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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 2763462, member: 307&quot;]Honestly, Travis, the only reason I asked was because of our good past relationship, otherwise I would have just muttered to myself and not said anything. I asked out of respect as a friend to help clarify what I thought could be misunderstood comments.</p><p><br /></p><p>The words you used are insensitive, if not inflammatory in nature. And before anyone starts with the whole political correctness thing, one thing that I want people to understand is this:</p><p><br /></p><p>Racial tension in this country is high. If we ever want to move forward, we need to just be cognizant of the words we use as we communicate because if we never get past the emotions triggered by so many words, we will never have an honest understanding conversation, and we are doomed to remain apart.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am hopeful that sometime in my lifetime the enormous racial divide in our country will be bridged and we will begin to become one people, referring to ourselves simply as Americans.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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