Mixed Marriages in the South (USA).

"For generations here in the deepest South, there had been a great taboo: publicly crossing the color line for love. Less than 45 years ago, marriage between blacks and whites was illegal, and it has been frowned upon for much of the time since... In North Carolina, the mixed-race population doubled. In Georgia, it expanded by more than 80 percent, and by nearly as much in Kentucky and Tennessee. In Indiana, Iowa and South Dakota, the multiracial population increased by about 70 percent... Mississippi led the nation in the growth of mixed marriages for most of the last decade. Still, multiracial people are a tiny percentage of the state’s population: 34,000, about 1.1 percent. And many here complain of enduring racial inequities...".                                                                                                                                                                                                           By SUSAN SAULNY Published: March 19, 2011 

A road runner race, sunday morning in N.Y City.

In march, I participated like  5,000 runners in the 13th annual Coogan's Salsa, Blues, and Shamrocks 5 km (more than 3 miles).  The start was in Washington Heights (north of Manhattan). The race  run north and made a  loop in  the Cloisters.  Dozens of different musical groups were  along the course. An amazing race!!! 

  

 

  

 

Hard times generation: homeless kids

I watched tonight  a tv programm which  touched me a lot.

(CBS News) "...One of the consequences of the recession that you don't hear a lot about is the record number of children descending into poverty.  The government considers a family of four to be impoverish

ed if they take in less than $22,000 a year. Based on that standard, and government projections of unemployment, it is estimated the poverty rate for kids in this country will soon hit 25 percent. Those children would be the largest American generation to be raised in hard times since the Great Depression.In Seminole County, near Orlando, Fla., so many kids have lost their homes that school busses now stop at dozens of cheap motels where families crowd into rooms, living week to week...".

visit: http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/title1/Home/FamiliesinTransition.asp