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I don't have time to go through all of these, but I will address this one. The war did not start over money. The war started over the taking of Fort Sumter, an American military installation in SC. The North did not want war. The South prepared for war after what came to be known the John Brown...

The Donovan has a web site. If you are looking to save money, you can do much better at a hotel that has a fridge or at least an ice machine at no extra cost. And, get a place that has free internet. The city is full of cheaper places to get stuff like CVS where you can buy bottled water and...

True. Beyond the insurgency, the resason people from the South identify with the civil war is because that is what binds those states togther. If think about it, no other culture celebrates a war it lost. The meaning has less to do with the war itself than its function of solidarity. But, that...

Sara, the hotel does have a web site: http://kelloggconferencehotel.com/index.php I am currently in DC, but I did not choose this hotel. I choose the Donovan, but this hotel doesn't have any deaf amenities. It's not a bad hotel, but it lacks somme conviences like on floor ice machine, etc...

What you see as privilege for white people, such as getting jobs, is not the same as a hand out or a hand up. Yes, white people do get jobs, but white people also work hard, go to school and compete against each other for those jobs. They also compete against other workers who are backed by...

Thanks for the info. I'll take a look.

Link please.. Under the following forums, African American identification requires: "A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. " http://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/Form-SF-181-Aug2005.pdf This would not apply to anyone who is not black and does not have...

That's different. It's using what you have to your best advantage.

Actually, humans are not symbolic; they are phonetic. Symbolic language exists because at the time phonetic language had not been invented. It does not mean language was not phonetic(there was spoken language). We still use symbolic language today(mostly non-deaf), however, it is not proven to...

To be honest, I'm not really understanding the Bruce Jenner conflict here. This woman doesn't have a biological disposition to being African-American other than the fact that all humans might have come from Africa. In addition, I can't actually say that Bruce Jenner lied or attempted to lie to...

No. That's my point. I do not believe that person is a member of that community. Dolezal is not a member of the Black Community; nor is she a member of Howard College. She may still be a member of the NAACP, at this point in time, but I'm sure that will change. These are not two separate issues.

If your disposition doesn't matter, what does misrepresentation have to do with it? By that logic, one has not broken any rules. By that logic, she is a member of the Black Community; she is also member of the NAACP. That, according to the stated logic, does not change due to the fact that she...

:popcorn: I haven't seen this much action since the last exodus... It's interesting how much movement there seems to be between groups; you don't have to be deaf for the Deaf Community, and you don't have to be black for the black community. Lines? What lines? I don't see any lines...

Actually, the DNA would support the case of her being African. In fact, if you believe the, "Out of Africa" theory that Africans pushed out other hominids to evolve into homo sapiens, (or even if you don't, multiregional theory starts there are well)we are all Africans. She might have a pretty...

From all I have read on here, and it's quite a lot, it seems the culture has changed. But, the question really becomes whether the members construct the culture or whether the construct of the culture creates the membership. If Deaf Culture is a democracy, how is that handled within the...

The Naida UP is waterproof.

In fact, anyone who gets shot as a result of a crime, by anyone, is the fault of the criminal of that crime.

This woman could have been killed. Why is that not the first thing people think about? She's the victim not the guy breaking into the house.

I see the point about a scenario where the OP can't be understood. In that case, writing might be the only answer. I do think test-to-speech has gotten much better. The best writing implement I have ever had was my R822-15 Toshiba convertible tablet. I used a wacom driver. That pen was the...

The possibility you could get killed has always been an occupational hazard of criminality. On the other hand, the person in question could always change his/her profession. Laws should never favor the criminal.