People always talk about how black and white can not overcome their differences and "live together in peace and harmony," but I can honestly say that that is a statement that I find hard to believe. If those people could just learn to live peacefully with those they share space with, they might learn that it takes time to work through differences, but those differences don't have to be discussed at the highest level, they should be first be discussed at the local level. Before a person in Abilene uses gangs in Los Angeles as an example and says that all African Americans are bad, that person should talk to at least one African-American that lives in Abilene to see if their opinion has any merit in the place they are actually living.