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In reply to the discussion: Quick Question... Why should black people love white people? [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)Because of this I'm going to read more into the history of the area. I like to read about stuff like that. You know, I had no idea there was ever such a thing as Mormon wars, but I did know that they had been run off from places. I had assumed it was the multi bride ststem that made people no want them there.
I have always been uncomfortable with Mormonism since I had a black mormon friend. She finally left the church but sh left with the strangest notions. Pre history wars in heaven with black people on lucifers side, whites on Jesus' side. She really believed that she was black because of her pre sins. So sad. I may be a bit like your Grandmother in my feeling about that particular religion. I try not to be but I am biased. Very interesting that I would have probably been there on the side of the slavers in some way. All these intersections and strange occurences interest me greatly. People are more similar than I like to believe.
But, yeah. Ferguson is all over the USA. I think we can give it a go at fixing stuff. We really have no excuse this far out from slavery for things to be this way. We are damn near all related and should stop it. Maybe a national family tree project? I'm about to buy that dna swab that prints a map of your relatives in different places. I think they have a service where you can meet other people who have done it and are related to you. There shoukd be a project to get all of us to do it, meet our relatives of another color and start the reconciliation process through communication and education. And person to person contact. If more racist found out their great grandma was black/white, I think it might help a bit with the empathy levels. Bring us togeher. If I had any idea of how to START a non profit and get donation I'd do it myself. But, I never learned that. Thinking about looking into it though if I find folks who know how and want to be a part of it. With the advent of the internet, I think anything is possible. I love technology. Anyways, that's my thing I wanna do about it. Hopefully one day. I'd like to have a family reunion with a wide range of perfect strangers to meet.