tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074121.post412814262486768725..comments2023-12-26T22:08:54.798-05:00Comments on Lotus - Surviving a Dark Time: A few random thoughts, #4Lotushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16774266443353774752noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074121.post-50145076352224713092011-05-02T00:39:20.609-05:002011-05-02T00:39:20.609-05:00Dan -
You're certainly welcome. I do go by yo...Dan -<br /><br />You're certainly welcome. I do go by your place fairly often - I just tend to lurk a lot of places.Lotushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774266443353774752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074121.post-7360139833922496812011-05-01T21:18:09.261-05:002011-05-01T21:18:09.261-05:00Thanks for stopping by my place to comment, Larry....Thanks for stopping by my place to comment, Larry. Good points there, and lots of good ones here too.danpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315015113883743485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074121.post-75811778409430900232011-05-01T21:14:09.447-05:002011-05-01T21:14:09.447-05:00Sounds like a good pin and yes, homogeneity is no ...Sounds like a good pin and yes, homogeneity is no protection against racism, only (potentially) against its overt expression and that only because there is less occasion for it.<br /><br />Oh, and Jay? I knew you live in VT. :-)Lotushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774266443353774752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074121.post-36181024325184965532011-05-01T20:12:58.197-05:002011-05-01T20:12:58.197-05:00Some people said that with the election of Barack ...Some people said that with the election of Barack Obama (I voted for Nader), our country had <em>finally</em> entered a post racist era (or something like that). I never believed it; we still have work to do. Mendacity & racism are still alive. <br /><br />I wear this small pin on my coat; it's a green map of the state of Vermont (where I live) with the words "End Racism." You'd be surprised the number of comments I get, mostly acknowledging that racism is real in this mostly white state. Even white folk admit it. I've given away about a dozen of these pins. I grabbed a handful at the end racism booth at the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont annual convention. I'm glad I did.JayVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02892272648798100594noreply@blogger.com