Maybe I Was a Day Early
Yesterday I wrote about being tired of a lot of things. Maybe I was a day early.
How's this for irony. Today, the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the papers carry a story of a case in which the N.A.A.C.P. is suing over an Omaha plan for racially identifiable school districts.
My first thought was, admittedly, Omaha? But then I remembered that the Board in question more than fifty years ago was Topeka.
When will we understand that the only way we'll ever get along is if we get to know one another. The problem with gating ourselves away isn't that we keep others out but that we keep ourselves in. We suspect most that (or those) that we do not know. That (or those) that we know we do not suspect of misdeeds rather we know.
Like I said, I'm tired of fighting the same battles again and again.
How's this for irony. Today, the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the papers carry a story of a case in which the N.A.A.C.P. is suing over an Omaha plan for racially identifiable school districts.
My first thought was, admittedly, Omaha? But then I remembered that the Board in question more than fifty years ago was Topeka.
When will we understand that the only way we'll ever get along is if we get to know one another. The problem with gating ourselves away isn't that we keep others out but that we keep ourselves in. We suspect most that (or those) that we do not know. That (or those) that we know we do not suspect of misdeeds rather we know.
Like I said, I'm tired of fighting the same battles again and again.
posted by Harry at 12:09 PM
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