The ability to run for long distances would be an advantage for someone living in Baltimore, particularly if you happen to find yourself in East Baltimore.....
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Originally posted by russ: The ability to run for long distances would be an advantage for someone living in Baltimore, particularly if you happen to find yourself in East Baltimore.....
I've been there...sprinting is infinitely more important...
quote:Originally posted by russ: The ability to run for long distances would be an advantage for someone living in Baltimore, particularly if you happen to find yourself in East Baltimore.....
I've been there...sprinting is infinitely more important... [/quote]I worked there for a year. Sprinting ability is definitely a plus. I preferred to be in my car with the doors locked at all times
I used to drive by the city jail every day after work-- pretty bleak.
[laughing] ...guys from Iowa and white Canucks. You provide the inner city entertainment.
A more serious note: growing up with brown skin in the city, when I went through predominantly black and underpriveledged neighborhoods, no one ever bothered me. But going through affluent areas, I often got the twice over, the suspicious looks, and even comments. Things have changed in the years since I was young, but that impression has never left me and it is why I don't entirely discount the claims or feelings of racism when they are brought up. OK, enough social commentary for the day.
[laughing] ...guys from Iowa and white Canucks. You provide the inner city entertainment.
True enough. I have relatively dark skin and curly hair, but it's unlikely that I'll ever be mistaken for a non-white.....
I didn't mean my comments to sound racist or demeaning, but I won't deny that E. Baltimore is predominantly African-American and is one of the roughest neighbourhoods in the US. However, I worked at a very large hospital in the neighbourhood, so I think that the locals probably knew exactly where I was headed when I drove by. It may be worth noting that a few of the most prominent African-American MDs in the world work at that hospital.
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A more serious note: growing up with brown skin in the city, when I went through predominantly black and underpriveledged neighborhoods, no one ever bothered me. But going through affluent areas, I often got the twice over, the suspicious looks, and even comments. Things have changed in the years since I was young, but that impression has never left me and it is why I don't entirely discount the claims or feelings of racism when they are brought up. OK, enough social commentary for the day.
On the positive side, Baltimore actually has some relatively affluent African-American suburbs. Randallstown comes to mind.
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Could not agree more with you, Kaiser. Some of my friends in college got a boatload of that because we went to school in an affluent area outside of Philadelphia. Several of them were from Africa, including one guy from Zimbabwe.
His accent was absolutely beautiful, but difficult to describe: a cross between Jamaican and high English. It was interesting when we would go out, because you could see people sizing him up and making judgements, and then he would speak and people completely had to shift every idea they had just formed.
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