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Hopefully Roseanne Barr is Feeling the Pain

Racial Prejudice ... is alive & well.

Unfortunately ... a significant portion our educational effort focusing on the elimination of the US's racial divide appears to be falling short of its goal.

It's a little hard to stomach comments made by rather visible television personalities who most certainly express their hatred of those who are different based upon skin color, etc.

These visible personalities have scored big in life's financial lottery, yet they offer nothing more to society in the form of behavior that uplifts us. They in fact tear us down and bury us deeper into the morass of hatred and shame.

I am thankful for the fact that ABC canceled Roseanne Barr's show. By doing so, the network is vividly telling the citizens of our country, this kind of behavior and thought is not acceptable. They are telling us that personalities expressing themselves this way are NOT any longer to be tolerated. Reprisals will be swift, clear and permanent.

Even in my short tenure here on earth, I have been exposed to all kinds of racial hatred. A significant portion of which has managed to stay underground and whispered between folks.

This secret thought pattern rears its ugly head from time to time by folks like Ms. Barr and it's about time it gets stamped out permanently.

The only thing a lot of people care about is money and I am THANKFUL that Roseanne Barr's pocketbook is much lighter today.




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