As I listen to voices today… I am struck by the fact the I see a United States that has improved so much since 1963. Yet I hear about how much it has not. That by now things should be better than we are right now. We have waited too long. It has been 57 years since 1963. In 1963 the view was it has been 100 years since…
In 2020 the crowds are more diverse than in 1963. The leaders (those in office, police, military is more diverse) and those who loot and set fire is more diverse. The response is “world wide” and if we keep our eyes on the prize and use the vote to cement change greater good for all can come from this.
What is equality to have all treated the same? Or to see the value of each person and to treat others in a manner we wish to be treated? In 1963 well dressed and respectful I could be removed from a store just for the color of my skin. In 2020 it takes more than that!
Beautiful typewriter. A bright spot in this crazy world.
I too wonder what really has improved since 1963. As all this injustice and protest started I remembered sitting in the yard with my Uncle on the steps that led down the bank to the street. We were speaking of injustice and in my young years not understanding why all people could not do all the same and others treated unequally.
I still have the same thoughts: why can’t we all be treated equally?
I do not have any easy answer… others see the progress as just delay for more progress. I just wish to stay positive.
Things are different, and what seems most different is the speed and reach of information (including disinformation) causing mass changes in what people think reality is in much faster slices of time (and by much smaller entities) than before. It’s the whiplash of persuasion mixing up what reality actually is and how people perceive it that seems most different.
anyway, it’s encouraging to see that you have a positive view (as is usual, it seems) of how things will go. It’s always nice to read. (:
Thank you…