In a message dated 9/24/01 3:26:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<< Au contraire! My mother's family is 100% German. In Kansas & Missouri they
were forced to rely only on each other because of mistreatment by those who
were not German Americans. They had difficulty buying and selling in the area
where they lived. >>

I come from a German background too, but our family lived in Milwaukee, Wis.
Since the majority of Milwaukee residents were of German extraction, there
wasn't any discrimination against people of German descent.  We did know
someone who was "blackballed" (couldn't get a job anywhere), but he was
making pro-Hitler speeches after we were in the war.  It always helps to be in
the majority.  Now I'm in a minority, by marriage, and being in the majority
is
better (but not as interesting).

Cecile Chi

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