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• Saturday, September 13, 2008 06:48 PM

  @AKA Smith

  I would suggest moving. God, that sounds so harsh.

  I'm in a pretty white town. As in, less than 1% minority. I've had to use sports, music, etc to find my community. I understand about the singing. I can't listen to American Idol at all because those people go out of tune all of the time.

  Small towns along the western Texas-Louisiana border are notorious as harsh, and that's not even racial. Far worse than where I grew up. I've heard the term "mean" a lot about the western border area. People still warn blacks not to stop in Orange County (Vidor) on I-10 between the Louisiana State line and Houston. That means fill up at Beaumont. It's a long drive, but the advice is good.

  I feel for you. But what interests would work for you? When I was in Slidell I sewed. It's amazing how people race mix at the fabric store. I have helped quilt, although I never say that I can quilt.

  We Catholics are strange, but there's so few of us there that our churches are often integrated. If you were in Dallas I'd say try TD Jake's church. It's interracial (although majority black) and the music's good. He's a good preacher.

  It's ironic that we are in small towns, but the small towns are so different.

  I know you are of good faith. I want so much to help you with this.

  I wish this forum was less troll infested and misunderstanding prone. We all should be helping each other, not engaging the fools who like to set fires and watch things burn. The trolls make that so vry hard. They like to set us against each other.

  —domini Read domini's other letters
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