Well put, I should read the comments before I comment, heh. But I wonder if it's possible to have both?
I've lived in large cities all my life, and I've been rewarded the benefit of living in diversified areas flooded with immigrants, gay, bi, transgendered, city-born natives, and American Indians all mixed up together. The idea of communities to bring minorities together exists, but also communities are made of all these different people living together. Finding common ground is important, whether it's a shared history or shared future.
But what happens in the smaller, more rural areas of this country where that diversity and tolerance thins out and often disappears? This is, I believe, where the idea of community (for minorities) began, and where it might still be necessary.
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Date: 2008-11-30 04:54 pm (UTC)I've lived in large cities all my life, and I've been rewarded the benefit of living in diversified areas flooded with immigrants, gay, bi, transgendered, city-born natives, and American Indians all mixed up together. The idea of communities to bring minorities together exists, but also communities are made of all these different people living together. Finding common ground is important, whether it's a shared history or shared future.
But what happens in the smaller, more rural areas of this country where that diversity and tolerance thins out and often disappears? This is, I believe, where the idea of community (for minorities) began, and where it might still be necessary.