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On 2003-05-24 10:12, Monkeyman wrote:
I was hoping this post would go away but it seems that someone has been surfing the archives.
Sorry.
I found the Tiki Oasis group to be an awesome mix of what seemed to be educated and informed people with an open mind and interesting lives.
This sounds exactly like theatre, which is my day-to-day world, which is racially diverse. Which is why I didn't even consider that "the race issue" could be a stumbling block in getting this bar returned to it's full Tiki glory.
To my mind, crazy, fun, creative folk gravitate toward one another to hang out and be offbeat together away from the cookie-cutter crowds, and it has nothing to do with race. ("A non-conformist who doesn't adhere to the prevailing standards of non-conformity? Really, what is the world coming to?") You could be purple with orange spots, who cares?
I just don't want these guys to think that - on top of basically telling them how to run their bar which, face it, we are - we're also
some snobby, exclusive clique who wouldn't want them as members. I think anybody who gets turned on by Tiki belongs, and this guy seems genuinely interested. I just hope that when he goes to learn more about it he doesn't get the impression that he has the wrong skin color to be included, and dismisses the idea.
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