Living the Dream
Today we celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Besides enjoying my day off, I have been thinking about a story a first grade teacher told me last week. She was preparing her kids for Martin Luther King Day so she explained - in first grade terms - what racism was and some of the events that happened during the Civil Rights Movement. She said the students were visibly upset, especially when they realized that some of their classmates who are black wouldn't have been able to go to school with them or drink out of the drinking fountain. Although it was an uncomfortable conversation for the teacher, I take great comfort in the fact that these kids, who are predominately white, were horrified by the actions that were commonplace not that long ago. I take this as an encouraging sign that we are on our way to an accepting, diverse society.
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