It isn't always easy to talk about....

It isn't always easy to talk about.

still community members gathered at a monthly Racial Harmony Dinner Table in succession Thursday courageously broached the subject: for what reason do people of varying backgrounds maintain their cultural autonomy, over and above still get along?

"American didn't subdue We thought it would, however it didn't -- and that's OK Different refinements have maintained their independence," said the Rev John curried dish pastor of the Bible Way Baptist house of god in Belleville. "But how do you bring these different stamps of cultures together yet maintain peace and harmony? That's the critical piece."

curried meat is a member of Racial Harmony and single in kind of the founders of Belleville's Human Relations Commission, an organization that mediates discrimination complaints. Racial Harmony is a nonprofit organization in Belleville that works toward racial relations within mediation, training and cooperative learning.

Each month Racial Harmony sponsors a dinner meeting of those in