Post 100!

And it's MLK Day!

I, for one, am very proud to be living in a free, unsegregated country.
There's a lot of things to complain about in this country. There's a lot of crap the government does that makes me mad.
But thanks to our forefathers, and our soldiers, I have the freedom to say so! I can say "Obamacare is bullcrap" and not fear going to prison or death- or even persecution from the government!
And because of this free land, Martin Luther King Jr. was also able to speak out and gain the freedom all AMERICANS deserve- whether they are black, brown, white, red, or yellow.
I thank him for not stopping his fight. I thank him for not backing down when ignorant people tried to stop him. I thank him that I can raise my children in a country that they know all people are created equal in the eyes of the Lord, and they can see that for themselves because they are unsegregated.

It actually makes me sad when I see African Americans segregating themselves. It used to happen a lot in school. I grew up in Kentucky, where there was a much larger percentage of black people than here in Montana. I would get on the bus, or go to the lunch room, and all of the black people were clustered together at the back of the bus, or in one corner of the lunch room. I have sometimes thought to myself- all of the hard work and struggle and torture people like Rosa Parks endured to NOT have to sit in the back of the bus... all for nothing.

I understand 'cliques' and wanting to be with people you have things in common with, but I guess it just made me sad that it felt like they didn't want to be blended with the white population.
Fortunately, at least we all share the same water fountains, bathrooms, schools, and parks. And my children don't have to worry about the problems they could face for having colored friends. They have the benefit of learning that people are just.... people.
And God loves all of us.