost cause’ communities.