sambamanslilgirl
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Joined: 2/5/2007 From: Chicago, IL Status: offline
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the media loves feeding people fear which tends to make overly nervous and cautious people to panic. i had one friend asking what i'm doing to protect my girls from catching it. i guess he was expecting me to bubble wrap and mask the hell out of them. why should i? it's not like Capt Tripps from The Stand (as of yet) but i'm not certainly going to take extreme measures either. my daughter's bf was told by his grandmother that he might catch the swine flu from my daughter because she's half Mexican. yep she believes that anyone who is Mexican automatically has the flu virus. and it's just her believing that racist crap - i've witnessed it myself. a Hispanic woman coughed on the train and people literally moved away from her. one Black woman loudly said she's never going to sit next to a Mexican again. i haven't seen people wearing masks around here but i'm sure it'll be the latest fashion statement soon the more people let fear control them.
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