An elegant reminder of why you were our white unicorn back when we met. You are profoundly communicating the casual innocence of early racism, the easy victimhood of southern blacks and the ironclad system that defined and kept the order. Thanks for making the vital contemporary connection. Yours is a necessary voice to comprehensive and sustainable change- hobbled if only articulated by black demands.
As for my memoir, I hope Marly can sell it! None of the things I've posted on Substack are in the manuscript she has. This is all new. Maybe a part 2? Anyway, thank you so much for your support, and bless you.
Thanks, Kevin. An interesting thing about writing a memoir is you find that there can be decades between learning events and the learning. I keep stumbling across those moments, sealed away and waiting for the big reveal.
“the big reveal” — well said! I am experiencing exactly that. Those lessons so long ago have taken on such deeper resonance and meaning. It’s like finding buried treasure, finding it when you weren’t even exactly looking for it.
Such a valuable lesson. Imagine going through life and not learning any history; not that of Blacks or Whites. Sadly, there are many of those who really know nothing of history's stories, either by denial or plain ignorance, and thrive in their narrowness. You got quite the education!
Jon,
An elegant reminder of why you were our white unicorn back when we met. You are profoundly communicating the casual innocence of early racism, the easy victimhood of southern blacks and the ironclad system that defined and kept the order. Thanks for making the vital contemporary connection. Yours is a necessary voice to comprehensive and sustainable change- hobbled if only articulated by black demands.
You go guy!
Oh, this is incredibly powerful. Can't wait to read your memoir!
Thank you, Rebecca, and I'm so enjoying your writing. (https://rebeccabruff.substack.com). I can see a volume there!
As for my memoir, I hope Marly can sell it! None of the things I've posted on Substack are in the manuscript she has. This is all new. Maybe a part 2? Anyway, thank you so much for your support, and bless you.
Just … wow! Incredible that this is recent history, but so much truth and insight in what you wrote. Keep writing.
Thank you, Lori. I need all the encouragement I can get!
What a great story! An excellent lesson in how powerful story really is; how our narrative as individuals and as a people so essentially defines us.
Thanks, Kevin. An interesting thing about writing a memoir is you find that there can be decades between learning events and the learning. I keep stumbling across those moments, sealed away and waiting for the big reveal.
“the big reveal” — well said! I am experiencing exactly that. Those lessons so long ago have taken on such deeper resonance and meaning. It’s like finding buried treasure, finding it when you weren’t even exactly looking for it.
Such a valuable lesson. Imagine going through life and not learning any history; not that of Blacks or Whites. Sadly, there are many of those who really know nothing of history's stories, either by denial or plain ignorance, and thrive in their narrowness. You got quite the education!