CP,
Garland, TX.

I’m frustrated. Very much so. There is a lot of hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance, especially within my race – Caucasian. I wish so much for everyone to open their eyes, minds, and hearts to the plight of others. To recognize that the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s didn’t eradicate the inherent racism or the inherent oppression. As an example, it’s “common knowledge” that “blacks don’t know how to swim.” But they don’t think for a moment about how the members of the black community were BANNED from using swimming pools for a long time. Once they were allowed to share pools, the white folks up and left – they didn’t want black men sharing the same water as their white women. It’s frustrating that people who lived during that time, who experienced the hatred and racism of that time (including some who were down in the lower states where Jim Crow ruled), don’t see it. I feel like I’m walking up hill in sand…but I’m going to keep trudging along. Maybe I’ll make it to the peak one day.