tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283849717487961708.post2800337566520508724..comments2023-11-05T01:59:42.435-08:00Comments on Orgrease Crankbait: Salty Words... the day before libertyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15887517793752604788noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283849717487961708.post-77137809765098710672010-07-04T06:07:55.315-07:002010-07-04T06:07:55.315-07:00Brian: Thank you. Good message!
I remember the da...Brian: Thank you. Good message!<br /><br />I remember the day Pres. Reagan was shot also as I was working on a project site across the circle from his hospital. I do not remember seeing any celebration but I do remember seeing a whole lot of sun glass wearing Secret Service agents.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887517793752604788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283849717487961708.post-61348863486333923252010-07-04T01:04:02.261-07:002010-07-04T01:04:02.261-07:00I can't remember when I learned to read.
I d...I can't remember when I learned to read. <br /><br />I do remember a black kid named Orlando in my rural Alabama elementary school who had a maroon windbreaker with the words "Black Power" hand stitched in white thread on the back along the bottom. There was also some other weird shape sewed in above it that I thought was a white tree. About 10 years later, I realized that the tree was actually a clenched raised fist. <br /><br />Orlando also had the first Afro I had ever seen.<br /><br />I remember the day Pres. Reagan was shot. I was in the seventh grade in my rural Georgia middle school. When the news broke dozens of Orlando's were celebrating and giving each other high fives in the hall. I am sure the same happened among white kids when MLK was shot, but I was not born for four more months so I was not an eye witness. <br /><br />Bottom line...I really hate racism of all colors and do my best to exercise that demon from my psyche and take folks one at a time and love my neighbor like Jesus tells me whether they deserve it or not. It is the hardest thing in the world to do since I am not by nature a warm and fuzzy or forgiving person. <br /><br />Maybe racism is some manifestation of anthropomorphism? We are so important that we focus on the small differences between ourselves and our brothers and ignore the rest of the world spinning out of control around us. The ship sinks while we fist fight over who is the captain when we should be working together to bail the boat.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03919841644848283096noreply@blogger.com