re: #296 HappyWarrior

It is so so rewarding to meet people from other places and hear their experiences and perspectives. My brother was telling me about an older Cuban man, a man whose family ahd definitely been part of the Pre-Castro elite tell his story. My brother being a staunch lefty probably didn’t have much in common with this guy at all ideologically but he was willing to listen to his story.

Exactly. My brother-in-law is about my age and the classic example of a good old boy from Kentucky. He will talk your ears off about his former neighbors, who are Bosnian, and their wonderful coffee, their delicious cooking, and their warmth in inviting him and my sis-in-law to dinner many times. If anyone disrespected Bosnians, or even Muslims, I suspect my bro-in-law would probably deck him.

He has a great deal of respect for people who had to flee their homes as refugees, too. Their neighborhood was very mixed, with refugees from all over the world trying to make a go of it in the USA.