[RogMar]

Originally Posted by Bull Winkus

Did you guys just do some kind of virtual group hug? ... Must be a hen party. Sorry to interrupt.

Hey........

Bull........

C'mon..I was having a good cleansing cry til you interrupted!

Anybody want to join me in a round of "Give Peace a Chance"?

[RogMar]

Originally Posted by joebaldknobber

What's up with all the Germans on the map?

We proliferate like bunnies, Joe.

[Bull Winkus]

Originally Posted by RogMar

Hey........

Bull........

C'mon..I was having a good cleansing cry til you interrupted!

Anybody want to join me in a round of "Give Peace a Chance"?

I'll bring the cornbread. It's almost New Years anyway!

[Bull Winkus]

Originally Posted by joebaldknobber

What's up with all the Germans on the map?

It is a bit of an eye opener, isn't it?

A lot fewer Brits than I expected as well.

[GetmeoutofAR]

we are a nation of nazis...fiqures...........JK

[Towhee]

My husband's maternal grandmother was full Cherokee, and paternal grandfather was Irish. I am Heinz 57 of Caucasian extractions.

[Bull Winkus]

Originally Posted by LiveTodayLez08

Very interesting.
It would be nice to have a black state representative represent the Delta area.
I doubt I'd have a chance at winning but maybe once I teach there for a while and if education hasn't gotten any better, I can run for a state representative position. It's certainly worth a shot.

I've looked at Wikipedia a while back, just perusing communities that have a high percentage of African Americans.

Maybe we'll find out more with this next Census coming up. I plan on trying to land a job being a census worker.

I know little of politics. You seem genuinely sagacious enough to be successful at anything you want to try. I'd say go for it.

While taking census, you can 'press the flesh' and build a foundation for your campaign. That's what politickin's all about!

Now, about the subject of your thread... In my own opinion, I see no reason to set or even imply a need for racial quotas in government. If the black population in Arkansas were politically organized, and wanted representation by a member of their own race (not a given, since candidates of all colors compete on issues having little to do with race), they have the strength in numbers to have their voices heard. Since this hasn't happened we might assume that, at least as an autonomous collective, they lack the political will.

In reality the question at hand for most every voter is, "Is the elected official doing his or her job in representing the voters?" If the answer is "NO!" then votes are soon a changin' and before long that official is looking for another job.