~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, At 5:14 PM -0700 7/22/96, Ernest Hua wrote:
Or the way many blacks were lynched (physically and socially) in the South. Or the way many asians were segregated. Or the way many ethnic groups fought each other in inner cities.
These are cultural relics of the good ol' days I simply can do without.
To which Duncan Frissell responded:
Few armed blacks were lynched. Like--none.
And let's not forget the Chinese. Unarmed Chinese laborers where often robbed in 1849 California. The existance and vitality of San Francisco's Chinatown has been attributed to the fact that--unlike their rural cousins--the SF Chinese community armed itself with guns in response to racially motivated violence against them. The lived and prospered; other, unarmed, California Chinese communities did not. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~