http://www.7-west.org/2007/01/27/newsletter-2/ The Virginia General Assembly from the perspective of 7 West. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:25:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 http://www.7-west.org/2007/01/27/newsletter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:48:05 +0000 http://www.7-west.org/2007/01/27/bob-brinks-general-assembly-newsletter-january-21-2007/#comment-299 I just read an interesting take on the question of “Are we there yet”? A sports column here in Madison was talking about the upcoming Super Bowl and what the significance was that for the first time, not one, but two African American coaches would be directing the teams.
The consensus of an informal poll was that among young(college age and younger) people, that the race of the coaches was not terribly significant.
We may not be there yet, but it is encouraging that our young people take as a given the diversity we now have in society. They see the exclusion because of race and gender as something in history, not relevant to their world.

]]> http://www.7-west.org/2007/01/27/newsletter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:36:28 +0000 http://www.7-west.org/2007/01/27/bob-brinks-general-assembly-newsletter-january-21-2007/#comment-283 Actually 41 votes for the Rules change. Two Democrats–Johnson and Phillips–voted wrong and filled in a gray sheet.

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