tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288740773931647645.post958521082070179227..comments2023-09-16T09:12:39.449-04:00Comments on Lotus Rising: Reminiscing for MLKJ daylotusgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663641163048764869noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288740773931647645.post-19038034986472571992009-01-22T09:31:00.000-05:002009-01-22T09:31:00.000-05:00Joe, It is amazing how quickly we adapt and accept...Joe, It is amazing how quickly we adapt and accept things--good and bad. <BR/><BR/>Justus, Wow, no black teachers at all? or is that only in college? For me, when I went to college (not in the south) the sea of white faces I met everyday was so strange. <BR/><BR/>It's all in what you are exposed to.lotusgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663641163048764869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288740773931647645.post-52768275652047747022009-01-22T08:50:00.000-05:002009-01-22T08:50:00.000-05:00I grew up in a town where racism hadn't died out a...I grew up in a town where racism hadn't died out and blacks were rare. Rednecks could write "The South Will Rise Again" on their belongings and rarely, if ever, offend a black person. <BR/><BR/>I've seen the town come a long way, though I haven't been there in a while. It's all progressing. <BR/><BR/>I'm yet to have a black professor...don't know that I've ever seen one.Bowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11031226145526664876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288740773931647645.post-52259249368910231032009-01-21T20:56:00.000-05:002009-01-21T20:56:00.000-05:00Great post!You know what's weird--you're not very ...Great post!<BR/><BR/>You know what's weird--you're not very much older than I am, and yet I remember thinking of <I>de jure</I> integretion as very much a fact of life when I was a kid. (Of course, my public elementary school was in Miami, and that may have had something to do with it.) It's mind boggling to think of it being a new thing not that long before. (I do remember issues with busing hitting the news even into my teenage years, but even that seemed to be happening elsewhere, not where I lived.)<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I find it funny or interesting to look back at what was once shocking and how quickly it stopped being shocking. Remember how much attention the movie <I>Jungle Fever</I> got? These days, who doesn't know a mixed-race couple, and who really even notices anymore? I remember around 1986 or so, John Mellencamp had a video where a black man danced slowly and close with a white woman, and I remember it getting a lot of attention and seeming edgy at the time. <BR/><BR/>More recently, in the nineties, the TV show <I>Roseanne</I> caused a stir when they had two women kiss, and then Madonna and Brittney Spears kissed at the Grammies. Would that seem nearly as edgy today?<BR/><BR/>Speaking of Madonna, remember how outraged our parents' generation was by the song "Like a Virgin"? That seems so quaint to me now, when we have songs that say a whole lot more, and a whole lot more explicitly. If my teachers in the eighties could have heard an Eminem song, they would have had seizures!<BR/><BR/>Anyway, there's no point to this rambling. That's just the mental train of thought your post sent me on.José Iriartehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653811568201804995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288740773931647645.post-71418617126327061372009-01-20T15:42:00.000-05:002009-01-20T15:42:00.000-05:00Thanks, Kelly. I love to give people chills.=)Thanks, Kelly. I love to give people chills.=)lotusgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663641163048764869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288740773931647645.post-67406834847817052182009-01-20T14:57:00.000-05:002009-01-20T14:57:00.000-05:00Your post gave me chills ... well said!Your post gave me chills ... well said!Kelly H-Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07324529762031928328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288740773931647645.post-87423648534881422162009-01-20T11:33:00.000-05:002009-01-20T11:33:00.000-05:00Thanks, Becky. So true! Glad to hear you're from t...Thanks, Becky. So true! Glad to hear you're from the Stone Age too.lotusgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663641163048764869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288740773931647645.post-72440516282358212662009-01-20T10:16:00.000-05:002009-01-20T10:16:00.000-05:00Terrific post!And hey! I'm from the Stone Age too...Terrific post!<BR/>And hey! I'm from the Stone Age too and remember the same kind of unrest. It's so true that kids don't see color--it's the adults who point it out to them!Rebecca Ramseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288740773931647645.post-33649895801130848682009-01-19T21:01:00.000-05:002009-01-19T21:01:00.000-05:00Lauren, thanks for dropping by. It's nice to meet ...Lauren, thanks for dropping by. It's nice to meet you.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Glam! You've gotta check out the pictures of my niece's cute little babies on my facebook.lotusgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663641163048764869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288740773931647645.post-47644104098240031442009-01-19T18:45:00.000-05:002009-01-19T18:45:00.000-05:00What a great post, Lois! We celebrated the holiday...What a great post, Lois! We celebrated the holiday this morning by going to a huge breakfast at my sister's. They have to little adopted black boys. We love them dearly.<BR/><BR/>Our country has come SO far in such a short period of time. My brother in law said this morning that he doesn't think it was chance that MLKJ was where he was at the time he was there... that God's hand was in it for sure, and at a time that our church was making changes, too. :)<BR/><BR/>So glad I can share things with you! Thank you for a great post!Michelle D. Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696465137285587646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288740773931647645.post-54478258276444713182009-01-19T17:32:00.000-05:002009-01-19T17:32:00.000-05:00Hi! I am new to your blog. This is such an intere...Hi! I am new to your blog. This is such an interesting post. It is funny that something doesn't have to be very long ago to be considered history. I'm sure that one day many years from now your future grandkids will be saying the same sorts of things to your kids one day about how they can't believe their parents (your kids) were alive to see this momentous event. <BR/><BR/>And I second Karen's sentiments about being a republican...lol, but I do think that he is going to do a great job.Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11795668965659926769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288740773931647645.post-50380421547717600572009-01-19T17:30:00.000-05:002009-01-19T17:30:00.000-05:00Wow only one! That world is so foreign to me. My s...Wow only one! That world is so foreign to me. My school was almost half and half. I'm glad I had a mother who taught me that skin color doesn't define a person. It's who the person is on the inside that counts.lotusgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663641163048764869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288740773931647645.post-27583582151209286452009-01-19T16:04:00.000-05:002009-01-19T16:04:00.000-05:00I really enjoyed reading this. This was one of the...I really enjoyed reading this. This was one of the family stories that I missed somehow. Growing up in rural Washington State, integration was something I learned about in high school. In fact, we had one black person in our entire high school. I remember when we planned our move back to S.C. with Alyssa, the school district asked me if Alyssa would mind having a black teacher. The question seemed odd; why would the skin color matter? I am so thankful that my children have had the privilege to grow up with the knowledge that skin color does not define a person. And even though I wish Obama were republican...I am excited for our country!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00857543878605158677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288740773931647645.post-10180777389087026062009-01-19T15:04:00.000-05:002009-01-19T15:04:00.000-05:00i have so many dear black friends as well! I love...i have so many dear black friends as well! I love the excitement and energy and life they bring to me and my family!Jenni Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14340454147439103595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288740773931647645.post-37766404022329898142009-01-19T13:37:00.000-05:002009-01-19T13:37:00.000-05:00Great post. I love that you can remember it, and y...Great post. I love that you can remember it, and you definitely aren't old at all! It's strange to think that it wasn't that long ago. As a "younger" person, how it went on as long as it did still baffles me.Natalie Whipplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09978251567306345129noreply@blogger.com