racism Category
A lesson learned: Hopefully, lessons learned from Paula Deen.
Posted on June 22, 2013 3 Comments
Picture from news.yahoo.com I try to see the positive in things. I remember saying to myself as a little girl that I want to learn from my mistakes and preferably from the mistakes of others. I can tell you I was a bit disappointed when I heard that Paula Deen used the ‘N” word in […]
Bullying and its rightful place
Posted on June 17, 2013 2 Comments
The one thing that infuriates me the most is hearing that someone has been bullied by someone else. Whether it is name-calling (race, religion, color, intellectual abilities, and sexual preference, and/or forcing someone to do something they do not want to do, I do not care if it is the sister, brother, cousin, mother, father […]
To judge or not to judge: What will you teach or what are you teaching your child?
Posted on June 5, 2013 Leave a Comment
I am reminded of the image of my son reaching his hand out to another child on the playground when my family visited South Carolina this past May. It warmed my heart and saddened me a bit, as I was happy to see that he was not bothered by skin color or nationality. He reached […]