November 3, 2008

  • Yesterday was another, unseasonably beautiful day. 

    Tremor3258 still had a sore throat, so he skipped church.  Iltflinthills had a slight cold but taught her R.E. class at 9:30 a.m.  The Professor helped with the Youth Group at 11:00 a.m.

    While IMO, Iltflinthills, and I were sitting outside waiting for The Professor to finish so that we could go to Winstead's for lunch, we were able to visit with several different people.  (Since I can't go to coffee hour on account of my asthma, this was a real treat for me.)

    Some of us ended up having a discussion about racism in America, including several people who were able to provide the point of view of some non-whites.  Usually this would be the kind of conversation I would be excluded from, but since IMO has made our family racially diverse, I felt like part of the group.  I learned a lot just from listening, but I could also contribute.

    Since IMO joined the family and the odds are that N?M will have skin much browner than mine, I no longer hate racism just from an intellectual point of view.  I feel strong anger when IMO has faced discrimination and really think about how wonderful it would be if N?M never knew anything about racial prejudice.  I fear that that is too optimistic.  But, selfishly, now that my family is affected, I want to try to help and change attitudes so, to paraphrase someone much wiser than I, that people are not judged by their phenotype but by whether they are a good person or not.

    Maybe I'm getting too political for a Xanga.  However, politics have really affected my family this summer and fall, so a great deal of what I've been thinking about lately involves politics.  And, now, I'll probably write about my views more and lose what small readership that I might have.  Still, this is my forum, and if I can't write my honest opinions, then it's not worth much at all.