Race Relations

Racial discrimination seeps into the most insidious of places. While scanning [a downtown bar] for a friend the other night my eyes came upon a "Dress Code" sign that included, "No baggy pants."

A few minutes later a gentleman three seats down questioned the bartender regarding the purpose of this item. The bartender responded, "To keep the Blacks away, on Sundays."

At that moment my blood started to boil and I wondered if I squinted my eyes tight enough and turned back the clock the sign may have read "No blacks allowed" or in this case "No blacks on Sundays." I also wondered if an African American had been within ear range the response may have differed. My final wonderment was how aware the sign maker was that this type of insidious discrimination is the very momentum that leads to minority genocides of any form.

There's no excuse and in the end we all suffer because people are hurting for being themselves and we're only as strong as our weakest. My hope is that whoever created the sign kindly takes it down. Those signs are symbolic reminders to all of us that there is much work to be done.

Melissa Rosenblum


Go for Gatewood

In Kentucky Politics it's obvious that money talks and the rest walk. In the Attorney General's race, Greg Stumbo, the state House majority leader, has raised $347,000, while Republican Jack Wood has $6,000 and Independent candidate Gatewood Galbreath has raised little more than $11,000. How can anyone rival such odds.

Gatewood is often on the street, campaigning for votes. While his policy equals that of Stumbo, his ability to compete is limited by the lack of funds. With equal funding, one would not feel that money had contributed to winning, or losing the race.

Gatewwod's ability to share his views, helps his drive, but lack of ddebtae keeps his head below water. How can we consider this "Fair Politics"? If Kentuckians were allowed to understand the views, of all candidates, the outcome could be different. We'll never know until funding is equal for all candidates. Think about it when you vote.

Danny Pigman

Lexington


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