Northern exposure.Thank you for Barbara Miner's article, "The Stealth Depression in Black America" (January issue). I was born in Wisconsin, but currently my home is Houston. I have always found it interesting that my peers and I tend to idolize i·dol·ize tr.v. i·dol·ized, i·dol·iz·ing, i·dol·iz·es 1. To regard with blind admiration or devotion. See Synonyms at revere1. 2. To worship as an idol. the North as though it were some utopia free of racism. But your article awakened a·wak·en tr. & intr.v. a·wak·ened, a·wak·en·ing, a·wak·ens To awake; waken. See Usage Note at wake1. [Middle English awakenen, from Old English me to the fact that these Northern cities are far from utopian havens and appear to be little prisons on Earth for America's black men. Hanna Garth Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the Your January 2005 cover was eloquent and moving. It is a true "picture worth a thousand words." Thank you and congratulations to Owen Smith. Sonia Bell Sun City, Arizona Sun City is a census-designated place and unincorporated town in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. The population was 38,309 at the 2000 census. Its adjoining sister city is Sun City West both of which are retirement communities often for snowbirds. |
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