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Friday, May 02, 2003
 
A Common Story

I fear the day is not far off before we will all have stories similar to this (use user id & password = 456123). There's a war going on and everyone is a suspect. In Georgia students are voluntarily segregrating their prom celebrations along white and black lines. How long before whites and blacks in fairly well integrated population centers like New York City and Washington DC and Los Angeles begin to voluntarily segregate themselves from Arabs, Indians, Pakistanis, and others with similarly colored skin? Why put yourself in a position where you could get caught up in one of these raids? When the raiders are so cavalier in their attitudes, why take a chance? Avoid Indian cafes. Stay away from the hummus carts. Don't go to the McDonald's where the kitchen staff is predominantly foreign. You could get caught up in an investigation deemed to be under the guise of the Patriot Act, and like the officer said, it could be a day or a week or a month before you can even call for help.