The bigger family

If Adam and Eve were white,

And if evolution does not exist,

Where do black people come from?

The above question was posted on Facebook by a friend of a friend who shared it with a friend who shared it with me.  Yeah! You do not need to school me on the Biblical story of the events of surrounding the Tower of Babel which some scholars think would give some ill thought out answer to the question.  

There are two points here.  The first is that the question serves as an example of the ignorance of many members of our society.  The second point is that all people regardless of race, or ethnic background, or religion, or sexual preference, or socio-economic status, or nationality, or whatever label one may choose to use are all children of God.  By God, I refer to the God of the Christian faith but it would equally apply to any diety of any so called religious faith. 

In my previous blog, I talked extensively about my family, both biological and acquired by choice.  Both of our sons have had friends of all races and of many religions. They were never  taught to be judgmental based on such factors or to show predjudice toward those who are different in any way.  Of our acquired family, Anne and I have welcomed, Asians, blacks, whites, and Latinos.  Just to make the point, I do know Hispanics are of European descent and technically of the white race.  Latinos are the off-spring generations resulting from the migration of the Hispanic to South and Central America and blending with the native American Indian population. Though it is not always correct, most folks consider Latino and Hispanic terms to be synonomous, though that may not always be true.

My oldest son was required to write an essay on someone who had influenced his live.  I was honored that he chose me.  In the essay he commented that I was lucky to have been brought up in a home that taught me to be open-minded and accepting of those people different from me.  As a child, we had a big cotton field bordering our back yard.  As I mentioned previously, I spent many cotton seasons in the fields along with black families picking cotton. I began my teaching career the first year of full federally mandated immigration in the public schools.  We had no problems in our school.  As previously mentioned, of all awards and honors I have received the one I value most is the "Diversity in the Workplace Award" from Ford Motor Credit Company. 

I am about the most open-minded, accepting, non-judgmental, non-predjudiced person you will ever know.  But I will confess there is one group of folks for which I have absolutely no respect and no toleration.  That group of folks are the narrow-minded, judgmental,  hypocritical, ignorant people who believe they were created better than any other group.  Most of these wave the American flag with one hand while they carry their Bible under the other arm. They never realize that they are as far from American and as far from Christianity as one can possibly be with their condemnation of anyone who does not believe exactly as they do. This statement is not intended to judge anyone, but only to state an observation. 

With that thought, I will sign out for today. 

May the God you worship bless you in accordance with His will. 

Good night.