So Danny's story about Lowes is one I can relate to often. I'm a white male who has been married to a black woman for 19 years now. I've been at the same job for 20 years and I can't count how many times I've had customers freely use the N word to me. Not knowing that i'm married to a black woman. When I was younger I often got confrontational and let them know quick I didn't appreciate that term. Usually that was followed by "oh my best friend is black" which just made me more mad.
Now the guys that work for me speak up before I ever hear it or have to say anything. It still makes me so mad but I have learned to deal with it in a better way. There are a lot of ignorant people still in this world. Whats sad is they are raising their kids to be the same way.
A poster above says the way to end racism is to quit talking about it. Are you serious? Its funny to me that people that have never been a victim of racism always know how to end or that its really not that bad.
Danny thanks for putting that dude in check!
5 stars.........................Thanks for the reminder that racism and being racist and/or insensitive is not a on and off switch.
I wish I was blameless, but I know that I have failed in this area of my being.
I could blame environment, upbringing, and age, but in reflection, using how I was raised or my environment growing up is
such a lame crutch, a weakness, laziness, and to be succinct, rude, crude, and intolerant.
I have a college degree, years of enlightenment, went to high school where the breakdown of white and black was near 50-50
both in the student population and football team, and have worked side-by-side by men and women of all races.
My religious beliefs and church of worship state that ALL men and women are the children of God, though even there, some
well meaning elderly backwoods men would state in absolutes of the certainty of unequal status of the races of mankind, which
while shaking my head in affirmation, was baffled how men of God could feel that way and espouse those beliefs to the younger
men in the church.
And yet, in my disgust of how men and women of different faiths and races are treated, and how I try so hard
to overcome and rise above intolerant behavior, I shamefully admit that I still fall short of the goal of how I perceive
a Godly man, a sensitive man, a tolerant man, a unbiased man, and a man that I would be much more proud of looking
into the mirror at, should me.
Should JoJo Robinson use social media to vent his perceptions or frustrations? My opinion I find is not as relevant or
important, since my own shortcomings over 59+ years loom significantly larger in heart and soul. I hope no wrongs or
injustices are thrust in his face during his time on the Hill, and I hope we Hog fans can find the patience and forgiveness
for him if he is wrong in how he deals with life in NWA, and life in general, in much the same way as I ask for myself
and others like me, better than some, but behind where I and the world needs me to be.
