Accountant With A Sharp Pencil Wrote:
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> From page 7A of the AUG 22, 2011 edition of USA
> TODAY:
>
> Washington DC: Amtrak today opens an exhibit at
> Union Station to recount the history of the "Great
> Migration" of Southern blacks moving to the North
> early in the 20th century. Many made the journey
> by train, which provided the connection for
> Amtrak. The exhibit will remain through Sept.
> 26.
>
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>
> In these financially-challenged times, is this an
> appropriate expenditure of limited Amtrak funds?
> Couldn't the funds for this exhibit have been
> better spent for, say, air conditioning filters so
> dust doesn't collect on the inside of the window
> panes of the passenger cars? Is every single
> individual reading light bulb above every seat in
> good working order, or are there still some that
> are burnt out and in need of replacement? Is
> every passenger car in the Amtrak fleet out on the
> road, earning revenue, and in a "state of good
> repair", or does the shop complex at Beech Grove,
> IN still have a large number of passenger cars
> positioned in a storage line awaiting repair and
> refurbishment? Could the money that was used for
> this exhibit have been better spent for, say,
> repairing ticket kiosk machines that may not be in
> good working order? Are all of them working
> perfectly as we speak? Could the money that was
> spent on this exhibit be used instead to keep a
> station agency open that is being studied for
> closure?
>
> The next time I fly through Miami International
> airport, can I expect to see an educational
> exhibit paid for by United Airlines outlining the
> "Great Southward Migration" that took place in the
> 1960s and 70s where homesick immigrants and
> disgruntled Americans hijacked planes to Cuba?
>
> Has Amtrak lost focus of its mission statement?
> It needs to operate passenger trains. It needs to
> operate them competently. Leave the educational
> presentations to public libraries and educational
> institutions.

Come on bro...

Admit it, your white sheet is showing!

If it was, for example, a celebration of the anniversary of the essentially white Girl Scouts of America you'd have no problem with an historical display.

Somehow, tho, drawing attention to the African/American experience becomes a question of financial expenditure.