Culture Awareness

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way to become part of the American experience.
They didn't need, nor did they demand, any laws requiring acceptance into
society. Kindness, tolerance and respect are things that can only be earned,
not handed down by legislative decree. Those things mandated by law never
reach into the fiber of our country. They never take root in our psyches.
In fact, as we have too often seen, legislative decrees that mandate how we
should act or feel lead to only more dissension and divisiveness. Great
strides have been taken on the road to equality. Despite claims to the
contrary, women have more opportunity now to succeed than ever before.
Today, fifty percent of law school graduates are female. Where twenty years
ago perhaps 5000 women were industrial engineers, today that profession
consists of 175000 females. Blacks, too, have made great strides. They
are now mayors, governors, and judges. They hold positions of authority in
almost every segment of our country. We as a nation by and ...

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name of "Blaze" or "Dementia"
and appear regularly on American_Gladiators or Roller_Derby. Yes, I do
become "impatient with elderly people who drive more slowly" than I do.
But, it's not because they are elderly. It's because I don't want to wreck
the front end of my car by running into back end of a car that is going 35
mph on an interstate highway. After drunk driving, the majority of auto
accidents are caused by drivers going under the posted speed limits. I do
not, however, become impatient with elderly people who "stow their change
before moving from the check-out counter." They're not stowing their change.
The experience of their years has taught them that half the cashiers ...

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