again, racism was likely a part of this, but surely not the whole thing and i surely don't think overemphasizing it if, in fact, it wasn't a major factor is going to help things one iota. simply more fuel for the already overfed fires of racism on the part of those who are overtly racist and far more than we need to douse on the slow burning fire of racism among those who don't belong to neo-nazi organizations.
kelley
At 01:47 PM 4/22/99 -0700, you wrote:
>i want to clarify and correct my previous post. at least two of the dead
>students were black, and one may have been hispanic. the shooters
>definately expressed racial hatred, which fact has been mentioned in
>most if not all of the accounts i have read. also, the nyt quotes the
>father of one of the two dead black students as saying he thought that
>if his son was singled out it was probably because of a previous
>conflict with one of the shooters and not because of his race.
>
>kirsten
>
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