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Kathleen Allen's avatar

Mike, you get the Truth Teller Award of the year - and all time, in my book - thank you for saying out loud what so many have swallowed whole, and now are so stricken with soul constipation, they have no idea what, or how to say!!

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Michele's avatar

I love the phrase soul constipation....I will be including that in my conversations. Thank you.

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Ally House (Oregon)'s avatar

Same! Thank you, Kathleen!

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Mike S's avatar

Kathleen,

Thanks. I am lucky. I had the "opportunity" to be mixed race. So, I get to see some aspects of America through two lenses, not just one.

I can honestly say, when I lived in rural East Texas I was treated better than when I moved to upstate NY, by the white community....

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Kathleen Allen's avatar

Well, you clearly have absorbed a depth of wisdom and insight from your experience in this life - I always appreciate your views and thank you for sharing so boldly. I am becoming progressively speechless. One of my sisters wound up in Seneca Falls. When she passed, I flew back and stayed 6 weeks - not sure I ever saw even one person who was not 'white' except for two women in her AA circle who were Native American. We took a drive to Ithaca one day - in one neighborhood, I could see some black folks - in one of the poorest neighborhoods I ever had seen. I/we have so much to learn about our own culture we do not know - isn't it audacious that we deem ourselves fit to lead anyone anywhere - we are living such a lie, ourselves.

By the way Mike, have you seen this? It looks like something you moght want to see:

Salvatierra Farms

https://farmersfootprint.us/salvatierra-farms/

... wishing you all the best, ka

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