Reply #51: I'm afraid you're going to have to define the term, "educated" to me...

[MichiganVote]

You see, from my point of view, were I an African American citizen and my ancestors bones rested in god knows what soil in a foreign country NOT of their choice...

I'm educated. I know that no matter what book from a white publisher tells me about slavery, what month is chosen for my history or what war has been fought...those bones could be my bones. Every tree that someone once swung from, could be my tree. Every lousy housing project, jobs program or inner city school without materials, could be my school.

I have principals. I'm a female and I have principals. Principal 1. Never select a risky situation for yourself or you'll be to blame for the assault, the rape, the murder. Principal 2. A poor female has a choice of three plans, a man, a government or an education. Not neccessairily in that order. Principal 3. Even though you are now allowed to vote, to earn money, to own property, never forget...that you were once no better and no worse than the plowhand in the field who probably earns more than you do anyway. Principal 4. The character of any government is only as good as the care that ita takes of its children....

and my friend, black or white, native american or asian....we treat our children like shit in this country.

So if my family has had a slave, I can still think like a slave. If my family includes a woman I can soooo think like a woman intended for free labor and if my family includes a child, I owe it to them to think like a human being.

If you can't think like a human being during this election...you'll vote like an animal.