"blake murphy" <blakepm@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:48:36 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>"blake murphy" <blakepm@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>>> On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:07:04 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
>>> <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>"blake murphy" <blakepm@verizon.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:17blf3p3988lqcutsjrol1fa6vkmt41hsm@4ax.com...
>>>>> On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:22:35 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
>>>>> <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>"Sqwertz" <swertz@cluemail.compost> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:jhpf0u3pzh7l.dlg@sqwertz.com...
>>>>>>> On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:19:06 GMT, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Sqwertz" <swertz@cluemail.compost> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:yky47nvjm6h2$.dlg@sqwertz.com...
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:39:27 GMT, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "Sqwertz" <swertz@cluemail.compost> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Care to name these places? I'd like to verify this myself.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Try Skip's.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I guess this is what happens when you sell chickens for $.29/lb:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "To all our loyal customers we regret to inform you that as of
>>>>>>>>> Thursday Sept 20th we will no longer be open for business. We
>>>>>>>>> would like to thank you for the wonderful years of loyalty and do
>>>>>>>>> send our heart felt regrets for this decision. You can contact
>>>>>>>>> us by email at www.skipsmeatmarket@hotmail.com."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I doubt that was the reason, Mr MBA.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <bowing> I suppose you know the correct reason, then?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That was a convenient cite - a market that has recently closed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -sw
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I suspect it went the way of other stores in its neighborhood, due to
>>>>>>"inventory shrinkage", aka "locals who were taught that whatever fits
>>>>>>their
>>>>>>pockets is free".
>>>>>>
>>>>> yeah, and i bet the locals were colored people, too.
>>>>>
>>>>> your pal,
>>>>> blake
>>>>
>>>>They probably were. Why did you say that, considering you have no
>>>>knowledge
>>>>of the neighborhood in question?
>>>>
>>> because it sounds like the kind of tripe you spout.
>>>
>>> your pal,
>>> blake
>>
>>Nah...you've never seen me make racially obnoxious remarks. If you
>>disagree,
>>prove it.
>>
> well, you just said 'they probably were [colored people].' call it a
> lucky guess.
>
> your pal,
> blake


If a neighborhood is 90% white or black or Asian, is it inaccurate or racist
to say so? I mean, you can get the same information from the census data.

Or, is this factual information something we speak of only in hushed
whispers?