Thank you so much for what you did! Unfortunately, due to scars from past traumas in my life, I don't believe I would have been able to do that, and that makes me sad. Each day, though I pray for all of us everywhere for love, compassion and peace. Like you, I choose to believe there is so much good out there in people. Working together, we can make love and peace prevail!!
Yes we CAN, Terisa. And please know your thoughts and prayers and good intentions are making a difference. Simply believing that the world is a good place requires courage... therefore, you are a brave soul. Keep it up, and thanks for the comment.
Thank you for being there at that time and not just recording the situation for a social media platform.
Racism ends with me! And you! And anyone who chooses that all lives matter and have a story.
I was in high school when I realized that my mom was racist. My brothers and I had a black friend and he came over with other friends to play board games. When mom came home from work, they all went home. Then the last friend was out of hearing distance - my mother screamed at us about how disrespectful we were to her and her house by letting that boy in the house. My brothers and I looked at each other in bewildered way, “which of the boys was disrespectful?”
Then the words that came out of her mouth shocked us and made us see our mom in a different way, “you let a black person into my house..” which followed her hands to face as she sobbed.
Our mom was racist. She had no friends that were not just white. And she never went to the grocery line of a black cashier….. we were shocked but also discouraged by her words and action’s.
40 years plus later we hope that we live by example for her in the kindness we offer out Hispanic community and multicultural friendships.
You broke a cycle there, Lesley. And you should be so proud of yourself. Because generational beliefs (and trauma) have a trickle-down effect, you're truly making a positive difference in the world by breaking that cycle. Thanks for sharing this. It makes me smile to know the world is slowly but surely changing outdated beliefs. Keep being a light unto the world.
Thank you so much for what you did! Unfortunately, due to scars from past traumas in my life, I don't believe I would have been able to do that, and that makes me sad. Each day, though I pray for all of us everywhere for love, compassion and peace. Like you, I choose to believe there is so much good out there in people. Working together, we can make love and peace prevail!!
Yes we CAN, Terisa. And please know your thoughts and prayers and good intentions are making a difference. Simply believing that the world is a good place requires courage... therefore, you are a brave soul. Keep it up, and thanks for the comment.
Thank you for being there at that time and not just recording the situation for a social media platform.
Racism ends with me! And you! And anyone who chooses that all lives matter and have a story.
I was in high school when I realized that my mom was racist. My brothers and I had a black friend and he came over with other friends to play board games. When mom came home from work, they all went home. Then the last friend was out of hearing distance - my mother screamed at us about how disrespectful we were to her and her house by letting that boy in the house. My brothers and I looked at each other in bewildered way, “which of the boys was disrespectful?”
Then the words that came out of her mouth shocked us and made us see our mom in a different way, “you let a black person into my house..” which followed her hands to face as she sobbed.
Our mom was racist. She had no friends that were not just white. And she never went to the grocery line of a black cashier….. we were shocked but also discouraged by her words and action’s.
40 years plus later we hope that we live by example for her in the kindness we offer out Hispanic community and multicultural friendships.
You broke a cycle there, Lesley. And you should be so proud of yourself. Because generational beliefs (and trauma) have a trickle-down effect, you're truly making a positive difference in the world by breaking that cycle. Thanks for sharing this. It makes me smile to know the world is slowly but surely changing outdated beliefs. Keep being a light unto the world.