re: #484 MsJ

Honestly, it makes me sad to feel this way. And it’s gotten worse over the past eight years. Sadly, I’m less open now than I was when I was younger, when I went out of my way to not let my parent’s prejudices color my thinking. They grew up in North Florida. My mother used to have to walk home down this road where this truck full of racist white boys would yell things at her every day and frighten her to death. And my father experienced equally horrible things.

My niece and nephew are the sweetest, most open things at 10 and 11, who will openly challenge any one of us who slips into generalities about any race, which I’m extremely proud of. But tonight they were truly frightened when they caught a glimpse of the projections showing Hillary down. They’re really intelligent, and I realized that they *get* it. My nephew, sadly, asked me if it was because of white people, and that really depressed me. I told him things would be fine and sent him to bed. I hope to god they will be by the end of the night.