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I have some very good friends

Danny Cardwell — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 19:54:40 +0000

In reply to LOL, that would be "sister!"

I have some very good friends in Charlottesville. One of my mentors is Bishop Gordon Fields the senior pastor at Living Waters Baptist Church. I love Charlottesville. Our part of the world has some unique challenges when it comes to race and race relations. I was at a march in Charlottesville about 18 months ago when ABC officials beat up Martese Johnson. I apologize for confusing your gender: blame it on my head and not my heart. Thanks for supporting my work on this site.

Have a Great Day!

Peace!

LOL, that would be "sister!"

CVille Dem — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 16:23:52 +0000

In reply to Amen brother, It saddens me

LOL, that would be "sister!" Also, once my kids were in high school, they of course had friends that I did not meet for a while. They would talk about them though, and relate conversations and sports stories, etc. I can't tell you how proud I was when I finally met my daughter's friend, Sean when he came by to take her to a football game. He was the same witty, intelligent guy that she had described so well. But you know what? She hadn't thought to even mention that he was black. The same thing happened with my two sons as well.

I am hoping that it is a sign of good things to expect from my children's generation. (At least in Charlottesville, VA!)

Amen brother, It saddens me

Danny Cardwell — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 19:09:59 +0000

In reply to Danny, I can understand your

Amen brother, It saddens me to see the snake called racism slithering on to another generation of children. I appreciate the journey you've made. There are a lot of really good folks who can't pierce through the mendacity of our times. I salute you and thank you for the time you took to comment. Have a great day!

Danny - America united to

HSG — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 03:24:04 +0000

In reply to Hal, I wish I had your

Danny - America united to elect President Obama. His approval ratings are far higher than Bush's were at the same point in his Presidency. Yes, there is terrible racism still. But whites, blacks, and browns are all struggling. The majority of us want a fairer juster society. We disagreed on who would be more likely to deliver it to us - Sanders or Clinton. If Hillary Clinton demonstrates a true commitment to economic justice for poor, struggling, and working Americans and fights for them consistently, as her supporters here and elsewhere believe she will, things will get better.

Danny, I can understand your

CVille Dem — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 03:03:28 +0000

In reply to Hal, I wish I had your

Danny, I can understand your skepticism, and I believe it is justified. Let me tell you a little about myself that I have never shared anywhere before now.

First of all, my parents were brought up during the depression, and my father referred to black people as "boys." If you asked him his opinion of black people. He would tell you that he would trust them with his life. He was drafted in WWII, but was stationed at Fort Story, Virginia, so he never saw combat, but maybe that was because he was a professional baseball player.

When I was very young, my aunt, who lived in what we thought of as a mansion, (but was actually a very average house with a gorgeous mountain view) in the mountains of Virginia, my sisters and brother often visited her and our cousins. We thought they were rich because they had a maid, "Mary."

Mary had 9 children, and we used to all play together and pick Huckleberries, and the pick ticks off of one another for a few days after. My aunt, who was one of the most generous people I've ever known, gave Mary her house.

Although I disagree with the concept of children saying "Yes Maam' and "No Sir," etc, and so my own children have never been taught that, I was taught to do that. When my mother heard me say "Yes Ma'am" to Mary, she told me not to do that. When I asked her why not, she just said it wasn't right.

The fact that I am 68 years old and still remember it makes me think it was a transformative moment for me. Years (many years) later, when my daughter was a student at Sweetbriar, I was delighted to speak to one of Mary's daughters (all of whom had graduated from college). In fact , all of Mary''s children graduated from college.

I could go on, but my point is just to let you know that people who have been brought up with assumptions that are immoral, can actually think and realize that they are wrong. Sadly, I don't think that Republicans are capable of that.

Thanks for commenting Danny

rmrd0000 — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 02:33:37 +0000

In reply to Hal, I wish I had your

Thanks for commenting Danny

America has a rich history of

Danny Cardwell — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 01:59:12 +0000

In reply to Hal, if you are black in

America has a rich history of celebrating the impotent and dead civil rights leaders. It would take a fool to believe that if Muhammad Ali was on the ground in Ferguson or Baltimore he would be this celebrated. I wish people would be honest about this.

Hal, I wish I had your

Danny Cardwell — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 01:55:40 +0000

In reply to Danny - do you have any hopes

Hal, I wish I had your optimism, but I've been jaded by 41 years of living in the south. The hatred, vitriol, and racial animus is real. Some of the very people you are asking minority communities to unite and work with would rather die than be seen as equal to us. Resentment is real. I know lifelong Democrats who switched party affiliation when President Obama won the nomination in 2008. If you could craft some sort of argument to use and convince some of our southern brothers and sisters that me and my family deserve the same dignity and respect that they deserve we would greatly appreciate it, but most of the animosity is flowing in one direction; that doesn't mean there aren't people of color who don't harbor grudges for past indecencies suffered, but for the most part those people are going to be receptive to which Democrat does a better job of reaching out to them, whereas many southern Democrats have eschewed their political dogmas to follow Donald Trump's xenophobia. For once it would be nice if some of the burden of building a multiracial coalition was on the southern whites who've done everything in their power to exclude people of color.

With all of this said: I'm hopeful that things could change, but I haven't personally seen enough evidence for optimism.

Thanks for engaging this post.

Easy for him in a way. He

ocean-kat — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 04:40:52 +0000

In reply to Yep, certainly he pissed off

Easy for him in a way. He wouldn't have been on the front line in the jungle. But his job would have been propaganda, sucking kids who idolized him into being cannon fodder.

Yep, certainly he pissed off

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 04:33:46 +0000

In reply to Not dismissing your

Yep, certainly he pissed off the majority and the response was rather unforgiving, though the unanimous Supreme Court ruling his way was rather remarkable, especially considering today's makeup. He would have had an easy time in the Army like Elvis, but instead he took a stand and lost 3 of his most talented youthful years.