TeasasTips

I never thought I’d see a time again when our country was so divided. This division we are seeing is reminiscent of the 60s when racism was out loud, dogs were sic’d on black people, and a whole lot of other things. For me I don’t know who is against me or who is for me when it comes to other races. I want to believe that most people are inherently good, but assuming can get me in an uncomfortable situation or worse. This shouldn’t be happening in 2017! The way we treat each other nowadays reminds me of the Civil Rights Era. Black people not knowing if white people are ‘friendly’s’ or the enemy; white people feeling the same way. Racism is so ugly; it divides, splits, and divides again creating an atmosphere of fear, and mistrust.             All the protesting and acidic verbiage about black people, about white people, reminds me of when I was five years old. One day I was sitting on our back porch...