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Saturday, 2007 February 17 7:31 PM CST — Palos Heights, Illinois UNITED STATES

So, these past few days, I've been in Chicago attending the Acting on AIDS Student Leadership Summit. If I had to describe my time here, I would say that I'm having a good time, but I cannot say that I'm having a fun time. The last time that I felt like this was the time that I visited Dachau when I was in Germany.

It seems that a recurring topic that keeps coming up in all of our discussions here is the topic of race. I can understand that race might play a factor with HIV/AIDS, but it just seems to me that people are too quick to blame race relations for every single problem in regards to race. We can't blame race for everything.

One thing that I absolutely cannot stand is the thought that we're all a little racist inside. I am not a racist It ticks me off that just because one two-bit schmuck says that we're all racist, we're all racist. I don't consider a person's skin colour when I make judgements about a person. No one seems to believe me.

Someone (I forget who it was.) said that deep down, we're all atheists. I know that that's not true, but, if we're willing to believe that we're racist just because someone says so, what would be wrong about someone saying that we're all atheists deep down?

Quote to ponder: “These are not problems to be solved; these are people to be loved.” — Mother Teresa

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Definition of Terms

Ansen B. wrote on Sunday, 2007 February 18 2:30 PM CST:

I would maintain that you are comparing apples and oranges here, Dan. It all depends on how you define the term racism. If racism is just defined as "distinguishing one race from another", then of course everyone is racist. Everyone recognizes the visual difference between a white person, a black person, an asian, a latino, and whatever else. If racism is defined as "thinking less of someone because of their race", then of course you're not racist.

Atheism is completely different. It lacks the possibility of ambiguity in its definition.

Chi-town

Dayton C. wrote on Monday, 2007 February 19 9:26 PM CST:

So you were in Chicago and I got no email, no phone call, no straggler on my doorstep? Where's the love!?

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