[TidesHoss32]

Man, if you want to know the truth, I could give a rats ass if you think Im a racist. The only thing we agree on is that we care less what people think of us. I could care less if everybody on earth hated my guts. However, I DO have buddies, and people I work with that I dont care a whole lot for, that gets on here and reads this stuff. So when they see somebody like you get on here and make statements like that, whether its your opinion or not, the first thing theyre gonna do is run to somebody in the workplace and say "Hoss' a racist!".. yeah Ive been called everything in the book too, and I dont give a crap how you took my comments. I hope YOU read the post I made that got taken off of this thread, because I meant everything in it. The part of it that got me riled the worst was that you said I was a "covert racist". Listen pal, I dont cover up anything. I dont like you at all. I told you I dont like you. And I dont care if you hate my guts either. But Im NOT a racist. Im a REDNECK. There's a difference. A big difference, that people JUST LIKE YOU, cant seperate the difference between the two. Im not going to debate anything you post on here, because truthfully, to me, your views on racism, coal mining, or whatever else, are distorted. My views on racism and yours are completely different. Neither of us are racist, however our views on it are very much different. So you can take this post anyway you like it, analyze it, call your psych doctors, whatever..

Tidehoss32,
Ive been called many things in my life, and If I knew it wasn't true I wouldn't let it bother me. I'm not at all saying you're a racist, I just believed your comments leaned toward that view.

If my words really bothered you that bad then I apologize, I never meant it to be a personal attack, like I stated before I just thought your post leaned toward that view.

I do agree that racism is not limited to whites against blacks, I know that some blacks are racist also. The NAACP and historically black schools in my opinion are not set up to further segregate blacks from whites, and I don't believe they are racist organizations, as you where implying. You say if organizations where set up to advance white people that people would go crazy, until the civil rights movement, everything was set up to help whites, I dont think a few black schools make them racist..

IMO since Caucasians are the majority, some 70% we shouldn't need special organizations to make sure that where aren't discriminated. Thats why I thought your comments where a little exaggerated.

But back to the topic, IMO most racism here comes from ignorance, kids learn in from their parents and pass it on from generation to generation. With such a small black population in Eastern Ky, those thoughts and ideas have stayed around.