Harriet Tubman... I read about your death-defying acts of bravery in elementary school and have since & evermore will hold you in High Regard, a Bodhisattva who lay their own life on the line to help set other beings free... something few of us would do, I won't forget you_()_
Author's Notes/Comments:
I staged my own civil rights movement when I was in the 5th grade. My mother asked me who I wanted at my birthday party. My list included a black girl named Grace. My parents wouldn't have it and I still don't know why other than it was a sign of the times. I did not know them to be bigoted or racist but it could have been because there just weren't any black people in our neighborhood. Grace (who would later go on to be shot by her college boyfriend) was 1 of only 3 black kids in my elementary school circa early 70's.
My parents eventually relented (or was it a change of heart) and I ended up winning that battle (or was it a coup) because I was on the side of RIGHT...
"A similar threat is found in the American culture, in its continual re-writing of histories to cleanse the national and community memory of all negative happenings that would stain the national or community pride" - Pg. 40, I Ching - The Oracle of the Cosmic Way, by Carol K. Anthony & Hanna Moog - Yes but I think there is also something far more sinister at work... an attempt to re-install trust in The Govern-Mental Plan by re-writing American History... don't be wooed... unless you are one who practices The Empty-from-its-own-side View, then nevermind;D
