Am I the Only on That's Offended?

[brookiki]

I was reading a NY Times article cited in my Family Law reading ("Nanny Hunt Can Be a 'Slap in the Face' for Blacks") and there was another link to an article called "In Climb Up the Ladder, Married Blacks' are Choosing Small Families"It was interesting article from 1998 about how the birth rate among married African-Americans has dropped as their

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[chiave_trust]

Depends on where you're hearing it. I'd be offended either way, but I've heard it from the Christian community (after all, god wants us to be fruitful and multiply, and god will provide even if man doesn't), and the Orthodox Jewish community as well (well, the ultra-Orthodox; the kind that want you to have two kids to replace your parents, one to replace ones that have died during the Holocaust, and one for yourselves).

[nisie]

I know my math is fuzzy- but they want you to have 4, 7 or 9 kids?

[chiave_trust]

4. At least.

[fayoreix2]

Yeah, pretty much no question... saying anything or anyone belittles a race whether someone belongs to it or not is pretty much a bigot blanket statement in any situation.

It was a kind of disturbing thing. Sorry, I wish I could manage something more intelligent... can't right now.