>>I am part Blackfoot indian, but you wouldn't know it. There are other prejudices besides race and I "suffered" from some of that. We weren't lower, lower class, but we were probably upper-lower class. I've been discriminated against because I wasn't a rich kid, and then there's being ostracized for being a cop. I was never invited to the parties during the early devcons because I was a cop.It didn't really bother me though. I broke the ice with my acoustic guitar. I've never been one to get hung up on someone not liking me because of some prejudice. I have tried to take people as they come, regardless of what color they are. I will admit to avoiding fat people though!
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>That's really disappointing that some people ostracized you because you were/are a cop. I don't understand why anyone would, other than criminals. It's a tough, dangerous job and I have great respect for them. Not the crooked ones, of course, but I think they are the proverbial few bad apples, even in Chicago. (Drew Peterson hasn't exactly been a walking recruiting poster).

I kind of think the parties John refers to might have involved some less than legal substances. (I wasn't invited to those parties either, but heard rumors.)

Tamar