Does it bother you as a black man? And what era did you grow up in?
I'm 32, so a lot of things that my father experienced first hand, I did not experience. I have to honestly say that I sometimes wonder how different I might be myself if I had experienced some of those things. He has demonstrated to me how big of a man he is in that regard. Having said that, if it were my daughter and she did not volunteer to have this done to her by her teacher...I fear there may have been a thread started about me here.
One other thing that I have come to grips with is that there may always be a fundamental difference in how we view different things. I personally don't mind discussing things and trying to help others see from a different perspective. It has been encouraging for me to see people even here on AFF say that I have helped them see certain things in ways that they had never seen it.
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There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Chuck Norris lives in Houston.
Either the United States will destroy ignorance, or ignorance will destroy the United States. – W.E.B. DuBois
You may be right, and I guess maybe it doesn't really bother folks as much anymore. I understand getting a point across to kids now is different, than it was when I was growing up.
Oh no, believe me, it still bothers folk.
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There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Chuck Norris lives in Houston.
Either the United States will destroy ignorance, or ignorance will destroy the United States. – W.E.B. DuBois
You may be right, and I guess maybe it doesn't really bother folks as much anymore. I understand getting a point across to kids now is different, than it was when I was growing up.
Sometimes people do things without realizing it could be offensive. She might have been trying to get them to realize the magnitiude of what happened back then.
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Today pull up the little weeds,
The sinful thoughts subdue,
Or they will take the reins themselves
And someday master you. --Anon.
The most deadly sins do not leap upon us, they creep up on us.
I'm 32, so a lot of things that my father experienced first hand, I did not experience. I have to honestly say that I sometimes wonder how different I might be myself if I had experienced some of those things. He has demonstrated to me how big of a man he is in that regard. Having said that, if it were my daughter and she did not volunteer to have this done to her by her teacher...I fear there may have been a thread started about me here.
One other thing that I have come to grips with is that there may always be a fundamental difference in how we view different things. I personally don't mind discussing things and trying to help others see from a different perspective. It has been encouraging for me to see people even here on AFF say that I have helped them see certain things in ways that they had never seen it.
Yeah, your a great for breaching the gap.
BTW it does go both ways, I didn't know how white I was til i moved to NC.
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Today pull up the little weeds,
The sinful thoughts subdue,
Or they will take the reins themselves
And someday master you. --Anon.
The most deadly sins do not leap upon us, they creep up on us.
I'm 32, so a lot of things that my father experienced first hand, I did not experience. I have to honestly say that I sometimes wonder how different I might be myself if I had experienced some of those things. He has demonstrated to me how big of a man he is in that regard. Having said that, if it were my daughter and she did not volunteer to have this done to her by her teacher...I fear there may have been a thread started about me here.
One other thing that I have come to grips with is that there may always be a fundamental difference in how we view different things. I personally don't mind discussing things and trying to help others see from a different perspective. It has been encouraging for me to see people even here on AFF say that I have helped them see certain things in ways that they had never seen it.
Okay, you are a few years younger than me. I grew up in the 60's. My mom was from Mississippi and we visited there some. There was a lot of tension in those days, that isn't as prevalent today. So it may not be as upsetting to younger people. But I would not want my child or grandchild, to be bound by any teacher as an object lesson.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
Okay, you are a few years younger than me. I grew up in the 60's. My mom was from Mississippi and we visited there some. There was a lot of tension in those days, that isn't as prevalent today. So it may not be as upsetting to younger people. But I would not want my child or grandchild, to be bound by any teacher as an object lesson.
Oh it has definitely gotten better, but it can still be upsetting. I honestly can't watch a bunch of the old classic movies and things of that nature that highlight some of the issues of some of the past eras.
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There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Chuck Norris lives in Houston.
Either the United States will destroy ignorance, or ignorance will destroy the United States. – W.E.B. DuBois
Oh it has definitely gotten better, but it can still be upsetting. I honestly can't watch a bunch of the old classic movies and things of that nature that highlight some of the issues of some of the past eras.
and as long as there's a devil and flesh there will always be some junk, but that's were we come in, when they see white, really white, black, black black, browns, and so on serving God together in brotherly love.
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Today pull up the little weeds,
The sinful thoughts subdue,
Or they will take the reins themselves
And someday master you. --Anon.
The most deadly sins do not leap upon us, they creep up on us.
I grew up in the 60's. My mom was from Mississippi and we visited there some. There was a lot of tension in those days, that isn't as prevalent today. So it may not be as upsetting to younger people. But I would not want my child or grandchild, to be bound by any teacher as an object lesson.
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