Re: my blogpost entitled I've Told This Story Before. A Facebook friend remarked that in today's world we don't demonstrate with signs and rallys but use only words to try to institute change in the relationships between black and white.
In my case, at the Jacksonville lunch counter those many years ago, one could see color blur and humanity step forward.
Here is my answer to my friend's post.
" But we don't only protest with our words. In spite of the fact that we use media almost constantly. Blogging. Reporting. Article writing. Radio. TV. Internet.
Trying. Trying.
We no longer march and demonstrate peacefully as MLK had us do. It's rarely possible or even desirable to accomplish a peaceful rally. In fact, the rally is going obsolete. Instead, riots break out in our huge cities, where police - not with axes as in 1960 Jacksonville - are equipped like military.
That's what the Mayor of Charleston meant to avoid as he figuratively gathered that remarkable and, for the most part, peace-loving city into his arms with his words. For he understands that the day is coming when, if we don't stand united, we will fall divided.
One crazy person caused this one mayhem. What could 100 well-placed intelligently-guided terrorists do to race relationships? We would destroy ourselves in the chaos - all the while arguing about it on Fox News and debating it in the State Houses and in Congress."
Trying. Trying.
We no longer march and demonstrate peacefully as MLK had us do. It's rarely possible or even desirable to accomplish a peaceful rally. In fact, the rally is going obsolete. Instead, riots break out in our huge cities, where police - not with axes as in 1960 Jacksonville - are equipped like military.
That's what the Mayor of Charleston meant to avoid as he figuratively gathered that remarkable and, for the most part, peace-loving city into his arms with his words. For he understands that the day is coming when, if we don't stand united, we will fall divided.
One crazy person caused this one mayhem. What could 100 well-placed intelligently-guided terrorists do to race relationships? We would destroy ourselves in the chaos - all the while arguing about it on Fox News and debating it in the State Houses and in Congress."
