musings · prejudices · what if?

What If…?

  What if I were black? What if I were Margo Johnson, with the same personality, same intellect, same gifts, same abilities, but instead of being white I were black? What if? Would I have been treated differently than I have been treated as a white person? Would I have been elected vice president of… Continue reading What If…?

prejudices · Xenophobia

The Finale! A2Z Challenge–X for Xenophobia

Finally I have finished the A2Z April Word Challenge that was to end on April 30. A month + past the deadline is not too bad, some would say, and I will agree. You can read what others said about words from the letters of the alphabet at a-to-zchallenge.com. X for Xenophobia Admittedly my vocabulary is… Continue reading The Finale! A2Z Challenge–X for Xenophobia

bus · fear · girls school · Gulf Park · prejudices · Segregation · Uncategorized

It Started with a Seat

“But, I don’t want to get off the bus…” Seconds later I found myself standing on the curb with an old black man who also had been kicked off the city bus–neither of us at our intended destination. And we didn’t even get a refund of our fare! I looked at him for an answer.… Continue reading It Started with a Seat