Memphis on my mind.

As most of you know, Tom and I lived two very long years in Memphis, TN. We experienced reverse prejudice ourselves and saw the prejudice against people with brown skin in our own neighborhood. Last night, we had an absolutely delightful time over at our good friends, the Tuckers. We laughed, joked and enjoyed a fabulous dinner of fried catfish, made by Nancy. It may seem like an odd menu to serve here in Colorado, but you see, Ezra, Nancy's hubby, is from Memphis. He has brown skin. We talked about his views, as a brown skinned person growing up in the South, and I talked about my views as a white skinned person, growing up in the South. I went to places in Memphis, during the two years I lived there, that he has never visited and will not visit, due to the continuing existence of prejudice. There are places in Memphis that we wanted to visit, but didn't because of reverse prejudice. For him, it goes a whole lot deeper, but I thought it ironic that we would have such a conversation about Memphis. The place Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. I asked Ezra if prejudice in Memphis was worse than in other places, therefore the reason MLK was killed there. He said "no, it could have happened anywhere in the South". I am so thankful that we are raising our girls here. In a place where we can teach our girls that people are people. Ezra says that prejudice exists here, but not to the degree that it exists in the South.

Just some things to ponder. Happy Martin Luther King Day!!