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I THINK THE CONFUSION IS CAUSED BY RACE AS DEFINED  BY APPEARANCE RATHER THEN CULTURE.  rACE AS DEFINED BY HAIR AND SKIN COLOUR IS BECOMING LESS IMPORTANT.  REALLY LIKE HAVING A PREJUDICED AGAINST HAIR COLOR RATHER THEN HAVING A PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN COLORS.  wHEN we can do some that will  easier change skin color, this will obvious.

People ask about race cause they are lookibng for similarity and indenity actually the want to know about your culure....the question is are you like me ?  People tend to fear dsifference and to seek similarity.  As we open ourself up to enjoy differnces, we see how appearances are not very imporant.  ALL OF US HAD A BLACK MOITHER WHEN YOU GO FAR ENOUGH BACK IN HISTORY !

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My husband and I attended the boardcast last night and  I was struck by the comments on the unknown reaction of this technology on the movement of the sand.  As an property owner on the Siletz Bay, I realize that this could effect my property.  Our southern property line is fluid determined by tide line.  When you think of the effect that riprafting has on the properties down beach.  Any site that controls or changes the sand accumlation is very scary.  We could lose ths spit and the bay could silt-in or disappear in to the ocean !

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I worked as a dorm counselor throughout the 70's and met my first husband, a former student , who was working there at the time.  I am familiar with both the unigue social and emotional problems that blind children face and how they play out in adulthood.  During my time at the school, this debate had already started. In fact, every budget cycle, the idea to close the school came up.  The atmosphere at the school was that of an extended famnily and I loved the job and the group of teachers and counselors were very close.  We were mostly in our twenties and we were functioning as parent figures to the kids. We were idealistic and tried to give the kids as full of a life as possible. We took them sking, horseback riding, backpacking and taught them to dance.  Blindness is a handicapping condition that has a a very sympathic response in sighted people. Unfortunately, sighted people tend to give Blind people a pass that can limited the children and adults.  There is a need for the blind chilren to know each other and to be supervised by adults that will demand the most from these kids. I think thaqt the nbeed for a program that intergates the blind not only to the sighted community but also to know their generation of Oregon blind population.  I observed that these people learn from each other in ways that could not be duplicated in the general population. I would like to see the blind children both educated in the public community setting and also an annual experience to be together   This could be in a camp setting but also at this current setting.  The motivation for closing the campus as been always financial but the site could be the home place for this population.  I see this need to extend through the young adulthood as well as chidhood.

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