It doesn’t take a genius to know what today is in our long and proud history. It is another day of remembering the cowards that attacked us like vermin, as they did back in 1941.
They run around with masks and smell like goats, and those goats they don’t smell like they marry. They hate us because we are human, and live freely without fear. We hold our government accountable, and we don’t fear it.
We are a nation of givers, a nation that looks for peace, justice and democracy. We are rich and hated for that too. We try to lend a hand to help the world’s poor develop a great life style and we are hated for that as well. Perhaps we should isolate ourselves from the world and let them kill and starve each other then wait for the cry of help that surely will come.
I remember the faces of fear that ran down the streets of lower Manhattan that fateful day. They were all American, and I remember how angry I was to see them running for fear of their lives in their own back yards. It occurred to me that some were; white, some black, some Asian and some Hispanic, yet all Americans, and that angered me.
It also amazed me that we have as a nation come a long way in healing our imperfections. I know we are not perfect yet, but we defend each other and protect the basic rights of individuals. We have come to respect the good in all races and creeds, and allow each to prosper and grow.
But here’s the kicker; we are growing into a perfect race of people, not separate, but one. Racism will eventually disappear and when it does a new race will be born, and American race that will truly be; “American.”
It is great that we have the different ethnic traditions that reflect the whole world, and great that we are co-existing, but eventually we will lose that distinction and still be proud of who and what we are.
God Bless America.
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