http://costajill.com/2010/05/03/discrimination-then-now-and-forever/ Just another writer's blog Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:18:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://costajill.com/2010/05/03/discrimination-then-now-and-forever/comment-page-1/#comment-487 David Sun, 23 May 2010 20:13:37 +0000 http://www.costajill.com/?p=519#comment-487 Enjoyed your last post about Epel. It got me think about dreams, for I am a dream nut as well. Do you have recurring dreams? I have two or three. I'm talking about recurring over 40 years now. They all have a setting that I can trace to a real place- but not because the setting is recognizable- it's that the players and events are. Do you know what I mean? The theme running thru these different and plots and settings are always the same though: Not enough time with the people I love. Dreams are indeed a storage room- with little nic-nacs and do-dads that you rediscover over years and years that you remember and clarify... Enjoyed your last post about Epel.
It got me think about dreams, for I am a dream nut as well.
Do you have recurring dreams? I have two or three. I’m talking about recurring over 40 years now. They all have a setting that I can trace to a real place- but not because the setting is recognizable- it’s that the players and events are. Do you know what I mean?
The theme running thru these different and plots and settings are always the same though: Not enough time with the people I love.
Dreams are indeed a storage room- with little nic-nacs and do-dads that you rediscover over years and years that you remember and clarify…

]]> http://costajill.com/2010/05/03/discrimination-then-now-and-forever/comment-page-1/#comment-476 Lara Sat, 08 May 2010 18:49:21 +0000 http://www.costajill.com/?p=519#comment-476 Well said. Nice to have your perspective over the many decades and definite challenges. I, too, feel quite insulated from all the discrimination that continued under the radar for so long in SRQ. Didn't really see it at all. Now I realize that was because of the careful segregation maintained in neighborhoods. Like Sarasota's New town" as I recall Pete referring to the black dominated living area, Portland also has a specific sector referred to as "the Hood". Long standing racial discrimination here keep black folks within a twelve block radius. Worse, this area is now surrounded by other minority enclaves and is adjacent to all the heavy industry, abandoned contamination sites, and most dense freeway traffic. The poor air quality and land quality conditions and abject poverty point out that discrimination continues and is obvious in environmental and social justice frameworks. Long way to go, indeed. Well said. Nice to have your perspective over the many decades and definite challenges. I, too, feel quite insulated from all the discrimination that continued under the radar for so long in SRQ. Didn’t really see it at all. Now I realize that was because of the careful segregation maintained in neighborhoods. Like Sarasota’s New town” as I recall Pete referring to the black dominated living area, Portland also has a specific sector referred to as “the Hood”. Long standing racial discrimination here keep black folks within a twelve block radius. Worse, this area is now surrounded by other minority enclaves and is adjacent to all the heavy industry, abandoned contamination sites, and most dense freeway traffic. The poor air quality and land quality conditions and abject poverty point out that discrimination continues and is obvious in environmental and social justice frameworks. Long way to go, indeed.

]]>