61. Others, including a number of black residents, feel that the name, whose origins are unclear, was more contemptuous and should be changed. 62. Outside a house, a sign commemorates the death of a black resident who was killed last year by police in a neighboring town. 63. Phillip Bradford, a black resident of Schenectady, said the case confirmed his longstanding suspicion that Giuliani was racially insensitive. 64. Poor black residents lean up against the poles, walk around them and lead cows to eat the grass that grows in their shadow. 65. Patterson said there was little interest in an initiative by black residents of rural Colleton County to bring down a Confederate monument. 66. Rep. Major Owens said the incident was troubling, but urged black residents not to seek retribution. 67. Some black residents say the town does have a cluster of crack cocaine users who buy drugs in larger cities like Amarillo or Plainview. 68. Some black residents spoke of whites being oblivious to words and actions that wound African-Americans. 69. Some black residents who have sold their land have made out well. 70. Some black residents fear that it may close a chapter prematurely. |