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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 02:35 PM Original message |
This quote from Bakersfield paper just sounds...well awful, or am I being oversensitive? |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yeah, it sounds bad. It most certainly is nothing on your part. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. It does sound bad. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. You know... |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. I grew up in Bakersfield .. |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. I shouldn't make a difference what building the students call |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. Nah, it doesn't sound "awful" ... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. You should have heard the howling when a brand new school |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Uggghhh.... I couldn't give any benefit of the doubt to those |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I was shocked to see some of the letters to the editor. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. And they would be right, sad enough to say. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. It does, but it sounds familiar from my childhood... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 02:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Part of the equation is housing prices.. People spend a brazillion |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. As a resident of Bakersfield... |
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Momgonepostal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Bakersfield is almost all white? |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Over 80% as of the last census |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yep. Sounds to me as if that mom is equating economic status |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. Would you find this offensive? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 03:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. The problem is that "middle" implies an upper and a lower |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 03:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Offense was targeted at the direct implication |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. Apparently poor kids can't also be smart |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. No, that is a good example of latent suburban racism |
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