Maya Angelou passed away earlier this week. I will not sit in a room full of black friends and hear racial pejoratives against whites. I will not hear honky. I will not hear Jap. I will not hear kike. I will not hear greaser. I will not hear dago. I will not hear it. As soon as I hear it I say, Excuse me I have to leave. Sorry. Or if its in my home, I say, You have to leave. I cant have that. That is poison and I know its poison, and youre smearing it on me. I will not have it. Now its not an easy thing. And one doesnt all of the sudden sort of blossom into somebody whos courageous enough to say that. But you do start little by little. And you sit in a room and somebody says, Well the nigger--. You may not have the courage right then, but you say, My goodness its almost eight oclock, I have to go and leave. Little by little you develop courage. You sit in a room and somebody says, You know what the Japs did then and are doing now. Say, Mm-hmm. I have to go. My goodness its already six oclock. Leave. Continue to build the courage. Sooner or later, youll be able to say out loud, Just a minute. I defend that person. I will not have gay bashing or lesbian bashing. Not in my company. I will not do it. -Maya Angelou
Posted on: Fri, 30 May 2014 13:09:22 +0000
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